Annotation:Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston’s Jig

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 MISS SALLY HUNTER OF THURSTON'S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A popular jig composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 3rd ed., originally 1792; p. 33. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 293. MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; p. 177.  Recorded sources: Ian MacDougall – “From Foot Cape.” Scottish Records SR 33 135, Ron Gonnella – “Scottish Violin Music from the Gow Collections” (1973).

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