Annotation:Miss Margaret MacGregor’s Favourite
X:1 T:Miss Margaret McGregor’s Favourite M:9/8 L:1/8 Q:"Slow" R:Slip Jig B:Daniel McLaren – Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc. (1794) K:D G|(F/G/A)A d>ed {d}c2A|(B/c/d).B {B}A{G}FE {F}E2A|(F/G/A).A d>ed {d}c2A|(B/c/d).B AFD D2:|| f|d2d (f/g/a).f afd|(f/g/a).d bge e2f|d2d (f/g/a).f afd|(f/g/a)f afd d2f| d2d (f/g/a).f afd|(f/g/a).f bge e2 f/e/|dAd {g}fed cBA|(B/c/d)B AFD D2||
MISS MARGARET MACGREGOR'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Dollie's/Dolly's the Girl for Me," "Sailor Lassie (The)," "Tadg O Flaherty." Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See cognate tunes "Sailor Lassie (The)" from Glasgow musician James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (p. 198, No. 517) and "Tadg O Flaherty" from the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Canon James Goodman (County Cork).