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Theme code Index	1561H 3H3H2H2
Also known as	Salute to Boston
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Malcolm MacDonald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 6
Year of publication/Date of MS	1789
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Wha Can Help It
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:MacDonald – 2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels  (1789)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
 E | CEG GEG | AGA c2d | {f}edc (e/f/g)e|dDD D2E | 
CEG GEG | AGA c2f | {f}Te2c (e/f/g).d | ecc c2 :||
g | (e/f/g)e c2e | gag gec | faf ege | afd d2f | 
(e/f/g)e c2e | gag gec | {f}e2c (e/f/g).d | ecc c2g | 
(e/f/g)e c2e | gag gec | faf ege | afd d2f | 
ece fdf | ece f2a | gec (e/f/g)d | ecc c2 ||

X:2
T:Wha can help it
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slowly”
C:Niel Gow (1727-1807)
B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
"Slowly"C/B,/|A,>CE ECE|FEF A2B|{AB}c2A {Bc}d2c|BB,B, B,2 C/B,/|
A,CE ECE|FEF A2B|{AB}c2A {Bc}d2B|cAA A2:||
c/d/|e>fe ece|agf ecA|(d/e/f).d ecA|GBB B2 c/d/|
e>fe ece|agf ecA|~dcd Bed|cAA A2 c/d/|
efe ece|agf ecA|(d/e/f).d ecA|GBB B2 C/B,/|
TA<CE ECE|TFEF A2B|(A/B/c).A (B/c/d).B|cAA A2||

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