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X:1 % T:Peter Milne C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey N:Inserted words "spoken caressingly to La's cat." B:Skinner - The Logie Collection (1888, p. 103) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A D|C>A, C<E F<D E>d|c<A{c}d>B c<A "Cat-tie"B<e|C>A, C<E F<D E>g| {g}a>e {c}d>B c<AA:|g|{g}a>fg>e f>^de>=c|c<A {c}d>B "Bonnie Cattie"c>A B<e| {g}a>fg>e f>^de>g|{g}a>e {c}d>B c<AA>g|f/a/.a g/e/.g f/^d/.f e>=d| .c/.e/.a {c}d>B c>A "Cattie"B<e|"Cheetakie"(3Ace "Cheetakie"(3Bdf "Pussakie"(3cea "Cattakie"(3egb|{g}a>e {c}d>B c<AA||



PETER MILNE. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by fiddler-composer and dancing master J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) in honor of his mentor and playing partner, biography:Peter Milne (1804-1908),

"The Tarland Minstrel", also a fiddler-composer.
Peter Milne
Skinner's strathspey is charming in its evocation of Milne stroking and talking to his cat.


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