X: 1
T: Birlin' Braces
C:\251 George Meikle
B: George Meikle "Originally Mine" p.5
R: reel
Z: 2010 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
AF |: \
"D"D2DE "E/A7"DEFG | "D"ABAG "B/G7"FDDC | "C"=C2CD "G7"CDE=F | "C"GAG=F "E/C"E=CCE |
"D"D2DE "E/A7"DEFG | "D"ABAG "B/G7"FDDC | "C"=CEGE "C#/A7"^CEAG \
      |1 "D"F2D2 "A7"D2AF :|2 "D"F2D2 "A7"D2(3ABc ||
"D"d2dc d2dc | "D"dBAG "D"FD"G7"DB | "C"=c2cB "G7"c2cB | "C"=cAG=F "C"E=C"A7"Cc |
"D"d2dc d2dc | "D"dBAG "D"FD"G7"DC | "C"=CEGE "C#/A7"^CEAG | "D"F2D2 D2"A7"(3ABc |
"D"d2dc d2dc | "D"dBAG "D"FD"G7"DB | "C"=c2cB "G7"c2cB | "C"=cAG=F "C"E=C"A7"CE |
"D"D2DE DEFG | "D"ABAG "B/G7"FDDC | "C"=CEGE "C#/A7"^CEAG | "D"F2D2 D4 |]
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This was composed for a great country dancing friend, John Connon of Dufftown, when he celebrated
his 80th birthday in 2003. His dancing friends asked John Drewry to devise a dance (Birlin' Awa')
especially for John's 80th birthday and I was asked to compose a tune for the dance.  As John is
well known for wearing braces with his kilt and for giving his partner a good "birl" when he dances,
the tune title is appropriate.
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