Annotation:Niven's Scots Measure
X:1 T:Niven's Scots Measure, or Mary's Dream M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 180, p. 185) N:"Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin Tdc|B2G2G2 Bc|dcdf dcBc|(B/c/d)G2G2 Bc|dcBG F2 dc| B2G2G2 FG|B3c d2 cB|cdfg dfcd|B2G2G2:| |:df|g3f d2 cB|c2d2 g3a|bgfd fdcB|cBcd F3B| G>FG>A B>AB>G|c>Bc>d edcB|cdfg dfcd|{c}B2 {A}G2 G2:|]
NIVEN'S SCOTS MEASURE. AKA and see "Mary's Dream (4)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears to be unique to Glasgow publisher James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788). The alternate title, "Mary's Dream," usually refers to a very popular major-mode air from the same period, for which see "Mary's Dream (1)." That tune was also printed by Aird in his Selection, vol. 5.
