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LADY MACINTOSH('S REEL) [1]. AKA and see "(A man's a man) For Aw That and Aw That," “Strawberry Blossom [2],” "There's
Nae Luck Aboot the Hoose (There’s Nae Luck Ava) [1]." Scottish,
Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB: AABB
(Bremner). The tune is from Robert
Bremner and first appears in print in his 1757 collection (pg. 52). Words
to the tune appear in A Collection of
Loyal Songs, Poems, 1750. Bruce
Olson finds these lyrics in NLS MS 2910 (c 1730? -40's?):
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A New Song.
Tune: Lady Mackintosh's Reel
That Georgie reigns in Jamie's stead
I'm grieved yet scorn to shaw that
On Rebel whigs for a that
For a' that and a that
And twice as mickle's a that
That will be king for a that
***
From the
above lines it appears that the Lady Macintosh of the title was Lady Anne
Macintosh, also known as Anne Farquharson and Colonel Anne, married to the
Laird of Macintosh. It must
have been a contentious union, for the laird supported the
Hannovarians during the Jacobite rising in
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The melody
was famously used by Robert Burns as the vehicle for his song "a man's a
man for a' that" by which the tune is now often known. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 52. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 523. Kerr
(Merry Melodies), vol. 2, pg. 17.
T:Lady MacIntosh’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f | d/d/d dA B>def | d/d/d gd (B2 B)e | d/d/d dA B>de(g | f)edB (A2 A) :|
|: f | a>baf gfe(g | f)dgd (B2 B)f | a>baf gea(g | f)edB (A2 A) :|
LADY MACINTOSHE'S REEL
[2]. AKA and see "Knit the Pocky." Scottish, Reel. D
Minor. Standard tuning. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the
tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761
collection (pg. 20). It appears in Robert Bremner’s 1757 collection as “Knit
the Pocky” (whose own “Lady Mackintosh’s Reel” is another tune). The melody
appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician
William Vickers, about whom nothing is known. It is noted in two sharps in the
ms., but probably should have been in the minor mode. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 1; No. 73.
X:1
T:Lady Mackintosh’s Real [sic]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Vickers’ music
manuscripts, pg. 15 (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
Addc defd|cAGF G/F/E/D/ CE|Dddc
defd|ecce d/d/d d2:|
|:defg afdf|ecgc ecce|defg afge|fdec
d/d/d d2:|
LADY MACKENZIE OF
COULL. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major
(Martin): C Major (Surenne). Standard tuning. AAB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 2, 1988; pg. 40. Surenne (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Lady MacKenzie of Coul
M:C
L:1/8
R:Stathspey
S:Surenne –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
E/F/ | G>AG>c (A<F)F>d |
(B<G)G>B (c/d/e/f/) g2 | G>AG>c (A<F)F>c) | B/c/d/B/) G>B
c3E/F/ |
G>AG>c (A<F)F>d |
(B<G)G>B (c/d/e/f/) g2 | G>AG>c (A<F)F>c) | B/c/d/B/) G>B
c3 || f |
(e<g) g2 a>fd>f |
e>gc>e (d/c/B/A/) G>f | (e<g) g2 a>fd>f | (e<g) (B/c/d/B/)
c3f |
(e<g) g2 a>fd>f |
(e<g)(c<e) (d/c/B/A/) G2 | c2 G>E F>AD>f | (f/e/d/c/) (e/d/c/B/)
c3 ||
LADY MACKENZIE OF
SEAFORTH. AKA and see “MacBeth’s Strathspey.” Scottish,
Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'CCDD'. A pipe tune, though
better known by pipers (at least in
X:1
T:Lady MacKenzie of Seaforth
T:MacBeth’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection
(1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(a/f/)|eNA e>c
e>Ag>e|d>Gd>B d<G f>d|e<A e>c e<A
g>e|d>Bg>B BAA:|
|:a|e>ac/<c/a
e>ag>e|d>gB/<B/g d>gf>d|1 e>ac/<c/a e<A
g>e|d>Bg>B BAA:|2
(e/f/g) a<g
f>de>c|d>Bg>B BAA||:a|e>Ac>A eAg>e|d>GB>G
d>Gf>d|e>Ac>A e<A g>e|
d>Bg>B B<AA::a|e>Ac>A
eA (g/f/e)|d>GB>G dG (f/e/d)|e>Ac>A eA (g/f/e)|dG (d/c/B) cAA:|
|:a|e>ac>a ea
(g/f/e)|d>gB>g dg (f/e/d)|1 e>ac>a ea (g/f/e)|dG (d/c/B) cAA:|2
(e/f/g) a/g/f eA (g/f/e)|dG (d/c/B) cAA||
LADY MADELINA/MADALINA GORDON('S REEL). Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833), first published in his 1781 collection. Lady Madelina (1772-1847)
was the second daughter of the 4th Duke and Duchess of Gordon, who
married first Sir Robert Sinclair of
X:1
T:Lady Madalina Gordon
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
CFAF CGBG|CFAF EF/G/ EC|CFAF CGBG|cABG F/F/F ~F2:|
fg/a/ fc dBcA|BGAF EF/G/ EC|FcAc FdBd|cfeg f/f/f ~fg|
afge fcdB|cABG EF/G/ EC|CFAF CGBG|cABG F/F/F ~F2||
LADY MADELINA PALMER('S STRATHSPEY). AKA and see “Mr. Lumsdane of Blanerne’s
Strathspey.” Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall. Gow
never affixed his name to it, but did print it in 1791, some 30 years before
X:1
T:Lady Madelina Palmer’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A>B|c>Fd>F c>FBd|cF
B/A/G/F/ E(GG)A/B/|c<fd<f c<fBd|(EF/G/) (GA/B/) A<F~F:|
f/g/|a>g f<c d<(f
~f>)g|a>g f<c d<g ~g2|a>g f<c d<fc<f|(Bc/d/) (GA/B/)
A<(F ~F2)|
a>gf>c d<(g
~g>)b|a>bg>a f>gd>f|(Bc/d/) (GA/B/) A<F~F||
X:2
T:Lady Madelina Palmer
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|d2 (A>d) (F>d)
(A>d)|d>f g/f/e/d/ c<e e>f|d2 A>d (F>d) (A>d)|(c/d/e)
(e>g) f<d d:||
f|d<d (f>d) (a<d)
f>d|d<d f>d c<e e>f|d<d (f>d) a>d f>d|(c/d/e) e>g
f<d d>f|
d<d (f>d) (a>d)
(f>d)|d<d f>d c<e e>f|d<d e<e f<f g<g|a<a b>a
f<d d||
LADY
MADELINA SINCLAIR. AKA – “Lady Madeline Sinclair.” AKA
and see "The Braes of Aberarder."
Scottish, Strathspey. A Major (most versions): G Major (Kennedy, Surenne).
Standard tuning. AB (Hardie, Kerr, Surenne): AAB (Athole, Glen, Gow, Honeyman,
Hunter, Kennedy, Martin, Skye). Lady Madelina Sinclair (1772-1847) was the
second daughter of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon, and William
Marshall’s employer and patron. Her second husband was named Charles Fyshe
Palmer Esq. (see note for “Lady Madelina Palmer”)
of Luckley Hall,
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MacDonald,
in his Skye Collection, repeats the
composer credit Niel Gow awarded himself which appears in the Gow's Third Collection of Strathspey Reels of
1792. However, Charles Duff had a prior
claim to authorship of (at least a prototype of) the tune under the title
"The Braes of Aberarder," which he earlier published in 1790
(Emmerson, 1971). The tune also appears in Angus MacKay’s c. 1840’s collection
of pipe tunes. Christine Martin (2002) notes the tune is also the vehicle for a
popular Scots song (albeit with sometimes bawdy words) in the Gaelic puirt a beul tradition, called “A’ bhean a bh’aig an taillear chaol” (The skinny tailor’s wife).
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Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 100. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music),
vol. 1, 1891; pg. 25. Gow (Third
Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 3 (3rd ed.). Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 29.
Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe
Tutor), 1898; pg. 19. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Lady Madelina Sinclair
M:C
L:1/8
S:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f|e>A c<A c/d/e f2|e>A f/e/d/c/ B2 B>f|e>Ac>A c/e/e a2|A>Ac>B A2A:|
g|a>ef>e (3fga (3gab|a/g/f/e/ a>c B2 B>g|a>ef>e (3fga (3gab|(3agf (3efg a2 (ef/g/|
a>fg>e f>de>c|d>bc>a B3d|c/d/e f2 c/d/e a2|Aac>B A2A||
X:2
T:Lady Madelina Sinclair
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Surenne – Dance Music
of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
e | d<GB>G (B/4c/2<d) e2 | d>G (e/d/c/B/) ({B}A3)e | d>GB>G (B/4c/2<d) e2 | d>GB>A ({A}G3)e |
d<GB>G (B/4c/2<d) e2 | d>G (e/d/c/B/) ({B}A3)e | d>GB>G (B/4c/2<d) e2 | d>GB>A ({A}G3) ||
(e/f/) | g>d({f}e>d (e/4f/2<g) (f/4g/2<a) | (g/f/e/d/) g>B({f}e>)d (3efg (3fga | (g/f/e/d/) (e/f/g/d/) g2 (de/f/) |
g>ef>d e>cd>B | (c<A)(B<g) ({B}A3)G | (B/4c/2<d) e2 (B/4c/2<d) g2 | G<GB>A ({A}G3) ||
X:3
:TLady Madelina Sinclair’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 3 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f|e>Ac>A c/d/e “tr”f2|eA {f}ed/c/ {c}B2 Bf|eAcA c/d/e “tr”f2|eA “tr”cB {B}A2A:||
f/g/|a>e”tr”f>e f/g/a ({g/a/}b2)|a/g/f/e/ a>c {c}B2 Bg|a>e”tr”f>e (3fga (3gab|a/g/f/e/ f/g/a/e/ “tr”a2 ef/g/|
afge fdec|d<bc<a {c}B2 BA|c/d/e “tr”f2 c/d/e “tr”a2|A<A”tr”c>B A2A||
LADY MADELINA
SINCLAIR’S REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm
MacDonald's 3rd Collection (c.
1792), dedicated to Miss Drummond of
X:1
T:Lady Madelina Sinclair’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald – 3rd Collection of Strathspey Reels (c. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c | A2 “tr”ED CEDC | B,BBc dcBc | A2 “tr”ED CEDC | DFEC A,A,A, A, :|
c | A2 (d/c/B/A/) eaec | dcBA GBBc | A2 (d/c/B/A/) eaec | dfec A/A/A Ac |
A2
(d/c/B/A/) eaec | dcBA GBBc | A”tr”(FED) CEDC | B,(dcB) cAA ||
LADY MADELINA
SINCLAIR'S BIRTHDAY. AKA and see “Lady Elgin’s Courtship.”
Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole,
X:1
T:Lady Madelina Sinclair’s Birthday
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
d|B2 FB DBFB|B2 d/c/B Accd|B2 FB DBFB|A/B/c ce dB~B:|
d|B/B/B dB fBdB|B/B/B dB Accd|B/B/B dB fBdB|A/B/c ce dBBd|
B/B/B
dB fBdB|B/B/B dB Accd|BBcc ddee|ffbf dB~B||
LADY MAISTERTON. AKA and see "The Wood Hill."
Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Sullivan (1983) can
find no record of a family named Maisterton (which is a Scottish name), though
there is "Woodhill or Knocknakillew" in
LADY MARGARET
LINDSAY'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). This
and a companion tune ("Lady
Anne Lindsay's Minuet") were composed by Kelly around 1768 for the
Duke of Balcarre's daughters, then aged 17 and 15. The
usual practice of naming such tunes was from musician to patron, but Johnson
(1983) points out that Kelly was an aristocrat himself who having a private
income had no need of patronage. In addition he was a neighbor and second
cousin to the girls, thus the tune was written, as were other of his minuets,
"for friends for fun" (pg. 150).
LADY MARGARET
MACDONALD. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Neil
Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 34).
LADY MARGERET STEWART. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow): AABB
(Kerr): AABB' (Athole). Gow (2nd
Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pgs. 22-23 (3rd ed.).
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Lady Margaret Stewart
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
g|f2Bf dBfB|f/^g/a ef cAec|f2Bf dBfd|ecac B/B/B ~B:|
|:A|FBBc dBcA|EAAB cdec|1 FBBc dBdb|afec B/B/B B:|2 dBdb cAce|dfec B/B/B B||
LADY MARIA DUNDAS. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AABB’ (Kerr).
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No.
148, pg. 18. Surenne (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Lady Mary Dundas
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f || c>FF<F c2 Ac | dfef cAAf
| c>FF<F c2 Ac | dfcA G<G Gf | c>FF<F c2 Ac |
dfef cAAf | c>FF<F c2 Ac |
dfcA G<GG || g | (f/4g/2<a) ga fddf | cfAf cAAc |
(f/4g/2a<) ga fddf | cfcA
G<GGg | (f/4g/2<a) ga fddf | cfAf cAAc | faga fgdf | cdAf G<G Gf ||
LADY MARIA PARKER. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Jones
[Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c.
1815; pg. 3.
X:1
T:Lady Maria Parker's Strathspey.
R:strathspey
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005
K:A
U:w=!wedge!
U:T=!trill!
N: 1st/2nd time bars marked with slurs not braces. 3rd full bar after repeat a marked as quaver, replaced with semi-quaver.
c2 (B>A) (ce) c2 | d>cBA (GB) E2 | c2 (B>A) (ce) c2 |[1 (A/G/F/E/) FG A2 z2 :|[2 (a/g/).f/.e/ f>g a2 z2]|: (e/4f/4g/) |
a>ef>e a>A (d/c/)wB/wA/ | G>BE>B G>B E (f/g/) | a>eTf>e a>A (d/c/)wB/wA/ | (GA/B/) (EF/G/) A2 A (e/4f/4g/) |
a>ef>e a>Ac>A G>BE>B G>BE>B | A>cB>d cedf | (a/g/f/e/) f>g a2 z2 |]
LADY MARY DOUGLAS. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB.
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Lady Mary Douglas-Hamilton.
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Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 45. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
109.
X:1
T:Lady Mary Douglas
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
A/G/|FGA A2d|BGB A2G|FGA Adf|f3 e2G|FGA A2d|BGB A2b|afd gec|d3D2:|
f/g/|aba d’2a|f3 d2f|efe a2e|c3 ABc|d2d Bcd|e2e cde|fga agf|edc BAG|FGA A2d|
BGB
A2G|FGA Adf|f3 e2G|FGA A2d|BGB A2b|afd gec|d3 D2||
LADY MARY DUNDAS. See “Lady
Maria Dundas.”
LADY MARY HAY. Scottish, Reel. C Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by C. Stewart.
Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish
Dance Music), Vol. 2. 1895; pg. 32.
X:1
T:Lady Mary Hay
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel