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'''NEWBYTH HOUSE [2].''' Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by [[biography:Malcolm MacDonald]], the tune appears in his first collection which was dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth, who famously said, on hearing that her son (then Captain) David Baird and other prisoners were in fetters, is said to have remarked, "God help the chiel chained to our Davie." | '''NEWBYTH HOUSE [2].''' Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by [[biography:Malcolm MacDonald]], the tune appears in his first collection which was dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth, who famously said, on hearing that her son (then Captain) David Baird and other prisoners were in fetters, is said to have remarked, "God help the chiel chained to our Davie." | ||
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NEWBYTH HOUSE [2]. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by biography:Malcolm MacDonald, the tune appears in his first collection which was dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth, who famously said, on hearing that her son (then Captain) David Baird and other prisoners were in fetters, is said to have remarked, "God help the chiel chained to our Davie."
Compare with the Irish "Malowney's Wife/Maloney's Wife."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1), c. 1788; p. 24.
Recorded sources: