X:1
T:Gordons has the Girrding o’t, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Robert Petrie – Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (1802, p. 7)
N:Dedicated to Francis Garden Esq. Junior of Troup by
N:Robert Petrie at Kirkmichael.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(A/B/4c/4)|dDFA d(DD)B/c/|dDFA e(EE)c|dDFA dgfe|(d/c/B/A/) Bc dDD:|
|:fg|afge fddf/g/|afgf eEEg|afge fdec|d/c/B/A/ Bc dDD:|]
GORDONS HA'E THE GIRDING O'T, THE. AKA and see "My Love is but a Lassie Yet (1)." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A strathspey setting (notated without the 'Scotch Snap') of the melody usually known as "My Love is but a Lassie Yet (1)", which has also been played as an air, reel, Scots Measure, country dance, pipe march and polka.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 57. Petrie (Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1802; p. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 110.
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