Sweetness of Mary is by Joan McDonald Boes of Cape Breton Island -
published in Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island by Ken Perlman (Mel Bay).
It was also published in Am Braighe (a Cape Breton Gaelic newspaper) about
two years ago.
It has in recent years become popular in English music
mary umbarger wrote:
Dear Nigel,
Along this same thought: I have looked for the music to The Sweetness
of Mary which I heard on a CD by Alsdair Fraser (Return to Kintail). It is
really a beautiful strathspey -at least that is what I think it is. Anyway
it is really nice.
That's a
Thanks for the air.
CliffA
...I'll send you an ABC file. I got my version from
a
television programme...
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Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional
Thank you for this information. Our band, The Front Porch Strings, has
been playing this for several years. Someone heard it somewhere and
knew the name was My Lily. Now we have the rest of the story.
Front Porch Strings, cute name for a band :-) Certainly more clever
then the name of the
