X: 0
T: Laments 1
O: Scotland
K:

X: 1
P: Niel Gow's Lament for the Death of His Second Wife
C: Niel Gow
R: waltz, air
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
K: D
|: vD/uB,/ \
| "D"vA,>MB,-MD "Bm"D>E-D | "Em"E>F-A "G"{A}B2{c}d | "D"A>MF-MD "Em"E>MD-ME | "Bm"{DE}F>D-B, "G"vB,2 ||
   uD/-B,/ \
|  "D"A,>B,D "Bm"D>ED | "Em"EFA "G"{c}d2c/B/ | "D"A>FD "G"{=C}B,2A, | "G"B,<DD "D"D3 :|
(3A/B/c/ \
| "D"d>fd "A7"ecA | "G"B/A/B/c/d "D"B/A/G/F/E/D/ | "Em"E>DE "D"{DE}FED | "Bm"{DE}F>DB, "G"B,2 ||
(3A/B/c/ \
| "D"d>fd "A7"ecA | "G"B/A/B/c/d "D"B/A/G/F/E/D/ | "Em"E>DE "Bm"{DE}F>DB, | "D"A,<D"(G)"D "D"D2 |]
(3A/B/c/ \
| "D"d>fd "A7"ecA | "G"B/A/B/c/d "D"B/A/G/F/E/D/ | F/D/A/F/d/A/ "Bm"B/A/G/F/E/D/ | "Em"FEE "A7"E2 ||
   D/B,/ \
| "D"A,>B,D "Bm"D>ED | "Em"EFA "G"Hd2c/B/ | "D"A>FD "G"{=C}B,2A, | "G"B,<DD "D"D3 |]

X: 2
P: Lament on the Death of Rev. Archie Beaton
C: J. Mason 1971
S: James Hunter Collection of Scottish Fiddle Tunes
Z: John Erdman <jperdman:agate.NET
N:
N: The Rev Archie Beaton was minister of Dundonald Parish Church, Ayrshire.
N: A champion of Gaelic culture, he died suddenly while acting as president of
N: An Comunn Gaidhealach at the Stirling Mod in 1971. The air was written by
N: John Mason, a native of the Orkney Islands now practicing law in Troon. He
N: is conductor of the Kilmarnock and Ayr Strathspey and Reel Society, and a
N: well known conductor at Fiddle Rallies.
M: C
%Q: 1/4=58
%P: Slow and pathetic
L: 1/8
K: G
Bc \
| d3 d {e}dc {Bc}BA | {F}G2 B2 D3 G | {EF}E2 {F}GE {DE}D3 B, | {B,}A,6 (Bc) |
| d3 d {e}dc {Bc}BA | {F}G2 B2 D3 G | {EF}E2 {d}cA {G}F3 D | {D}G6  :|
| {C}B,A, | G,3 B, D3 D | {Bc}B3 A {F}G3 E | {DE}D2 {F}GE {DE}D3 B, | {B,}A,6 {C}B,A, |
| G,3 B, D3 D | {Bc}B3 A {F}G3 E | {DE}D2 {F}GB, {A,B,}A,3 B, | {A,}G,6 {C}B,A, |
| G,B,DG Bdga | {ga}b3 a {ga}g3 e | {^c}d2 {ga}ge {^c}d3 B | {B}A6 (Bc) |
| d3 d {de}dc {Bc}BA | {F}G2 B2 D3 G | E2 {d}cA {G}FDCA, | {A,}G,6 z2 |]