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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 SACKVILLE’S FANCY. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. In addition to Aird’s 1782 printing the melody under the “Miss Sackville” title can be found in several 19th century musicians manuscripts, including those of: William Mittell (1799, New Romney, Kent), H.S.J. Jackson (1823, Wyresdale, Lancashire), John Fife (c. 1780, Perth, Scotland), and John Winder (1789, Wyresdale, Lancashire). Miss Sackville may have been from the household of George Sackville Germain (1716-1785), First Viscount Sackville. Germain was known as Lord Sackville until 1770, when he took the name Germain when he inherited estates from Lady Elizabeth Germain. Sackville was a military man who rose to the rank of major-general in the Seven Years War. He was court marshaled after the Battle of Minden (1759) when he failed to pursue the retreating French, thus allowing them to escape. He was restored to power by King George III, who appointed him secretary of state for America from 1775-1782, during the years of the American War of Independence, a post that he discharged in a lackluster fashion. Germain had three daughters, Caroline, Diana and Elizabeth, one of whom might be honored by the title. See also “Watson’s Hornpipe” which shares the ‘A’ part music. Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1782; No. 191, pg. 71. Rhianon Records, Barry Dransfield – “Be Your Own Man.”

X:1

T:Miss Sackville’s Fancy

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Aird, Vol. II (1782)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AF/G/ | Ad/c/ | B/G/B/e/ d/c/B/A/ | d/e/f/d/ Be/f/ | g/e/f/d/ d/c/B/A/ |

AF/G/ Ad/c/ | B/G/B/e/ d/c/B/A/ | d/e/f/d/ B/g/f/e/ | d/f/e/c/ d2 ::

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

d/f/e/d/ e/c/B/A/ | e/f/g/e/ f/e/d/c/ | d/f/A/^c/ B/g/f/e/ | f/d/e/c/ d2 :|

                       


MISS SALLY AT THE PARTY. AKA and see "I Asked That Pretty Girl to be My Wife." Old‑Timey, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The source for the tune, W.E. Claunch, recorded in 1939 for the Library of Congress, learned the tune from his father, James Claunch. Tom Rankin (1985) believes the tune to be a regional north-eastern Mississippi tune played by several fiddlers there, but only found in one other source ‑‑ an Oklahoma fiddler in Marion Thede's fiddle book (under the title "I Asked That Pretty Girl to Be My Wife").

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I asked Miss Sally to be my wife,

She stabbed at me with a Bowie knife,

Miss Sally, Miss Sally,

Miss Sally at the party.

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Source for notated version: W.E. Claunch (1894‑1958) {Guntown, Mississippi} [Notes for "Great Big Yam Potatoes"]. Rankin, 1985; Notes for "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi." Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, W.E. Claunch ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985).

 

MISS SALLY EGLISON. Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in William Marshall's 1781 collection (pg. 2). In fact it was included in a c. 1788 appendage of a dozen tunes to his 1781 collection. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) suggests the title is a misprint of Miss Eglingtoune, a childhood playmate of the Duchess of Gordon, Jane Alexander, wife of Marshall’s employer, Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon. It was said that when young girls they rode on the backs of swine down the street in Hynford Close, Edinburgh, and were always up to mischief. Miss Eglintoune became Lady Wallace. The late Bruce Olson confirmed the title as “Miss Sally  Eglinton’s” by which title it appears in the four page addendum issue of Marshall’s music housed at the U.S. Library of Congress. 

 

MISS SALLY HUNTER OF THURSTON'S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 293. MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 177.

X:1

T:Miss Sally Hunter of Thurston’s Jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|DFA d2A|B2A d2A|Bcd egf|efd cBA|DFA d2A|B2A Bcd|egf edc|d3D2:|

g|fed g2e|c’2a d’2b|fef def|efd cBA|fed g2e|a2f b2g|fga Adc|d3 d2g|fdf geg|afa bgb|

afd Bcd|efd {c}cBA|AFA d2A|B2A Bcd|egf edc|d3 D2||

 

MISS SALLY KELLY. AKA and see "Susai Ni Cheallaigh."

 

MISS SALLY SURMAN’S DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5th (London, 1750), set in the key of B Flat. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 4 (appears as “The Archbishop II”, the name of the dance composed for the tune by Fried de Metz Herman, 1991).

 

MISS SARAH DRUMMOND OF PERTH [1]. AKA and see “Calum Crubach,” “Danse Écossaise,” “Devil Shake the Half-Breed [2],” “Gurren’s Castle,” "Miss Drummond of Perth [1],” “Mountain Reel [4]," “Our Highland Cousins,” “Paddy Joe’s Highland Fling,” “The Perth Highland Fling,” "The Prince of Wales Jig,” “The Titanic Highland,” “Yorkshire Bite [1]." Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composer credit for the tune was claimed by Niel Gow {1727-1807} (in his 1807 Third Collection, second edition), however the tune appears under the full title (i.e. referencing Sarah Drummond) in Malcolm MacDonald's 2nd collection (1789, the volume dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane). No composer was given credit to MacDonald by Gow. It also appears in John and Andrew Gow’s A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826), sons of Niel, established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. The melody has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. In Donegal it is set as a Highland (see, for example, Hugh Gillespie’s “Gurren’s Castle”) or as a fling. Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard recorded the tune as “Danse Écossaise.”

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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, 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, 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 at Almack’s every Wednesday night during the Season. Admittance was tightly controlled by a social elite of women, patronesses, that, in 1814 (according to a report by Captain Gronow), 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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There were other melodies composed for Sarah Drummond: see “Miss Clementina Sarah Drummond of Perth.” Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 43. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 25. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 1.

X:1

T:Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

a | A<A “tr”e>d B<d “tr”e2 | d<gB<g d<gB<G | A<A”tr”e<d B<de<(g | a>)eg>B A2A :|

g | a<ae<a c<a e2 | g<gd<g Bg d2 | a<ae<a c<ae<g | a<eg<B {B}A2 Ag | a<ae<a c<a “tr”e2 |

g<gd<g B<g d2 | a<ae<a g<be<g | a<eg<B {B}A2A ||

 

MISS SARAH DRUMMOND OF PERTH [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 260.

X:1

T:Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

B,|E3F E/E/E E>F|A>BA>F D>EF>D|B,<E E>D E>FG>e|d>BA>F B2E:|

B|e3f e/e/e e>d|B<d A>F D>EF>D|e3f e/e/e e>d|B<d F>A B2 E>B|

e3 f e/e/e e>d|B<d A>F D>EF>D|B,<E E>D E>FG>e|d<B A>F B2E||

 

MISS SARAH MACFADYEN. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. A modern composition by Orkney fiddler Jennifer Wrigley. Fiddler Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Summer 1998); pg. 30. Attic Records ATCD038, Jennifer and Hazel Wrigley – “The Watch Stone” (1994).

 

MISS SAYER'S ALLEMANDE. England, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major (Johnson): F Major (Barnes). Standard tuning. AABB. Peter Barnes dates the tune to 1781.

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The Allemande, a cartoon by George Cruickshank (1797).

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Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; pg. 9. Country Dance and Song Society CDS‑7, Claremont Country Dance Band ‑ "Popular English Country dances of the 17th and 18th Centuries." Michegan Seasons 001, Olde Michigan Ruffwater Stringband ‑ "Michigan Winter."

X: 1

T: Miss Sayer's Allemand

M:2/4

L:1/8

Q:160

S:Playford

O:Manuscript

A:English

K:F

c|aa aa|a3 b|agfe f/2e/2f/2g/2 f>c|aa a3 b|agfr|f3::A2 FC|B2 G2|cB/2c/2 d g|\

f2 e2| A2 FC|B2 GB|AGFE| F4:|


 

MISS SCOT. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was composed by Robert Macintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 16.

X:1

T:Miss Scot

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

(F|D)B,DF (BcB)F|DFBd c(CCE)|FDEG AFBg|fdcd B/B/B B:|

f|(def)B egfB|cedB A(cce)|(d/c/d/e/ f)B egfd|ecfd B/B/B (Bf)|

(def)B egfd|cedB A(cce)|dBAc (BAB)F|Ggfd B/B/B B||

 

MISS SCOTT OF BELVUE. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Shepherd. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), Vol. 2, 1895; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Scott of Belvue

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

g|:ec c2 GcEc|ec c2 defa|ec c2 GcEc|FdEc DEFD:|

|:CE/F/ GE cEGE|CE/F/ GE DEFD|CE/F/ GE cEGE| FdEc DEFD:|

 

MISS SCOTT OF USAN. Scottish, Cape Breton; Reel. F Major (Athole, Kerr): G Major (Dunlay & Reich). Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Dunlay & Reich): AABB' (Kerr). Source for notated version: John Campbell (Cape Breton) [Dunlay and Reich]. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton Island), 1986; pg. 62. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 198, pg. 22. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 238.

X:1

T:Miss Scott of Usan

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A | ~F2 cA c2 fd | ~F2 cA dGGA | ~F2 cA c2 fd | cfAf AFF :|

e | fcfa gdbg | fcfa gdde | fcfa gagc | Acfc Affe | fcfa gdbg | fcfa gdde | faga fgdf | cAfc AFF || 

 

MISS SHARPE'S FANCY. AKA ‑ "Miss Sharpe's Favourite." Scottish (originally), Irish; Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Carlin, Gatherer): AABC (O'Neill). Composed by Charles Sharpe (1750-1813) of Haddam, in honor of his daughter. Sharpe was the son of William Kirkpatrick of Ailsland, a younger brother of Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick, 3rd Baronet of Closeburn. On inheriting Hoddom Castle, Dumfriesshire, in the Borders, Charles changed his name to Sharpe, the name of his uncle’s line, from whom he inherited the estate. He set to work on the castle, repairing and improving it, and adding several rooms. Sharpe had a reputation as an excellent violinist, and also composed music and verse. He was a friend and correspondent of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott. Miss Sharpe’s mother was Eleonora, daughter of John Renton of Lamberton, and a lady whose beauty is celebrated in Smollet’s Humphrey Clinker. See “Mr. Sharpe’s Delight” for more. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 353. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musicial Museum), 1987; pg. 18. Gow (Third Collection of Neil Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 4 (3rd ed.). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 194, pg. 105.

X:1

T:Miss Sharp’s Fancy

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f | d2A AFA | B2A AFA | d2A AGF | EFE A2 B/c/ | d2A AFA | B2A AFA |

B2A ABc | dgf eac | d3 d2 :: f/g/ | afd dfa | gec ceg | fed dcd | ecA A2 f/g/ |

Afd dfa | gec ceg | fad egc | d3 d2 || f/g/ | afd dfa | gec ceg | fed dcd | ecA A2G |

FAd FAd | GBd GBd | Agf eac | d3 d2 || 

X:2

T:Miss Sharpe’s Fancy

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig or Air

C:Charles Sharpe

B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 4 (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f|{c}d2A AFA|({G/A/}B2)A AFA|({B/c/}d2)A {B}AGF|ECA, “tr”A,2 B/c/|s2A AFA|

({G/A/}B2)A ABc|d(gf) (ea)c|d3 “tr”d2:||f/g/|afd (df).a|ged (ce)g|fed {e}”tr”dcd|

ecA A2 (f/g/)|afd dfa|ged (ce).g|(fa).d (eg).c|{c}d3 “tr”d2 f/g/|afd (df)a|

ged (ce)g|fed {f}”tr”dcd|ecA “tr”A2G|(FA).d (FA).d|(GB).d (GB).d|(Ag).f (ea).c|{c}”tr”d3 D2||

 

MISS SHAW’S FAVOURITE.  Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), c. 1882; No. 32, pg. 17.

X:1

T:Miss Shaw’s Favourite

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

A/B/ | d/d/ e/d/ f/f/ e/d/ | a/a/ d/e/ f/f/ e/d/ | {d}c/B/ c/d/ e/e/ a/f/ | e/d/ c/B/ A/A/ A/B/ |

d/d/ e/d/ f/f/ e/d/ | a/a/ d/e/ fa/f/ | e/d/ c/B/ A/A/ B/c/ | dB B>c || df Bf | B/c/ d/e/ fe/d/ |

ce Ae | A/B/ c/d/ e>c | df Bf | B/c/ d/e/ fa/f/ | e/d/ c/B/ A/A/ B/c/ | dB B ||

 

MISS SHAW'S REEL. AKA and see "The Castlecomer Lasses," "Down the Groves," "Erin's Groves," "The Gay Fellow's Favourite," "The Good Fluter," "The Green Fields of Erin [1]," “The Green Groves of Erin [1],” "The Groves of Erin," "The Heather Breeze," “The Low Highland,” "Mary in the Mall," “Miss Stewart of Grantully [2],” “Padaí Bhilli na Rópaí’s Highland,” "The Queenstown Lasses."

 

MISS SHEPHERD. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB (Hunter, Martin, Martin & Hughes, Perlman, Skinner): AABB (Songer). Composed by Scottish fiddling great J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), first published in his Harp and Claymore Collection. Hunter (1988) reports that Miss Shepherd was a clerk in Strachan's music shop on Belmont Street in Aberdeen, at one time a favorite meeting place on Saturday nights for fiddlers. Source for notated version: Paul MacDonald (b. 1974, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 192. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 120. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 25. Perlman (Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 98. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 27. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 67. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 137 (appears as “Miss Shepherd’s Reel”). Green Linnet SIF 3037, Silly Wizard - "Golden, Golden" (1985). Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire” (2000).

X:1

T:Miss Shepherd

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:A Dorian

{G}A|A,B,CD E2 DC|B,GFG DB,G,B,|A,B,CD E^GAc|BA^GB cAA:|

||^g|a2 ed cBAF|G2 DC B,A,G,^g|a2 ed cBAc|BA^GB cAA^g|a/a/aed cBAF|

G/G/GDC B,A,G,B,|A,B,CD E^Gac|BA^GB cAA||

                       

MISS SHEPHERD'S HORNPIPE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 368, pg. 178.

X:1

T:Miss Shepherd’s Hornpipe

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>A | G3A GABc | dBge dBAG | cBce dBAG | D2A2A3B | cBcd efge | dBAG (GF)(ED) |

GBAc BdAc | B2G2G2 z :: B | dBGB d2 (gf) | edcB cBAG | (cB)cd (ef)ge | f2d2d3B |

(cB)cd (ef)ge | dBAG GFED | GBAc BdAc | B2G2G2 :|

                       

MISS SINGLETON’S REEL. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: manuscripts in the possession of Chicago Police 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. 257.

X:1

T:Miss Singleton's Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Sergt. James O'Neill's manuscripts

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

e|dBBA GEEG|DB,DE D3 e|dBBA GEEG|DGBG A3 e|

dBBA GEEG|DB,DE D3 e|dBBA GEEG|DGBG A2 z||

e|dBBe dBBe|dBBd e2 eg|dBBd efed|BAGB A2 AB|

deBe deBe|deBc d2 ef|gefd ecdB|AGED G3||

                       

MISS SITWELL. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. B Flat Major. AAB (Skye): AB (Athole, Gow). Composed by Nathaniel Gow. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 155. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 128. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 288.

X:1

T:Miss Sitwell

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

D/C/|B,>FD>F G<C CD/C/|B,>FD>B F>dB>f|d>c B/c/d/B/ c<C CD/C/|

B,>FD>B ~F2 F/E/D/C/|B,>FD>F G<C CD/C/|B,>FD>B F>dB>f|

d>c B/c/d/B/ c<C CD/E/|F<B D>F ~B2B||d/e/|f<b d>f g<c cd/e/|

f<b d>e f<g d>b|f<d b>f g<c cd/e/|f>bd>e f2 fd/e/|f>bd>f g<c cd/e/|

fg/a/ b>a g>fe>d|c>Bd>B c<C CD/E/|F>B G/F/E/D/ ~F2 F>B||


 

MISS SLOPE'S WALTZER. Scottish, Waltz. C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 181, pg. 105.

 

MISS SMYTH OF METHVEN. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABCD. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 290.

 

MISS SOPHIA CAMPBELL(‘S OF SADDELL’S). AKA and see “Mrs. McGee.” Scottish, Jig. G Minor (Glen): G Major/Mixolydian (Cranford). Standard tuning. AAB (Glen): AABB’ (Cranford). Composed by Robert ‘Red Rob’ Mackintosh and first printed in his 1796 collection of tunes. Originally a minor-key tune, a Cape Breton ‘double-tonic’ version in G has been circulating since the 1950's when it was recorded (under the title “Mrs. McGee”) by fiddler Angus Chisholm (Cranford). The melody remains one of the more popular of MacIntosh’s compositions on Cape Breton. Source for notated version: fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) learned the tune from fiddler Arthur Muise (Cheticamp, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 126, pg. 44. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 37.

X:1

T:Miss Sophia Campbell

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

B/c/|d3 (g^fg)|dBG Bcd|c3 (f=ef)|cAF ABc|d3b3|ag^f g=fe|dcB AG^F|G3 G2:|

B/c/|d3 dBG|dBG Bcd|c3 cAF|cAF ABc|d3 dBG|dBG gfe|dcB AG^F|GGG G2 B/c/|

D3 dBG|dBG Bcd|c3 cAF|cAF ABc|d3 bag|ag^f g=fe|dcB AG^F|G3 G2||

 

MISS SOPHIA DUFF STUART'S FAVOURITE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 75.

X:1

T:Miss Sophia Duff Stuart’s Favourite

M:C

L:1/8