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Theme code Index	5L5L7bL2 113b2
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AAB, AABCCDE
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	1784
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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T:Drunken Wives of Fochabers, a Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, p. 22)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gdor
A|D/D/D D2 F>GAF|G/G/G G>A TB>Gad|D/D/D (D>E) TF>GAc|
d<fc<f TA>GG::e|f>dc>A T(f>ga)f|g/g/g (g>a) b>ga>g|
f>dTc>A f>g{fg}a>g|f>dTc>A TB>GGe|f>dTc>A (f/e/f/g/) a>f|
g/g/g (g>a) {ga}b>ga>g|g/g/g (g>a) {ga}b>ga>g|f>dTc>A f>g{fg}ag|
f>dc>f TA>GG||:A|D/D/D (D>E) (F/E/F/G/) T(A/G/F/A/)|G/G/G (G>A) (B/A/B/c/) (d/B/A/G/)|
D/D/D D>E (F/E/F/G/) (A/B/c/A/)|(d/f/e/f/) (a/f/c/f/) TA>GG:||e|(f/>e/f/d/) T(d/B/c/A/) (f/e/f/g/) (f/g/a/f/)|
(g/d/)B/G/ (B/d/)g/a/ (b/a/g/a/) (g/a/b/g/)|(f/a/)f/c/ (A/c/)f/c/ T(f/e/f/g/) a>g|(f/c/)a/f/ d/c/B/A/ TB>GGe||
T(f/d/c/B/) (A/B/c/A/) (F/A/)c/f/ (c/f/)a/f/|T(g/^f/g/a/) (g/d/)B/d/ (G/B/)d/g/ (d/g/)b/g/|
(f/e/f/d/) (c/B/A/B/) (c/d/e/f/) (g/a/b/g/)|a/f/g/d/ f/c/d/f/ T(A>G)G||

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T:Drunken Wives of Fochabers, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Aird – Sixth and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1803, No. 8, p. 4)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
B|E/E/E E2 G>ABG|A/A/A A>B c>AB<e|E/E/E E2 G>AB>d|e>g e/d/c/B B<AA:|
|:e|g>ed>B g>abg|a/a/a ab c'>aba|g>ed>B g>aba|g>edg B<AA:|]

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T:Drunken Wives of Fochabers, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Gmin
A|D/D/D D2 F>GA>F|G/G/G G>A B>GA>d|D/D/D D>E F>G A<c|d>fc>f A<GG:| 
=e | f>dc>A f>ga>g | g/g/g g>a b>ga>g | f>dc>A f<g a>g | f>dc>A B<G G>=e |
f>dc>A f>ga>f | g/g/g g>a b>ga>g | f>dc>A f>ga>g | f<dc<f A>GG ||

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T:Drunken Wives of Fochabers, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmin
A|D/D/D D2 F>G AF|G/G/G G>A B>G A<d|D/D/D D2 F>GA>c|d>f d/c/B/A/ A<G G:|
|:d|f>dc>A f>gaf|g/g/g ga b>gag|f>dc>A f>gag|f>dcf A<G G:||

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