Countess of Selkirk's Favorite (The)

 COUNTESS OF SELKIRK'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), printed in "A Fifth Collection of Strathspeys Reels" (Edinburgh, 1809). Thomas Douglas, the 5th Earl of Selkirk, married in 1807 Jean Colvile (d. 10.06.1871), dau of James Wedderburn Colvile of Ochiltree. Douglas's solution to the poverty brought about by the Highland Clearances was to fund new settlements in North America, on Prince Edwards Island and the Red River Settlement. Printed source: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 32.

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