Annotation:Miss Forbes’ Farewell
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MISS FORBES' FAREWELL. AKA and see "Miss Forbes’ Farewell to Banff." Scottish, English; Reel or March. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Colclough, O’Farrell): AABB' (Kennedy, Raven): AA'B (Carlin). The tune was entered into the c. 1790 music manuscript copybook of fiddler George White (Cherry Valley, New York).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 3, p. 1. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 152, p. 91. Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes), c. 1830; p. 14. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 23. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 4), 1810; p. 133. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 151.
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