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|f_tune_title=Niel Gow's Wife (1)
|f_aka=Athole Brose,Loch Erroch Side,Mr. Macdonald of Staffa's Strathspey,Niel Gow's Second Wife (1),The Watchmaker
|f_aka=Athole Brose, Loch Erroch Side, Mr._MacDonald_of_Staffa's_Strathspey, Niel Gow's Second Wife (1), Watchmaker (The),
|f_composer=Niel Gow, Daniel McLaren of Edinburgh,Duncan MacIntyre
|f_composer=Niel Gow, Daniel McLaren of Edinburgh, Duncan MacIntyre
|f_country=Scotland
|f_country=Scotland
|f_genre=Scottish
|f_genre=Scottish
|f_rhythm=Strathspey
|f_rhythm=Strathspey
|f_time_signature=4/4
|f_key=G
|f_key=G
|f_accidental=1 sharp
|f_accidental=1 sharp
|f_mode=Aeolian (minor)
|f_mode=Aeolian (minor)
|f_structure=AB, AAB, AA'BB
|f_structure=AB, AAB, AA'BB
|f_book_title=Favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes violin or flute
|f_book_title=Complete Repository Part 2
|f_collector=John Peacock, William Wright
|f_collector=Niel & Nathaniel Gow
|f_year=1805
|f_year=1802
|f_page=4/1
|f_page=p. 13
|f_theme_code_index=3546 3551H
|f_theme_code_index=3b127bL 3b13b3b
|f_pdf_score=[[File:Neil_Gow_s_Wife.pdf|page=1|thumb|left|200px|Neil Gow's Wife]]
|f_score=1
|f_player=Oisíin McAuley
|f_player=Oisíin McAuley
|f_album=From the Hills of Donegal
|f_album=From the Hills of Donegal
|f_label=Compass Records 7 4446 2
|f_label=Compass Records 7 4446 2
|f_recording_date=2007
|f_recording_date=2007
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AKA and see "Athole Brose," "Loch Erroch Side,” "Mr. Macdonald of Staffa's Strathspey," "Niel Gow's Second Wife [1]," “The Watchmaker.” Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor (Athole, Cole, Kerr, Skye, Surenne): A Minor (Williamson). Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Cole, Gow, Kerr, Skye): AA'BB (Williamson).
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Under the title "Mr. Macdonald of Staffa's Strathspey," the tune is earliest credited to Daniel McLaren of Edinburgh, a native of Taymouth, Perthshire, who published it in 1794 (unfortunately, little is known of him). Gow and sons published the tune as “Niel Gow’s Wife” in their Complete Repository, Book 2 (1802) with composer credits to Niel Gow (1727-1807). Still later, in MacDonald’s Skye Collection (1887), it is credited to Duncan MacIntyre. The title has been altered to insert the word “Second” to “Niel Gow’s Wife”  to accommodate the apocryphal story of his fiddle being the famous fiddler-composer’s ‘second wife’ in his affections.  Niel did, however, have two wives, the first of whom, Margaret Wiseman, bore him five sons; his second, Margaret Urquhart, had no children. The association of instrument and intimate bond has been made with other fiddlers as well, and stems from the old saying that the minstrel’s ‘second wife’ was his harp. Donal Hickey, in his 1999 book on Sliabh Luachra musicians Stone Mad for Music, writes: “Pádraig (O’Keeffe) {1887-1963} remained single and he used to call the fiddle ‘the missus’, declaring that it gave no bit of trouble at all. ‘Just one stroke across the belly and she purrs’, he would say.”The tune is played in County Donegal as a highland and is associated with the playing of Danny O’Donnell, James Byrne and [[John Doherty John Doherty]].
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See The Northern Fiddler (1979), pgs. 81 (bottom tune, and untitled highland) and 194; the latter an untitled strathspey from the playing of Danny O’Donnell. Donegal fiddler Danny O’Donnell recorded the tune in the 78 RPM era, last in a set of three Highlands (preceded by “Polly Put the Kettle On [1]” and “The Bundoran Highland”). He called his set “[[The Thistle and Shamrock The Thistle and Shamrock]].” “The Watchmaker” is a related melody. “Niel Gow’s Second Wife” appears in the music manuscript copybook of John Burks, dated 1821, who may have been from the north of England (photocopy in ed. possession). It is a rather simplified form of the original strathspey, which retains only some of the characteristic dotted rhythms and “Scots Snap.”
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Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 446. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 126. Feldman & O’Doherty (Northern Fiddler), 1979; pgs. 81c (appears as untitled Highland) & 194 (appears as untitled strathspey). Gow (Complete Repository), Book 2, 1802; pg. 13. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 29 (appears as "Neil Gow's Second Wife"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 21, No. 1, pg. 13. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 123. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 165. [[James Stewart Robertson Stewart-Robertson]] (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 186. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 34-35. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 60. Compass Records 7 4446 2,Oisíin McAuley – “From the Hills of Donegal” (2007).
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D: Ois\355in McAuley: From the Hills of Donegal - Compass Records 7 4446 2, 2007
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Z: AK/Fiddler's Companion
T:      Neil Gow's Wife [1]
C: Niel Gow,
C:      Daniel McLaren of Edinburgh, Duncan MacIntyre
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 Theme code Index    3b127bL 3b13b3b
 Also known as    Athole Brose, Loch Erroch Side, Mr. MacDonald of Staffa's Strathspey, Niel Gow's Second Wife (1), Watchmaker (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Niel Gow, Biography:Daniel McLaren of Edinburgh, Duncan MacIntyre
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB, AAB, AA'BB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Repository Part 2
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 13
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1802
 Artist    Biography:Oisíin McAuley
 Title of recording    From the Hills of Donegal
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Compass Records 7 4446 2
 Year recorded    2007
 Media    
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Niel Gow's Wife (1)

X: 1 A: Scotland B: Niel & Nathaniel Gow - Complete Repository Part 2 (p. 13 - 1802) B: Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884) D: Ois\355in McAuley: From the Hills of Donegal - Compass Records 7 4446 2, 2007 R: Strathspey Z: AK/Fiddler's Companion T: Neil Gow's Wife [1] C: Niel Gow, C: Daniel McLaren of Edinburgh, Duncan MacIntyre M:C L:1/8 K:Gmin d|B<G G>B A<F ~F>A|B<G G>A B>A B<g|B<G G>B A<F F>A|~B2 d>B F<BB:|| d|B < B d>B f>Bd>B|F<F A>F c>FA>c|~B2 d>B f>Bd>f|g<g b>g d<g g>b| f<d d>f e<c c>e|d < B B>d c < B A>F|G<GB < B c<c d>c|B>G B/A/G/^F/ D<GG||


X:1 T:Neil Gow’s Wife [1] M:C L:1/16 B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 3 (1844–1845, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin d2|BG3~G3B AF3~F3A|BG3~G3A {c}B3AB3g|BG3~G3B AF3~F3A|BB3{d}c3B F2B2B2:| d2|BB3d3B f3Bd3B|FF3A3F c3FAc3|BB3d3B f3Bdf3|gg3b3g dg3g3b| fd3~d3f e3c~c3e|dB3~B3d {c}B3AB3F|GG3 BB3 cc3 {Bc}d3c|B3G BAG^F D2G2G2||


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