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LORCA’S REEL. Canadian, Reel.
LORD ABOYNE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 116. The
Lords Aboyne were the Gordon family.
X:1
T:Lord Aboyne
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DE|F2 F>
~d>e|f2 f>e d2 B>A|A>BdF
E2 ~d>e|(dc) (BA) d2 F>E|
F4 B2 ~d>e|f2 f>e d2 B>A|A>BdF
E2 ~d>e|(dc) (BA) d2 (F>E)|F4 B2||
LORD AIRLEY. AKA – “Lord Airly’s Reel.” Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard. AAB
(Gow): AABB (Athole). Composition of the melody was claimed by Niel Gow, or for
him by his son Nathaniel,
although John Glen (1895) insists the tune was published earlier by another
composer. He was probably referring to Malcolm
MacDonald of Dunkeld, who published the tune in his 3rd Collection, dedicated to Miss Drummond of
X:1
T:Lord Airlie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f | cFAF EGGf | cFAF cFAF | BdAc GABd | cFAF C(FF) :|
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c | ~fcfa dg~g>a | gcfa cfAF | BdAc GABd | cFAF CFF :|
LORD ALBERMARLE. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 32).
LORD
ALEXANDER GORDON('S). Scottish, Strathspey. A Major.
Standard. AB (Cole, McGlashan, Surenne): AAB (Gow, Marshall): AABB (Athole,
Kerr): AABB' (Skye). The melody was composed by William
Marshall (1748-1833) and appears earliest in his First Collection of 1781. It was republished by the Gows in Repository, Part First, 1799, without
composer credit. A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most
famous for his many fine strathspeys. He worked for much of his life for the
Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household,
and it is fortunate that the Duke was an enthusiastic supporter and patron of
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X:1
T:Lord Alexander Gordon
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c|A,>(A A)c/d/ e<A c2|e>e f/e/d/c/ d<B B>c| A,>(A A)c/d/ e<A c>e|
(3fga (3efd c<AA::E|C<(E E)F/G/ A<
(3cde (3fga a>cd>c|(3Bcd (3efd c<AA:|
LORD ALEXANDER RUSSELL'S JIG--
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Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, has been the home of the Russell
family, Dukes of Bedford, for over 450 years, and houses one of the finest
private art collections in the world, the result of generations of collecting.
The history of the house begins in the year 1145 when a religious house was
begun for a group of Cistercian monks. The present north wing of the mansion is
on the site of the monastic church and the present courtyard is on the site of
the great cloister and garth. In 1538 the Abbot, Robert Hobbes, was found
guilty of treason and the monastery confiscated. Legend states that he was
hanged from an oak tree at the Abbey's gate. The Russells were granted Woburn
Abbey in 1547 by Edward IV, although it did not become their residence until
1619 with the first Duke of Beford. The tune’s namesake, Lord Alexander George
Russell, was born on
***
Sir
Edwin Landseer (1802-1873). The First Leap: Lord Alexander Russell on his Pony
“Emerald”.
***
From Queen
***
We met Lord and Lady Alexander Russell at a small
farmhouse, just as we rode out of the wood, and had some talk with them. They
feel deeply the ruin of the place where they formerly lived, as it no longer
belongs to them. We rode on for a good long distance, twelve miles, till we
came to the ferry of the Spey. Deer were being driven in the woods, and we
heard several shots. We saw fine ranges of hills on the Spey-side, or
Strathspey, and opening to our left, those near
Before entering the
larch wood, Lord Alexander Russell caught us up again in a little pony
carriage, having to go the same way, and he was so good as to explain
everything to us. He showed us "The Duke of Argyll's Stone" -- a
cairn on the top of a hill to our right, celebrated, as seems most probable,
from the Marquis of Argyll having halted there with his army.
***
X:1
T:Lord
Alexander Russell’s Jig—Woburn Abbey
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|[G,3E3c3]
(c2e)|(B/c/d)B c2G|cBA GFE|D3 (D2B)|[E3c3] (c2e)|(de)c B2G|
cBA GEG|C3 C3:|
(e/f/g)c
gfe|(f/g/a)f agf|gec cde|d3 d2 e/f/|(e/f/g)c gfe|(f/g/a)f agf|edc GAB|c3 c2
e/f/|
gec afd|gec
afd|gec cde|d3 d2 e/f/|gfe fdcB|cBA GEG|C3 C2||
LORD ALEXANDER’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. A classic of Canadian ‘Down-East’ fiddling, composed by
Abbe Andrews.
LORD AMHERST’S. Scottish, March. The tune was published by Robert Bremner in 1778, but was composed
by John Reid for the Third Regiment of Foot. Reid, ultimately to become a
general, was an officer who fought the Jacobites and later served in
LORD AND LADY
COURTNEY’S DELIGHT. AKA – “Lord Courtney’s Delight,”
“Lady Courtney’s Delight.” English, Reel. C Major. Standard. AABB. Peter
Kennedy references “Dance to Your
Daddy” as a related tune. Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of
LORD ARTHUR'S CAIRN. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker.
LORD ATHLONE'S MARCH. AKA and see "The Atholl
Highlanders."
LORD
BALGO(W)NIE'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Reverend Mr.
Patrick MacDonald of Kilmore," "Gloomy Winter('s Now Awa),"
“Lord Balgonie’s Delight.” Scottish,
Slow Strathspey. A Minor (Gow): C Minor (Gatherer): D Minor (O’Farrell).
Standard. ABC (Gatherer, O’Farrell): AABBCC (Gow). Appears in Gow's Fourth Collection (1800) with the note
"A very old Highland tune." The same melody was claimed and published
(in 1792, and again in Albyn's Anthology,
1815) by Alexander Campbell as "Reverend Mr. Patrick McDonald of
Kilmore", and later used as the melody for Tannahill's popular song
"Gloomy winter's now awa;'" John Glen (1891), for one, is convinced
that Gow has no claim on the melody, which he concludes was composed by
Campbell. The editor of Wood's Songs of
Scotland, George Farquhar Graham, notes that an air appearing in Fraser called
"An Dileachdan" (The Orphan) is
similar in many respects, and could be the ancestral tune of "Balgonie'
Favorite." Carlin (The Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 117. Gatherer (Gatherer’s
Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 27. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 55.
X:1
T:Lord
Belgonies Favorite (sic)
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:O’Farrell
– Pocket Companion, vol. III (c.
1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
A | d2 d>e dc A2 | f2 f>a gf e>c | d<d a2 dc AF | GG A^c d2 D || E |
F2 FA G>F EG | F>E D>F EA A2 | f2 fa g>f eg | f2 (ed) f/e/d/c/ Add || e |
f(a/b/)
c’/a/(g/f/) (ef) g2 | f>e df ea a2 | A2 (BA/G/) Ad eg | f(e/d/) (f/e/)d/c/
Add ||
LORD BALLENDEN. Scottish, "Very Slow" Strathspey. E Major (Gow): D Major
(Johnson). Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by George Jenkins (c.
1760-1806). According to John Glen (1833-1904), Jenkins “followed the
profession of a teacher of Scotch dancing in
X:1
T:Lord Ballenden
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1784)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
e|B2 B>G GFF>e|B2 B>G
Beg>f|e>c BG “tr”GFF>G|E<B, B<C E2 E:|
|:a|g<(ee>)g
~a>gfb|g(ee>)b gebg|a>fg>e “tr”f>ec>f|e>cBG B2 B:|
|:e|E>BG>B
“tr”F>ECF|E>BG>B E>ege|f>de>G “tr”F>ECf|e>cBG B2B:|
|:g|e>bg>b (a/g/)(f/e/)
cf|e>bg>b e>gbg|”tr”ab/a/ ~ga/g/ (a/g/)(f/e/) c>f|{d}e>cBG B2B:|
LORD
X:1
T:Lord Banff’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – 1st Repository (1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
G/F/ | E<B, B,>C E>FG>c
| B>(G A/G/)(F/E/) F>EC>F | E<B,B,>C EFGg | f>e{e}g>f
f2{ef}e :|
B | e>gb>g (a>g)(f>e) |
fa/f/ gb/g/ f>ec>f | e>gb>g (a>g)(f>e) | (f/a/)(g/a/)
(b/a)g/f/ {f}e2 e>B|
e>g {eg}b>g (a>g)(f>e)|
(f/a/)(g/f/) (g/b/)(a/g/) f>ec>{d}e | B>e (c/B/)(A/G/) A>Bc>A |
G>E BG/E/ F2E ||
LORD
LORD BAYKIM. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part.
Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from
Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 617, pg. 317.
LORD BEICHAN. English, Air (3/4 time).
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Lord Beichan was a noble lord,
A noble lord of high degree;
He shipped himself on board a ship,
He longed strange countries for to see. (Stokoe)
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 64‑70.
X:1
T:Lord Beichan
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Bruce
& Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy
(1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GA
B2 (GA)|cB A3 D|GA B2 c2|d^c d3 D|Bc d2 c2|AG F2 (GA)| Bc d2c2|AG G3||
LORD BINNING/BINNY. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Daniel Dow, appearing earliest in his c.
1775 collection (pg. 11). Carlin (The Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 396. Gow (Complete
Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 20.
X:1
T:Lord Binnings Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
B|E/E/E GA B2 Ee|dBAd FDAF|GEGB
DFAd|BdFA BEE:|
B|eBge ^dfB(g|f)dBG FADf|eBge
dBe^c|dAFA BEEB|eBge ^dfB^c|
DBAG FADF|GBEe ^dfBA|GBAF GEE||
LORD
X:1
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
R:Strathspey
K:A
e|c<e A<e c<e a2|f<d =g2 B<=G G>B|c<e A<e c<e a>f|=g>d B>d e<AA:|
e|c>e a2 a/g/f/e/ a2|B>d =g2 B<=G
G>B|c>e d>f e>=g f>a|=g>ea>e c<AA||
LORD
BLAYNEY'S DEMESNE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard. AB.
Source for notated version: piper Daniel Markey (
LORD BREADALBANE’S
DELIGHT.
Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB’. The melody appears in the 4th
collection of Malcolm MacDonald of
Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. MacDonald had
dedicated his 2nd collection to the Earl of Breadalbane, and the
family evidently were patron’s of his music. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 8.
X:1
T:Lord Breadalbane’s Delight
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:MacDonald – 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A, | DDD DDD | D>EF/G/ AFD | DDD
DDD | EFA “tr”B2d | DDD DDD |
D>EF/G/ AFD | E>DE “tr”(F2E) |
DB,B, B,2 :: (A/4B/4c/) | ddd d>ef | AFd (B/A/)G/F/E/D/ |
ddd e>fg | fdB B2 (A/4B/4c/ |1
ddd d>ef | AFd B/A/G/F/E/D/ | E>DE F2E | DB,B, B,2 :|2
d>ef B>cd | AFd B/A/G/F/E/D/ |
E>DE F2E | DB,B, B,2 ||
LORD BREADALBANE'S
MARCH. Scottish, Slow March (6/8 time). D
Major. Standard. AABBCD. David Murry, in his book Music of the Scottish Regiments (Edinburgh, 1994), notes this tune
is said to have been played to turn the soldiers of the highland regiments out
in the early hours of the morning of Quatre Bras (1815), the battle just prior
to Waterloo. He says it is “the tune of a song from Strathspey in the Central
Highlands. ‘People of this Glen, Awake!’, the song begins, and goes on to warn
that James Grand of Carron on Speyside, a notorious ruffian and reiver, has
been seen in the glen with his henchmen. ‘People of this Glen’ is also said to
have been played in the gloaming of the winter’s evening before the massacre of
Glencoe in February 1692, in a last-minute attempt to warn the people of the
treacherous attack that was planned for the next morning. It was played by Hugh
MacKenzie, piper to Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, who commanded the soldiers of
the Earl of Argyll’s Regiment who carried out the massacre. The tune, and its
connotations, would be well known to the Highland soldiers of the Black Watch,
the 79th and the 92nd who heard it in the first light of
that June morning” (pg. 106). Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 1; No. 16, pg. 48.
X:1
T:Lord Breadalbane's March
B:Songs of Scotland Without Words, J T Surenne
N:Transposed from another key (no shaps or flats)
Z:Nigel Gatherer <gatherer@argonet.co.uk>
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
d \
| "D"A>BA f>ed | "G"B>AB d>BG |
"D"A>BA f>ed | "Em"B>ee "A7"e2d \
| "D"A>BA f>ed | "G"B>AB d>BG |
"D"A>BA f>ed | "Em"B>ee "A7"e2 ||d \
| "Em"e>fe a>fe | "D"f>ef f>ed |
"Em"e>fe a<fe | "A7"e>fe e2d \
| "Em"e>fe a>fe | "D"f>ef f>ed |
"D"a>fe f>ed | "Em"Bee "A7"e2 |]
LORD BUCHAN. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major/B Minor. Standard. ABB.
"Very old" (Gow). Carlin (The
Gow Collection), 1986; No. 596. Gow (Complete
Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 2.
X:1
T:Lord Buchan
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Gow – 3rd Repository
(1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f>e|(e2B2)A>F|A2(f2e2)|(dB)d2d2|d4
f>e|(d2B2)A>F|A2 (f2e2)|(dB)d2d2|d4:|
|:A2|d3 efg|a4 (ba)|(g2f2)d2|B4A2|d3
efg|a4 (ba)|g2f2d2|B4 f>e|(d2B2)A>F| A2(f2e2)|(dB) {F}d2d2|d4:|