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MISS WATSON('S REEL). AKA and see "Belhelvie House," "North Bridge of Edinburgh (The)." Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by William Marshall. The melody first appears in his 1781 collection, and again in the 1822 collection though under the title "Belhelvie House, A Strathspey" (in C Minor in the latter publication).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 49.

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