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LASSIE, LOOK BEFORE YOU/YE.. AKA and see "Look Before You," "Lasses Look Before You," "Miss Agnes Ross’s Reel," "Miss Ross," "Miss Ross’ Strathspey—of Elgin (1)," Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Balmoral, Honeyman, Howe, Kerr): AABB' (Athole, Skye). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), though this was not Marshall's title, but rather a variation of the one published by the Gow's. In Marshall's own collection the strathspey appears under the "Miss Ross" title. As "Lasses Look Before You" it is played as a Shetland Reel on the island of Unst.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 7. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 123 (appears as "Lassies, Look Before You"). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; Set 11, No. 1, p. 8. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 39. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 101.

Recorded sources: Beltona 2103 (78 RPM), Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society (1936). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005).

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-'''LASSIE, LOOK BEFORE YOU/YE.'''. AKA and see "[[Look Before You]]," "[[Lasses Look Before You]]," "[[Miss Agnes Ross’s Reel]]," "[[Miss Ross]]," "[[Miss Ross’ Strathspey—of Elgin (1)]]," Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Honeyman, Howe, Kerr): AABB' (Athole, Skye). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), though this was not Marshall's title, but a variation of Gow's. In Marshall's own collection the strathspey appears under the "Miss Ross" title. As "Lasses Look Before You" it is played as a Shetland Reel on the island of Unst.
+'''LASSIE, LOOK BEFORE YOU/YE.'''. AKA and see "[[Look Before You]]," "[[Lasses Look Before You]]," "[[Miss Agnes Ross’s Reel]]," "[[Miss Ross]]," "[[Miss Ross’ Strathspey—of Elgin (1)]]," Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Balmoral, Honeyman, Howe, Kerr): AABB' (Athole, Skye). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), though this was not Marshall's title, but rather a variation of the one published by the Gow's. In Marshall's own collection the strathspey appears under the "Miss Ross" title. As "Lasses Look Before You" it is played as a Shetland Reel on the island of Unst.
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-''Printed sources'': Honeyman ('''Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor'''), 1898; p. 7. Howe ('''1000 Jigs and Reels'''), c. 1867; p. 123 (appears as "Lassies, Look Before You"). Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 1; Set 11, No. 1, p. 8. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 39. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 101.
+''Printed sources'': Honeyman ('''Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor'''), 1898; p. 7. Howe ('''1000 Jigs and Reels'''), c. 1867; p. 123 (appears as "Lassies, Look Before You"). Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 1'''), c. 1880; Set 11, No. 1, p. 8. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 39. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 101.
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