Annotation:Gorden of Lesmore

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GORDEN OF LESMORE. AKA and see "Finste (La)." English, England, Shropshire. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDD. The Gordons of Lesmore were a branch of the Gordon Clan from Aberdeen, established by Sir James Gordon, 1st Baronet (d. 1640).

Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman].

Printed sources: Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 80, p. 32.

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