Annotation:Miss Douglas's Favourite
X:1 T:Tuath is deas T:Miss Douglas's Favourite M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Daniel McLaren – Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc. (1794) K:G V:1 g2|GG3B3G c3BAg3|GG3B3G D3GBG3|c3AB3G c3BAg3|eg3d3B G4G2:| g2|eg3d3B c3BAg3|eg3d3B d3eg3a|bagf g3Bc3BAg3|eg3d3B (d4 d2)g2| eg3d3B c3BAg3|eg3d3B d3eg3b|af3gB3 c3BAg3|eg3e3g d4d2|| V:2 clef = bass z2|G,,4G,4C,4D,4|G,4G,,4B,,4G,,4|A,,4G,,4C,4C4|C,4D,4G,4G,,2:| z2|C,4G,,4D,4D,,4|C,4G,,4B,,6A,,2|G,,4G,4D,4D4|C4G,4D4D,2z2| C,4G,,4D,4D,,4|C,4G,,4B,,6A,,2|G,,4G,4D,4D4|C4D2D,2 G,4G,,2||
MISS DOUGLAS'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Pitkerie's Reel," "Tuath is deas." Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Tuath is deas" is the first title in Edinburgh musician Daniel McLaren's 1794 publication, with "Miss Douglas's Favourite" given as the alternate. Aird give it only as "Tuath is deas," (gaelic for North and South). However, as Fr. John Quinn points out, the tune is a development of "Pitkerie's Reel" printed in Edinburgh in 1757 by Robert Bremner.
