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LADY A – LADY F

 

 

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LADY ABERGAFENNI’S FANCY. Welsh. A dance tune with baroque features. Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996). [COMMENT3] [COMMENT4] 

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LADY AGNES DUFF, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 8.

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a|f<f f>c AFFa|f<f f>c g2 ga|f<f f>c dfcA|B>dc>e f2f:|

d|c<F c>A F>cA>c|B>d A<c G>AB>d|c<F c>A F>Ac>A|

B<c c>e f2fd|c<F c>A F<c G>c|B>dA>c GABd|A<F G>A B>cd>B| c>fe>g f2f||

                       

LADY ALEXANDER RUSSELL. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Lady Alexander was the wife of Alexander Russell, the son of Lady Georgianna Gordon and her lover Edwin Landseer, a famous artist. The connection with Marshall is that as Steward of the Household of the the 4th Duke of Gordon, Georgianna’s father, he was intimately connected with all members of the family. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 3.

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A | ~F2 (fc) A(cc)f | dfcf gfga | ~F2 (fc) A(cc)f | d<f c>A G2G :|

a|bgaf gfdf | cfAf cfAa |1 bgaf gfdf | c<AfA G2G :|2 dbca BgAf | c<AfA G2G ||

                       

LADY AMELIA MURRAY. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 80. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 121.

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d/B/ | A<D B/A/G/F/ B<E E>d | A<D B/A/G/F/ A<D f>d | e<c d>F B<EE d/B/ |

A<D B/A/G/F/ A2A :| f | d>a f/g/a/f/ g<e e>f | d>a f/g/a/f/ d>af>d | g>ef>d e<E E>F |

D>d B/A/G/F/ A2 A>f | d>a f/g/a/f/ g<e e>f | d>af>a g>ef>d | e>cd>F B<E E>F | D>d B/A/G/F/ A2A ||

 

LADY AMELIA MURRAY’S REEL. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld’s 2nd Collection, dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 4.

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c | AF F/F/F AFAc | dBGF EFGB | AF F/F/F AFAc | dBde fFF :|

f | afcB ABcA | dBcA BGGg | fafc ABcA | fBce fFFf |

afcB ABcA | dBcA BGGB | AFAc BGBd | ecde fFF ||

                       

LADY AMI STEWART'S. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 128. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 168.

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(3f/g/a/ | (b>.f)(f>.g) (g>.f)(d>.f) | g>bf>B (A<c)c (3f/g/a/ | b>ff>g g>fd>B | (A/B/c) B>G (F<B)B (3f/g/a/ |

b>ff>g g>fd>f | g>Bf>B (A<c)c (3f/g/a/ | b>ff>g g>fd>B | (A/B/c) B>G (F<B)B || d |

(B>.d)(G>.B) (F>.B)(D>.c) | (B>.d){d}(c>.B) (A<c) (c>.d) | B>dG>B F>BD>B |

A>cB>G (F<B) B>d | B>dG>B F>BD>c | (B/c/d/e/) f>B (A<c)c>d | B>DE>F G>A B>g |

f>BA>G (F<B)B ||

                       

LADY AND THE FARMER, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Darley & McCall note the song is of "the old romantic love‑story type," quoted by Patrick Kennedy in one of his published works. Source for notated version: from the singing of "the late" Mr. John McCall (Co. Carlow, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music)1914; No. 60, pg. 27.

                       

LADY ANDERSON. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 53.

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A|d>A A/A/A (FA)DF|G>E E/E/E (CE)A,A|d>A A/A/A (FA)DF|GECE (D2D):|

A|dcdf e^deg|fdcd AFDc|dcdf e^deg|fdec (d2 d>)A|dcdf e^deg|fdcd AFDF|

GFGB A^GA=g|fdec (d2d)||

                       

LADY ANN DUNDASS'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768).

                       

LADY ANN ERSKIN. Scottish, Minuet. The tune was written by Thomas Alexander Erskine, Viscount Fenton, Sixth Earl of Kelly, born at Kellie Castle in Fife in 1732 and familiarly known as “Fiddler Tam." Lady Ann was his sister.

 

LADY ANN ERSKIN’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner’s 1757 collection. The melody was also printed in Longman and Broderip's Compleat Collection of 200 Favorite Country Dances  (London, 1781). There is a much repeated story regarding Lady Ann’s chance meeting with the preacher, Rowland Hill. She was passing by one day when she noticed him preaching to a crowd, and, having heard of him she stopped her carriage to listen.  Hill saw the crest on the carriage and recognized the noble crest on the door, and, recognizing an opportunity and extemporizing quickly, he began to act as if he were an auctioneer.  He asked what Satan was willing to bid for her soul, and what Christ was willing to offer, then asked Lady Ann to choose. Reportedly she was so overcome by the performance she descended weeping from her carriage and was ‘saved’. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 86.

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c | (C2C)c (d/c/B/A/) cG | EGcE FDDE | (C2C)c d/c/B/A/ cG | EGDF ECC :|

g | ecgc (ed/c/) gc | (f/e/f/g/ a)e fddg | ecgc (e/d/c) gc | (e/f/g) df eccg |

ecgc (e/d/c) gc | (f/e/f/g/ a)e fddf | (e/d/c) (d/c/B) (d/B/A) (G/F/E) | (C/D/E/F/) GD ECC ||

                       

LADY ANN HAMILTON('S RANT). AKA and see "Lady Home's Jig.” Scottish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune appearing in John Riddell's 1782 collection (pg. 29). Seattle (1987) thinks William Vickers' version of the melody remarkably similar to "Cock Up Thy Beaver.” Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 494.

                       

LADY ANN HOPE [1]. AKA and see “Blue Bonnets [2],” “Frank Roche’s Favorite,” “John Roche’s Favorite,” “Here Awa’,” "Miss Hope's Strathspey,” “The Woodford Fling." Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Gow, Hunter, Kennedy, Kerr): AABB' (Athole, Skye). Composed by John Pringle, a border fiddler chosen by Lord Minto to lead his band when he was the governor of India. It was first published in Pringle's First Collection (1800) as "Miss Hope's Strathspey." Lady Ann Hope (1768-1818) was the eldest child of the 3rd Earl of Hopetoun, who later married Sir William Johnstone Hope. Her older brother, John, the 4th Earl of Hopetoun (1765-1823) was general of the 92nd Gordon Highlanders. The family manse was Hopetoun House (see notes for the tune of that name). When she died in 1818 Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine eulogized:

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As her house in George-street, Edinburgh, Lady Ann Hope Johnstone of Annandale, wife of

Rear-admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, K.C.B. member for the county of Dumfries. Lady

Ann belonged to that class of characters whose deaths are justly regarded as a public calamity

as well as a private loss. In her own family she was every thing that is amiable and excellent; the

most affectionate wife, and the most indulgent, yet the most judicious mother. When she mingled

in the fashionable world, her demeanour was such as befitted the daughter of a Scottish noble-

man, and the spouse of a British admiral; but home, the native soil of all the domestic virtues,

was the scene of her truest enjoyments; and there are few who have visited her hospitable

mansion without retaining a warm sense of the unbounded goodness of her manners. To every

victim of misery and misfortune she was the unwearied and beneficent friend. Indeed, to the

poor in general, as well as to her own family, her loss is irreparable.

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Irish fling settings of the tune go by the names “Frank Roche’s Favorite,” “John Roche’s Favorite,” and “Woodford Fling,” reel settings as “Miss Thornton’s” and other titles, and hornpipes as “Tiger Hornpipe” and “Signora Ferze’s Hornpipe” (Goodman).  Breathnach thought the tune related to “Miss Thornton’s {Reel”} and “Spike Island Lasses [2]." Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 81. Hope, 1988; No. 78. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 88, pg. 23 (erroneously attributed to Niel Gow). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 15, No. 3, pg. 10. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 95. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 157. SMD615, Pete Clark – “Even Now.”

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D|GGG>B A>G E<B|c2 c>e d>c B<d|BBB>G c>AB>G|E>A G/F/E/D/ G2G:|

e/f/|:~g2 d>g B>gd>g|g>ab>g e2 e>f|(3gab (3agf (3efg (3dcB|

1 (3cde (3def (3gdc (3BcA:|2 (3cde (3def g2 g>b||

 

LADY ANN HOPE [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Lady Ann, eldest daughter of the Earl of Hopetoun, married Captain William Hope of the navy in the same year Gow’s Third Collection was published (1792). See note for “Lady Ann Hope [1]” for more. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pgs. 4-5 (3rd ed.). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 175.

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c|B/c/d/B/ G<B E<GD<G|F>A BA/G/ F<D D>c|B/c/d/B/ G>B E>GD>g|e/f/g/e/ f/g/a/f/ g<GG:|

d|g>bg>d g>bg>d|e<a a>g f<d de/f/|g>ad>B c<ed<g|e<g f>a g<G G>d|

g>bg>d g>b g<d|e<a a>g f<d dg/a/|b>ga>f g>ed>c|B<gA<f g<GG||

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B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 4  (orig. 1792)
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c|B/c/d/B/ G<B E<GD<G|F>A {c}BA/G/ FDDc|B/c/d/B/ GB EGD>g|e/f/g/e/ f/g/a/f/ gGG:||

d|”tr”g>bgd “tr”g>bgd|ea”tr”a>g fdde/f/|”tr”g>bdB cedg|egfa gGGd|

“tr”g>bgd “tr”g>bgd|ea”tr”a>g fd dg/a/|b>ga>f g>ed>c|BgAf gGG||

 

LADY ANNE HOPE [3]. Scottish, Reel. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) and appearing earliest in print in an attachment (c. 1788) to his collection of 1781.

                                   

LADY ANN HOPE'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow Air. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow (1727-1807), Dunkeld, Perthshire,  fiddler and composer of over two hundred Scottish airs; scion of a great fiddling and publishing family. See note for “Lady Ann Hope [1]” for more. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 82. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 4 (3rd ed.). Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 6. SMD615, Pete Clark – “Even Now.”

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g/e/|”tr”d>B GB/c/ (d/c/)B/A/ GB/c/|{B/c/}d>B{B}g>B {B}A2 AB/c/|{B/c/}d>BGB dg/a/ {g/a/}b>a|

{f}g>edB “tr”G2 G:||a|(g/a/)b/a/ “tr”gd (e/f/)g/f/ {e}dc/B/|de/f/ (g/e/)d/B/ {B}A2 A>a|

(g/a/)b/a/ “tr”g>d e/f/g/f/ {f}ed/B/|“tr”de/f/ (g/e/)d/B/ {B}d2 d>a|(g/a/)b/a/ g>d (e/f/)g/f/ {f}ed/B/|

d(e/4g/4)(f/4a/4) g/e/d/B/ {B}A2 Ag/e/|d>BGB dg/a/ {g/a/}b>a|g>e{e}dB G2 “tr”G||

                       

LADY ANN MAITLAND. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm MacDonald's (Dunkeld) 2nd Collection (1789), dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 31. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 4.

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d | gedB G/G/G “tr”d2 | gdgb aeef | gdec Bcde | dcBA {A}G2G :|

c | “tr”B2 Gd Bdgd | “tr”B2 GB ADDc | “tr”B2 (Gd) Bcde | dcBA {A}G2 Gd |

“tr”B2 (Gd) Bdgd | “tr”B2GB ADDc | “tr”(BAB)G gb dc | BdDF G2G ||

           

LADY ANN STEWART.  Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 74-75.

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(3e/f/g/ | a>ee>f ({f}e2) cd/e/ | f>Ae>A (G<B)B>e | a>ee>f ({f}e2) c>A |

(G/4A/2<B) ({A}G>)F (E<A)A (3e/f/g/ | a>ee>f ({f}e2 c/d/e/ \ f>Ae>A (G<B)G>e |

a>ee>f ({f}e2) c>A | (G/4A/2<B ({A}G>)F (E<A)A || (c/B/) | A>cF>A E>AC>B |

(A/4B/2<c) ({c}B>)A (G<B) B>c | A>cF>A E>A C>A | (G/4A/2<B) ({A}G>)F (E<A)Ac/B/ |

A>cF>A E>AC>B | (A/B/c/d/) e>A (G<B) Bc/B/ | A>CD>E F>GA>f | (e<A) ({A}G>F (E<A)A ||

           

LADY ANNA HOPE. See “Lady Ann Hope [1].”

                       

LADY ANNE GORDON’S REEL. AKA and see "The House of Letterfourie," "Lassie, Look Behind You/Ye" (Gow's title). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Marshallbn (1748-1833) and first appearing in his 1781 collection. It was published once by the Gow's, although without composer credit to Marshall. Lady Anne (1748-1816) was the sister of Marshall’s employer, Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon, for whom he was the Steward of the Household. She married the Reverend Chalmers, minister of Cairnie, Huntly. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 12. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 7.

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B|ADF>D EB,B,B|ADF>D d2 df|gfed eBBd|FD F/G/A d2 d:|

|:f|dg f/g/a beef|dg f/g/a fdec|dBAF EFGB|FD F/G/A d2d:|

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T:Lady Anne Gordon's Reel

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B|ADFD E(B,B,)B|AD F/G/A d2df|gfed e(BBd)|FD F/G/A d2d::f|

dg f/g/a b(eef)|dgfa fdec|dBAF EFGA |FD F/G/A d2d:|

                       

LADY ANNE LINDSAY’S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. See note for companion tune "Lady Margaret Lindsay's Minuet.”

                       

LADY ANNE MONTGOMERY. AKA and see “The Shaskeen [2].” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AA’BB’ (Mallinson). The melody may have been Scottish in origin. Irish sources appear to be from the northern part of the island, and it is generally considered a northern fiddle tune. Despite the Scottish-sounding title, there seems to be no Scottish cognates for it. Sources for notated versions: Tommy Gunn (Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh and Belfast), who had it from older Fermanagh fiddlers [Boys of the Lough]; Jim McElhone (County Derry) [Mulvihill]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [Taylor]; flute player Matt Molloy [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Boys of the Lough, 1977; pg. 2. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 161. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 22.g Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 32, pg. 15. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 133, pg. 36. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 122. Taylor (Through the Half‑door), 1992; No. 47, pg. 33. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 31. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 50, pg. 43. Midnight Music 001, Nightingale - “Sometimes When the Moon is High” (1996). Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976). Shaskeen ‑ "Shaskeen Live.”

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FADA FADA|FAdA BAdA|~F3D ~E3F|DB,A,B, D2DA|
FADA FADA|FAdA BABc|dBAF E2FE|1 DB,A,B, D2DA:|2 DB,A,B, D3e||
|:~f3e fede|fedB ABde|~f3e fede|faaf e2de|
~f3e fede|fedB ABde|fded BdAe|1 fage d2de:|2 fage d2AG||
"Variations:"
FADA FADA|FAdA BAdA|FADF ~E3F|DB,A,B, DGAG|
(3FAF DA FADA|FAdA ~B3c|dBAF EDEF|1 DB,A,B, DGAG:|2 DB,A,B, D3e||
|:~f3e fede|fedB ABde|~f3e fede|faaf (3efe de|
fede fede|fedB ABde|fded dBAd|1 egfe d2de:|2 egfe d2AG||

                       

LADY ANN WHARTON DUFF’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. According to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999), Lady Ann was a daughter of Lord Duff of Banff, and dwelt at Orton House, Inchberry, in Lower Speyside. She married her cousin, Richard Wharton. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 7. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 164.

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~B,>F (G/F/)E/D/ (C>D)EG|~B,>F (G/F/)E/D/ (F>G)Bd|fdBD (C>D)EF|

FBAc BDFD|~B,>F (G/F/)E/D/ (C>D)EG|~B,>F (G/F/)E/D/ (F>G)Bd|

FdBD (C>E)EG|FBAc Bdce||~f>d (e/d/)c/B/ g>ceg|~d>f (e/d/)c/B/ fbBD|

EcDB C>DEG|FBAc Bdce|~d>f e/d/c/B/ g>ceg|~d>f e/d/c/B/ fbBD|

EcDB C>DEG|FBAc BDFD||

                       


LADY ARBUTHNOTT'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Strathspey ("slowish"). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by fiddler and composer Robert Petrie, born in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, in 1767. Petrie was reputed to have been "a non‑conformist" who was "rather wild and unpredictable.  It is on record that he won a cup as a first prize in a fiddle competition, which was held in Aberdeen, but there is no evidence that the cup ever reached Kirkmichael" (Neil, 1991). Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 106, pg. 142.

                       

LADY ASHBURTON. Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Duncan McIntyre. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 83. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 270.

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B|e>E E2 G>B, B,=A,/B,/|C>DE>G F/F/F F>d|e>E E2 G>B, B,=A,/B,/| C>ED>F E/E/E E:|

c|B>GB>G B>GA>c|B<G e>G F/F/F FG/A/|B>Gc>A B>G e>c|

B<G F>G E/E/E EG/A/|B>GB>G B>GA>c|B<G e>G F>GA>B|

c>de>f g>af>e|d>Bc>d (3ege (3dfd||

                       

LADY ATHENRY. AKA and see "Planxty Lady Athenry."

                       

LADY AUGUSTA GORDON LENNOX. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Lady Augusta Gordon-Lennox (1827-1904) was the daughter of Duke Charles Lennox of Richmond-Lennox and Lady Caroline Paget. She was born and died in London. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 187, pg. 64.

                       

LADY AUGUSTA MURRAY. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in print in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 6).

                       

LADY AUGUSTUS MURRAY OF AUCHTERTYRE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Printed by Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld in his 2nd Collection, dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 7.

X:1

T:Lady Augustus Murray of Auchtertyre

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:MacDonald – 2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels (1789)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mix

c/d/ | eA”tr”e>c BGGc/d/ | e>A”tr”e>c e>A”tr”e>c | d>e f/e/d/c/ BGGc/d/ | eAac e2e :|

f/g/ | aA c/d/e/c/ BGG f/g/ | aA c/d/e/c/ aA c/d/e/c/ | aA c/d/e/c/ BGGf/g/ | aAec e2 ef/g/ |

aA c/d/e/c/ BGGf/g/ | aA c/d/e/c/ aAAg | {g}fd/f/ {f}ed/c/ BGG c/d/ | ecac {c}e2e ||

 

LADY AYLMER. Irish, Reel. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).

           

LADY BAIRD [1]. AKA and see “Miss Baird of Newbyth,” “Mrs. Baird of New Byth [1].

                                   

LADY BAIRD('S) [2]. AKA and see “The Lasses of St. Barry’s.” Scottish, Strathspey. D Major (Cole): A Major (most versions). Standard tuning. AB (Cole, Ryan, Surenne): AABB (Athole, Gow, Kerr, Skye). The tune has been attributed to Niel Gow's 2nd son, Andrew (1760-1803), who was a partner with his brother John in a music business in London until his death. Curiously, however, there is no composer attribution appended to the tune in the The 2nd Collection of Neil Gow’s Reels (1788). “Lasses of St. Barry’s” is a related reel. Lady Baird was Henrietta Johnston, daughter of Wynne Johnston, 6th Baronet of Hilton, and Margaret Johnston. She married her husband, Sir James Baird, 6th of Saughton Hall, in 1780. Their names appear on a broadside list of attendees at a ball held during the Kelso Races. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 122. Gow (The 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pg. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 13, No. 1,pg. 9. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 25. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 161. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 8. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 142-143.

X:1

T:Lady Baird

M:C

L:1/8

S:Strathspey

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

K:A

a|e<cc>B A>BA>E|F>AE>A F>AE>a|e<cc>B A>BA>B|c<ee>^d e2e:|

|:=g|f<dd>B c>de>c|d<BB>G A>Bc>E|F>AE>A F>AE>d|(3cAc (3BGB A2A:|

 

LADY BAIRD’S REEL [3]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Malcolm MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1), No.1.

X:1

T:Lady Baird’s Reel [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Malcolm MacDonald – Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A | (A>Bc).B (A>Bc).A | BABc AFFA | (A>Bc).B Afaf | ecBd cA A :| e | ceAe ceaf |

ecBA GBBe | ceAe ceaf | ecBA EAAe | ceAe ceaf | ecBA GBBc | AFEF ABcA | c/d/e Bd cA A ||

 

LADY BAIRD’S [4]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 89, pg. 23.

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T:Lady Baird’s [4]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:D

d | DFAd AFAd | DFAd E2 FE | DFAd AFAg | fdef d2d :|

|: g | fdde/f/ gfed/ | cAeA fAeA | fdde/f/ gfed | cdec d2d :|

                       

LADY BAIRD OF SAUGHTONHALL. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 13).

                       

LADY BAIRD’S NEW REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg 49.

X:1

T:Lady Baird’s New Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

(g|fd)ec dBB(g|f)aea cAA(g|f)dec dBbg|fedc dBB:|

(g|fg)af ebag|fded cAA(g|fg)af ea^ga|fdec d(BB)(g|f)gaf ebag|

fded c(AAc)|dBec fdbg|fedc (dBB)||

                       

LADY BALCARRAS. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Riddel's 1782 collection (pg. 57). Elizabeth Dalrymple Lindsay, the Countess of Balcarres, was a patroness of Edinburgh musicians and was herself an accomplished keyboard player. She composed tunes, one of which, “Lady Eliza Lindsay,” a hornpipe written for her ten-year-old daughter, was published in John Watlen’s 1791 collection. See also note for “Lady Elizabeth Lindsay.”

                       

LADY BANBURY'S HORNPIPE. English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). F Major. Standard tuning. B (Sharp): AAB (Barnes). The melody dates to 1665. Sharp (1909) notes that Playford printed the tune in duple (2/2) time (two six-bar phrases); Sharp altered the tune to place it in triple time (two four-bar phrases) “in order that the rhythm of the music might be brought into accord with that of the dance movements.” Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 52.

X:1

T:Lady Banbury’s Hornpipe

M:3/2

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

AB|c2 cd c2 AB G2 AB|cAcA c3A F2 AB|c2 cd c2 AB G2 AB|cAcA c3A F2||

fg|a2 gf g2 ed c2 fg|a2 gf g3e c2 fg|agag f2 c2 d2 AB|cAcA c3A F2||

                       

LADY BANFF'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768).

                       

LADY BARNSLEY