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Theme code Index	3H1H53 22H2H2H
Also known as	Moonlight Ramble (1) (A)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:William Gow
Region	Canada, England, Scotland
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, English, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 9
Year of publication/Date of MS	1784
Artist	Biography:Albert Gerson
Title of recording	Reel Medley: Walker street ; Fife hunt ; The maid of Argyle ; Donegal dimple ; Mountain reel ; Old sport
Record label/Catalogue nr.	His Master's Voice 216058 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	c. 1919
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Tune annotations

X:1
%
T:Fife Hunt, The
M:C
L:1/8
B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3, 1788 (No. 408, p. 157)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
g|fd Td2 AF TF2|Eeed e2 eg|fd Td2 AF TF2|Dd-dc d2-d:|
|:g|fdad bdad|Be-e^d e3g|fdad bdad|Addc d2 dg|
fdad bdad|Be-e^d Te2 eg|fadf gbec|Ad-dc d2d:|]

X:1
T:Fife Hunt, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, p. 38)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
f|ec Tc2 {Bc}GE TE2{DE}|D(dd)c d3f|ec Tc2{Bc} GE TE2{DE}|CcBd c2c:|
(f|ec)gc acgc|A(dd)c d2 d>(f|e)cgc acgc|GcBd c2 cf|
ecgc acgc|A(dd)c (d>f)|egfa gc'af|egGB cag||

X:2
%
T:Fife Hunt, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Preston's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1793
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
(f|e)c Tc2 GE TE2|Dd2^c d2-df|ec Tc2 GE TE2|Cc2B c3||
f|ecgc acgc|Dd2^c d3f|ecgc acgc|Gc2Bc3f|
ecgc acgc|Dd2^c d3f|egcg fadf|Gc2B c3||

X:3
%
T:Fife Hunt, The 
M:C
L:1/8
S:From Ann Winnington's music manuscript book (No. 5), from the early 19th century. 
N:Winnington was an American, probably a pianist, who resided in England. 
K:C
f2 | ec c2 GE E2 | D d2 ^c d2df | df c2 GE E2 | C c2 B (c2c) || 
f | ecge acgc | Dd2^c d2df | ecgc acgc | Gc2B c2cf | 
ecgc acgc | Dd2^c d2df | egcg fadf | Gc2B c2c ||

X:4
%
T:Fife Hunt
M:C
L:1/8
Q:"Allegro"
R:Reel
B:Thomas Wilson - Companion to the Ball Room (1816, p. 50)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
f|ec c2 GE E2|D d2^c d2 df|ec c2 GE E2|Cc2 B c2c:|
f|ecgc acgc|Dd2^c d2 df|ecgc acgc|Gc2B c2 cf|
ecgc acgc|Cd2^c d2 df|egce fadf|Gc2B c2c|]

X:5
%
T:Fife 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. 24)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
f|(ec) c2 (GE) E2|Dddc d2 (df)|eccA GFED|cccB c2c:||
f|ecgc acgc|Addc d2 (df)|ecgc acgc|GcBd c2 (df)|
ecgc acgc|Addc d2 (df)|egag fedc|GcBd cag||

X:6
%
T:Fife Hunt
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
f | ec ~c2 GE ~E2 | Ddd^c d2df | ec~c2 GE~E2 | CccB c2c :|
f | ecgc acgc | Ddd^c d2df | ecgc acgc | GccB c2ef | 
ecgc acgc |Ddd^c d2df | egce fadf | edcB c2c ||

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