Annotation:Johnny in the Nether Mains

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 JOHNNY IN THE NETHER MAINS. Scottish, "Slow" Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hunter): AABB (Carlin/Gow). This kind of title form was inherited by American fiddlers; witness "Billy in the Lowground (1)," and in fact, Alan Jabbour sees similarities between the two tunes.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 260. Gow (Complete Repository), Book 2, 1802; p. 2. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 321. The Scottish Country Dance Book, 1930-57, Book 19, No. 1.  Recorded sources:

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