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DRUNKEN WIFE, THE. AKA - "'Chailleach Mhusgach." AKA and see "Chailleach Mhusgach," "De'el's Dead," "Drunken Fyfie," "Niel Gow's Wife (2)," "Mrs. Dundas McQueen." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection.

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Printed sources : - Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; p. 48. Duncan McKercher (A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels), Edinburgh, 1824; p. 13. Stewart-Robertston (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 30.

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