"Flowers of Edinburgh" is a traditional fiddle tune of Gaelic lineage, Irish and Scottish. It is also prominent in American fiddle, Canadian fiddle and wherever old time fiddle is cultivated.
According to a self-deprecating secondary report in "A Native's Guide to Edinburgh" By Tom Mc Rae, "The stench from the loch permeated the old City and probably gave rise to the traditional tune "The Flowers of Edinburgh." A more neutral perspective suggests that the tune "dates from near 1740, may have been written by James Oswald though he didn't claim this."
G Major (one sharp)
A few of the many notable recordings of a tune by this name:
50 Fiddle Solos by Aly BainFather's Of The Newfoundland Fiddle Volume 1 by Rufus GuinchardFiddle by Cape Breton SymphonyIrish Folk The Collection Vol.2 by Various ArtistsJefferson And Liberty by The Itinerant BandO'er Hills O'er Mountains by The Strathallan Early Music GroupRig-a-jig-jig: Dance Music Of The South Of England by Various ArtistsRogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2007 by Various ArtistsShetland Fiddle Music by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of EdinburghShetland Springs Fae Da Bonnie Isle by Gibbie HutchisonSouvenir Of Scotland by Hamish MacGregor And The Blue BonnetsStrict Tempo: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950s, Volume 1 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance QuartetThe Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrathThe Devils Of Dublin by Celtic Music Society (East Rochester HS)The Fiddlesticks Collection by Jerry HollandTraditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili BandVivacious by Samantha RobichaudBlata Duin-Eudain, Knuckle Down, My Love Was Once A Bonnie Lad, My Love's Bonny When She Smiles On Me, To The Battle Men Of Erin, The Weobley Hankie Dance, The Weobley Hanky Dance.
Proper performance Ashley MacIsaac's February 20, 2010 concert in Victoria, with guests Qristina & Quinn Bachand. Also featuring Bryan Skinner on bodhran and Jason King on whistle.Sometimes played in D Major.Title: Flowers of Edinburgh & Spootiskerry - Ashley MacIsaac & The BachandsDance tune. Lopez Island 2008
