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HAPPY FRANK. Scottish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), in honor of Frank Gilruth (1853-1915), a teacher of commerce at Dumfries Academy from 1882 until his death; he was born at Sanquhar, Gartly, Aberdeenshire. See also "Frank Gilruth (1)" and "Frank Gilruth (2)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 131.

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