Sir Alexander Don's Strathspey

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From an opera by a Mr Shields. Auld Lang Syne was taken from this tune, which Burns thought "mediocre"

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X: 1
T: Sir Alexander Don's Strathspey
O: Scotland late 1700s
R: strathspey
B: "18th Century Beauties of Niel Gow"
N: From an opera by a Mr Shields.
N: Auld Lang Syne was taken from this tune, which Burns thought "mediocre"
Z: 2006 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
F: http://www.kitchenmusician.net/giftunes/alexdon.gif
M: C
L: 1/16
K: D
A,2 \
| "D"DD3 D3F "A"E3D E2F2 | "D"DD3     D3F      A6 d2 \
| "D"DD3 D3F "A"E3D E2F2 | "G"DB,3 "A"B,3A, "D"D6 :|
B2 \
| "D"AF3 F3E "A"F2E2 E2F2 | "D"AF3     F3D      F6 B2 \
| "D"AF3 F3D "A"E3D  E2F2 | "G"DB,3 "A"B,3A, "D"D6 ||
B2 \
| "D"AF3  F2D2 "A"FE3 E2F2 | "D"AF3     F2D2 "Bm"B4 z2cd \
| "G"BAGF GFED "A"E3D E2F2 | "G"DB,3 "A"B,3A, "D"D6 |]

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