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X:1 T:Sir Alexander Don's [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:Gow – First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1784) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,|D<D D>F TE>DEF|D<D D>F A3d|D<D D>F TE>DEF| D>B,B,>A, D3A,|D<D D>F TE>DEF|D<D D>F A3d| D<D D>F E>DEF|D<B, ~B,>A, D3||B|A<F F>D FEEF| A<F F>D F3B| A<F F>D TE>DEF|D<B,TB,>A, D3B|A<F F>D TFEEF| AFFD [D3B3] (c/d/)|(B/A/G/F/) (G/F/E/D/) TE>DEF|D<B,TB,>A, D3||

SIR ALEXANDER DON [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow): AAB (Campbell). "From the Opera of Rosina" (Gow). Rosina (1782) was a very successful comic opera by the once-popular English light composer William Shield (1748-1829). “Sir Alexander Don” is the theme from the overture, and sounds quite like “Coming Through the Rye.” Glasgow musician and publisher James Aird printed the melody (set in the key of 'G') as "Roger's Farewell" in his Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (1788).

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Printed sources : - Joshua Campbell (A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys), Glasgow, 1789; p. 45. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 212. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 10.

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