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X:1 T:Mr. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Birthday [1] C:R. Petrie S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 16 L:1/8 M:C R:Reel K:F f|:cF d/c/B/A/ cFAf|cF A/B/c/A/ BGGB|cF d/c/B/A/ cFAf|edec f2 fd:| |:cAfA cfAf|cAfA gGGA|cFcA cFAf|edec f2 fd:||

MR. DUFF (OF FETTERESSO’S) BIRTHDAY. Scottish, Reel (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler biography:Robert Petrie (1767-1830). The melody appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, p. 16). The title refers to Robert William Duff of Fetteresso (1767-1834), born at Logie, the son of Vice Admiral Robert Duff and Helen Duff. He commanded the Forfar Artillery and Kincardine Millitia for a period and was known as 'The Colonel' afterwards. As a young man aged 22, he married his stepsister and second cousin, Mary Morison^[1], in Edinburgh in 1789, and together they raised at least eight children. Duff's birthday is unknown, only the year of his birth. Fetteresso Castle is a 14th-century tower house, rebuilt in 1761 as a Scottish Gothic style Palladian manor, about 17 miles south of Aberdeen.

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Printed sources : - Robert Petrie (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances), 1796; p. 16.

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↑ It is tempting to think that Mary Morison and fiddler-composer John Morison were related. John composed several tunes for the Duff family of Fetteresso.

[1] It is tempting to think that Mary Morison and fiddler-composer John Morison were related. John composed several tunes for the Duff family of Fetteresso.

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