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X:1 T:House of Gray, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Bremner – “For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances” (p. 101) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor D|G3TB3|cAF cAF|G3 B2c|dBd dBG|fgf Te2d|cAf cAF|G2G B>cd|cA^F G2:| |:A|B2B f2B|dBd cAF|B2B f2B|dBd fdf|g>ag Tf2d|cAf cAF|G2 G (B/A/B/c/d) |cA^F G2:|]


HOUSE OF GRAY. English, Scottish, New England; Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian (most versions): G Dorian (Bremner, Pringle). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (p. 101). Also to be found in J. Johnson Choice Collection Vol 4, 1748, and Rutherford's Country Dances Vol. 1, 1756


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Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 445, p. 173. Robert Bremner (For the year 1769 a collection of scots reels, or country dances), p. 101. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 255, p. 28. John McLachlan (The Piper’s Assistant), 1854, No. 36, p. 21. Pringle (A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys & Jigs), 1801; p. 13. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 2.





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