Cottar's Wife (The)

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Theme code Index	1551H 57b27bL
Also known as	Coatter Wife (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Mixolydian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Alexander "King" McGlashan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Collection of Reels (A)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 42
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1786
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COTTAR'S WIFE, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (McGlashan, Stewart-Robertson): ABB (Shears).

Printed source: McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; p. 42 (appears as "The Coatter Wife"). Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 50 (pipe setting). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 99.

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T:Cottar's Wife, The
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L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amix
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