Annotation:John Forbes

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 JOHN FORBES. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker for solicitor John Forbes of Banff, who died in 1874. His father was John Forbes of Huntly, a builder, and he married Eliza Young.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 136, p. 46.  Recorded sources:

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