X: 1 T: Earl of Dalhousie's Happy Return to Scotland, The R: Reel C: Niel Gow S: First appeared in Nathaniel Gow Collection, 1797 D: Abby Newton: Crossing to Scotland S: page from Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School 2013, via Lance Ramshaw's slow session collection % N: George Ramsay (1770-1838), 9th Earl of Dalhousie, served under Wellington in N: the Napoleonic Wars. He was later appointed Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia, N: where he created Dalhousie University in Halifax, and later Governor General N: of Canada. In 1816, he observed in writing that the populace of Canada were N: very poor, very indolent, fond of rum and that they generally appear N: half-drunk! But he was a staunch supporter of Scottish music and of Nathaniel N: Gow in particular. When Gow's band played at the Earl's Ball in 1811, N: Dalhousie presented him with a silver goblet and a note that read "An old N: friend of Gow's requests his acceptance of a cup, in which to drink the N: health of the thousands who would wish, but cannot attend him to-night." % M: 4/4 L: 1/8 Z: posted by Ted Hastings 4/99 K: D "D"D3 E "(G)"G>F EF EB "D/f#"A2 f>A | "Em"G>F E>D "A7"C>D E>F | [1 "Em"G>F E>D "A7"E>F GF E>D "D"A,>D "A7"Cd c>B A>B ce dG AA GF Gd cB ce dc B>A "Bm"B>c d>c | "Em"B>A G>F "G"G>F EF G