Colonel Baird (1)

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Theme code Index	5555 5411
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Mrs. Oswald of Auchicruive
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances
Tune and/or Page number	p. 18
Year of publication/Date of MS	1800
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COLONEL BAIRD [1]. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by "the late Mrs. Oswald of Auchicruive" (nee Mary Ramsay, who died in 1788) on whom for more see "Miss Johnston of Hilton's Fancy". The melody honors Sir James Baird who, in 1781, married Henrietta Johnson of Hillton (for whom see "Miss Johnston of Hilton's Fancy”).

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 326. Gow (Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 18.

X:1
T:Colonel Baird [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:"Slowish"
B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
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