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T:Countess of Lothean's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5
B:(Glasgow, 1797, No. 40, p. 16)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|d2 dA FDAF|Eeed cABc|d2 dA FD Ag|fdec dDD:||
g|fdad fada|gebe gbeg|fdad fada|fdec dDDg|
fdad fada|gebe gbeg|fdec dBAG|FAdg fdd||
COUNTESS OF LOTHEAN'S REEL. AKA and see "Blackthorn (The)," "Countess of Louden's Reel," "Old Blackthorn (The)," "Rising Sun (2) (The)," "Jolly Clam-diggers (1) (The)," "Mahon's Reel." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. As with a number of tunes from Aird's fifth collection, the melody was entered into the large 1840 music copybook (p. 241) of multi-instrumentalist John Rook, of Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 40, p. 16.
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