Annotation:Duchess of Hamilton's Delight

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DUCHESS OF HAMILTON'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Forest," "Forrest." Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The melody also appears in an anonymous late 18th century music manuscript housed in the British Museum, where the tune is given as "Forest, or the Duchess of Hamilton's Delight."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; p. 96, No. 163. Gow (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1788; p. 6.

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