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Theme code Index	51H62 51H66
Also known as	Niel Gow's Strathspey, Niel Gow's Reel (2), Irish Jig, Keep Your Country Bonnie Lasses
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Niel Gow
Region	England
Genre/Style	Northumbrian/Borders, Scottish, Shetland/Orkney
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AB, AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Wright
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Peacock's Tunes
Tune and/or Page number	No. 7, p. 2
Year of publication/Date of MS	1805
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X: 7
T: Niel Gow
B: Peacocks' Tunes
L: 1/8
M: C|
Z: Valerio M. Pelliccioni
K: G
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A|G/G>G/G> AEEA| G/G>Bd g/d>eg| dgBg AFDf|gedB G2 G:||

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-See also spellings "Neil Gow" and "Neal Gow." Gow himself insisted on the spelling 'Niel' for his name.
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-AKA – “Neil Gow.” AKA and see "Irish Jig", "[[Keep Your Country Bonnie Lasses]]" (Shetland) {?}. Scottish (originally), English; Strathspey. England, Northumberland. A Major (most versions): G Major (Surenne): D Major (Gow). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB (Carlin/Gow, Honeyman, Kennedy, Kerr, Peacock). Composed by the most famous of Scots fiddler-composers, Niel Gow (1727-1807), Dunkeld, Perthshire. It is worth remembering Gow’s epitath, inscribed on his gravestone:
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-''Gow and Time are Even Now,''
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-''Gow Beat Time and Time Beat Gow.''
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-Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 482. Gow ('''Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels'''), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 36. Honeyman ('''Strathspey Reel and Hornpipe Tutor'''), 1898; p. 34. Kennedy ('''Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants'''), 1997; No. 149, p. 35. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 2; No. 9, p. 4. Peacock ('''Favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes violin or flute |Peacock’s Tunes'''), c. 1805/1980; No. 7, p. 2. Stewart_Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; pg. 15. Surenne ('''Dance Music of Scotland'''), 1852; pp. 20-21.
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-Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
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