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SHELAH O'NEAL. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Composed and communicated by Mr. Boswell of Auchinleck" (Gow). Nathaniel Gow refers not to James Boswell (1740-1795), the 9th Laird of Auchinleck, Ayrshire, famous as friend and amanuensis to Dr. Samuel Johnson in addition to being an author and diarist, and lawyer. Rather, the song is the work of his son Alexander, who was himself a lawyer and a poet. It may be that the father James did compose the reel “Honorable Mrs. Leslie Cumming.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 374. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 11.

Recorded sources: -

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+'''SHELAH O'NEAL.''' Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Composed and communicated by Mr. Boswell of Auchinleck" (Gow).  Nathaniel Gow refers not to James Boswell (1740-1795), the 9th Laird of Auchinleck, Ayrshire, famous as friend and amanuensis to Dr. Samuel Johnson in addition to being an author and diarist, and lawyer.  Rather, the song is the work of his son Alexander, who was himself a lawyer and a poet. It may be that the father James did compose the reel “[[Honorable Mrs. Leslie Cumming]].”
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