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X:1 T:Miss Jessie Falconer's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Davie - Davie's Caledonian Repository (Aberdeen, 1829-30, p. 41) C:James Mitchell Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador B|AEAB c2 cd|BGdG eGdB|AEAB c2 cd|BGdB cA A:| B|Aaa^g aecA|Ggg^f gdBG|Aaa^g aefd|ecdB cAAB| Aaa^g aecA|Ggg^f gdBG|AcBd cedf|ecdB|cA A||

MISS FALCONER. AKA - "Miss Jessie Falconer's Reel." Scottish, Reel (whole time/cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Davie, Gatherer, Shears): AABB' (Kerr). The composition is attributed to James Mitchell by James Davie in his Davie's Caledonian Repository (1829-30), where it appears as "Miss Jessie Falconer's Reel." (See also Mitchell's composition "Haughton House"/"Auchdon House").

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Printed sources : - Davie (Davie's Caledonian Repository), 1829-30; p. 41 (as "Miss Jessie Falconer's Reel"). Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; p. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880's; No. 152, p. 18. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 2), 1844–1845; p. 18. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection), 1986; p. 63.

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