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Theme code Index	5L3L1L3L 1L3L6L2
Also known as	Perth Hunt (The), Highland Skip (2), Molly Maguire (2), Niel Gow's Reel (1), Popcorn (The), Richmond Hill (2), Sailor’s Trip to Liverpool (The), Boyne Hunt (1)
Composer/Core Source	Miss Stirling of Ardoch
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4, 2/2
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AB, AAB, AABB, AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 2
Year of publication/Date of MS	1788
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X:1
T:Perthshire Hunt
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Miss Stirling of Ardoch
S:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
F|TE2 CE A,ECE|A,ECE FB,B,F|TE2 CE A,AcA|ceBd cAA:||
e|(c/B/A) eA fAeA|(c/B/A) ec fBBe|(c/B/A) eA fAeA|TE>FAB cAAe|
(c/B/A) eA fAeA|(c/B/A) ec fBBd|ceAc dfB>c|TEFAB cAA||

X:2
T:Perth Hunt
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Preston's 24 Country Dances for the Year 1798
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A
E2 CE A,ECE|A,ECE FB,B2 |E2 CE A,ECE|ceBd cA A2:||
e|(c/B/A) eA fAeA|(c/B/A) ec dBBd|(c/B/A) eA fAeA|EdcB cAAe|
(c/B/A) eA fAeA|(c/B/A) ec dBBd|ceAc dfBd|EdcB cA A||

X:1
T:Perthshire Hunt, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Preston’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1804 (No. 523, p. 222)
N: “With proper tunes and directions to each dance, as they are performed at 
N:Court, Bath and all Public Assemblies.”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|E2 CE A,ECE|A,ECE FB,B,F|E2 CE A,ECA|ceBd cAA:|
|:e|(c/B/)A eA fAeA|(c/B/)A ec fB-Be|(c/B/)A eA fAeA|E>FGB cA-Ae|
(c/B/)A eA fAeA|(c/B/A) ec fB-Be|ceAc dfBc|TE>FAB cAA||

X:1
T:Perthshire Hunt
M:C
C: Miss Stirling of Ardoch
N: Magdalene Stirling (1765-1846) was the youngest daughter of Sir William Stirling, 
N:4th Baronet of Ardoch, and his wife Christian Erskine
L:1/8
R:Ree;
B:Stirling – Twelve Tunes (1812)
K:A
A/F/|TE2 CE A,ECE|A,ECE FB,BA|TE2 CE A,AcA|c/d/e Bd cAAF|
TE2 CE A,ECE|A,ECE FB,B,A|TE2 CE A,AcA|c/d/eBd cAAe||
(c/B/A)eA fAeA|(c/B/A)ec fBBd|(c/B/A)eA fAeA|E>FAB TcAAe|
(c/B/A)eA fAeA|(c/B/A)ec fBBd|ceAc dfBc|E>FGA cAA||

X:3
T:Perth Hunt
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:J. Anderson - Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances 
B: for the German Flute or Violin (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 27)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
B|A2 (FA) DAFA|DAFA BEEd|A2 (FA) DAFd|faeg fdd:||
g|(f/e/d) (ad) bdad|(f/e/d) (af) geeg|(f/e/d) (ad) bdad|ABde fddg|
(f/e/d) (ad) bdad|fdad geeg|(fa).d.f (gb)ed|ABde fdd||

X:4
T:Perth Hunt, The
T:Perthshire Hunt, The
L:1/8
M:C|
S:Reel
B:The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
F|E2 CE A,ECE|A,ECE FB,B,F|~E CE A,ECA|ceBd cAA:||
e|cAeA fAeA|cAeA fBBe|cAeAfAeA|EFAB cAAe|
cAeA fAeA|cAeA fBBe| ceAc dfBc|EFAB cAA|]
P:Variations:last ending
ceAc dfBa|gbeg aAA|]

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