Annotation:Effie Glasgow of Longmorn

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 EFFIE GLASGOW OF LONGMORN. Scottish, Strathpspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by William 'Willie' MacPherson (1920-1974) of Elgin, who was a teacher and in the first violin section of the Scottish National Orchestra for many years. Hunter (1979) explains that Effie Glasgow was the wife of Harry Galsgow, the former excise officer at the Longmorn Distillery. MacPherson also wrote "Effie Glasgow's Hornpipe" in her honor.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 100.  Recorded sources:

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