The Bonnie Lass O' Bon Accord
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J. Scott Skinner
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Bonnie Lass o' Bon-Accord" is a Scottish air or march in 4/4 time and A Major. The parts are<br> played AAB.<br> Of the 600 tunes composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), this is one of his best and most<br> famous, composed in 1884 and still popular today. 'Bon Accord' is an affectionate name for the<br> city of Aberdeen, Scotland and is ensconsed over the arms of the city - it means "happy to meet,<br> sorry to part, happy to meet again". The nick-name's origins are thought to date to 1308, when it<br> was a watchword of the burghers of the town who at that time overcame the English<br> garrisoning the town. The opening bars of the tune were inscribed on Skinner's gravestone in<br> Aberdeen's Allenvale cemetary.<br> It was first published in Skinner's Logie Collection. The tune follows the<br> same formal pattern as Niel Gow's "Lament for the Death of His Second Wife," repeating its second<br> strain three times in slightly different versions.<br> It was printed in Alburger's Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music (1983),<br> Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Hardie's Caledonian Companion (1992),<br> Hunter's The Fiddle Music of Scotland (1988),<br> Johnson's A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection (2003),<br> MacDonald's The Skye Collection (1887),<br> Moffat's Dance Music of the North (1908),<br> Neil's The Scots Fiddle (1991),<br> Skinner's Harp and Claymore (1904) and<br> Skinner's The Scottish Violinist (1900).<br> It was recorded by Eugene O'Donnell on Slow Airs and Set Dances,<br> Boys of the Lough on Good Friends, Good Music (1977),<br> Joseph Cormier on Scottish Violin Music of Cape Breton (1974) and<br> J. Scott Skinner on The Strathspey King.<br>
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