Cottar's Wife
The tune Cottar's Wife is a traditional reel composed by Alexander McGlashan and published in his 1780 collection. Set in 4/4 meter and the key of A mixolydian, it features an energetic and driving rhythm characteristic of eighteenth-century Scottish fiddle music. Specific historical associations beyond its publication in McGlashan's Edinburgh collection are not reliably documented, leaving its musical character as its primary defining feature.
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