Annotation:Link Him Doddie (1)

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LINK HIM DOD(D)IE [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Link' means to dance or skip. The melody appears (as "Linkem Dodie") in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). John Glen (Early Scottish Melodies, notes for No. 376 of the Scots Musical Museum) finds an earlier appearance of the tune under the title "Blue Britches."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 114. Gow (First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 11. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 135. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 11. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 30, No. 3, p. 18. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 15. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 170 (appears as "Sink Him, Doddie-Highland Fling"). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 17.

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