Traditional Folk Songs Of Many Nations
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Within a Mile of Edinboro' Town. |
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Scotch Ballad. |
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* It may astonish many to learn that this song is not a true Scottish molody.Many careless commentators imagino that the only characteristic of a Scottish melody is the Scotch Snap"� a sixteenth note
followed by a dotted eighth. We have it on the authority of the grandfather of the present dean of the University of Edinhurg, that this song was composed by an Italian musician who wagered that he could successfully imitate the Scottish vein. He certainly succeeded. He used the Scotch Snap incessantly, and wrote in the sixnoted scale, for the V sharps which are now given in the song are recent interpol�ations. |
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