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MISS FORBES. AKA and see “Miss Horgan’s.” Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow, Surenne): AAB (Athole): AABB' (Kerr). Attributed to “D.D.” (Daniel Dow?) by Gow in the 4th Collection. The name Forbes is derived from the Gaelic term forb-ais, meaning ‘at the land’. The clan’s original holdings were in Aberdeenshire, on the banks of the river Don.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 282. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 7. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 89, p. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 69. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 100.

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