Annotation:Ladykirk House

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LADYKIRK HOUSE. Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Ladykirk House, Monkton, Berwickshire, was a manor built in 1797 on the northern (Scottish) side of the River Tweed, across from Norham, England. The area was a favorite fording-place for warring armies back and forth. It was originally called Upsettlington until James IV nearly drowned trying to cross the Tweed, and, in thanks for his delivery, built a church near the spot (thus changing the name to Ladykirk). The manor was demolished in 1966.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 343. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 22.

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