Annotation:Braes of Ballenden (2) (The)
X:1 T:Braes of Balandine (sic) T:Braes of Ballenden [2] M:3/4 L:1/16 R:Air S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G2A2 | B4d4 d3e | e4d4 (e3f/g/) | ed3 cB3 AG3 | {B}A8 G3A | B4d4 (d3e/f/) | g6f2e4 | d3ed2{c}B2 (A3F/G/) | G8 :: G2 | D6E2 G3D | E4G4 (A3B/c/) | TB4A4 cBAG | E8 d2ef | g4G4 (G3A/B/) | A4B4 d3g | f2e2 d2c2 B2c2 | B4A4 G3A | B4d4 (d3e/f/) | g6f2 e4 | d3e dB3 A2G2 | E8 G2A2 | B4d4D2|TE4G4 (e3f/g/) | d3e d2B2 (A3G/A/) | G12 :||
BRAES OF BALLENDEN [2], THE. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Ballenden is another name for Ballantyne, spelled variously Balandine, Ballandyne, Ballendine etc. The air was composed by cellist, composer, arranger and music publisher Wikipedia:James Oswald (composer) (1710-1769). Alexander Campbell opined that "...had he (Oswald) composed nothing else but 'The Braes of Ballenden' and the air to 'Lovely Nymph', introduced in the burletta of Midas, his fame would live as long as a relish exists for genuine Scottish melody." The melody also appears in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (vol. I, 1787, p. 93).
Fr. John Quinn believes James O'Neill's "Banks of the Blackwater (The)" (Music of Ireland, 1903, No. 50) is derived from Oswald's "Braes of Ballenden (2)."
