Annotation:Cheap Mutton
Tune properties and standard notation
CHEAP MUTTON (Coille an Togail). AKA and see "Ew(i)e wi' the Crooked Horn [1]," "Carron's Reel." Scottish, Strathspey. G Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Niel Gow (1727-1807), appearing in the Gows' Fourth Collection (1800), but the theme is really a simple variation on the traditional tune "Ewie wi' the Crooked Horn."
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 22. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 31. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 188.