Banks of Garry (The)

X:1 T:Banks of Garry, The M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D F/G/ | A>BA>F A>Bd>f | A>BA>F E/E/E ~EF/G/ | A>B ABd>f | F>DE>F D/D/D D :| f/g/ | a>fd>f A d | e>df>d e/e/e ef/g/ | a>f dAB>d F/F/F Ff/g/ | a>g dde>d B>Ad>F | E>DE>F D/D/D D ||



BANKS OF GARRY/GARY. AKA and see "Banks of Gray." Scottish, Strathspey or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, McGlashan, Skye): AABB (Huntington). Probably "The Banks of the Garry" composed by John Crerar (1750-1840), a fiddler and head gamekeeper on the Atholl estate in Perthshire, who "seems to have had lessons from Niel Gow, who may have encouraged him to compose" (Alburger, 1983). The tune appears in McGlashan's second collection (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels..., pg. 32) in 1786. Printed sources: Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 21 (appears as "Banks of Gray"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 71. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 32. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 113.

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