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Theme code Index	13b44 13b55
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Selection of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3
Tune and/or Page number	No. 445, p. 173
Year of publication/Date of MS	1788
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:House of Gray
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance 
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 445, p. 173)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
E|A3 c2e|dBG dBG|A3 c2d|ece ece|
gag ^f2e|dBg dBG|A2A (c/B/c/d/).e|dBG A2:|
|:B|c2c g2c|ece dBG|c2c g2d|ece geg|
aba Tg2e|dBg dBG|A2A c/B/c/d/e|dBG A3:|]

X:2
T:House of Gray, The –A Jigg
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:Pringle attached his name to compositions in his collection he
N:composed. This tune is unattributed.
B:John Pringle – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs (1801, p. 13) 
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
G3B3|cAF cAF|G2A B2c|dBd dBd|
fgf T=e2d|cfd cAF|G2A B2d|cA^F G3:|]
|:B2B f2B|dBd cAF|B2B f2B|dBd fdf|
gag Tf2d|cfd cAF|G2A Bcd|cA^F G3:|]

X:3
T:House of Gray
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 255  (c. 1880's)
K:Ador
e|AAA c2e|dBG dBG|AAA c2d|ece ecA|
gag f2e|dBg dBG|AAA cde|dBG A2:|
|:B|ccc g2c|ece dBG|ccc g2c|ece geg|
aga g2e|dBg dBG|AAA cde|dBG A2:||

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