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GATES OF EDINBURGH, THE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in David Rutherford's Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1756, p. 1).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 9.

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