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LITTLE MEN OF THE MEARNS. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (p. 20). The parts are not even: the first strain has four measures (repeated), while the second has six. 'Little Men of the Mearns' was a proverbial expression dating

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: McGlashan (A Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; p. 20.

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-'''LITTLE MEN OF THE MEARNS.''' Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (p. 20). The parts are not even: the first strain has four measures (repeated), while the second has six.
+'''LITTLE MEN OF THE MEARNS.''' Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (p. 20). The parts are not even: the first strain has four measures (repeated), while the second has six. 'Little Men of the Mearns' was a proverbial expression dating
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-''Printed sources'':  McGlashan ('''Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), c. 1780/81; p. 20.
+''Printed sources'':  McGlashan ('''A Collection of Strathspey Reels'''), c. 1780/81; p. 20.
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