"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 Bain
Father's Of The Newfoundland Fiddle Volume 1 by Rufus Guinchard
Fiddle by Cape Breton Symphony
Irish Folk The Collection Vol.2 by Various Artists
Jefferson And Liberty by The Itinerant Band
O'er Hills O'er Mountains by The Strathallan Early Music Group
Rig-a-jig-jig: Dance Music Of The South Of England by Various Artists
Rogha Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy 2007 by Various Artists
Shetland Fiddle Music by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh
Shetland Springs Fae Da Bonnie Isle by Gibbie Hutchison
Souvenir Of Scotland by Hamish MacGregor And The Blue Bonnets
Strict Tempo: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950s, Volume 1 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
The Cat That Ate The Candle by John Carty And Brian McGrath
The Devils Of Dublin by Celtic Music Society (East Rochester HS)
The Fiddlesticks Collection by Jerry Holland
Traditional Irish Fiddle Music by The Kilfenora Fiddle Ceili Band
Vivacious by Samantha Robichaud
Blata 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 Bachands
Dance tune. Lopez Island 2008
