Annotation:Ben Newe

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X:1 % T:Ben Newe C:Alexander Walker M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Walker - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches etc. (1866, p. 23) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion F:http://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105875356?mode=zoom K:C G|c2 ed cG EC|cedc dDDG|c2 ed cG Aa|gedf ecc:| f|ecgc acgc|c'cgc eddf|ecge acgc|fdgf eccf| ecgc acgc|bcgc eddf|eceg fagf|ecdB cC[Cc]||

BEN NEWE. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler and composer biography:Alexander Walker (b. 1819), a gardener at Castle Newe, in the employ of Sir Charles Forbes before he emigrated to Massachusetts. Ben Newe (The Holy Hill), Strathdon, is a gentle peak, only 1,100 feet high. There is a holy well on the summit, actually a rainwater pool, that has ancient connections, perhaps Celtic. Pins have been found in it; to this day coins are sometimes thrown into it for good luck. Castle Newe is at the foot of Ben Newe. See also Walker's composition "Braes of Newe (The)."

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Printed sources : - Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1991; No. 65, p. 23.

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