Annotation:Mr. Garden of Troup's Farewell to France

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 MR. GARDEN OF TROUP'S FAREWELL TO FRANCE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Robert Petrie (1767 1830), a native of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, who was employed as a gardener at Troup House. He was an excellent fiddler and had a reputation as a profligate and non conformist, but is reputed to have won either a 'silver bow' or a cup (depending on the story) at a competition at Edinburgh in 1822. There is no evidence that the prize ever appeared in Kirkmichael, however. Petrie composed many tunes and published four collections in his lifetime.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 42. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 107, p. 143.  Recorded sources:

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