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MISS GIBSON [2]. AKA and see "Charleville Lasses (The)," "Cumberland (The)," "Little Duke's," "Miss Edmonston's Reel," “Miss Nancy Gibson,” "Mr. Robertson's Reel," “Una's Lock (1)," "Wayside Wagon (The).” Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABB (Gow, Manson, Petrie, Saunders, Stewart-Robertson). The tune was printed on a single sheet by Gow and Shepherd c. 1800 as “The Cumberland or Miss Nancy Shepherd, and by Robert Petrie in 1802 in his Third Collection as "Miss Gibson's Reel." Frank Roche printed it in his Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3 (1927) as "Wayside Wagon (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 507. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 31. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 201, p. 23. Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune-Book, vol. 1), 1844; p. 107. Robert Petrie (Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1802; p. 2. Saunders (New and Complete Instructor for the Violin), Boston, 1847; No. 65, p. 37. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 278. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 13.

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