"Dinna think bonnie lassie, I'm goin' to leave you," I remember was his best; it is a Strathspey tune; I learned it from him.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
On the contrary, I am very fond of dancing; so fond, that I have often taken Aunt Nicky for my partner in a Strathspey rather than sit still-and, to confess my weakness, I should like very much to go to a ball."
"Marriage"
Susan Edmonstone Ferrier
The girls, unacquainted with their own country's dances, preferred looking on, and after watching reel and Strathspey for some time, altogether declined attempting either.
"What's Mine's Mine V1"
George MacDonald