Annotation:Alloway House

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ALLOWAY HOUSE. AKA and see "Alloa House." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air was composed by Scottish cellist and composer James Oswald (1710-1769). Alloway House was near Oswald's hometown of Dunfermline. It was also published in William McGibbbon's (c.1690-1756) A Collection of Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1762; p. 25). Words to the tune were written by Reverend Dr. Alexander Webster, a minister of Edinburgh who established a charity for the widows of clergymen of the Church of Scotland, who called the song "Alloa House." "Alloway House" was Oswald's title. Alloway is a parish in Ayr (and was the birthplace of poet Robert Burns), but Alloa House, or the Tower of Alloa, referenced in Webster's song, is the name of a manor in Clackmanan built around a 13th century tower. The tune was used for other 18th century songs as well, and was said to be popular in England (where it was sometimes called "Holloway House").

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: James Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 1), 1760; p. 24.

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