Annotation:Douglas

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DOUGLAS. AKA and see "Bridge of Lodi (The)." Scottish, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Not "Douglas's Favorite Hornpipe," but some similarities to "Quindaro Hornpipe." The tune belongs to a large family of related hornpipes -- see note for "Bridge of Lodi (The)". The name Douglas was originally a Celtic place-name, meaning 'the black stream'.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 299.

Recorded sources:

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