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MODEST DOLLY. English, Strathspey. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Matt Seattle believes the tune to be unique to Vicker's 1770 collection.

Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers [1], about whom little is known [Seattle].

Printed sources: Seattle (Great Northern/William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 341.

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