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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

MISS ABERCROMBY'S REEL (--OF BIRKENBOG). AKA and see "Hobb's Favorite," "Boston Rattlers'," "Colonel McBain's." Scottish, Reel. C Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, S. Johnson): AABB' (Marshall). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first printed in his 1781 collection. The title refers to the daughter of Sir Robert Abercromby of Birkenbog near Portsoy, Banffshire, according to Moyra Cowie (1999). The Abercrombys were friends with the 4th Duke and Duchess of Gordon, and through this relationship would have had contact with Marshall, who was employed as the Duke’s Steward of the Household. Cowie points out that Banff was a favorite wintering place for the well-to-do of North-East Scotland, many of whom maintained town-homes there, spending the season visiting and socializing. Birkenbog was a farm house south of Cullen and was a well-developed and substantive property. A variant, set as a slow strathspey in the key of G Minor, appears in the William Sydney Mount manuscripts under the title “Mrs. Abercromby of Glupas Reel.” S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 30. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 5, and the 1822 Collection, pg. 23. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 273.

X:1

T:Miss Abercromby

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C Minor

EDCD EFGE|FBEB DB,FD|EDCD EFGc|BGFD C/C/C C2:|

edcd efge|dcBc defd|edcd efge|dc=Bd c/c/c ~c2|edcd efge|

dcBc defd|gefd ecdB|GBFD C/C/C C2||

X:2

T:Miss Ambercromby’s Reel

L:1/8

M:C|

S:Marshall – 1781 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C Minor

(EDC)(D EF)GE|FBFB DB,FD|(EDC)(D EF)Gc|B<G F>D C/C/C C2:|

(edc)(d ef)ge|(dcB)(c de)fd|1 (edc)(d ef)ge|d>cBd c/c/c c:|2

gefd ecdB|G<B F>D C/C/C C2||                       

X:3

T:Mrs. Abercrombys of Glupas Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

N:”Slow”

S:William Sydney Mount (1807-1868) manuscripts, c. 1840’s?

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

F | G>DG>A B>cd>g | f<b d>B (c/B/A/G/ F>)A | G>DG>A B>cd>g |

f>c d/(c/B/A/) B>G G2 :| g>fd>f “tr”(g/f/g/a/) b>g | f>dc>d (f>g{f/g/}a>f |

(b>a)(a>g) (g>f)(f>d) | c3f (d/c/B/A/) (B<G) G2 | g>fd>f “tr”(g/f/g/a/) b>g |

f>dc>d (f>g){f/g/}(a>f) | (g>f)(e>d) (c>e)(d>c) | “tr”B/(A/b/c/) (d/c/B/A/) B<G G||

                       

MISS ADAM. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 33).

                       

MISS ADAM’S WALTZ.  English, Waltz. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABCAA. Goulding (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808), 1808; No. 4.

X:1

T:Miss Adam’s Waltz

M:3/8

L:1/8

B:Goulding – Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808 (London)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock

Z:abcs’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

B,|.E(G/F/).E|EBG|F{G}(F/E/F/A/)|GEB,|E(G/F/)E|EBG|F{G}(F/E/F/G/)|E2:|

e/d/|{d}cB e/d/|{d}cB e/d/|{d}c/B/c/B/c/d/|eB e/d/|{d}cB e/d/|{d}cB e/d/|c/B/A/G/F/E/|(B B/)A/G/F/|

E(G/F/).E|EBG|F{G}(F/E/F/A/)|GEB,|EG/F/E|EBG|F{G}F/E/F/G/|E2||

(b/g/)|(e/g/) B (b/g/)|e/g/ .B e/d/|{d}c/B/c/B/c/d/|eB (b/g/)|(e/g/) B (b/g/)|e/g/ B e/c/|d/f/d/B/c/=A/|B/c/B/_A/G/F/||

 

MISS ADIE.  Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Major Logan. Source for notated version: Hector MacAndrew [Martin]. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 130.

 

MISS ADMIRAL GORDON'S REEL/STRATHSPEY. AKA and see "Glasgow Flourish," "Of a' the airts the wind can blaw." Scottish, Slow Strathspey ("Slow when not danced"). A Major (most versions): D Major (O’Farrell). Standard. AB (most versions): AABB (O’Farrell): ABCD (McGlashan). One of the first composed and most famous tunes (c. 1775) by Scots fiddler William Marshall (1748‑1833) in honor of Margaret Gordon, daughter and only surviving child of Admiral William Gordon (d. 1769), Carmelite House, Banff; four other children died before adulthood. Margaret survived to marry Mr. Forbes-Seton of Aberdeen, and their daughter married Lord James Hay. Moyra Cowie (1999) points out that Banff was a social hub for the well-to-do of North East Scotland in the 18th century, many of whom retained town-houses there and who spent the season socializing.  Cowie believes Marshall would have met many through his position as the 4th Duke of Gordon’s Steward of the Household. The Admiral’s Carmelite house, which he built, survives today and has been converted into a small hotel.

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“Miss Admiral Gordon” was first published in Marshall's Strathspey Reels (1781, pg. 3).  As was not uncommon, it was republished afterwards by Joshua Campbell, although unattributed and renamed "Glasgow Flourish" after that city's motto (Alburger, 1983). Niel Gow wrote a tune called "Major Graham (of Inchbrakie)," which has a similar motif, and there have been accusations by some (e.g. John Glen) of plagerism; it appears derivative in any case (as is the Gows' "Sir John Whitefoord's Strathspey," both published in their 1784 First Collection). Its popularity is due in part to the fact that Robert Burns wrote one of his best songs to it which begins: "Of a' the airts the wind can blaw."  Burns' manuscript notes for the Scots Musical Museum contain the following ‑‑ "I have been told by somebody who had it from Marshall himself, that he took the idea of his three most celebrated pieces, 'The Marquis of Huntley's Reel,' 'His Farewell,' and 'Miss Admiral Gordon's Reel' from the old air, 'The German Lairdie'" (Emmerson, 1971). William Stenhouse maintains that Marshall fashioned the tune from the old melody of "The Lowlands of Holland" (by adding a second part), but John Glen (1891 & 1895) disputes this, saying that Stenhouse was in error and that "The Lowlands of Holland," especially as published by James Oswald in the Caledonian Pocket Companion, bears no resemblance. Nor does Glen credit Johnson (Scots Musical Museum) or Urbani (2nd Volume, 1794) who also published "The Lowlands of Holland" with originating "Miss Adimiral" for they were both published after Marshall published his tune. Burns wrote his lyric in honor of his bride‑to‑be, Jean Armour, while he was at Ellisland awaiting her arrival from Mauchline in Ayrshire, where he had first met her.

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O a' the airts the wind can blaw,

I dearly lo'e the west

For there the bonnie lassie lives,

The lass that I lo'e best.

Tho' wild woods grow an' rivers tow,

Wi' mony a hill between,

Baith day and nicht, my fancy's flicht,

Is ever wi' my Jean.

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The melody has been used for other songs, including a Canadian folksong, “The Scarborough Settlers’ Lament” and a Scottish song “The Scottish Settlers’ Lament” (see Stan Rogers’ album “For the Family” and the Tannahill Weavers’ album “Land of Light,”, respectively.

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Source for notated version: Marshall's Strathspey Reels, 1781; pg. 3 [Johnson]. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 64, pgs. 104‑105. Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 61, pg. 150. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 5. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 147. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 80, pg. 227. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 3. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 16. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 4. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 62, pg. 86. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Union Pipes, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 78. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 163.

X:1

T:Miss Admiral Gordon’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:McGlashan – Reels       (c. 1786)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E|A/A/A A<A A>E A<f|e<c B>A F2 F2|A/A/A A<A A>E A<f|

e>f a<c (e2 e>)f|e>f a<c e<cB<A|Bc d/c/B/A/ F2 F2|A/A/A A<A AE A<f|

e<c B>c A2 A||E|C>E A<E F<EA<E|c>e d/c/B/A/ F2 FE|C>E A<E F<EA<E|

c>d e/f/g/a/ (e2 e>)g|a>g f<e f<e d<c|B>c d/c/B/A/ F2 F2|A/A/A A<A A>E A<f|

e<c B>c A2 A||E|A/A/A A/A/A A<E A<f|f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ F2 F2|

A/A/A A/A/A AE A<f|e>f a<c e2 e>f|e>fa>b e<cB<A|B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ F2F2|

A/A/A A/A/A A<E A<f|e<c B>c A2A||E|C/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/ F/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/|

c/B/c/e/ d/c/B/A/ F2 F>E|C/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/ F/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/|

c/B/c/d/ e/f/g/a/ e2 df/g/|a<gf<e fed<c|B>c d/c/B/A/ F2F2|A/A/A A/A/A A>E A<f|

e<cBc A2 AE|C/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/ F/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/|c/B/c/e/ d/c/B/A/ F2 FE|

C/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/ F/E/D/E/ A/E/D/E/|c/B/c/d/ e/f/g/a/ e2 e>g|

(3agf (3gfe (3fed (3edc|(3dcB (3cBA F2 F2|A/A/A A<A AE a<f|e<cB<c A2A2||

                       

MISS AGNES ROSS'S REEL. AKA and see "Miss Ross(' Strathspey—of Elgin) [1]," "Lassie, Look Before You/Ye," "Look Before You." Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first published in his 1781 collection (pg. 12), but retitled by the Gows ("Look Before You") when they published the tune. It is a reel version of his "Miss Ross' Strathspey--Elgin." Miss Agnes has been identified as the daughter of James Ross, the secretary/factor at Gordon Castle, Fochabers, who was a colleague of Marshall’s in his position of Steward of the Household at the castle (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 12 and the 1822 Collection, pg 33 (appears as "Miss Ross' Strathspey ‑ Elgin"). McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Agnes Ross’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:McGlashan – Reels    (c. 1786)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F|D>AF>A D>AF>A|E=cc>E E2 CE|D>AF>A D>AF>A|DddA F2 D:|

f|d>fd>f d>fA>f|=cdef g2 a/g/f/e/|d>fd>f dfAf|defg a2 b/a/g/f/|d>fd>f d>fA>f|

=cdef g2 a/g/f/e/|a>fg>e f>de>c|dABG F2 D||

                       

MISS ALICIA HEGGIE. AKA and see "Mrs. Walter Biggar."

                       

MISS ALMA BEAUDRY’S FANCY. Canadian, Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 69.

                       

MISS AMBERCROMBIE. See “Miss Abercrombie.”

                       

MISS AMELIA ELIPHANT GASK. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard. AABB'. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 3; No. 25, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Miss Amelia Eliphant Gask

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 25

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B | A<F F>D E>D B,2 | A<F F>A B>cd>B | A<F F>D E>DE>F | D>B,A,>B, (D2D) :|

|: f | (d/e/f/g/) a>g f<d d>f | a>df>d f<e e>f | (d/e/f/g/) a>g f<d d>f |1 d>B A<B d3 :|2 d/c/B/A/ B/d/c/ed/ d3 ||

                       

MISS AMELIA STEWART’S. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AAB. The ‘A’ part is very similar to the ‘B’ part of “Miss Amelia Eliphant Gask,” above. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 127, pg. 30.

 

MISS ANDERSON(‘S). Scottish (originally), Canadian; Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard. AABB. The tune was recorded in the 1950's in a medley with “The Braes of Elachie” by Joe MacLean (Cape Breton). Source for notated version: fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford]. Cranford (Brenda Subbert’s), 1994; No. 97, pg. 35. Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier ‑ "The Dances Down Home" (1977).

                       

MISS ANDY CAMPBELL'S. Scottish, Scottish Measure. F Major. Standard. AB. The piece was composed by Alexander McGlashan and appears in his "Collection of Scot Measures," of the late 18th century. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 322. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), 177?; pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Andy Campbell’s Scots Measure

L:1/8

M:C

B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c2|BAGF c3B|A2 c4 fg|a2 gf b3a|g2 G4 c2|BAGF f3d|gafg fedc|dcBA BGcB|A2 F4:|

cd/e/|fcAc f2c2|defc BAGF|GABc defg|e2 c4 de|f>gfe dcBA|bagf e2dc|dcBA BGcB| A2 F4:|

                       

MISS ANGUS, BOTRIPHNIE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Botriphnie, Drummuir near Keith. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Angus, Bothriphnie’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

D|B,2 ~B2 Bdfd|cBAG FEDC|B,2 ~B2 Bdfd|c=Bc=E F2F:|

B|AFFB AFFd|eGcB AFFB|AFFB AFFd|eBcB A2 (GF)|

AFFB AFFd|eGcB AGFE|DEFG Abcd|egfA B2B||

                       

MISS ANN ÆMELIA STUART’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Composed by Duncan Mackintyre. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 30. 

X:1

T:Miss Ann Æmelia Stuart’s Strathspey

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Gow – 1st Repository  (1799)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F>GAF cFA>f|a/g/f/e/ f>F {FG}AGG>A|F>GAF cFA>f|1 a/g/f/e/ f>d c>A A<f:|2 A/g/f/e/ f>d c<A A>c||

f>gfd c<a f>c|d<f c>A AGG>c|(f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/) f>c d<f|c<f f>d c<a a>g|

fadf cfA>f|a/g/f/e/ f>F {FG} AGG>A|F>GAc defg|a/g/f/e/ {e}f>d c<AA<f||

X:2

T:Miss Ann Amelia Stewart's Strathspey

C:R. Petrie

S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04

N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 5

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

K:F

f|F>GA<F c<FA>f|(a/g/f/e/ f)F AGGA  |F>GAF cFAf  |(a/g/f/e/ f)d cAA:|

c|f>gfc  c<ag<c|d>f d/c/B/A/  B(GGc)|f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ f<cd>f|c<(ff>d) c<(aa>g) |

f<ad<f c<fA<f|(a/g/f/e/ f)F A<GG>A|F>GA>c d>ef>g|(a/g/f/e/ f)<d cAA|]

                       

MISS ANN AMELIA MURRAY. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 211.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Amelia Murry

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

K:F

F>GA>F c>FA>f|a/g/f/e/ f>F A<G G>A|F>GA>F c>FA>f|1

a/g/f/e/ f>d c<AA<f:|2 a/g/f/e/ f>d c<A A<c||

f>gf>d c<a f>c|d>fc<A A>GG>c|f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ f<c d>f|c<f f>d c<a a>g|

f<ad<f c<fA<f|a/g/f/e/ f<F A<G G>A|F>GA>c d>ef>g|a/g/f/e/ f>d c<AA<f||


                       

MISS ANN BISSET LOGIERAIT. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the 4th collection of Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. Logierait was a village and parish in north central Perthshire, on the banks of the River Tay. The name means ‘little hollow below the castle’ and refers to an Iron Age mound, once a fortified place. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 9.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Bisset (of) Logierait

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

e | gage abaf | gage fgab | gage abaf | gedB e/e/e e :|

|: f | gage dBGB | ABcd edef | gage dBGB | cABG E/E/E E :|

 

MISS ANN CAMERON'S JIG--BALVENIE. Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for the Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household, and it is fortunate that the Duke was an enthusiastic supporter and patron of Marshall’s music. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) identifies Miss Ann as Dr. Grigor of Nairn’s maiden aunt, who lived at Balvenie Farm in lower Glen Fiddich. Marshall wrote several tunes for members of the family.  Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 9.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Cameron’s Jig – Balvenie

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B2b f2d cAF|B2b f2d fga|b2B f2d cAF|G2B (AB/c/)A B3:|

FdB e2d cAF|fdB e2d efg|fga bfd cAF|G2B (AB/c/)A B3|

FdB e2d cAF|fdB e2d efg|fga bfd cAF|G2B (AB/c/)A B3||

                       

MISS ANN CAMPBELL. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 181, pg. 72. Cameron, (The Trip to Windsor Collection), 1994.

                       

MISS ANN CARNEGIE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune originally appeared in Achibald Duff’s 1811 collection. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 19, pg. 7. Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots are Showing” (2000).

                       

MISS ANN FORBES.  Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 3.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Forbes' Reel.

R:reel

M:C

L:1/8

B:Complete Tutor Violin  (c. 1815)

Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005

K:A

U:T=!trill!

N:  2nd system bar 2 g replaced with a

e |:: A/A/A (cA) (Bcdf) | A/A/A (ec) AAec | (de/f/) (cd/e/) Bcdf | edTcB AAce :||: A/A/A (ac) Bcdf |

A/A/A (ac) A/A/A (ac) | (a/g/f/e/) (ac) Bcdf | edTcB AAce :||: Aece Bcdf | Aece Aece | (d/e/f) (c/d/e) Bcdf |

edTcB AAce :||: A/A/A (ac) Bcdf | A/A/A (ac) AAae | (a/g/f/e/) (ac) Bcdf | edcTB AAce :|]

 

MISS ANN MACCORMACK. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald - “Classic Cuts” (reissue of Celtic Records CX 17.

           

MISS ANN MOIR'S BIRTHDAY. Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Charles Duff and found in the Charles Duff Collection (c. 1790). Sources for notated versions: John Campbell (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Dunlay and Reich]; Natalie MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 91. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 59. Appears in William Morrison Collection. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Atlantica 04 50222, NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993). DMP6‑27‑1, Doug MacPhee‑ "Cape Breton Piano III" (1981. Appears as "A Duncan MacQuarrie Strathspey"). JC 127, John Campbell‑ "Cape Breton Violinist" (1983. Appears as "Traditional Strathspey"). SA93130, Donny LeBlanc - “Rosining Up the Bow” (1993).

                       

MISS ANN MONRO. Scottish, Jig. D B Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 50.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Munro

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bmin

F|B3f3|edc dcB|Acd edc|aed cBA|B3 fgf|edc dcB|efd edc|dBB B2:|

c|dfB dbB|dcB fdB|ceA daA|cBA edc|dfB dbB|dcB fdB|efd edc|dBB B2c|

dfB dbB|dfB dbB|ceA caA|deA caA|BdB cec|dfd ege|fgf edc|dBB B2||

                       

MISS ANN STEWART [1]. AKA – “Miss Ann Stewart East Craig’s Reel.” Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Skye). East Craigs is north west of Edinburgh. Anne Stewart was the daughter of John Stewart of East Craigs. Ann(e) was a celebrated Endinburgh beauty who married an Edinburgh surgeon an apothecary named Forrest Dewar (d. 1816) in January, 1789, in the process breaking the heart (the story goes) of another suitor, Alexander Cunningham. Cunningham was a friend of poet Robert Burns, who knew how much in love he was with Miss Stewart, whom Burns once described as “an amiable and accomplished young lady with whom I fancy I have the honor of being a little acquainted.” Burns had encouraged Cunningham to marry her, penning a verse in 1788 called “To Alex. Cunningham, Esq., Writer, Edinburgh,” which ended:

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Sweet Anna has an air—a grace,

Divine, magnetic, touching;

She talks, she charms—but who can trace

The process of bewitching?

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The poet was less charitable after she spurned his friend, declaring the she had “prostituted her character” and married beneath her. In a letter to Cunningham from 1789, Burns consoled: “…I am certain that a disappointment in the tender passion must, to you, be a ver serious matter…to your scanty tribe of mankind, whose souls bear, on the richest materials, the most elegant impress of the Great Creator, Love enters deeply into their existence, and is entwined with their very thread of life.” It has been suggested that Burns’ poem “She’s Fair and Fause” was inspired by his friend’s loss. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pg. 26 (3rd ed.). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 147. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 202. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 110.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Stewart [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – The Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

A|DGG>A Bcdf|AFcA FGAc|BAGA Bcdf|AFc>A BGG:|

A|Bcde fdcB|AFcF dFcF|Bcde fdcB|AFc>A BGGA|

Bfdf BfdB|FcAc FcAF|Bfdf BfdB|FAc>A BGG||

X:2

T:Miss Ann Stewart, East Craigs  [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

F|:DGGA Bcdf|AFcA FGAc|BAGA Bcdf|AfcA BGGA:|

|:Bcd=e fdcB|AFcF dFcF|Bcd=e fdcB|AfcA BGGA:|

|:Bfdf Bfdf|FcAc FcAc|Bfdf Bfdf|AFcA BGGA:|

 


MISS ANN STEWART--EAST CRAIGS [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. ABB'. See note for “Miss Ann Stewart—East Craigs [1].” Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pg. 26 (3rd ed.). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 189.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Stewart – East Craigs [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 26  (orig. 1788)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

B|G>gg>f “tr”g>a({g/a/}b>)g|f>dc>d B>FF>B|G>gg>f g>a({g/a/}b>)g|f>dc>d “tr”B>GG>A|

G>g”tr”g>f g>a({g/a/}b>)g|f>d cf Af FA|G>gg>f “tr”g>a({g/a/}b>)g|(g/<f)(e/>d/) “tr”c>d B>GG||

A|”tr”(B>c)df “tr”(c>d)eg|(B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/c/) B>FF>A|”tr”(B>c)df “tr”c>d)eg|g/<f/e/<d/ “tr”c>d B>GGA|

“tr”(B>c)df “tr”(c>d)eg|(B/A/B/c/) (B/c/d/c/) B>FF>A|(B/A/B/).c/ d>f (c/B/c/).d/ e>g|(g/<f/)(e/<d/) (e/<d/)(c/<d/) B>GG||

 

MISS ANN STEWART [3]. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in William Marshall's 1781 collection (pg. 4). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 16.

X:1

T:Miss Ann Stewart

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1   (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F<D B>D F<D B,>D|G<B F>D C/C/C C2|F<D B>D FBeg|d>B c>d B/B/B B2:|

Bfdf Bgeg|f<d c>B G/G/G G2|BFDB FBeg|d>B c<d B/B/B B2|

Bfdf Bgeg|f<d c>B G/G/G G2|(B>c) (d>B) (e>c) (f>d)|(c>B c<)d B/B/B B2||

           

MISS ANNE CARRE. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 57) and Robert MacIntosh's 1783 collection (pg. 35).

                       

MISS ANNE GORDON. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for the Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household, and it is fortunate that the Duke was an enthusiastic supporter and patron of Marshall’s music. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition; 1845 Collection, pg. 32.

X:1

T:Miss Anne Gordon

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A|F/F/F (F>d) c<FA<f|F/F/F (F>G) AG(D>E)|F/F/F (F>d) c<FA<f|f<d c>A A>G D:|

e|f<cf<a c<fA<a|f<c f>a ~g2 (d>e)|f<cf<a c>fa>g|f<A A/A/A G2 D e|f<cf<a c<fAa|

f<c f>a ~g2 (d>e)|f>ag>b a<f g>e|f<A A/A/A A>G D||

                       

MISS ANNE MACNAMARA.  Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton.  Composed by Dan R. MacDonald. WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).

                       

MISS ANNIE LIVINGSTON. AKA and see “Leslie,” “Miss Leslie of St. Andrews.” Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the melody in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 47).

                       

MISS ANNIE MACKINNON. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. "Pipe tune, Skye style." Composed by Keith N. MacDonald (compiler of the Skye Collection). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 181.

X:1

T:Miss Annie MacKinnon

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amix

e|AAeA cAeA|(f<g) dB GBdG|AAeA cAeA|{f}g2 dB A<A A:|

AAce aeef|g2 dB GBdB|AAeA aeef|g2 (fd) e2 Ae|AAeA aeef|

g2 dB GBdB|AAcA eAcA|BGdB A2A2||

                       

MISS ANNIE WATSON’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Abraham Macintosh, appearing in his Thirty New Strathspey Reels Etc. (Edinburgh, c. 1792). Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 15.

X:1

T:Miss Annie Watson’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Macintosh – Thirty New Strathspey Reels (c. 1792)

K:G

(d/c/)|BGdg fagd|BGdB cAA(d/c/)|BGdg fagB|AGAB G/G/G G:||

(g/a/)|bgdb afda|geBg f^dBf|ecAe dBGD|EcBA BGG(g/a/)|

bgdb afda|gfge f^dBf|egdg cgBg|AGAB G/G/G G||

 

MISS ANNY STEWART, BOHALLY. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was composed by Malcolm McDonald and appears in his Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol, 1, 1891; pg. 26. MacDonald (Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 11.

X:1

T:Miss Anny Stewart, Bohally’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8
R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c | A2”tr”e2 cAec | dB=gd BdGB | A2”tr”e2 cAeA | dB=gB A/A/A A :|

e | (ag)a(e c)dec | (=gf)g(d B)dBG | (ag)a(e c)dec | dB=gB A/A/A A2 |

agae cecA | =gfgd BdBG | cedf eace | dB=gB A/A/A A ||

                       

MISS AUBONE SURTEES’ FAVOURITE.  AKA and see “Blaydon Flats.” Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Scottish fiddler and composer Abraham Mackintosh (b. 1769).

X:1

T:Miss Aubone Surtees’ Favourite

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Abraham Mackintosh (b. 1769)

K:D

A,|D2FD CDB,D|A,DFA G2FE|DAFd Afda|gefd c2BA|

d2df ecaA|B2dB Adfa|gbfa gbag|fedc d3||

g|fdaf ecBA|dBfd cAGF|BGdB Adfa|gefd c2BA|

d2df ecAc|B2dB AdFA|G2BG FAGB|AGFE D3||

 

MISS AUSTIN. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Archibald Allan of Forfar (1794-1831), described in J. Scott Skinner's "Harp and Claymore" collection as "one of the very best players and composers of his day." His most famous composition is "The Dean Brig o' Edinburgh." Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 40. Stewart-Roberson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 302.

X:1

T:Miss Austin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

^f|g<d d>c B>AG>A|B>c dc/B/ A2 D>^f|g<d d>c B>cd>c|BA/G/ AG/^F G2 G,:|

A|B>df>b A>cf>a|B>c dc/B/ A2 D>A|B>df>b A>cf>a|BA/G/ AG/^F/ G2 G,>A|

B>df>b A>cf>a|B>c e/d/c/B/ A2 D^f|ga/b/ a>g ^fg/a/ d>c|BA/G/ AG/^F/ G2 G,||

                       

MISS AVRIL’S DELIGHT.  English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Irregular timing in the first part. A composition of English teacher, composer, choreographer and collector Pat Shaw. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 85.

 

MISS BABIE GRAY'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. Composed by Daniel (sometimes Donald) Dow and appearing first in James Gillespie's MS (1768) as an untitled minuet. Five years later it appeared in his 1773 collection having acquired a patron's title.

                       

MISS BABY MONTGOMERY. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 53).

                       

MISS BACON'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Miss Baker's," "Mrs. Baker's Hornpipe."

           

MISS BAIN’S FANCY. Irish (?), Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Miller & Perron): AAB (O’Neill). Sources for notated versions: copied from James Aird’s Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1782-97) [O’Neill]; Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin, long a resident of Boston, Massachusetts [Miller & Perron]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 26. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 89. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 211.

X:1

T:Miss Bain's Fancy

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Aird's Selections 1782-97

R:Reel

K:G

B|E/2E/2E EF GABd|D/2D/2D AD FDAF|E/2E/2E EF GABG|BEED E2-E:|

e/2f/2|gef^d e2 Be|dBAd FDAF|efed B^def|geB^d eBef|

gefd e2 Be|fcdA FDAf|gdeB dGAB|GEE^D E2-E||

                                   

MISS BAIN’S REEL. Irish (?), Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. “Miss Bain’s Reel” was first printed in James Aird’s Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (Glasgow, 1797, pg. 55). The melody also appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England. Source for notated version: copied from James Aird’s Selections [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 210.

X:1

T:Miss Bain's Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Aird's Selections 1782-97

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:D

B|AFDF AdcB|dfeg e/2e/2e e2|AFDF AdcA|BdAF D/2D/2D D:|

f/2g/2|afdf abaf|geaf e/2e/2e e/2f/2g|afdf abaf|geaf d/2d/2d df/2g/2|

afdf abaf|geaf e/2e/2e eg|fdec dBAF|GBAF D/2D/2D D||

                       


MISS BAIRD OF NEWBYTH. AKA and see "Lady Baird [1]," "Mrs Baird of New Byth [1]." Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian (Huntington): G Major (Glen). Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Niel Gow (1727-1806). Gow (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 172.  Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 14.

X:1

T:Miss Bairds of New Bythe Straspey (sic)

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Huntington – William Litten’s Fiddle Tunes 1800-1802 (1977)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B | AD B/A/G/F/ | EC CE | AD B/A/G/F/ | AD B/A/G/F/ | BG AF | EC CE |

AD AG/F/ | AD D :: g | f<d Ad | ec c>e | f<d Ad | f>d Ad | A>d fd | ec c>e |

fd A>d | FD Dg | f<d Ad | ec c>e | fd A>d | f>d ec | dA cF | EC CE | AD AG/F/ | AD D :|

                       

MISS BAIRD OF SAUGHTON HALL [1]. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk (for whom see John Gow’s strathspey “Mrs. Roberston of Ladykirk’s Favorite”). Miss Baird of Saughton Hall was herself a composer. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 276. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 34. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 196, pg. 22 (appears as "Miss Baird of Saughton"). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 228. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 102.

X:1

T:Miss Baird of Saughton Hall [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cdcf  cAAB|cAdB ~c2 cd|cfag fcAF|GABc d2 df:|

cfAB cAAB|cfAB ~c2cd|cfAB cfAF|GABc d2df|

cfAB cAAB|cfAB ~c2 cf/g/|afge fcAF|GABc d2d2||

 

MISS BAIRD OF SAUGHTONHALL [2]. AKA – “Miss Baird of Saughtonhall’s Hornpipe.” Scottish, Hornpipe (6/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. An ‘old hornpipe’ composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Baird is an old Scottish family that held extensive lands in Lanarkshire in the 1200’s, having been originally granted to a member of William I’s entourage who saved his life from a wild boar. In the early 14th century Robert the Bruce granted the Barony of Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, to a Robert Baird. The family prospered and spred, one branch locating to Auchmeddan in Aberdeenshire, from which came the Bairds of Newbyth and Saughtonhall in East Lothian. During Nathaniel Gow’s time a General Sir David Baird (1757-1829) from Newbyth served in India, where he was one of only two survivors of the 73rd Highland Regiment at a British defeat at Madras in 1780; Miss Baird of Saughtonhall may have been a relative. In the 1780’s Saughtonhall was at the time a “good old mansion house,” three miles from Edinburgh, the home of Lady Maxwell. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Baird inherited Saughtonhall when he succeeded to the title 6th Baronet Baird, Saughtonhall, in 1771. The “Miss Baird” of the title as one of three daughters born to James Baird and his wife Henrietta (died 1817, Inveresk House), the third daughter of Wynne Johnston of Hilton. Henrietta, who may have composed tunes herself (as did her sister, for whom see Miss Johnston of Hilton’s Fancy), and was one of the more prominent women of the Scottish Enlightenment. James and Henrietta married in 1781. Their daughters were Margaret Mary (died at Inveresk House, unmarried in 1818), Henrietta Warrander Cecilia (married John Wauchope), and Alicia Sophia (Alicia died, unmarried, at Saughtonhall in 1821). Miss Baird also composed a reel, “The Eighth of December.” In 1841 records indicatie a railway line had been routed through the estate “to the detriment of the unity of the parcel.” There was a famous asylum for the insane at Saughtonhall in the 19th century. By the early 20th century the estate had disappeared and was developed for housing and community structures.

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Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 580. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 26 (3rd ed.).

X:1

T:Miss Baird of Saughtonhall's Hornpipe

C:Nathaniel Gow

B:The Beauties of Niel Gow, Pt.2

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:3/2

L:1/8

K:A

E2 A2 c2 A2 G2 A2|E2 A2 c2 A2 e4|f3 g a2 A2 G2 B2|F2 B2 AGFE A4:|

A2 C2 A2 C2 D2 C2|A2 C2 E2 C2 A4|f3 g a2 A2 G2 B2|F2 B2 AGFE A4|

A2 C2 A2 C2 D2 C2|A2 C2 E2 C2 A4|fgae dcBA G2 B2|F2 B2 AGFE A4|]

X:2

T:Miss Baird of Saughtonhall’s Hornpipe

M:6/4

L:1/8

R:”Old” Hornpipe

C:Nathaniel Gow

B:Gow – Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 26  (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(E2A2c2).A2.G2.B2|(e2A2c2).A2 e4|”tr”f3ga2A2G2B2|”tr”F2B2 (AG)FE A4:||

(Ac2a2) c2d2B2|(A2c2e2).c2a4|”tr”f3ga2 A2G2B2|”tr”F2B2 (AG)FE A4|

(A2c2a2).c2.f2.B2|(A2c2e2)c2a4|(fga).e dcBA G2B2|”tr”F2B2 (AG)FE A4||

                       

MISS BAIRDS OF NEW BYTHE STRASPEY. AKA and see "Miss Baird of Newbyth."

                       

MISS BAKER'S. AKA and see “Admiral Nelson,” "Mrs. Baker's Hornpipe," "Miss Bacon's Hornpipe,” “Miss Barker’s Hornpipe." Irish, English, Scottish; Hornpipe. G Major (Hardings): F Major (most versions). Standard tuning. AABB. A stage hornpipe tune which attained some popularity, composed for Miss/Mrs. Baker who performed a solo character dance in the late 18th century when the "sailor's hornpipe" type of dance became fashionable entertainment. Frank Kidson records in his entry on hornpipes in Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians: “About 1760 the hornpipe underwent a radical change, for it was turned into common time and was altered in character. Miss Anne Catley, Mrs. Baker, Nancy Dawson, and other stage dancers, introduced it into the theatre, and they have given their names to hornpipes which are even now popular.” The Thespian Dictionary: or, Dramatic Biography of the 18th Century (1802) records that Miss Baker was “an eminent dancer belonging to Drury Lane Theatre,” who married in 1767 dramatist and actor Thomas King.

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Alexander McGlashan prints the tune in his Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1780, pg. 37) under the title “A Hornpipe Danc’d by Aldridge,” a reference to Irish-born Robert Aldridge, a stage dancer and pantomimist popular in the 1760’s and 1770’s. It is probably the "Miss Baker's Hornpipe" that is one of the "missing tunes" in William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Kidson (1890) finds it first printed in Straight & Skillern’s Country Dances for 1772 , while in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Collection of 120 Hornpipes (c. 1775) it is entitled “Mrs. Baker’s Hornpipe.” The Thompson’s also published it in their Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (1773), and later in their instrumental tutors. James Aird prints it in the third volume of his Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1788). It is in Straight and Skillern’s Two Hundred & Four Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1775) as well. “Miss Baker’s” can be found in the numerous English musician’s manuscripts, including William Mittel (New Romney, Kent, 1799, where it appears twice), William Higgott (Cumbria?, c. 1800), the Tiller manuscript, J. Moore (Tyneside, 1841), Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, north Yorkshire, 1798), John Fife (Perth, Scotland, c. 1780), William Tildesley (Swinton, Lancashire, c. 1860), Thomas Watts (Peak Forest, Derbyshire, late 18th century), William Clarke (Feltwell, Norfolk, 1858), William Clarke (Lincoln, 1770), and G. Huddeswell (Leeds, west Yorkshire). The John Clare manuscript (Helpstone, Northants, c. 1820) includes it under the slightly distorted title “Bacon’s Hornpipe.” Bride’s Favourite Collection of 200 Country Dances, Cotillons and Allemands (1776) contains an unrelated tune called “Mrs. Baker’s Fancy.” Canadian versions (Cape Breton, PEI) appear under the title “Miss Barker’s,” the title by which the tune can be found in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection/Cole’s 1000, and presumably Canadian versions derive from those printed sources. As “Admiral Nelson” the melody is attributed to Perthshire fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807) by Hunter. In the Swedish tradition of Engleska playing, the melody is called “Skuggespelet.”

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Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 21. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 99 (appears as “Miss Barker’s Hornpipe”). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 147, pg. 42 (mislabelled as “The Rocket”). Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 86, pg. 163. Hardings All‑Round Collection, 1905; No. 45, pg. 13. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 50. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 24. Offord (John of the Greeny Cheshire Way), 1985; pg. 90. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 369, pg. 178. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 118 (appears as “Miss Barker’s Hornpipe”). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 134 (appears as “Miss Barker’s Hornpipe”). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3) , 1773; No. 68. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1816; pg. 140. EFDSSCD13, Pheonix  – “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). Firebird FBR01, Phoenix – “After the Fire.”

X:1

T:Miss Baker’s Hornpipe

T:Admiral Nelson

M:C

L:1/8

S:McGlashan -  Collection of Scots Measures

N:Appears as: “A Hornpipe Danc’d by Aldridge’s.”

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cB|A2 (F2 F)AGF|EG (B2 B)dcB|Acde fcdB|A2 (F2 F2):|

|:(3cde|fcAc fagf|gece gbag|afge fdgf|e2 c4 fe|dcBA B2 gf|

edcB A2 (3cde|fcdB cABG|A2 F4:|

X: 2
T:Miss Baker's Hornpipe. WM015
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:200
S:Wm.Mittell,1799
R:Hornpipe
O:England
A:Kent
Z:C.G.P.
K:F
c-B|A2F2FAGF|EFGAB2AG|Acde fcdB|A2F2F2:|
|:(3cde|fcAc fagf|gece gbag|afge fdgf|e2c2c2f-e|
d-cB-AB2b-a|g-fe-dc2BA|Bcde fcdB|A2F2F2:|]

X:3

T:Miss Barker’s

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c/B/ | .A.F F/A/G/F/ | E/G/B B/d/c/B/ | A/c/d/e/ f/c/d/B/ | .A.G .Gc/B/ | .G.F F/A/G/F/ |

E/G/B B/d/c/B/ | A/c/d/e/ f/c/d/B/ | AFF :: c | f/c/A/c/ f/a/g/f/ | g/e/c/e/ g/b/a/g/ |

a/f/g/e/ f/d/g/f/ | .e.c .cf/e/ | d/c/B/A/ Bb/a/ | g/f/e/d/ cB/A/ | B/c/d/e/ f/c/d/B/ | AFF :|

X:4

T:Miss Baker

M:C

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cB|A2 (F2 F)AGF|EG (B2 B)dcB|Acde fcdB|A2 (F2F2)::(3cde|fcAc fagf|gece gbag|
afge|fdgf|e2 (c2 c2) fc|(3def (3ABc B2 ba|gfed (cc) BA|(3Bcd (3EFG FdcB|A2F2F2:||

 

MISS BALFOUR. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 71).

 

MISS BARBARA CUNNINGHAM. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert Macintosh. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 35. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 15.

X:1

T:Miss Barbara Cunningham

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B|G>g d<B G<dB<G|EF/G/ A>G F<D D>B|G>g d<B G<dB<G|ec B/A/G/F/ [B,2G2] G,:|

g/a/|b<gd<g e<gd<B|c<aB<g aAAg/a/|b<ge<g e<gd<B|e<ad<f g2 Gg/a/|b<ga<f g<ef<d|

e<cd<B a<A A>B|G>D B<G d<Bg<c|B<d D>F [B,2G2] G,||

 

MISS BARBARA STEWART--WEST PARK. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Composed for a daughter of General Stewart, West Park, Elgin. The dwelling of West Park became the West Park Hotel for a time (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 13.

X:1

T:Miss Barbara Stewart—West Park

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c2 (G>c) E<C G2|d2 (A>d) F<D A2|c2 (G>c) E<C G>E|D<(d d>)e (f>e)(d>c)|

c2 (G>c) E<C G2|d2 (A>d) F<D A2|c2 (G>c) E<C G>E|D<(d d>)e (f>e)(d>c)||

c<ge<g cg e2|f<a d>e f>ga>f|e<c g>e (a>g)(f>e)|d<B G>B ~c2c2|

e<gc<g e>gc>e|f<a d>e f>ga>f|e>fg>e a<f d>c|B<G A>B ~c2c2||

 

MISS BARBARA STEWART'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first published in his 1781 (pg. 8). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 8.

X:1

T:Miss Barbara Stewart’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1781 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(g|fe)de (d/c/B/c/) d2|F(DD)F A3 (a|^gf)eg f^d e2|^G(EE)G B3 (g|

fe)de (d/c/B/c/) d2|F(DD)F A3F|GBAc Be^df|e(EE)^G B3||(d|

A)FDF dFDF|AFDF A3 (d|B)^GEG eGEG|B^GEG B3 (d|

A)FDF dFDF|AFDF A3 (^g|a)fge f^d e2|(GE)E^G B3||


 

MISS BARKER'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Miss Baker’s.”

 

MISS BARRETT'S WALTZ. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The tune dates to 1799. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

 

MISS BARSTOW. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert Mackintosh, appearing in his A Third Book of Sixty-Eight New Reels and Strathspeys: Also above forty old Famous Reels (Edinburgh, 1796). Source for notated version: Robert Mackintosh’s 1796 collection [S. Johnson]. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 202. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 19. Lismore LILP 5099, Ron Gonnella – “Scottish Fiddle Master” (1980).

X:1

T:Miss Barstow’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Mackintosh – Third Book of Sixty Eight New Reels and Strathspeys (1796)

K:G

D|G2 (DG) B,G,DB,|[A,E](AAG) FDEF|G2 DG EGce|d(cBA) BGG:||

d|”tr”(gfgd) BGdB|Aaag fdef|”tr”(gfg)d BGdB|cedc BGGf|

“tr”(gfgd) BGdB|A(aag) fdef|gbag fdgc|BdAc BGG||

 

MISS BARTLET. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by J. MacGlashan. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 22.

X:1

T:Miss Bartlet

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

B|AFDF DFCF|AFDF BGGB|AFDF D/E/F CB|A/B/c GB AFF:|

~B|Acfa bagf|ecfA BGGB|Acfa bagb|afce fFFB|Acfa bagf|

ecfA BGGB|A/B/c GB AFEF|DdcB AFF||

 

MISS BAYNE’S REEL.  English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 106 (appears as “Ram Meadow”, the name of a country dance by Ron Coxall set to the tune).

 

MISS BEDLINGTON’S FANCY.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A dance and tune composed by English collector, composer, choreographer, and teacher Pat Shaw. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 86.

 

MISS BELL KENNEDY. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in John Riddell's 1782 collection (pg. 58).

 

MISS BENNET’S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.

X:1
T:Miss Bennet's Jig
D:Jim Johnstone, Sound of
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
A | d2A FAF  |  D2D D2F | G2F E2D | DCB, A,2
A | d2A FAF  |  D2D D2A | B2G E2C | D3   D2  :|
z | A2A AB=c | =cBB B3  | B2B Bcd | dcc  c2
A | d2A f2d  |  a2f d2A | B2G E2C | D3   D2  :|]

 

MISS BETSY ROBERTSON. AKA and see “Kitty Clyde’s,” “Kitty Robertson.” Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Jones, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by Robert MacIntosh. Very similar to “Captain Byng.” Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 6. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 121, pg. 15. MacDonald ("The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 100. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 62. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 166.

X:1

T:Miss Betsey Robertson

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c | d3g BGdB | Aaag fdef | gfgd BcdB | cAdc BGG :|

c | BGDG EGDG | ABcB cedc | BGEG EGce | dBcA BGGc |

BGDG EGDG | ABcB cedc | Bdgd ceag | fdef gGG ||

X:2

T:Miss Betsy Robertson's Reel.

R:reel

M:C|

L:1/8

B:Complete Tutor Violin  (c. 1815)

Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005

K:G

N: See http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/MISSA_MISSF.htm

B | d3g BGdB | Aaag fdef | gfgd ecdB | cA (d/c/B/A/)  BGG :||

c | (BA/G/) (DG) EGDG | ABcB cedc | (B/A/G) (DG) EGce | dBAc BGGd |

(BA/G/) (DG) EGDG | ABcB cedc | BgdB cdeg | fadf gGG ||

 

MISS BETTY ANN GORDON. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Dunlay & Greenberg (1996) say the origins of the tune are obscure. It was learned by Buddy MacMaster from Dan R. MacDonald, whose father (John ‘the Carpenter’ MacDonald, d. 1930) played the tune, and suggest that the elder MacDonald picked it up while working in the woods in Pictou County. Winston Fitzgerald wrote out the music for Sandy macIntyre with the above title. It is sometimes paired with the A Dorian setting of  “Pigeon on the Gate” [2]. Source for notated version: Paddy LeBlac (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 65. CLM Carl MacKenzie 1006 - “Celtic Ceilidh” (1987). Celtic CX 29, CX 51, BDMF 5-7009, Paddy (“Scotty”) LeBlanc - “This is Sydney,” “The Fiddling French Canadian Scot,” “The Best Damn Fiddling in the World.”

 

MISS BETTY CAMPBELL. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 62) and Robert M'Intosh's 1783 collection (pg. 34).

 

MISS BETTY CATHCART. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Riddel's 1757 collection (pg. 49).

 


MISS BETTY FINN. Canadian, Reeel. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 33.

           

MISS BETTY FORBES REEL. Scottish (?), Reel. A Major. Standard. AABB’. Source for notated version: the music manuscript of Setauket, Long Island, New York, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868)..

X:1

T:Miss Betty Forbes Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:William Sydney Mount manuscript  (c. 1840’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A>EA>c BEBd | cAce (d/c/B/A/) GE | AFAc BGBd | (d/c/B/A/) GB A/A/A A2 :|

|: (ag).f.e “tr”(fe).d.c. | dBcA GBEB |1 (ag).f.e f(g{f/g/}a)f | ecdB A/A/A A2 :|2

ABcd efga | ecdB A/A/A A2 ||

                       

MISS BETTY HENDERSON. Shetland, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "A very fine lady fiddler from Ayr, of Shetland origin. Written (by Tom Anderson) for her in 1958" (Anderson). Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 50.

 

MISS BETTY HUNTER. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole): AABB' (Kerr). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 103, pg. 13. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 78.

X:1

T:Miss Betty Hunter

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

f|edcB c2Gc|AcGc EDDf|edcB c2Gc|AcGc ECC:|

F|ECEG cGAF|ECEG FDDF|ECEG cGAF|EcDF ECCF|

ECEG cGAF|ECEG FDDF|ECEG cdec|defd ec~c||

 

MISS BETTY MACDONALD. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (pg. 99).

 

MISS BETTY PLUMMER. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 64).

 

MISS BETTY SHAW. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 62).

 

MISS BETTY’S DELIGHT.  English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 118, pg. 29.

 

MISS BIGG'S (OF NEWCASTLE) DELIGHT. Scottish, Strathspey. The tune is referred to in Watlen's 1798 Celebrated Circus Tunes performed at Edinburgh this season, in which it is described as "the celebrated Strathspey Minuet as danced by Mr. Lassells and Mrs. Parker at the Royal Circus, London and Edinburgh."

 

MISS BISSET, LOGIERAIT. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The composition is credited to Malcolm McDonald of Dunkeld by Glen. It appears in MacDonald’s 4th collection, dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 45. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 5.

X:1

T:Miss Bisset Logierait’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

egfd eg B2 | dBAG FAFD | egfd egBd | AFdF E/E/E E :|

GBEB GBe^c | dBAG FAFD | GBEB GBeB | AFdF E/E/E E2 |

GBEB GBe^c | dBAG FAFD | GBEB GBeg | fdgf e/e/e e2 ||

 

MISS BLAIR'S FANCY (Speis Ingine Blair). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. The 'A' part of this melody is the same as Joseph Allard's "Quadrille de Beauharnois." O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 189, pg. 103. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 168, pg. 42.

X:1

T:Miss Blair’s Fancy

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 168

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B|dBG GBG|AFD DFD|EFG ABc|BAG FED|dBG GBG|AFD D/E/FD|EFG AFD|G3 G2:|

|:B|d2d dBd|gfg dBG|cec BdB|ABG AFD|1 dBd dBd|gfg dBG|EFG AFD G2 G2:|2

dBd def|gba gdB|EFG AFD|G3 G2||

                       

MISS BLAIR'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. Emmerson, in Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String, notes the tune appears in a MS collection of 1768. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 5. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 12.

X:1

T:Miss Blair’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

“tr”(f>ef)d eBdA | “tr”(f>ef)d B/B/B B2 | “tr”(f>ef)d eBdA | (B/A/B/c/ d)F D/D/D D2 :|

|: (D/E/F/G/ A)F BGAF | GdFd E/E/E EF | (D/E/F/G/ A)F dFAF | GBAF D/D/D D2 :|

                       

MISS BLAKE’S FANCY. Scottish, Reel or Highland. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 128, pg. 31.

 

MISS BLEWIT’S JIG.  AKA and see “Barney Brallaghan,” "Blewitt's Jig," “The Master Tailor’s Lilt.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 47, pg. 11.

 

MISS BOOTH’S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Soruce for notated version: the c. 1847 music manuscript of Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown]. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 33.

           

MISS BOURKE’S.  Irish , Reel. G Major (‘A’ part) & E Minor (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AAB. The second part of the tune is similar to the second part of “Miss Brady.” Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 129, pg. 31.

           

MISS BOWLS MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.  The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 39.

                       


MISS BRADY (Ingean Ui Bradi). AKA and see "Considine's Grove{s},” “Cronin of Kerry,” “Dinny Ryan’s,” “The Kerryman’s Daughter [2],” “The Pride of Rathmore." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The second part of the tune is similar to the second part of Kennedy’s “Miss Bourke’s.” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 118. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1324, pg. 248.

X:1

T:Miss Brady

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1324

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

EFGA {c}BAB^c | dDDE (FD)(FD) | EFGA BAGF | G(BA)(F G)E E2 :|

|: efge faf^d | efge fddf | gfe^d (3efg fe | dBAF GE Ez :|

 

MISS BRANDER. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB’. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 150, pg. 18.

X:1

T:Miss Brander

M:

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 150  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

E | (D/E/F) (ED) dfed | cAGF ECCE | (D/E/F) (ED) dfed | cAGE ADD :|

|: e | fede (f/g/a) (gf) | ecgc acgc |1 fede (f/g/a) (ge) | fde^c dDD :|2 fa^ga fd^cA } dfe^c dDD ||

 

MISS BREEN’S HOTEL. Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black and named for an inn in the City Markets of Dublin’s George’s Street. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 133, pg. 69.

X:1

T: Miss Breen's Hotel

C: © B. Black

Q: 300

R: hornpipe

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K:A

(3efg | aece BeAe | aece BeAe | GABc dcde | gfed cdeg |

aece BeAe | aece Be A2 | GBdB ceaf | (3efe (3dcB A2 :|

(3FGA | BGEG AFDF | EFED CE (3ABc | dBGE ecAG | FEFA B2 (3Bcd |

BGEG AFDF | EFED CE (3ABc | dBGE ecAG | (3Fdc (3BAG A2 :|

 

MISS BROWN [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See related tunes "Cotten Eyed Joe [2]" [2] and "Cousin Sally Brown [2]." The Carter brothers sang this ditty to the tune:
***

Never get it up, never get it down,
Never get it up for old Miss Brown.

***

Source for notated version: Carter Brothers and Son (Miss.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 152. County 528, Carter Brothers and Son ‑ "Mississippi Breakdown: Traditional Fiddle Music of Mississippi."

 

MISS BROWN [2]. See "Miss Brown's Fancy [2]."

 

MISS BROWN'S FANCY [1] (Roga Ingean {Ui} Brunac). AKA and see “The Belles of Clonallen,” “The Donegal Reel,” “Una Bhain ni Chuinneagin.” Irish, Hornpipe or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Cole, O'Neill): AABB' (Kerr): AA'BB' (McNulty). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 14 (appears as "Miss Brown's", listed as a reel). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 327, pg. 36 (hornpipe). McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 11 (listed as a reel). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 169 (listed as a hornpipe). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1580, pg. 293. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 829, pg. 143. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 37.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

X:1

T:Miss Brown’s Fancy [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 829

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3AGE|D2D2 DFAF|dFAF dFAF|E2 EF GBEB|edcB AGFE|

D2 D2 DFAF|dFAF GFED|DFAg faec|e2d2d2:|

|:ag|fd (3ddd fdad|fd (3efg a2 ed|cA (3AAA ceAe|cdef g2 eg|

fd (3ddd fdad|fd (3efg a2 gf|gbag fedc|e2d2d2:|

 

MISS BROWN'S FANCY [2]. AKA and see "Maggie Brown's Favorite," "Peggy Browne." Irish, Set Dance (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See note for “Maggie Brown’s Favorite.” O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 396, pg. 190.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Miss Brown’s Fancy [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Set Dance

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g | d>BG B>cd | E2E E2B | AFD DEF | G2G G2g | d>BG B>cd | E2E E2B | AFD DEF | G3G3 :|

|: g/a/ | bgb afd | efg gfe | dBg dBG | AFD D2 g/a/ | bgb afd | efg gfe | faf ge^c | d2d def |

ece dBd | cac BgB | Ace dBG | FAF DEF | G>AB EFG | ABc def | gdB cAF | G3 G2 :|

 

MISS BROWN'S FANCY [3]. AKA and see "Last Night's Fun [2]," "Paddy be Aisy," "Hush the cat from under the table," "Wink and she'll follow you." Irish, Slip Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. From the Goodman manuscripts. The alternate ‘Be/Go easy’ titles are used interchangeably, although the tunes are quite different. Source for notated version: manuscripts in the possession of Sergeant James O’Neill, originally from County Down—many from the playing of his father [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 184.

X:1

T:Miss Brown's Fancy

M:9/8

L:1/8

S:Sergt. James O'Neill manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

K:Dmix

D2 A A2 G ABc|D2 A BGE G2 E|D2 A A2 G ABc|BAG AGE G2 E:||

c2 d ecA A2 c|B2 c dBG G2 B|c2 d ecA ABc|BAG AGE G2 E|

c2 d ecA A2 c|B2 c dBG G2 B|c2 d e2 f g2 e|dBG AGE G2 E||

 

MISS BROWN’S FANCY [4].  Irish, Slip Jig. A Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 48, pg. 11.

X:1

T:Miss Brown’s Fancy [5]

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:Kennedy – Fiddler’s Tune Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes (No. 48)

K:Amix

B |: A3 edB efg | A3 edB d2B | A3 edB efg | gfg BcB d2B :|…

 

MISS BROWN’S FANCY [5] (Rogha Iníon de Brún).  Irish, Slip Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: apparently from a mid-19th century fiddler’s manuscript written by William Fitzgerald, of west County Cork [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 60, pg. 31.

X:1

T:Miss Brown’s Fancy [5]

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:Breathnach – CRÉ V (No. 60)

K:Ador

E2A A2B cBc | E2F G2A BAG | E2A A2B c2d | efg dec BAG | …

 

MISS BROWN'S FAVOURITE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated versions: James Aird, Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1782‑97). Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 6. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 212.

X:1

T:Miss Brown's Favorite

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Aird's Selections 1782-97

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

c|BGGA FGAc|BGGA gdcB|caBg AGFD|EcAF G2 G:|

d|gdgb fgaf|gabg afdf|gdbd fdad|fgaf g2 g2|

dfad cegc|BdgB DAcA|BdgB cAec|EcAF G2 G||

 

MISS BROWN'S REEL. AKA and see “The Donegal Reel,” "The Hero," “Una Bhain Ni Chuinneagin,” "Wagoner [1]." American? Scottish?, Reel. D Major. Standard. AB: AABB (Howe, Phillips, White). The tune appears under this title in mid-nineteenth century publications (1851). It also appears copied into the c. 1840’s music manuscript copybook of Setauket, Long Island, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868), among other Scottish dance tunes. Howe (1867) prints dance instructions and includes the melody in his section of Contra Dances. Alan Jabbour notes that the American tune “Wagoner” seems derivative. Source for notated version: New Hampshire Fiddlers' Union [Phillips]. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 75. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 153. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 84, pg. 15.

X:1

T:Miss Brown’s Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 84

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3G/F/E/ | DD D/F/A/F/ | d/F/A/F/ d/F/A/F/ | E(E/F/) G/B/E/B/ | e/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/ |

DD D/F/A/F/ | d/F/A/F/ G/F/E/D/ | D/F/A/g/ f/a/e/c/ | ddd :: (a/g/) | (f/d/).d/.d/ (f/d/)a/d/ |

(f/d/) (3e/f/g/ a(e/d/) | (c/A/).A/.A/ (c/e/)A/e/ | c/d/e/f/ g(e/g/) | (f/d/).d/.d/ (f/d/)a/d/ |

(f/d/) (3e/f/g/ a(g/f/) | g/b/a/g/ f/e/d/c/ | ddd :|

X:2

T:Miss Brown’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:William Sydney Mount manuscript copybook, c. 1840’s.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3GFE | D2 D2 FDAF | dFAF dFAF | E/E/E EE GBEG | eGBG eGFE |

D/D/D DD FDAF | dFAF GFED | DFAg faec | d2d2d2 :: (ag) | fd d/d/d fdad |

fd(3efg a2ed | cA A/A/A ceAe | cdef ge/g/ | fd d/d/d fdad | fd(3efg a2A2 |

Bgfg fedc | d2d2d2 :|

“Variations on first strain – by W.S.M.”

(3GFE | D/D/D D2 DFAF | dFAF dFAF | A,/A,/A, A,2 CEA,C | EA,CE A,CEA, |

D/D/D D2 FDAF | DFAF ADFA | Dgfg fedc | d2 {e}dc d2 :|

 


MISS BRUCE [1] (Ingean Ni Brusac). Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant and fiddler James O’Neill, who helped Francis O’Neill compile his Music of Ireland. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 74. O'Neill (1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 751, pg. 140.

X:1

T:Miss Bruce [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland, No. 751 (1903)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(A/G/)|FAd dcd|Adf fef|afd afd|cee e2 (A/G/)|FAd dcd|

Adf b2g|afd gec|ded d2::(f/g/)|afd dcB|ABA A2A|

Gab afd|cee e2 (e/f/)|afd dcd|Bdg b2g|fga gec|ded d2:|

 

MISS BRUCE [2]. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 70). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 46, pg. 7.

X:1

T:Miss Bruce [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 46  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

b|g2 (dB) dgda|gd e/d/c/B/ cAAf|g2 (dB) dgfa|b/a/g/f/ gd BGG:|

|:d|BGdB gdec|BGdB cAAd|BGdB d2 (ga)|b/a/g/f/ gd BGG:|

 

MISS BRUCE OF KINROSS. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 33).

 

MISS BUCHANAN OF CAMBUSMORE. Scottish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Shepherd, a business partner of one of the Gows. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 46.

X:1

T:Miss Buchanan of Cambusmore

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

B,|GFE EGE|EB,E E2F|GAB cAd|BGE AFD|GFE EGE|EB,E E2F|GAB cAF|BGE E2:|

B|e2f gfe|eBe e2f|g2a bge|afd def|e2f gfe|eBe e2F|GAB cAF|BGE E2B|

e2f gfe|eBe e2f|g2a bge|afd d2 g/a/|bgb af^d|gfe dBG|ABc BAF|BGE E2||

 

MISS BUCKLEY’S. Canadian, Clog (4/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Sligo), 1994; pg. 64.

 

MISS BUCKLEY’S DELIGHT.  English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Gibbons sets the tune in the key of ‘C’ major in his ms. Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 15.

 

MISS BURCHELL’S HUMOUR.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody, like many in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 collection, first appeared in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances (London, 1756). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 95.

X:1

T:Miss Burchell’s Humour

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e3f|(ec) (BA)|(GA) (Bc)|{c}”tr”B4|e3 f|(ec) (BA)|E2 A2|A4::.e(cBA)|.e(cBA)|(cd)(ef)|”tr”e3 a|

.e(cBA)|.e(cBA)|(GA)(Bc)|{c}”tr”B4|.e(cBA)|.e(cBA)|(cd)(ef)|e3 a|”tr”e3 f|(ec)(BA)|E2 A2|A4:||

 

MISS BURKE. AKA and see "Planxty Miss Burke."

 

MISS BURNET'S REEL. AKA and see "Miss Jane Stewart('s Strathspey--Pittyvaich) [1]," "Miss Jane Campbell's Strathspey," "Johnny Pringle" {Gow's titel}. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) and first published in an attachement (c. 1788) to his 1781 First Collection; in 1822 Marshall included it in his 1822 collection under the title "Miss Jane Stewart's Pittyvaich." It was called "Johnny Pringle" by Gow when he published it in his Repository, Part Third, 1806, undoubtedly in honor of one John Pringle who had published the melody in 1801 under the title "Miss Jane Campbell's Strathspey." Miss Burnet was the daughter of James Burnet (1714-1799), Lord Monboddo, and tragically died in “the bloom of her youth”, although not before being immortalized by being included among the subjects of several 18th century paintings. Her father, the Lord, was a man of letters and at the center of Edinburgh intelligencia of the time; he postulated a theory of the origin of the species prior to Darwin (Cowie, 1999). Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 58, pg. 86 ('A' part only).

 

MISS BURNET OF MONBODDO. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert MacIntosh's 1783 collection (pg. 31).

 

MISS BUSHBY MAITLAND’S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. The tune may possibly be named for Eliza Caroline, daughter of John Bushby Maitland of Eccles, county Dumfries, a Member of Parliament. Kohler (Violin Repository), pg. 7.

 

MISS BUTLER’S FANCY.  Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 49, pg. 11.

 

MISS BUTLER’S REEL (Ríl Iníon de Buitléir). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: the mid-20th century collection of schoolteacher and fiddler Michael “Master” McDermott (Carrickmore, County Tyrone), who got his tunes from local fiddlers [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 153, pg. 74.

 

MISS C. ELPHINSTONE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by Duncan Macintyre. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 1.

X:1

T:Miss C. Elphinstone

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

C | A2 EF/G/ A/G/F/E/ AC | D<F E>C B,/B,/B, B,>d | (c/d/e) Ac d/e/f/d/ Bd | c<e B>c A/A/A A:|

f/g/ | a/g/f/e/ ca dbca | Aaca B/B/B Bf/g/ | a/g/f/e/ ca dbca | Fd/c/ Be/d/ cAA f/g/ |

a/g/f/e/ ca dbca | Aaca f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/f/ | e/d/c/B/ AE FADf | e<c a>c A/A/A A ||

 


MISS CAHOON. Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (pg. 98). Parlophone 78 RPM F3428, Jimmy Shand.

 

MISS CAMERON'S REEL—BALVENIE. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) locates Balvenie Farm on the River Fiddich near Dufftown. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 270. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 3.

X:1

T:Miss Cameron’s Reel—Balvenie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

f|dB B/B/B ~B2 FB|ABcd egfe|dB B/B/B ~B2 FB|AfcA B2B:|

E|(DE)(FB) DBFB|(EF)(GB) EBGB|(Ac)(ec) (gf)(ed)|(ed)(cB) (BA)(GF)|

(DE)(FB) DBFB|(EF)(GB) EBGB|Bbag fedB|AFcA ~B2B||

                       

MISS CAMERON'S REEL--BANFF. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 15.

X:1

T:Miss Cameron’s Reel—Banff

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|agae fedc|fBdB bBdf|agae fedc | eagb aAc :|

e|aAcA eAcA | fBdB bBdf | aAcA eAcA| eagb aAce |

aAcA eAcA | fBdB bBdf | efgb agfe | fgaf eAc ||

                       

MISS CAMPBELL. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BBCC’DD’. Traditional. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 224, pg. 65.

                       

MISS CAMPBELL, LOCHEND. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by Malcolm McDonald and appears in his first collection, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 36. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 9.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell Loch-Ends Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C
c | GEGA c2 ce | dcde dcAc | GEGA cdea | gcgf ec c :|

e | gagc acgc |fdec Bdde | gagc acgc | fedf ecce |

gagc acgc |fdgc Bdde | cGEG cdea|gcgf ec c ||

                       

MISS CAMPBELL, MONZIE(S) [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major (Kerr): C Major (Glen). Standard tuning. AB (Kerr): AAB (Glen). The tune appears in John Bowie's 1789 collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 33. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 5, pg. 3.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell, Monzie [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1 (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c | G<G G>E G2 c>d | e2 d>c d<D D>G | E>G G<c A2 ag | e>g d<e c>CC :|

e | g>ag>e f>gf>d | e/f/g c>e d<G G>c | A<A A>B A2 a>g | e<gd<e cCCe |

g>ag>e f>gf>d | e/f/g c<e d>GG>c | A>GA>c A<a g>e | e<g d>e cCC ||

X:2

T:Miss Campbell Monzies

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 3

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | A<A A>F A2 (d>e) | ({d/e/}f2) (e>d e<EE>A | A<A A>F B2 (b>a) | f<a e>f d<DD>A |

A<A A>F A2 (d>e) | ({d/e/}f2) (e>d e<EE>A | A<A A>F B2 (b>a) | f<a e>f d<D D ||

f | a>ba>f g>ag>e | (f/g/a) d>f e>A A>d | B<B B>A B2 (b>a) | f<a e>f d<DD>f |

a>ba>f g>ag>e | (f/g/a) d>f e>A A>d | B>AB>d B>ba>g | f<a e>f d<D D ||

 

MISS CAMPBELL OF MENZIES [2]. AKA ‑ "Miss Campbell of Monzie," “Miss Campbell’s [2]." Scottish, Reel. C Major (Glen, Skye): D Major (Huntington). Standard tuning. AAB (Glen, Skye): AABB (Huntington). The tune has been attributed to Daniel Dow (c. 1775), though it was listed as "Anon." in Gow's 3rd Collection (1792). The title perhaps refers one of the daughters of General Alexander Campbell (1751-1832) of Monzie, Gilmerton, Perthshire (see “General Campbell of Monzies Welcome Home”). The family seat was Monzie Castle, a combination of an early lairds house dating from 1634 with a late 18th century Gothic building with corner towers designed by John Paterson for the General. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 277 (appears as "Miss Campbell of Monzie"). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 19. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 24 (3rd ed.). Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. (appears as "Miss Campbell's Reel"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 121.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell of Monzie [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e|c2 Gc ecGE|FdEc dDDB|c2 Gc EcGE|FADF ECC|:|

f|ecgc acgc|ec a/g/f/e/ fddf|gcac gcec|Bcdf eccf|ecgc acgc| egce fddf|gecf afdc|Bcdf ecc||

X:2

T:Miss Campbell of Monzie’s

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 24  (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e|”tr”c2 Gc ecGE|Fd Ec dDDB|”tr”c2 Gc EcGE|FADF ECC:||f|ecgc acgc|

ec (a/g/)f/e/ fddf|gcac gcec|(Bcd)f eccf|ecgc acgc|egce fddf|gecf afdc|Bcdf ecc||

 

MISS CAMPBELL OF MONZIE [3]. Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by Robert Mackintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 29.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell of Monzie [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F|(D/E/F)F F2B|(E/F/G)G G2B|(A/B/c)c c2e|dfb fdB|(D/E/F)F F2B|(E/F/G)G G2B| A>Bc FGA|B3 B2:|

B|d>ef fdB|egb bge|d>ef fdB|A>Bc cAF|d>ef fdB|egb bge|def edc|B3 B2e|

d>ef fdB|egb bge|def fdB|ABc cAF|GAB ABc|Bcd efg|fed cBA|B3 B2||

 

MISS CAMPBELL OF MONZIE’S [4].  Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in the 4th collection of Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell of Monzie’s Strathspey [4]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:MacDonald – 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

D | G<G {A}G>F G2B2 | B<d c/B/c/d/ A<F A>c | B<G G>D G2g2 | g>c A/B/c/A/ BGG :|

f | “tr”g>f d<f g<g {a}b2 | f>c d>f A<FAf | g>f d<f g>a {g/a/}b2 | f>c A/B/c/A/ BGGf |

“tr”g>F d<f g<g {a}b2 | f>c d<f A>FAg | b>ga>f g>df>c | G>g f/g/a/f/ g<GG ||

                       

MISS CAMPBELL OF SADDELL [1]. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time), “Pastoral” or Strathspey. D Major (Gatherer): B Flat Major (Hunter). Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert Macintosh (c. 1745-1807), appearing in his 3rd Collection (1796). Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 25. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 26. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 57.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell of Saddell's [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B<d d>c BA B2 | Ge/d/ c>B A<F F>c | d>e d<c B>A B<F | G<E C>F DB,B, :|

B/c/ | d<Bg<e cd/e/ f2 | B<G e/d/c/B/ A<F F>B|G<Ec<E FG/A/ B2 |

EF/G/ F>E DB,B,B/c/ | d<Bg<e c<Af<d | B<G c>B A<F F>B | G<Eg<e fAB<F | G<E C>F D<B,B, ||

 

MISS CAMPBELL OF SADDELL [2]. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Robert Macintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 40.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell of Saddell [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

A|FDdD F(AAc)|ECcG E(GGA)|FDfd e^cdA|BGA^c d/d/d (dA)|FDdD F(AAc)|

ECcG E(GGE)|FDGE AFBG|Ad^ce d/d/d d||a|bgaf gefd|egcg ecgc|bgaf gefd|

^ceAa f(dda)|bgaf gefd|egcg ecge|dfeg fagb|agfe fdd||

                       

MISS CAMPBELL OF SHEENESS. Scottish. Green Linnet SIF‑1094, Capercaillie ‑ "Sidewaulk" (1989).

                       

MISS CAMPBELL'S [1]. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Robert MacIntosh. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 140. Shanachie 114001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm" (Cape Breton).

X:1

T:Miss Campbell’s [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye  Collection (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f|cFAF DF CF|B,FA,F GG,G,f|cFAF DFCF|B,G, BG AFFf|cFAF DFCF|

B,FA,F GG,G,B|Acf_e dBgf|ecbg aff||g|(a/g/f/e/) fc fcAF|BdcA BGGg|

(a/g/f/e/) fc Acfc|dBbg affg|afef dfcf|BfAf gGGB|AcFA BdGB|cegb aff||

 

MISS CAMPBELL'S [2]. AKA and see “Miss Campbell of Menzies [2],” “Molly What Ails You?” Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 20. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 43.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell’s [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

A|G>EGA c2 c>e|({e}d>)cde dcAc|GEGA c>dea|g>cg>f eccA|

G>EGA c2 c>e|({e}d>)cde dcAc|GEGA c>dea|gcgf ecc||

e|g>agc acgc|fdec Bdde|g>agc acgc|fedf ecce|

gagc acgc|fdec Bdde|cGEG cdea|gcgf ecc||

 

MISS CAMPBELL [3] (Ingean Uí Campbell). Irish, Scottish (originally); Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 126. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1366, pg. 255. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 164, pg. 64.

X:1

T:Miss Campbell [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1366

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B | AF (3ABc dc (3def | {f}edef edBd | AF (3ABc Bdgb |1 af{a}ge fdBd :|2 ~agec ed d ||

f | abaf {a}gefd | (3gfe (3fed ceef | abaf {a}gefd | (3gfe (3dcB Addf | abag fedf |

(3efg (3fed ceef | cA (3FGA Bdgb | ~agec ed d ||

 

MISS CAMPBELL'S REEL [4]. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 130, pg. 31.

                       

MISS CARBERY'S REEL. AKA and see “Mason’s Apron.” English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A version of the famous “Mason’s Apron.” Huntington says Joyce, in Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (pg. 164), gives the tune in a quite different setting called "Lady Carbury." Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 12.

                       

MISS CARMICHAEL. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. An 18th century tune composed by William Shepherd. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 196, pg. 77.

                       

MISS CARMICHAEL'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Johnson states that this minuet, printed in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), was evidently fashioned from an older, slower traditional Scots piece called "Galway's Lament" which can be found in the Sinkler Manuscript (1710) and the McFarlane Manuscript (Vol. 2, 1740). Source for notated version: Gillespie Manuscript, Perth, 1768, pg. 75. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 60, pg. 153.

                       

MISS CAROLINE CAMPBELL [1]. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composition credited to William McLeish by James Stewart-Robertson. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 291.

X:1

T:Miss Caroline Campbell

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:William MacLeish

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

A|B2 d/c/B/A/ B2 FB|GBFD ECCA|GdcA B2 FB|GBFE DB,B,:|

g|fBdB FBDg|gBdB Accg|fBdB FBDF|EGFE DB,B,g|fBdB FBDg|

fBdB Ac~ce|dBAB GeFd|EGFE DB,~B,||

 

MISS CAROLINE CAMPBELL [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. ABB'. Composition credited to William McLeish by James Stewart-Robertson. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 291.

X:1

T:Miss Caroline Campbell

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

C:William MacLeish

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

d|f<f f>b d2 B>d|e>c e/d/c/B/ A<c c>d|f<f f>b d2 B>d|e>c e/d/c/B/ F<B B>d|

f<f f>b d2 B>d|e>c e/d/c/B/ A<c c>e|B>df>b g2 e>g|f>dc>f d<B~B||d/e/|

f<Bb>B f2 d>g|f>dd>B A<c cd/e/|1 f<Bb>B a<B g>B|F<B A>c d<B~B:|2

G<eF<d E<cD<B|G>g f>e d<B~B||

                       

MISS CARROLL’S HORNPIPE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s National Irish Music (1797) [’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 323.

X:1

T:Miss Carroll's Hornpipe

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:O'Farrell's National Irish Music 1797

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Hornpipe

K:D

(3ABc|dAFA BGEG|FAdf dcBA|Bdgf edcB|ceAA A3 G|

FAdf dAGF|GBef gedc|(3def af bgec|d2 de d2:|

|:A2|dgba gfed|ceag fedc|Bdgf edcd|B2 BB B3 c|

d2 df dAGF|egfa gedc|(3def af bgec|d2 de d2:||

                       

MISS CASEY [1] (Ingean Uí Catasaig). AKA and see "Fairhaired Boy [1]," "Buachallin Ban [1]." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian (O’Neill): E Dorian (Miller, O’Brien). Standard tuning. AAB (O’Brien): AABB (Miller): AABB' (O’Neill). A similar tune, and possibly ancestral to, “The Orphan [2],” or both may be a development of “Star of the County Down” and Bayard’s protean “Lazarus” group. The key is given in the book in A major, a miss-print. Source for notated version: Ennis [O’Neill]. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 77, pg. 57. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 69. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1094, pg. 206.

X:1

T:Miss Casey [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1094

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

A/G/|EAA AGE | cBc dcd | e=ge ded | cAA GED |

EAA AGE | c3 dcd | e=ge ded | cAA A2 :|

|: z | eaa age | dcd gab | age ded | cAA GED |1 eaa age | dcd gab |

agf ded | cAA A2 :|2 EAA AGE | c3 dcd | e=ge ded | cAA A2 ||

X: 2

T: Miss Casey's [1]

S: J. O'Brien: "Irish Folk Dance Music"

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

Q: 325

R: jig

K: Edor

B,/D/ | EFE EDB, | GFG AGA | BdB ABA | GEE DB,D |

EFE EDB, | GFG AGA | BdB ABA | GEE E2 :|

d | efe edB | AGA def | edB ABA | GEE DB,D |

efe edB | AGA def | edB ABA | GEE E2 d |

efe edB | AGA def | edB ABA | GEE DB,D |

EFE EDB, | GFG AGA | BdB ABA | GEE E2 :|

 


MISS CASEY [2]. AKA ‑ "Mrs./Mistress/Madam Casey/Cassey." Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A form of "Over the River to Charlie [1]." Gow noted that this tune was "one of the most fashionable dances in Edinburgh 1787‑88." Button and Whittaker (Pocket Collection of Favorite Marches), vol. 1, pg. 64. Cahusac (Pocket Companion for the German Flute), c. 1795‑1800, vol. 2, pg. 5. Cahusac (German Flute Preceptor), c. 1794‑1800; pg. 26. Gow (Strathspey Reels), vol. 2, 1788, pg. 35. JEFDS, 2nd Series, No. 2, pg. 23. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3, No. 299. Preston, 1796, pg. 22. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1840, pg. 89.

X:1

T:Midd Casey [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 299 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

e|c2A ABA|G2G GAG|A2A ABA|f3 (e2d)|c2A ABA|

G2G GAG|A2A ABA|c3 e2::G|c2d e2f|g2a g2e|c2d e2f|

g3 efg|A2f g2e|f2d e2d|c2A ABA|f3 e2:|

 

MISS CASEY’S [3]. Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. No relation to “Miss Casey’s [1].” Source for notated version: Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 95, pg. 85.

 

MISS CASSIDY (Iníon Uí Chasaide). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: from James McMahon (County Fermanagh) via Liam Donnelly (County Tyrone)[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 99, pg. 53.

 

MISS CATHERINE ANN LAMEY’S. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Richard Wood - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994).

 

MISS CATHERINE CHALMERS. See "Miss Cathrine Chalmers."

 

MISS CATHERINE MAXWELL'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The Earl of Kelly, a gentleman fiddler and composer, wrote this minuet in the 1760's. Later Ms. Maxwell became Mrs. Fordyce and Robert Macintosh wrote a strathspey for her, published in 1792 (see "Mrs. Fordyce of Ayton's Strathspey").

 

MISS CATHERINE MAXWELL'S SCOTS MEASURE. Scottish, Scots Measure. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Abraham Mackintosh, son of Robert 'Red Rob' Mackintosh. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 312.

 

MISS CATHERINE STEWART--PETTYVAICH. AKA – “Lady Catherine Stewart.” Scottish, Jig (12/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Catherine was the daughter of Thomas Steward and Ann Gordon, and was born in 1767 at the farm of Keithmore, a holding of Lord Gordon. Marshall and his family resided at Keithmore in the 1790’s, as it had been vacated by the Stewarts who had moved to the farm of Pittyvaich on Lord Duff’s land (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Marshall would have had contact with the family in his capacity as Lord Gordon’s Steward of the Household. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 9. Rounder CDROUN7053, Theresa Morrison – “Lake Bras d’Or: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton Island” (2005. Appears as “Lady Catherine Stewart”).

X:1

T:Miss Catherine Stewart—Pettyvaich

M:12/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

K:F

F2d cAF GAF E2C|F2d cAF cde f2c|def cAF GAF E2G|F2d cAF CDE F3:|

fcf agf egb bge|fcf agf efg cBA|dBd cBA GAF EDC|F2d cAF CDE F3|

fBf agf egb bge|fcf agf def cBA|dBd cBA GAF EDC|F2d cAF CDE F3||

 

MISS CATHRINE CHALMERS. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 15. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 3rd ed., 1792; pg. 29.

X:1
T:Miss Catharine Chalmer’s Reel

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Nathaniel Gow

B:Gow – Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(B/c/d) “tr”cB (c/d/e) “tr”dc|BEAG {G}F2 ED|BGDB, CEAc|BGAF G2 Gc|(B/c/d) “tr”cA (c/d/e) “tr”dc|

BEAG {G}F2 ED|BGDB, CEAc|BGAF G2 Gd||gbge (^df)bd|(eg).e.d (^ce)ac|”tr”d>efd Bgeg|

fde^c d2 D2|{e}dc/B/ bB caAc|BgGB .A(F”tr”ED)|(dB).B.d (cA).A.c|BGAF G2G2||

 

MISS CAW'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the 1768 Gillespie Manuscript of Perth.

 

MISS CHALMER [1]. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 351. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 17 (3rd ed.).

X:1

T:Miss Chalmers Jig  [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

C:Nathaniel Gow

B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 17  (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B|AFD DED|EFE “tr”E2B|AFD DED|AFD Bcd|AFD DED|
EFE E2d|”tr”c3 {B/c/}dc”tr”B|AFD D2:||(f/g/)|afd ded|efe efg|

afd ded|f>ga {b}agf|gbg faf|efe efg|afd gec|

{c}”tr”d3 D2f/g/|afd ded|efe efg|afd ded|”tr”fga {b}agf|

(g/a/b).g (f/g/a).f|efe efg|afd gec|dBG AFd||

 

MISS CHALMERS [2]. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 24).

 

MISS CHALONER’S FANCY. Irish, Jig. The tune was published in 1801 as “Miss Chaloner’s Fancy” (Breathnach, 1996). It appears in Darley & McCall’s Feis Ceoil Collection of Traditional Irish Music (1914, reprinted as the Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music) as the jig part of the piece “The Mummer’s Jig and Reel” (No. 72).

 

MISS CHAMERS. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 27).

 


MISS CHANDLER'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. England, North‑West. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by Jamie Knowles. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 141.

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MISS CHARLOTTE ALSTON STEWART’S. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in Duncan McKercher’s Collection (Vol. III, c. 1830), David Glen’s bagpipe Tutor (Book II, 1876-1901) and Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans Collection (Halifax, 1991). Shears attributes it to Duncan McKerchar. Dunlay and Greenberg (1996) find the first part of the tune the same as the second part of the reel “Thailer a bha Me Sherridh is Feader a Thuair Me” (A Tailor I was Seeking and Weaver that I Got) in Ross’s Collection of Pipe Music (1885). Source for notated version: Donald Angus Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 51. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection), 1986; pg. 62. AMI 92, Ashley MacIssac - “Close to the Floor” (1992. Appears as “A Pipe Tune”). DAB-3, 26-1 Kinnon Beaton - “Cape Breton Fiddle 1" (1982. Appears as “Traditional Reel”). DAB4-1985, Donald Angus Beaton - “A Musical Legacy” (1985. Appears as “Traditional Reel” after “Sheep Shanks”). GSR 076, Tracey Dares - “Crooked Lake” (1995). Ingold 2001-4, Jerry Holland and Dave MacIssac - “Lantern Burn” (1990's). Rounder 7006, Theresa MacLellan - “A Trip to Mabou Ridge” (1979. Appears as 4th tune in the “King’s Reel” medley).

 

MISS CHARLOTTE ANN LOWE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 194, pg. 22.

X:1

T:Miss Charlotte Ann Lowe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 194

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

B | (AF)F2 (BG)G2 | (AF)F2 EGEC | (AF)F2 BAGB | AFGE F3 :|

|: e | (fc)c2 Acfa | bagf egec |1 (fc)c2 Acfa | bgfe f3 :|2 dfeg fagf | ecde fdc ||

 

MISS CHARLOTTE CAMPBELL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composition credited to William MacLeish in Kerr. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 205, pg. 23.

X:1

T:Miss Charlotte Campbell

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 205

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

A | B2 (d/c/B/A/)B2 (FB) | GBFD ECCA | BdcA B2 (FB) | GBFE DB,B, :|

|: g | fBdB FBDg | fBdB Accg |1 fBdB FBDF | EGFE DB,B, :|2 fBAB GeFd | EGFE DB,B, ||

 

MISS CHARLOTTE DUNDAS. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Shepherd, a business partner of one of the Gows. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 30.

X:1

T:Miss Charlotte Dundas

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B|B,>B e/d/c/B/ A>cc>f|B,>Bd>B f>Bd>B|e>c e/d/c/B/ A>cc>g|f>de>c d>BB>F|

B,>B e/d/c/B/ A>cc>f|B,>Bd>B f>Bd>B|E>cD>B C>DE>G|F>A cd/e/ dBB||

g|f>B e/d/c/B/ FA/B/ c>A|f>Bd>B f>Bd>f|e>gd>f FA/B/ cA|E>GF>D B,BBg|

f>B e/d/c/B/ FA/B/ c>A|f>Bd>B f>Bd>B|eg/e/ df/d/ FA/B/ c>A|E>C D/E/F/E/ D<B, B,||

           

MISS CHARLOTTE ROSS.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 93.

X:1

T:Miss Charlotte Ross

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 93  (1852)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d | BAGF EFGB | AdFd AdFd | BAGF EFGB | Adfe d3d | BAGF EFGB |

AdFd AdFd | BAGF EFGB | Adfe d3 || A | dddf cdef | dddf dAdf |

dddf cdef | dfef d3A | dfdf cdef | dfeg fdec | cBAF EFGB | Adfe d3 ||

           

MISS CHARLOTTE STEWART.  Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 78.

X:1

T:Miss Charlotte Stewart

M:C
L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 78   (1852)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

F | DEFG A3d | cAGF (E/4F/2<G) EC | DEFG A3d | cAGE D<DDF |

DEFG A3d | cAGF (E/4F/2<G) EC | DEFG A3d | cAGE D<DD || f |

defg adfd | gcec c’gec | defg adfd |gece d<dde |

defg adfd | ceg=b c’gec | defg ac’ge | cec’e d<dd ||

 

MISS CHARLOTTE STIRLING’S JIGG.  Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The melody appears in John Bowie’s A Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances (Edinburgh, 1789). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 39.

X:1

T:Miss Charlotte Stirling’s Jigg

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:John Bowie – Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances (1789)

K:D

B|AFD DFD|AFA d2B|AFD DFD|ECA, A,2B|AFD DFD|AFA d2A|

BdB cec|d2d d2::g|faf d2f|gbg e2g|faf d2f|ecA A2g|1

faf d2f|gbg e2g|fdf ece|d2d d2:|2 faf def|gbg efg|faf gec|d2d d2||

 

MISS CHARTERS. AKA ‑ "Miss Charteri." Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Daniel Dow, and first appearing in his c. 1775 collection (pg. 7). He was an Edinburgh composer and music teacher who lived from 1732 to 1783, perhaps most famous as the composer of “Money Musk.” Dow published a collection of Scots tunes called Thirty-seven new reels and strathspeys (1775) which appears to be the first collection to include the word "strathspey" in its title. His family is known to have stayed in Strathardle and his son (John Dow) was born "at Kirkmichael. Dow, whose first name has been given as Daniel or Donald (both acceptable translations for the Gaelic ‘Domhnull’) was buried in the Canongate Kirk,  Edinburgh on January 20th, 1783.Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 278 (appears as "Miss Charteri"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 134. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 193.

X:1

T:Miss Charters

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

d|gaba g2 fd|cdfg agfa|gaba g2fd|cdfA G/G/G G:|

c|B/c/d BG BdgB|A/B/c AF Acfc|B/c/d BG BdgB|AG^FA G/G/G GA|

B/c/d BG BdgB|A/B/c AF AcfA|Bcd=e fgfd|cfcA G/G/G G||

 

MISS CHARTERE’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald and appearing in his first collection, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 7.

X:1

T:Miss Chartere’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B | BF F/F/F BcdB | cBcd edcd | BF F/F/F Bcdg | fdcd B/B/B B :|

d | Bcde fgfd | cBcd edcd | Bcde fgfd | cBcd B/B/B B2 |

Bcde fgfd | cBcd edcd | BcBG FGBg | fdcd B/B/B B ||

 

MISS CHIRSTY STEWART. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was composed by Malcom MacDonald and appears in his first collection, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 35. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 8.

X:1

T:Miss Chirsty Stewart

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c | (d/c/B/A/) Gc AcGc | EcGc D(dd)c | (d/c/B/A/) Gc AcGc | Aagf ecc :|

g | ecgc acgc | ecgc Bddg | ecgc acgc | egdg eccg | ecgc acgc | ecgc B(dd)c |

(d/c/B/A/) Gc AcGc | A(agf) ecc ||

 

MISS CHRISTIE OF DURRIE. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by J. Walker. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Christie of Durrie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2   (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

B|c2 Bc GcBc|defd cBAG|c2 Bc defd|ecdB c2c:|

f|g2 eg f2 df|afed cBAG|c2 Bc defd|ecdB c2 cf|

g2 eg f2 df|afed cBAG|cedf egfa|gefd c2c||

 


MISS CLARK. Scottish, Reel. The dance to this tune was written down in 1752 by John McGill, a dancing master from Girvan, for his students.

 

MISS CLEMENTINA DRUMMOND. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. The title perhaps refers to Clementina Drummond, daughter of Captain James Drummond, Baron Perth. Drummond managed, in 1784, to reclaim the Drummond estates that had been confiscated by the crown for the family’s involvement in the Rising of 1745, and his property descended to Clementina upon his death in 1800. She married the twelfth Lord Willoughby de Efesby. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 101, pg. 13.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Drummond

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 101

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(e/d/) | (c<A) A>c B>GE>e | (c<A) A>c d<f B<d | c>e A<c B>GE>f | e>c e/d/c/B/ (A2 A)e |

(c<A) A>c B>GE>e | (c<A) A>c d<f B<d | c<e A<c B>GE>f | e>c e/d/c/B/ (A2A) ||

(f/g/) | a/g/f/e/ a>e c<A A(B/c/) | d>cB>A G<E E(f/g/) | a/g/f/e/ a>e c<e f<a | g>eB>^d (e2 e)(f/g/) |

a/g/f/e/ a>e c<A A(B/c/) | d?cB?A? G<E E>d | c<e f<a g<b a>g | f>ef>g (a2a) ||

 

MISS CLEMENTINA LOUGHMAN. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Hunter): AABCCD (Carlin/Gow). Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1766-1831). Clementina Loughnan (sometimes given as ‘Loughman’ or ‘Loughlan’) was the third daughter of Thomas Loughnan, a merchant in Madeira, and Philedelphia Fergusson. She married Sir Sydney Beckwith (1772-1831) in London. Beckwith was a Major General in the British Army, who fought in Ameica in the War of 1812 and who died in Mahabaleshwar, India. He was Quarter Master for Canada between 1815 and 1823 and oversaw the arrival of Scottish immigrants to the country in 1816 (the township of Beckwith, Lanard County, Ontario, is named for him). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 141. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pgs. 6-7 (3rd ed.). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 161. SMD615, Pete Clark – “Even Now: the Musci of Neil Gow”.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Loughnan’s Strathspey

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

C:Nathaniel Gow

B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pgs. 6-7   (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A/B/|”tr”c2 f>d|{d}cB/A/ cd/e/|{e}f>d cA|{A}G2 GA/B/|”tr”c2 f>d|{d}cB/A/ ca/g/|

“tr”fd”tr”cA|{A}F2F2:||c/B/|”tr”A>B cc|dBBd|{d}c{B}A fA|{A}G2 Gc/B/|

“tr”A>B cc|dBdg|(eg)ce|”tr”f2 {e/f/}Fc/B/|”tr”A>B cc|dBBd|

ca/g/ fA|{A}G2 Gc/B/|Acf_e|dBgb|(b/a/)g/f/ (c/f/)(e/g/)|”tr”f2 {e/f/}F2||

 

MISS CLEMENTINA SARAH DRUMMOND OF PERTH. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in John Bowie's 1789 collection. Miss Clementina Sarah Drummond was born in 1786, making her all of three years old when Bowie composed his tune. The Drummonds were a noble family of Gow’s home county of Perthshire, loyal to the Jacobite cause for which several of the family died for or were exiled. Clementina Sarah Drummond (1786-1865) was the only surviving child and heir of James Drummond (d. 1800), the first Lord Perth, and Clementina Elphinstone (d. 1822, see “Honorable Miss Drummond of Perth”), Lady Drummond, from whom she inherited an extensive fortune and vast Perthshire estates. In 1807 she married Peter Robert Burrell, Lord Gwydyr, Lord Willoughby of Eresby, who was a great dandy of the day. Upon their marriage he joined his wife’s family name to his, upon the insistence of his father-in-law. Burrell’s parents were also gentry; he inherited the title Lord Gwydyr in 1820 on the death of his father, and Lord Willoughby de Eresby in 1828 (21st of the line), when his mother died. Thus Clementina became Lady Willoughby de Eresby. The couple resided at Drummond Castle, where the gardens (now one of the finest in Scotland) were reshaped into a vast formal parterrein in the 1840’s for Sarah. Queen Victoria planted copper beech trees when she visited the castle in 1842.

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Clementina was a patroness of Almack’s assembly rooms, St. James, London, but was considered “to be the highest stickler and overly grand,” along with Lady Castlereagh. In fact, she is often featured as a prime villainess in modern Regency-setting romance novels. Balls were held every Wednesday night during the Season. Admittance was tightly controlled by a social elite of women, a committee of patronesses, who, in 1814 (according to a report by Captain Gronow, a Guards officer), included Lady Castlereagh, Lady Jersey, Lady Cowper, Lady Sefton, Mrs. Drummond-Burrell, Princess Esterhazy and Countess Lieven. A rejected application for a season pass to Almacks was cause for social ruin, and the cabal of patronesses made sure that the merchant and pretending classes were kept well away. Curiously, money was not a prime dictator of acceptance, but rather manners, breeding and rank were the desired elements in an applicant.

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Henry Luttrell (1766-1851), Irish poet and wit, quipped in verse:

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All on the magic List depends

Fame, fortune, fashion, lovers, friends;

‘Tis that which gratifies of vexes

All ranks, all ages, and both sexes.

If once to Almack’s you belong,

Like monarchs you can do no wrong;

But banished thence on Wednesday night,

By Jove, you can do nothing right.

***

There were other melodies composed for Sarah Drummond: see “Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth [1].” Dancing in 1814, according to Gronow, was Scotch reels and the old English country-dance, “and the orchestra, being from Edinburgh, was conducted by the then celebrated Neil [sic] Gow.” He meant Nathaniel Gow, for Niel had died in 1807. The next year the quadrille was introduced, followed soon after by the waltz. [Grego, Joseph – The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow 1810-1860 (London, 1889)]. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol.1, 1891; pg. 26.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Sarah Drummond of Perth

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e/d/|c<AA<c B>GEe|c<Aac d<fB<d|c<eAc B>Gef|ec e/d/c/B/ A2 A:|

f/g/|a/g/f/e/ a>e c<A AB/c/|d<c B>A G(EE)f/g/|a/g/f/e/ ae cefa|geB^d (e2 d)f/g/|

aece dfBd|cecA GBEd|defa gbag|f>efg (a2a)||

 

MISS CLEMENTINA STEWART OF GARTH’S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the 3rd collection of Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to Miss Drummond of Perth. The Stewarts of Garth are a sept of the Stewart clan. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; pgs. 10-11.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Stewart of Garth’s Jigg

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:MacDonald – 3rd Collection of Strathspey Reels (c. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | d2d def | ecA AcA | Bcd AGF | GEE E2A | d2d def | ecA AcA | BdB cec | d3d2 :|

|: g | fdf agf | ece efg | fdf agf | ecA A2g | fdf agf | ece efg | fdf ece | d3d2 :|

 

MISS CLEMENTINA STEWART’S JIGG.  Scottish, Jig. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, this tune appears in his Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1, a volume dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. Clementina was the daughter of Sir John Stewart, 4th Bart. of Grandtully. She married Alexander Moray, 14th of Abercairny. MacDonald (Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 19.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Stewart’s Jigg

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

D | G3G2A | B2c (B/c/d)c | BAG F2c | AFA cAF | G3G2A | B2c (B/c/d)c |

BAG DG^F | G3G2 :| g | gdg gdg | gdg g>(ba/g/) | fcf fcf | fcf f>(ag/f/) | gdg gdg |

gdg g>(ba/g/) | fcf cAF | {D}G3G2g | gdg gdg | gdg g>(ba/g/) | fcf fcf |

fcf f>(ag/f/) | gdd d2=e | f2g fag | fdf cAF | {D}G3 G2 ||

 

MISS CLEMENTINA STEWART'S REEL [1]. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, this tune appears in his Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 13.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Stewart’s Reel [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

F | E2 CE cGEC | FAEc dDDF | E2 CE cGEC | FAGF EC C :|

f | g/f/e cg egcg | fage addf | g/f/e cg egcg | fagf eccf |

g/f/e cg egcg | fage addg | egcd cAGE | FAGF EC C ||

 

MISS CLEMENTINA STEWART [2]. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune appears in Malcolm MacDonald's 1789 2nd Collection, dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. Clementina was the daughter of Sir John Stewart, 4th Bart. of Grandtully, who also had several tunes composed in his honor. She married Alexander Moray, 14th of Abercairny. See also “Miss Stewart of Grantully [1].” Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 32. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 5.

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Stewart’s Reel [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Second Collection of Strathspey Reels  (1789)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G2 Bd gdBG | BdBG FAFD | G2 Bd gdBG | BdAF G2G :|

d | gdBG Bdgf | gbeg agfd | gdBd gdba | bagf “tr”g2 gf | gdBd cgec |

BdBG FAFD | gdBd cgec | BdAF G2G ||

 

MISS CLEMENTINA STEWART [3]. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Charles Duff's c. 1790 collection. Dance instructions for this piece, but not the music, appear in the Menzies Manuscript, 1749, in the Atholl Collection of the Sandeman Library, Perth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 43. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 201. Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire” (2000).

X:1

T:Miss Clementina Stewart [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 1 (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

F|B2 d/c/B fBbf|g2 g/a/b fdcA|B2 d/b/B fBbf|cAFA G/G/G G:|

F|G/G/G BG dGBG|F/F/F AF cFAF|G/G/G BG dBBG|FDFA, G,/G,/G, G,F|

G/G/G BG dGBG|F/F/F AF cFAF|G/G/G BG dGBg|fdcA G/G/G G||

X:2

T:Miss Clementina Stewart [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

F|B2 d/c/B fBbf|g2 g/a/b fdcA|B2 d/c/B fBbf|cAFA G/G/G G:|

F|G/G/G BG dGBG|F/F/F AF cFAF|G/G/G BG dGBG|FDFA, G,/G,/G, G,F|

G/G/G BG dGBG|F/F/F AF cFAF|G/G/G BG dGBg|fdcA G/G/G G||

 

MISS COCHRAN MERCER.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was 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. 3.

X:1

T:Miss Cochran Mercer

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

c | (d/c/B/A/) FA defd | (B/c/d) AFD BEEc | (d/c/B/A/) (FA) defd | “tr”B2 AF AD D :|

g | fada fabg | (a/g/f/e/) df eEEg | fada dabg | fdce dDDg |

fada fabg | (a/g/f/e/) (df) eEEg | “tr”f2 df ceAc | Bg”tr”f>e dD D ||

 

MISS COLSTON. AKA and see "Miss Coulston."

 

MISS COOKE'S DELIGHT. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 366, pg. 177.

X:1

T:Miss Cooke’s Delight

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/D/G/B/ A/D/A/c/ | B/G/B/d/ g/f/e/d/ | e/f/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ | c/A/^G/A/ =G/F/E/D/ | G/D/G/d/ A/D/A/c/ |

B/G/B/d/ g/f/e/d/ | e/f/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ | c/A/G/F/ G2 :: d/^c/d/e/ d/=c/B/A/ | B/G/d/B/ g/d/b/B/ |

d/^c/d/e/ d/=c/B/G/ | c/A/^G/A/ =G/F/E/D/ | d/^c/d/e/ d/=c/B/A/ | B/G/d/B/ g/d/b/d/ | e/f/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ |

c/A/G/F/ G2 :: G g/f/ g/d/B/G/ | Dd/^c/ d/A/F/D/ | Gg/f/ g/d/B/G/ | c/A/^G/A/ =G/F/E/D/ |

Gg/f/ g/d/B/G/ | Dd/^c/ d/A/F/D/ | Gg/f/ g/d/B/G/ | c/A/G/F/ G2 :|

 

MISS CORBETT('S REEL). AKA and see "The New Demense [1]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Aird, Cole, O’Neill, Ryan): AAB (Kennedy). A variant of the “College Grove(s)” family of tunes. O’Neill prints the tune in his Waifs and Strays and gives his source as Aird's Selections 1782‑97. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), 1782 (appears as “Miss Corbett”). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 13. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 130, pg. 31. Lowe’s Collection. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 202. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 36.

X:1

T:Miss Corbett's Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Aird's Selections 1782-97

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:D

f|D/2D/2D FD ADFD|EcGc EcGc|D/2D/2D FD ADFD|BdAd FD D:|

g|fdag fddf|ecgf ecce|fdag fdec|dBAd FDDg|

fdag fddf|ecgf ecce|fdef fagb|afge fd d||

 

MISS COULSTON. AKA - "Miss Colston." Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor (Athole, Gow): A Mixolydian/Dorian (Athole). Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow (1727-1807), renowned Scots fiddler-composer. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 142. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 31. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pgs. 36 & 187.

X:1

T:Miss Colston

M:C

L:1/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

R:Strathspey

K:A

d|c/d/e A>e c<e a>e|=g>de>g B/c/d =Gd|c>eA>e c<e a>e|=g>d e/d/c/B/ c<AA:|

a|e<a a>=g eaaf|=g<b e>g B<=G B/c/d/B/|e<a a>=g eaag|e>a g/a/b/g/ a<A A>a|

e<a a>=g e<a a>f|=g<b e>g B<=G d>B|c/d/e a>e c<e a>e|=g>d e/d/c/B/ =c<AA||

X:2

T:Miss Colston

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

c|B/c/d G>d B<d g>d|f<c d>B A/B/c/A/ F>c|B<dG<d B<dg<d|f>c d/c/B/A/ B<GG:|

|:g|d>gb>g d>gb>g|f>ac>f A>F A/B/c/A/|1 d>gb>g d>gb>g|d>g ^f/g/a/f/ g<GG:|2

B/c/d G>d B<dg<d|f>c d/c/B/A/ B<GG||

 

MISS COX [1] (Iníon Uí Choiligh). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A version of “The Railroad [4]” (An Bóthar Iarainn). Another version is “Rose Mary.” Source for notated version: Jack Wade (County Monaghan) c. 1960's collection [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 128, pg. 64. 

 


MISS COXE [2]. AKA – “Miss Cox.” Scottish, "Slowish" Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is attributed by Nathaniel Gow to Scots musician and dancing master Duncan McIntyre (born c. 1765). McIntyre taught Scottish dancing from his residence at 22 Great Marlborough Street, London, towards the end of the 18th century and published in that city a collection of Scottish tunes in 1796 (A Collection of Slow Airs, Reels and Strathspeys). He reportedly journeyed to India around the year 1806 as master of ceremonies to the governor general’s court, but there his trail ends. His cause and date of death is unknown. Gow (1809) gives credit to “Mr. MacIntyre” in the Fifth Collection (1809). Hunter (1979), however, gives composer credit to "Mrs. McIntyre," and says she was one of the many dilettantes‑‑'Ladies resident in the Highlands of Scotland'‑‑who contributed to the Gow collections. I believe Hunter is in error, although there were several female composers represented in the Gow collections. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 40, pg. 63 (appears as "Miss Coxe's Strathspey"). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 143. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 22. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 184. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 270.

X:1

T:Miss Coxe’s Strathspey

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

N:”Slowly”

B:Gow – Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1809)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

(B/4c/4d/)|e>EC>E B,>EG,>E|B,>E (A/G/).F/.E/ DFF (B/4c/4d/)|e>EC>E B,>EG,>E|(D/E/F) B,>A GEE (B/4c/4d/)|

e>EC>E B,>EG,>E|B,>E (A/G/).F/.E/ DFFG/A/|B>GEe cAFc|B<GF>A G<E[G,E]||(B/4c/4d/)|

e>Be<g e>cBG|A>F (A/G/).F/.E/ .D<F~F>A|(G/A/B) E>e (d/e/f) (B<a)|g<bf>a gee>a|

g>edf {d}e>cBG|A<FB>E D(FF)G/A/|G<E B,>_D ~C2 A,>c|B<G “tr”F>A G<E[G,E]||

 

MISS CRAWFORD [1] (Ingean Ui Crauford). Irish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1197, pg. 225. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 474, pg. 91.

X:1

T:Miss Crawford [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 474

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

Dc|BGFG DGFG|AF (3FFF AFcF|BG^FG DGFG|cAfA Gcdc|

BG^FG DGFG|AF (3FFF AFcF|BG^FG DGFG|cAfA G2G2||

Ggg^f gag=f|dfcf ec(3cBA|Ggg^f gag=f|cAfA G2G2|(3gab (3fga gafg|

dfcf ec (3cBA|(3BAG (3cBA (3Bcd (3e^fg|(3fed (3cBA G2||

 

MISS CRAWFORD'S REEL [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composition credited to A. McAlpin by Kerr. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 21, No. 4, pg. 15.

X:1

T:Miss Crawford’s Reel [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 15  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E|A2 (GA) FAEA|FAEA cefa|eAfA gAaA|BcBA AGFE|A2 (GA) FAEA|

FAEA cefa|ecfa ecaf|ecdB A2A2||agab agfe|dcde fedc|BEcE dEcE|

BcBA AGFE|agab agfe|dcde fedc|Bcde fgaf|eagb (a2a)||

 

MISS CRAWFORD'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composition credited to A. McAlpin by Kerr. It is played as a Highland in County Donegal. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 21, No. 3, pg. 15.

X:1

T:Miss Crawford’s (Strathspey)

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Highland

N:The tune appears in Kerr’s as “Miss Crawford’s Strathspey” credited to A. McAlpin

S:Tommy Peoples – Workshop 7/19/01

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A2 {c/d/} c>A e>ce>a | A>B {c/d/}c>A B<E G>B | A2 {c/d/}c>A e>ce>a | (3gfe (3dcB (3AcB (3AFE |

A2 {c/d/}c>A e>ce>a | A>B {c/d/}c>A B<E G>B | A2 {c/d/}c>A e>ce>=g | f>ag>b a3 ||

A | a>Ac’>A d’>Ac’>A | a>Ac’>A {b/c’/}b>a b<c’ | a>Ac’>A d’>Ac’>A | (3ded (3cdc ~B2 A2 |

a>Ac’>A d’>Ac’>A | a>Ac’>A {b/c’/}b>a b<c’ | (3Ace (3ecA (3Adf (3fdA | g>eb>g a>f e/c/B || A4 ||

 

MISS CROFTON. Irish, Planxty. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. This MS melody is a variant of "Lady Iveagh" and is often attributed to Turlough O'Carolan, on the assumption it is written in his style. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 25, pg. 38.

 

MISS CRUIKSHANK'S REEL (--GLASS). See "Cuir Sa’ Chiste Mhoir Mi," “Miss Hopkin’s (Reel),” "Old Time Wedding Reel [3]" and "Put Me in the Big Chest." AKA ‑ Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) and appearing under this title in his 1822 collection. The parish of Glass is in the Deveron river valley, west of Huntly. Marshall’s grand-daughter Mary married into the Cruickshank family and the title may refer to an in-law of hers. The melody earlier appears in Marshall’s A Collection of Strathspey Reels, p. 11, (1781) as "Miss Hopkins Reel". See also “Primrose Girl [1],” “The Rose in the Garden [1].” MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 137. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 12.

X:1

T:Miss Cruickshank's Reel

T:Miss Hopkins Reel (1781)

T:Cuir sa Chiste Mhoir Mi

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

FGBd {d}e2 (eg)|fdcB cBGB|FGBd {d}e2 (eg)|fdcd B/B/B B2:|

(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd BGGf|(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd B/B/B B2|gaba gfed|

cBcd BGGB|FGBc defg|fdcd B/B/B B2||