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BORLUM'S REEL [1]. AKA - "Borlum's Rant." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABCD (McGlashan): AA'BBCC (Gow). Glen finds the earliest printing of "Borlum's Reel" in Alexander McGlashan's 1786 collection (p. 23). A "Borlum's Reel" was printed by Glasgow publisher James Aird in 1782 in his Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1, and although it has some similarities, it is a different tune.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Collection), Part 1, 1799; p. 26 (appears as "Borlam's Strathspey"). MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; p. 146. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 141.

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-'''BORLUM'S REEL'''. AKA - "Borlum's Rant." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABCD (McGlashan): AA'BBCC (Gow). Glen finds the earliest printing of "Borlum's Reel" in Alexander McGlashan's 1786 collection (p. 23), however, it was printed by Glasgow publisher James Aird in 1782 in his '''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1'''.
+'''BORLUM'S REEL [1]'''. AKA - "Borlum's Rant." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABCD (McGlashan): AA'BBCC (Gow). Glen finds the earliest printing of "Borlum's Reel" in Alexander McGlashan's 1786 collection (p. 23). A "Borlum's Reel" was printed by Glasgow publisher James Aird in 1782 in his '''Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1''', and although it has some similarities, it is a different tune.
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-''Printed sources'':  Aird ('''Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1'''), 1782; No. 161, p. 56. Gow ('''Complete Collection'''), Part 1, 1799; p. 26 (appears as "Borlam's Strathspey"). MacDonald ('''Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 146. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; p. 141.
+''Printed sources'':  Gow ('''Complete Collection'''), Part 1, 1799; p. 26 (appears as "Borlam's Strathspey"). MacDonald ('''Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 146. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; p. 141.
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