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Theme code Index	5L127b 47b47bL
Also known as
Composer/Core Source	Nathaniel Gow
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AB, AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 18
Year of publication/Date of MS	1788
Artist
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Year recorded
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Niel Gow's Lament for his Brother.
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.], 2005
K:Bb
U:T=!trill!
U:w=!wedge!
F | DGG  TG2 F | GBc dgf | Td2 c (B/c/d)wc | BFF F2 F | 
DGG G2 F | GBc dgf | dbg fdc | BGG G2 || 
f |g2 b fdB | cdf g2 b | f2 d cdc | BFF F2 F | 
(GB)wF (GB)wF | (GB)wc (dg)wf | (db)wg (fd)wc | wBwGwG G2 ||

X:2
T:Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of his Brother
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
B:Gow - 2nd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels, 3rd edition, p. 18  (orig. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Emin
TE/D/|B,EE TE>DE|FEF {F}d2B|AFA dB/^c/d/B/|(AF).D D2 TE/D/|
B,EE TE>DE|~FEF e2d|TB>AG TA>GF|(BG).E TE2:||
(B/4^c/4^d/2)|eBe/f/ {e/f/}g>fe|(de).f Tg2 f/e/|{^c/4d/4e/4}d>^cB AFd/B/|
(AF).D TE/D/|B,EE TE>DE|TFEF e2d|TB>AG TA>GF|(BG).E TE2||

X:3
T:There's a youth in this city
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:"Moderately"
R:Air
N:"A Gaelic Air" as insisted on by Robert Burns, but generally
N:though to be derived from "Niel Gow's Lamentation for this Brother." 
B:Johnson - Scots Musical Museum (1790, No. 258)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmin
D/C/|A,DD DCD|EDE EcA|GEG cAc|GEC C2 D/C/|
A,DD D2 (C/D/)|EDE !fermata!d2 c/B/|A>GF G>FE|A<FD D2||
|:A|dAd {de}f>ed|cde f2 (e/d/)|c>=BA GE(c/A/)|GEC C2A|
dA(d/e/) f>ed|cde f2 e/d/|c>=BA G<EG|AFD D2:|]

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