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MR. MORTHLAND’S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Mr. Worthland’s." Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. “Very Old” notes Gow in his 1788 2nd Collection. The strathspey was printed in Elias Howe Co.'s Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883) as "Mr. Worthland’s."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 141, p. 86. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788, 3rd edition; p. 8.

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