Annotation:Neil Ferguson Esq.'s Favorite Air
X:1 T:Tha Crodhaigh Mac Allan T:Neil Ferguson Esq’s Favorite Air M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Robert Petrie – Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (1802, p. 6) N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DE|F2F2 AF|E2 D2 DE|F2F2A2|[D2F2][A,2E2]DE|[D2F2][D2F2][D2F2]|E2F2B2| A2F2E2|D4::d2|f2 ed e2|d2 BAAd|f2ed e2|d4 Ad| f2 ed e2|d2 (BA)(Ad)|(BA)(AF) (E>D/2E/4)|D4:||:d2|F2F2 AF|E2D2d2| F2F2A2|F2E2d2|F2 FFFF|E2F2B2|A2F2E2{DE}|D4:|]
NEIL FERGUSON ESQ.'S FAVORITE AIR. AKA and see "Original Gallic Air (An)," Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The air was published by Nathaniel Gow, a few years after Petrie, as "Original Gallic Air (An)", the composition of which was credited to military hero David Stewart of Garth.
