Annotation:Spell (The)
X:1 T:Spell, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C ~C2 EG cGEC|~C2 EG FDB,G,|~C2 EG cGEC|ecGF E2C2:| g>age f>gfd|efec (B/c/d) G2|G2 GA Bcde|(f/g/a) gf e2 ce| g>age f>gfd|efec (B/c/d) G2|G2 GA Bcde|(f/g/a) gf {f}e2 dc||
SPELL, THE. AKA and see "Highland Spell (The)," "Love in a Village (1)," "New Bath Whim," "Trip to Bedford House.” Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow, Martin): AABB (Bremner). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, but later included in a few other Scottish dance collections, including those of Niel Gow and Neil Stewart. It is one of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
