Annotation:Mrs. Chree

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MRS. CHREE. AKA - "Mrs. Cree." Scottish, Highland Schottische or Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Hardie (1992) remarks that Mrs. Chree resided at the schoolhouse, Keig in Aberdeenshire, and presumably was a schoolmaster's wife.

Source for notated version: Hector MacAndrew [Martin].

Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 72. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 132 (appears as "Mrs. Cree").

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