Well, I've played it for years. I got it from the Gesto Collection, where it says "by John Macdonald Dundee". I think it's pretty familiar to Cape Breton fiddlers, although I'm not sure how many actually play it. Some early fiddler recorded it, maybe Dan Joe MacInnis, but I'm too lazy to go look that up unless it actually matters to someone.Does anyone have any information about the tune 'The Maids of Arrochar'? I see it listed on Nigel's ABC site (as a jig, but I've only heard it as a slow 6/8) as coming from the Gow collection, but does anyone know whether Gow wrote it? The only people I've heard playing it are Tommy Basker and the Barra MacNeills (and my wife Mairi Campbell, who got it from Tommy), and I'd be interested to know whether it is in many Scottish players' repertoire.
- Kate
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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