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FRANK WALKER'S STRATHSPEY. AKA - "Mr. Frank Walker's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was first published by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) in a folio entitled Mr. Frank Walker's Strathspey, composed by Nath. Gow; To which is added four Favourite Dances, etc. [the other dances were "Captain Fleming," "Permgordien (Le)", "Murphy Delaney"]. See also Gow's "Miss Frank Walker's."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Anderson (Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances for the German Flute or Violin), Edinburgh, 1820; p. 25.

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