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Air : " M iss Admiral Grordon's Strath spey."
Verses by Burns.
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* This tune is a transformation of " The lowlands o' Holland," by William Marshall, butler to the Dukeof Gordon, about the middle of lastr
century. HeaiUed it "Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey," and ti it. in 178«, Burns wrote tlie above charminfj sonjr. Tlie "Jean" referred
to was Mrs. Burns. William Jlarshall was born at Fochabers, Uanffshire, in 1748. He seems to have possessed great mu=ical ability, and to
have employed much of his leisure time to the composition of Scottish airs and dance tunes. " The correctness of Marshall's ear was unrivalled,
and his style of playing stratlispeys and reels lively and inspiring, while his fine ta^^te and peculiarly touchinj^; manner of executing the slow
and more plaintive Scottish airs and melodies, delighted all who heard him." Slarshall died in 1833, aged eighty-five. In 1781 Neil Stewart
printed A Collfction of Strathspey Heels, composed by Marshall, and in 1822 a collection of his Airs and Melodies was published by subscription-
This volume contains 176 tunes, and was followed by a supplement of about 74 additional tunes.