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'''HONORABLE HENRY ERSKINE'S FAVORITE, THE.''' Scottish, Jig. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler-composer [[biography:John Pringle]]. | '''HONORABLE HENRY ERSKINE'S FAVORITE, THE.''' Scottish, Jig. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler-composer [[biography:John Pringle]]. Henry Erskine [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Erskine_(lawyer)] (1746-1817) was a Scottish lawyer, politician, and administrator, as well as a poet, of whom it was said that "no poor man wanted a friend while Harry Erskine lived." His country residence was Almondell, in Linlithgowshire. | ||
[[File:erskine.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Henry Erskine by Henry Raeburn (1756 - 1823)]] | |||
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HONORABLE HENRY ERSKINE'S FAVORITE, THE. Scottish, Jig. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler-composer biography:John Pringle. Henry Erskine [1] (1746-1817) was a Scottish lawyer, politician, and administrator, as well as a poet, of whom it was said that "no poor man wanted a friend while Harry Erskine lived." His country residence was Almondell, in Linlithgowshire.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Pringle (A Second Collection of Strathspeys, Reels & Jiggs &c.), c. 1805.
Recorded sources: