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MISS LUCY CAMPBELL. AKA and see "Lucy Campbell's Strathspey (4)," "Pass of Kilicranke (The)/Pass of Kelecrankie (THe)." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major (Kerr, Skye): A Major (Glen). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Glen, Kerr): AABBCCDDEEFFGG (Skye). Composed by Neil Gow. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (p. 51); a different variant is to be found in Kerr. The tune has proved popular as both a strathspey (in Cape Breton as well as Scotland) and a popular reel (in Ireland), under the title “Lucy Campbell.”

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Printed sources: Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 2. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 9, p. 4. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 36. Stewart (Collection of the Newest and Best Reels and Country Dances), 1761; p.

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