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X:1 T:Colonel Cathcart's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:John Riddell of Ayr – Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. B:for the Violin (1782, p. 59) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin F|(E/F/G) BG eGBG|FdAd FDAF|EGFA GBeg|fdB^d eEE:| e|Be (g/f/e) be (g/f/e)|defg afd(f|Ted)ef gfgb|afdf eEEe| gbeg Bege|d^cde (d/e/f/g/ a).f|egBe dBG(B|TAF)DF GEE||

COLONEL CATHCART. Scottish, Reel (cut time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the tune first in print in Ayrshire fiddler-composer biography:John Riddell's 1782 second collection (p. 59), issued in Glasgow by James Aird.

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Printed sources : - Riddell (Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, &c.), 1782; p. 59.

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