>> A really extreme case is the well-known contra jig Maggie Brown's >> Favorite. In its original (Irish) form... > >How sure are you about this, John? Nathaniel Gow put his name to it >("Miss Margaret Brown, now Lady Camden") in the early 19th century
I've never seen an Irish source quoted that was earlier than Gow, so I think it's Nat's tune. - Kate D. -- Kate Dunlay & David Greenberg Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.total.net/~dungreen Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html