% Upper-Case Titles
X: 0
T: The Saint John River
T: 4x32S4
C: Prudence Edwards (1966)
R: strathspey
N: Suggested tune: The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord (James Scott Skinner)
N: Suggested tune: The Singing Bird (traditional)
B: New Brunswick Collection #36
B: A Centennial Collection #1
P: 1-2-3-1
K:


X: 2
P: The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord   [A]
C: J.S.Skinner
Z: 1997 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: BSFC IV-17 as an air, have versions in A and D
N: Caledonian Companion, p.83 (with variations by J.S.Skinner).
N: Hardie p.83
N: Harp and Claymore, p.2 (with variations by J.S.Skinner, plus 6 verses of words).
N: Hunter 21
N: Logie  Collection
N: SFT p.24
N: Skye p.152
M: C
L: 1/16
K: A
|: E2 \
| "A"{G}A3B "E7"c3B "A"A2A,2 C2E2 \
| AGAf ecBA "Bm"B4- "E7"B2c2 \
| "A"A3B "E7"c3B "A"A2C2 "A7"E2=G2 \
| "D"FDFA "E7"GEGB "A"A6 :|
(3efg \
| "A"a3c "D"d2f2 "A"e2A2 "D"{g}a2gf \
| "A"e2A2 "F#m"fedc "Bm"B4- "E7"B2(3efg \
| "A"a3c "D"d2f2 "A"e2A2 "A7"{g}a2=G2 \
| "D"FDFA "E7"GEGB "A"A6 (3efg |
| "A"a3c "D"d2f2 "A"e2A2 "D"{g}a2gf \
| "A"e2A2 "F#m"fedc "Bm"B4- "E7"B6 c2 \
| "A"A,CEA "E7"c3B "A"A2C2 "A7"E2=G2 \
| "D"FDFA "E7"GEGB "A"A6 |]


X: 3
P: The Singing Bird   [G]
R: air
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
GE \
| "G"D3E "Em"G2AB | "Am"c3B "D"A2GA | "G"BAGE D2D2 | "D7"D4- DFGE \
| "G"D3E "Em"G2AB | "Am"c3B "D"A2GA | "G"BAGE "D7"D2D2 | "G"G6 :|
|: Bc \
| "Bm"d3B "Em"e3d | "Am"c2c2 "D7"c2c2 | "G"B2G2 "Am"c2B2 | "D7"B2A3 FGE \
| "G"D3E "Em"G2AB | "Am"c3B "D"A2GA | "G"BAGE "D7"D2D2 | "G"G6 :|


X: 4
P: The Bonnie Lass o' Bon Accord   [Am]
C: J.S.Skinner
B: J.S.Skinner "Harp and Claymore" p.3
N: Usually in A major, but Skinner also played it in minor.
Z: 2009 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
%%slurgraces 1
M: C
L: 1/16
K: Am
E2 |\
"Am"A3B {AB}c3B A2A,2 C2E2  | A^GAB "Dm"cAdc "E7"B4- B2E2 |\
"Am"A3B c3B A2C2 "Dm"D2F2  | "E7"{EF}EDEF E2^G,2 "Am"A,4- A,2 ||
E2 |\
"Am"A3B {AB}c3B A2A,2 C2E2  | A^GAB "Dm"cAdc "E7"B4- B2E2 |\
"Am"A3B c3B A2c2 "Dm"d2f2  | "E7"{ef}edef e2^G2 "Am"A4- A2 |]
(3e^f^g |\
"A7"a3=g f2e2 "Dm"f2e2 d2=c2  | "Am"cBAB "Dm"cAdc "E7"B4- B2 (3e^f^g |\
"A7"a3=g f2e2 "Dm"dcBc defd  | "Am"edef "E7"e2^G2 "Am"A4- A2 ||
(3e^f^g |\
"A7"a3=g f2e2 "Dm"f2e2 d2=c2 | "Am"cBAB "Dm"cAdc "E7"B4- B2 ^c2 |\
"A"A,^CEA ^cea^g aecA "A7"^GAE=G  | "D"^FDFA "E7"^G^fHe^g "A"{g}a4- a2 |]
%%begintext
  These are slow airs.  The note values are twice as long as in strathspeys.
  Ignore the fermata in the last bar of the 3rd tune when playing for dancing.
%%endtext

