Annotation:Mrs. Gordon of Abergeldie's Strathspey (1)
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MRS. GORDON OF ABERGELDIE'S STRATHSPEY [1]. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). "Mrs. Gordon of Abergeldie's Strathspey [1]" was composed by fiddler-composer biography:Robert Petrie (d. 1830), and first published in his 1790 collection. The title perhaps refers to Alison Hunter, daughter of David Hunter of Burnside "and widow of one Paterson", who in 1750 married her cousin, Charles Gordon, 12th of Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire. He died in 1796 and she in 1800. "They lived together," says their tombstone in Glenmuick churchyard, "nearly half a century in this part of Deeside, the best of parents, giving a good example in every way and serving to the utmost of their power all who stood in need." Mr. W. MacCombie Smith wrote a ballad called "A' for Love" to Petrie's strathspey. Robert Burns's song, "Birks of Abergeldie (The)," was founded on an earlier song in which Abergeldie was the place mentioned.
