Annotation:Torry Burn Lasses

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X:2 T:Torry Burn. a Reel. R:reel M:C L:1/8 B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815) Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005 K:G D | G2 (BG) (Bd) d2 | c2 (ec) (eg) g2 | G2 (BG) Bcdg | edcB A2 G :|| d | g2 (bg) afed | e>def gdBG | g2 (bg) afgd | edef g3 a | bagf gfed |{f}edef gdBG | cBcd efge | dBGB A2 G |]

TOR(R)Y BURN LASSES. AKA and see “Comely Jane Downing,” "Larry Bourn," "Tady's Wattle." AKA - "Torry Burn," "Torryburn Lasses." Scottish, Reel or Country Dance Tune. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions). Torry Burn (Torryburn) is a place-name in a few locales in Scotland. There is a village and parish called Torryburn in Fife on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, that was one of the port communities for Dunfermline. Torryburn Lasses is also the name of a Scottish country dance.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 453 (appears as "Torry Burn"). Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 15 (appears as “Torry Burn”). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 204. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 4, p. 23. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 98. Moffat (Dance Music of the North), 1908; No. 11, p. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 159. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 30 (appears as “Torry Burn”).

Recorded sources : - Maggie's Music MM 211, Sue Richards - "Hazel Grove" (1995).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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