Annotation:Delvin House (1)

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 DELVIN HOUSE [1]. AKA and see "Butcher's Apron (The)," "Hobble the Boutches." Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Skye): AABB' (Kerr): AABBCD (McGlashan). Credited to Niel Gow (1727-1806) by MacDonald. Delvin House, Perthshire, was the residence of Sir Alexander Muir MacKenzie in McGlashan's day. It was located about 7 miles from Gow's home in Dunkeld. See also O'Neill's Irish variant "Butcher's Apron (The)" and William Bradbury Ryan's (1883) "Hobble the Boutches."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 96, pg. 13 (strathspey). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 118 (reel). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; p. 33. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 97.  Recorded sources:

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