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'''OXFORD CASTLE.''' Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major (Watlen): G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'.  The jig was first printed by musician John Watlen in his '''Celebrated Circus Tunes''' (1791), attributed to "Miss C. D____le." "[[Miss Watson's Favorite]]"
'''OXFORD CASTLE.''' Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major (Watlen): G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'.  The jig was first printed by musician John Watlen in his '''Celebrated Circus Tunes''' (1791), attributed to "Miss C. D____le." "[[Miss Watson's Favorite]]"
in the same collection is also attributed to "Miss C.D.", as is "[[Miss W. Dalrymple's Fancy]]".  "[[Sir George Ramsay's Lament" is attributed to "Miss C. Dal_____e."  Presumably the composer was also a Dalrymple.   
in the same collection is also attributed to "Miss C.D.", as is "[[Miss W. Dalrymple's Fancy]]".  "[[Sir George Ramsay's Lament]]" is attributed to "Miss C. Dal_____e."  Presumably the composer was also a Dalrymple.   
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OXFORD CASTLE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major (Watlen): G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The jig was first printed by musician John Watlen in his Celebrated Circus Tunes (1791), attributed to "Miss C. D____le." "Miss Watson's Favorite" in the same collection is also attributed to "Miss C.D.", as is "Miss W. Dalrymple's Fancy". "Sir George Ramsay's Lament" is attributed to "Miss C. Dal_____e." Presumably the composer was also a Dalrymple.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - copied from James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1782-97) [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), Glasgow, 1796; No. 122, p. 48. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 121. Watlen (The Celebrated Circus Tunes), Edinburgh; 1791, p. 23.

Recorded sources: -



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