Re Toby Rider's request for the subject tune:
[This is my second attempt to respond. I'm way down low on the computer
learning curve so if you've already received this message, my
apologies.]
There are five tunes with this title listed in various Gow collections.
They vary as to key and tempo as follows: A, Bb, D and 4/4 and 6/8.
There are two listings in the Athole Collection; one is 2/4 [reel] in A
on page 23 and the other is an Air in Bb and 6/8 on page 162. The
version most often played in Cape Breton is the latter but I also have
heard it played on the Cape as a jig which to me is a "sacrilege".
The Athole was republished by Paul Cranford in 1979 and is still in
print. Hope this is helpful.
Alexander Mac Donald
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