Annotation:New Year's Day (1)
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NEW YEAR'S DAY [1]. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune first appears inj Alexander Reinagle's 1782 publication A Collection of the Most Favorite Scots Tunes, according to Charles Gore.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. vol. 3), Glasgow, 1788; No. 446, p. 173. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 500. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 2), 1802; p. 29. Mackintosh (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs etc.), n.d.; p. 2. Petrie (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.), 1795.
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