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MR. ROBERTSON OF LADYKIRK. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow [1] (1763–1831). Ladykirk is in Berwickshire near the River Tweed and Ladykirk House was built in 1797 in the Classical style to a design by the architect William Elliot (it was demolished in 1966). Robertson was a gentleman farmer and breeder of cattle and other livestock. See also the strathspey composed for his wife by Nathaniel’s brother John (“Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite”).

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Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 168. Gow (3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 3rd ed., 1792; p. 28.

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-'''MR. ROBERTSON OF LADYKIRK'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/gow_nathaniel.htm] (1763-1831). Ladykirk is in Berwickshire near the River Tweed and Ladykirk House was built in 1797 in the Classical style to a design by the architect William Elliot (it was demolished in 1966). Robertson was a gentleman farmer and breeder of cattle and other livestock. See also the strathspey composed for his wife by Nathaniel’s brother John (“[[Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite]]”).
+'''MR. ROBERTSON OF LADYKIRK'''. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/gow_nathaniel.htm] (1763–1831). Ladykirk is in Berwickshire near the River Tweed and Ladykirk House was built in 1797 in the Classical style to a design by the architect William Elliot (it was demolished in 1966). Robertson was a gentleman farmer and breeder of cattle and other livestock. See also the strathspey composed for his wife by Nathaniel’s brother John (“[[Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite]]”).
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-''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection''', 1986; No. 168. Gow ('''Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels'''), 3rd ed., 1792; p. 28.
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+Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 168.
+Gow ('''3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels'''), 3rd ed., 1792; p. 28.
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