X:1
T:Mr. Will's Favourite
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 190, p. 71)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
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MR. WILL'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Grand Parade (2)." Scottish, Country Dance (2/4 or 4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune first appears in fiddler-composer Daniel McLaren's (Taymouth, Perthshire) Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc., published at Edinburgh in 1794. The country dance tune was reprinted by James Aird in 1796 on a page with two other tunes from the McLaren collection, "Bodachan a Garidh" and "Dalnaglare's Rant." Fr. John Quinn finds the melody under the title "Grand Parade (2)" in O'Farrell's Pocket Collection vol. 4 (London, 1810).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4), 1796; No. 190, p. 71. Elias Howe (Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7), Boston, 1880-1882; p. 619. McLaren (Collection of Strathspey Reels, etc.), 1794; p. 18.
