The Weeping Birches of Kilmorack
| ID | JSS0257 |
| Title | The Weeping Birches of Kilmorack |
| Document Reference | x/257/3e |
| Format | 126 x 201 mm |
| Medium | Handwritten music on lined sheet |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Music, Pastoral |
| Item Description | The weeping birches were dying trees at Kilmorack, a glen near Beauly, Inverness-shire. Although a pathetic sight, the grey trees were near a railway line, and suffered when a train, carrying lime, derailed. Skinner wrote this version out on a letter. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Arranger | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1900s |
| Related Images | JSS0712 |
| Location | Angus Archives |
| Collection Name | James Macpherson |
| Copyright | copyright_angus.shtml |
| Audio | Note this link will open another window so you can view the music and listen to the tune cd204a |
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