Annotation:Bridge of Nairn (The)
X: 1 T: The Bridge of Nairn %R: hornpipe, reel B: "Scots Reel & Country Dances for the Year 1769", R.Bremner, ed. p.109 #1 F: http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/pageturner.cfm?id=104993891 Z: 2016 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/DftY/1769/Bremner/SRCD.abc K: G % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - V: 1 |:\ G>Bd>B e2(eg) | d>BG>B A/A/A A2 |\ (G/A/B/c/ d)B e2ef | g>aTg>d B/B/B B2 :| |:\ g>aTge dedB | g>aTge agab |\ gbeg dega | (b/a/g/e/ g)d B/B/B B2 :| % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - V: 2 clef=bass middle=d |: g2g2 g2g2 | g2g2 a2a2 | g2g2 c2c2 | d2d2 G2G2 :| |: g2g2 g2g2 | g2g2 a2a2 | g2g2 g2g2 | d2d2 G2G2 :| % - - - - - - - - - - Dance description - - - - - - - - - - %%begintext align %% Cast of two Cu: .| %% lead up to the Top and cast off :| %% set cross corners .|. %% Swing corners and swing your Partner and lead outsides :|: %%endtext %%sep 2 2 400
BRIDGE OF NAIRN, THE. AKA and see "Old Man Will Never Die (The)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in print in Robert Bremner's second collection, 1768 (p. 109).
