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T: Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
C: Niel Gow
R: waltz, air
%date: 1805
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: By Niel Gow (1727-1807).  His second wife was Margaret Urquhart of Perth,  to
N: whom  he  was  happily married for three decades.  A note in Gow's Collection
N: reads "They lived together upwards of 30 years.  She died 2 years before him;
N: she had no issue." [From the Fiddler's Companion]
N: Similar to the Irish air Kitty Tyrrell (or Ketty Terrol).
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/session/waltz/Waltz_NielGowsLament.abc	 2024-04-24 044903 UT
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