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LADY MARY HAYES' SCOTTISH MEASURE. AKA - "Lady Mary Hay's Scotch Measure." Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCDD (Hunter, Lerwick): AABCCDD' (Gow). Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) a Scottish fiddler, composer, music publisher and bandleader; a son of the famous Niel Gow. There are several persons by the name of Lady Mary Hays that the title may refer to.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 101. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 27 (3rd ed.). Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 324. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; p. 16-17.

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