Annotation:Miss Douglas's Favourite
X:1 T:Tuath is deas T:Miss Douglas's Favourite M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Daniel McLaren – Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc. (1794) K:G V:1 g2|GG3B3G c3BAg3|GG3B3G D3GBG3|c3AB3G c3BAg3|eg3d3B G4G2:| g2|eg3d3B c3BAg3|eg3d3B d3eg3a|bagf g3Bc3BAg3|eg3d3B (d4 d2)g2| eg3d3B c3BAg3|eg3d3B d3eg3b|af3gB3 c3BAg3|eg3e3g d4d2|| V:2 clef = bass z2|G,,4G,4C,4D,4|G,4G,,4B,,4G,,4|A,,4G,,4C,4C4|C,4D,4G,4G,,2:| z2|C,4G,,4D,4D,,4|C,4G,,4B,,6A,,2|G,,4G,4D,4D4|C4G,4D4D,2z2| C,4G,,4D,4D,,4|C,4G,,4B,,6A,,2|G,,4G,4D,4D4|C4D2D,2 G,4G,,2||
MISS DOUGLAS'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Pitkerie's Reel," "Tuath is deas." Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Tuath is deas" is the first title in Edinburge musician biography:Daniel McLaren's 1794 publication, with "Miss Douglas's Favourite" given as the alternate. Aird give it only as "Tuath is deas." However, as Fr. John Quinn points out, the tune is a development of "Pitkerie's Reel" printed in Edinburgh in 1757 by Robert Bremner.
