>> Nigel, where is *your* Mrs. Crawford from? >I first heard it played by Gillian, but she told me that it was in >Jerry Holland's Collection, and indeed it is: page 31. Jerry apparently >learned it from Bill Lamey. I actually recognise the tune from >elsewhere - I'm sure I've heard it on record, so maybe it's got another >name. "Mrs. Crawford's Favorite Strathspey" is in Gow's 4th Book. The tune happens to be sitting on my desk at the moment. It goes nicely with Marshall's "Miss Gordon of Fochaber's Strathspey" (if you like to do that Cape Breton thing of playing tunes together which start similarly). "Mrs. Crawford's" is almost the same as "Forneth House" which Robert Petrie claimed as his own composition. Maybe Nathaniel Gow reset it (it's a bit better as "Mrs. Crawford's," in my opinion). - Kate D. -- Kate Dunlay & David Greenberg Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.total.net/~dungreen Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
