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MARCHIONESS, THE. AKA and see "Guard House (The)," "Chelmsford Races," "Hullichan Jig (The)," "Soldier's Dance." Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler-composer Biography:Robert Petrie's 1st collection (1790), although it was predated by its inclusion one of Skillern's collections in 1776 (under the title "Guard House (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cushing, No. 85, p. 40. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; p. 13.

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