Niel Gow

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Theme code Index	51H62 51H66
Also known as	Niel Gow's strathspey, 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"England/North East" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AB, AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Wright
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Favorite collection of tunes with variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes violin or flute
Tune and/or Page number	7/2
Year of publication/Date of MS	1805
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NIEL GOW.
See also spellings "Neil Gow" and "Neal Gow." Gow himself insisted on the spelling 'Niel' for his name.
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. 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:

Gow and Time are Even Now,
Gow Beat Time and Time Beat Gow.

Richard Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 482. Niel Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 36. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 34. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 149, pg. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 9, pg. 4. Peacock ( Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 7, pg. 2. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 15. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 20-21.

X: 7
T: Niel Gow
B: Peacocks' Tunes
L: 1/8
M: C|
Z: Valerio M. Pelliccioni
K: G
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