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MISS GOW OF LONDON. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Biography:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), perhaps for a niece, a member of one of his brothers’ families. Andrew Gow (1760-1803) and John Gow (1764-1826), the second and fourth sons of Niel Gow (1727-1807) respectively, established the London branch of the family publishing business in 1788. They were the London agents of their father and brother Nathaniel’s music publishing business in Edinburgh.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pp. 14-15.

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