Annotation:House of Gray

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X:1 T:House of Gray, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Bremner – “For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances” (p. 101) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor D|G3TB3|cAF cAF|G3 B2c|dBd dBG|fgf Te2d|cAf cAF|G2G B>cd|cA^F G2:| |:A|B2B f2B|dBd cAF|B2B f2B|dBd fdf|g>ag Tf2d|cAf cAF|G2 G (B/A/B/c/d) |cA^F G2:|]


HOUSE OF GRAY. English, Scottish, New England; Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (p. 101). Also to be found in J. Johnson Choice Collection Vol 4, 1748, and Rutherford's Country Dances Vol. 1, 1756

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Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 445, p. 173. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 255, p. 28. Pringle (A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs), 1801; p. 13. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 2.

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