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SIR ADAM FERGUSON. AKA and see “Adam Ferguson's Reel,” “Lads of Leith [2],” “Lads of Laois{e},” “Sic a Wife as I hae Gotten.” Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in John Riddell's 1766 collection (pg. 14). Sir Adam Ferguson (1733-1813) was MP for Ayrshire and a friend of writer Sir Walter Scott (according to Henry Cockburn, Memorials of His Time, 1856).
X:1
T:Sir Adam
Ferguson's Reel
T:Lads of
T:Sic a
Wife as I hae Gotten
B:Riddell's
Collection (via Murdoch Henderson)
Z:Nigel
Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Em
B,EEF E/F/G
FE | A,DDE D/E/F ED | GFED EFGA | Bedc B2 E2 :|]
eB BA/B/ gfed | Adfa gfed | eB BA/B/
gfed | g>bag f2 ed |
eB BA/B/ gfed | Adfa gfed | g>bge
fafd | gfed e2 E2 |]
SIR ALEX MACDONALD'S
REEL. AKA and see “The Braes of Mar [1],” “Johnny Will/Won't You
Marry Me?” “Lord
MacDonald [1],” "Strath
Spray's Rant." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABBCC. Appears in David Young's Duke
of Perth MS (also known as the Drummond Castle MS), 1734. Glen (1891) finds it
in Bremner's 1757 collection, where
he directs: “In this Reel the 1st part is played twice over between
the 2nd & last parts.” Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; pg.
22.
X:1
T:Sir Alex’r McDonald’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Major
F(AA)(f/g/ a)fed | gfed BdBA | F(AA)(f/g/ a)fed | (e/f/g) (f/g/a) “tr”e2 d2 :|
|: FAA>B A>BAF | G/G/G G2 GABG | F(AA>)B (A>B)AF | GBAF “tr”E2D2 :|
|:
(f/g/a) a>b a>baf | g/g/g g2 g>aba | (f/g/a) a>b a>baf | gafg
“tr”e2d2 :|
SIR ALEXANDER CUMMING. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker in honor
of Sir Alexander Cumming, Baronet of Altyre.
SIR
ALEXANDER DON [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. "Composed by Major Logan,"
asserts MacDonald in the Skye Collection.
See note for "Auld Lang Syne." Sir Alexander Don, 5th
Baronet, of Newton-Don, Berwickshire, was born in 1751 and died in 1815. He
married in 1778 the ‘divine’ Lady Harriet (Henrietta Cunningham), sister of the
Earl of Glencairn, a patron of the poet Robert Burns. The couple’s two
daughters died of accidental drowning in 1793, but a son survived to take the
title upon his father’s death. A grandson, William Don, however, left the army
deeply in debt, and had to part with what remained of the estate. He became a
well-known actor and died in 1861 in
***
The melody “The Caledonian Hunt [1]” was
composed by Alexander Don, who, along with other gentry, formed the Caledonian
Hunt society whose annual ball was the
event of the year among the Scottish aristocracy of his era. Sir Alexander even
presented Nathaniel
Gow (whose band often provided the music for the ball) with a valuable
Italian violin, in admiration of Gow’s music. Variation sets for “Miss Ketty Hall” are also attributed
to him (and Nisbet of Dirleton). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 144.
Surenne (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Sir
Alexander Don [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald
– Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c/B/|AFF>A Bdd>B|Acc>A BGGc/B/|AFF>A
BddB|c>f e/f/g/e/ fFF c/B/|AFF>A Bdd>B|
AccA BGGc/B/|AFF>A BddB |c>f
e/f/g/e/ fFF||c|f<ag<a f2 cB|AF (d/c/)B/A/ BGGc|
f<ag<a f<a c>A|BG c>B
AFFc|f<ag<a f2 cB|AF (d/c/)B/A/
BGGc|f<ag<a f<a c>A| B<G c>B AFF||
SIR ALEXANDER DON [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning.
AB. "From the Opera of Rosina" (Gow). Rosina (1782) was a very successful
comic opera by the once-popular English light composer William Shield
(1748-1829). “Sir Alexander Don” is the theme from the overture, and sounds
quite like “Coming Through the Rye.” Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 212. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg.
10.
X:1
T:Sir
Alexander Don’s [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow –
First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1784)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:D
A,|D<D
D>F “tr”E>DEF|D<D D>F A3d|D<D D>F
“tr”E>DEF|D>B,B,>A, D3A,|D<D D>F “tr”E>DEF|
D<D D>F A3d|D<D D>F
E>DEF|D<B, ~B,>A, D3||B|A<F F>D FEEF A<F F>D F3B|A<F
F>D “tr”E>DEF|
D<B,”tr”B>A, D3B|A<F F>D
“tr”FEEF|AFFD [D3B3] (c/d/)|(B/A/G/F/) (G/F/E/D/)
“tr”E>DEF|D<B,”tr”B,>A, D3||
SIR ALEXANDER DON [3]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABCD. Composed by Robert Mackintosh.
Glen (The Glen
Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 35.
X:1
T:Sir
Alexander Don
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
d|B<G G>D B,A,G,B|A/G/F
c/B/A fcAf|B<G G>D B,<A,G,<g|f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ BGG:|
d|g<dB<G b<gd<B|f<cA<F a<fc<A|b<dB<G
b<gd<B|c>e d/c/B/A/ BGGd|
g<dB<G b<gd<B|f<cA<F
a<fc<A|d<bc<a B<gA<^f|g>e d/c/B/A/ BGG||D|
G,<DB,<G
D<dB<G|A,<FC<F A,<cA<F|G,<DB,<G D<dB<G|c>e
d/c/B/A/ B<GGD|
G,<DB,<G
D<dB<G|A,<FC<F A,<cA<F|G<BD<G B,>DC>E
D>CB,>A, B,G,G,||
d|B/a/g d/c/B b>g d<B|A/G/F c/B/A
a>f c<A|B/A/G d/c/B b>g d<B|
A/B/c d/c/B/A/ BGGd|B/A/G d/c/B
b>g d<B|A/G/F c/B/A a>f c<A|d<bc<a
B<gA<^f| g>e d/c/B/A/ BGG||
SIR ALEXANDER DON'S
MEDLEY. Scottish, Reel. A later composition
by Nathaniel
Gow which Collinson (1966) uses as an example of the progress of the Gow
family's compositions away from the strict confines of the old modes and gapped
scales.
SIR ALEXANDER DUNBAR’S STRATHSPEY. AKA and see “Sir
Archibald Dunbar.”
SIR ALEX. McDONALD'S REEL. AKA and see “Braes of Mar.” Scottish, Reel. The
melody appears in the Drummond Castle
Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle),
1734, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David
Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The melody also appears in the Robert Bremner's 1757 collection and the
Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768.
SIR ALLAN McLEAN. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
printing of the tune in Robert Ross's
1780 collection (pg. 37).
SIR
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL'S JIG. The version in The Scottish Country
Dance Book is reprinted from a 1788 collection of Joshua Campbell. The first half equals
the first of "Dublin Jig [3]".
Scottish Country Dance Book, 1930‑57,
Pt. 15, No. 3 (second tune).
SIR ARCHIBALD DUNBAR. Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard. AAB (Gow): AABB (Perlman, Skye): AABB' (Athole,
Kerr). Source for notated version: Paul MacDonald (b. 1974,
X:1
T:Sir Archibald Dunbar
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|D/D/D F>D G>E =C>E|D/D/D F>D A>DF>D|A>DF>D G>E=C>E| D<d A>F D/D/D D:|
|:f|d<d f>d g>e=c>e|d<d f>d a>df>d|1 a>df>d ge=ce|D<d A>F D/D/D D:|2
a>df>d g>e=c>e|d<b
a>f d/d/d d||
SIR ARCHIBALD GRANT OF MONEMUSK'S REEL. AKA and see "Money Musk/Monymusk(,
Sir Archibald Grant of)." Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Alburger, Johnson, McGlashan): AABB' (Johnson).
Either composed or set (the latter according to a note in Gow's Caledonian Repository) by Donald/Daniel Dow (1732‑1783) in 1776, whose
c. 1780 Thrity‑Seven New Reels & Strathspeys is the earliest appearance
of the tune in print. Two earlier tunes are either
models or cognate airs, depending on whether Dow actually did compose the tune
or not, namely "Roy's Wife
of Aldivalloch" and "The
Ruffian's Rant." Sir Archibald founded the town of
X:1
T:Sir Archibald Grant’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:McGlashan – Reels
(c. 1786)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
e|d<G
B>G d>Gc>e|d<G B>G A/B/A ce|d<G
B>G B/c/d d>g|e>cA>d B>G G:|
(g|g)>dd>g
B>gd>f|g>dcg B>gA>f|g>de>g d>gB>g|e>cA>d
B>GG>(g|
g)>dc>g
B>gA>(f|g)>de>g d>gc>g|B>gA>g
B>G G||
SIR ARTHUR SHAEN. Irish, Planxty. G Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes,
1984; No. 159, pg. 108.
SIR CHARLES COOTE. AKA and see "Planxty
Charles Coote." Irish, Planxty. C Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by
Turlough O'Carolan. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 18, pg. 34.
SIR CHARLES DOUGLAS. AKA and see “Caillich
Odhar.” Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning.
AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1763-1831) in honor of Sir Charles Douglas, Bart. (d.
1789), a British admiral and a descendent of the Scottish earls of Morton.
X:1
T:Sir Charles Douglas’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ADAF ADDB | ADFD F/G/A d2 | ADFD ADAF | GdFd E23B2 :|
A<d d>f edcB | A<d d>f ef g2 | A<d d>f ecdA | BdFd E2B2 | A<d d>f edcB |
Addf
ef g2 | faef dfBd | AdFd E2B2 ||
SIR CHARLES FORBES BART. OF NEWE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard. AB. Composed by
Alexander Walker for his patron; he notes "slow, when not danced."
SIR CHARLES FORBES OF NEW(E) AND EDINGLASSIE. Scottish, Slow
Strathspey. F Minor. Standard.
AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833).
X:1
T:Sir Charles Forbes of New and Edinglassie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F Minor
C|F>GA>B A/G/F/E/ c/B/A/G/|F>GA>B dA, cB/A/|Ge ed/c/ B/A/G/F/ E>G|
B/A/G/F/ A/G/F/E/ F2 FC|F>GA>B A/G/F/E/ c/B/A/G/|F>GA>B cA, cB/A/|
Be ed/c/ B/A/G/F/ E>G|B/A/G/F/ A/G/F/E/ F2F||c|f>ga>f geeg|f>ga>f a/g/f/=e/ fg|
f>gab geeg|f>ec=e f2 fc|f>ga>f geeg|fagb af g=d|=e/d/c/B/ eB GEEG|
F/G/A/B/
cC F2F||
SIR
CHARLES SEDLEY'S MINUET. Scottish,
English; Minuet (3/4 time).
X:1
T:Sir
Charles Sedley’s Minuet
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Minuet
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:D
d2 fdec | d2e2f2 | A2 BcdB | A2G2F2 |
D3 FEG |
F2 DFEG | F2 GFED | A6 :: AFDFA=c | B2 AB G2 | B^GEGBd |
c2 Bc A2 | ecAceg | fdec d2 | fdec d2
| Ag f2e2 | d6 :|
X:2
T:Sir Charles Sedley's Minuet
C:Traditional
S:GINA LE FAUX "Masquerades And Operas" Lefaux Music LFM004
N:Ms Le Faux writes to say she “recorded the tune on an 18th century
N:fiddle which is in its original condition with gut strings tuned down to
N:old pitch. This version is in the key of D, old pitch, and
not C.” [A.K.]
S:The CD notes list the 1760 Joseph Barnes manuscript
as the source.
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:D
(3ABc |: d2 +d2f2+ +d2f2+ | d2e2f2 | A2 Bc dB | A2G2F2 |
DF EG FA | A2G2A2 | +A,4G4+ +A,4F2+ |[1 +A,4E4+ (3ABc :|
[2 +A,4E4+ AB |: AF DF A=c | B2A2G2 | BG EG Bd | c2B2A2 |
ec Ac eg | f2e2d2 | a4c2 | [d4 dB :| [2 d4 ||
SIR CHARLES'S RANT. English, Jig.
SIR DAVID DAVIDSON OF CANTRAY. Scottish, Canadian; Reel.
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
T:Sir David
Davidson of Cantray
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
A|d2 fd
cdBd|AdFd EecA|d2 fd cdAF|GEec d2 dA|
d2 fd cdBd|AdFd EecA|d2 fd cdAF|GEec
d2 d:|
|:f|afdf afba|gfed cdef|gfed
cbag|fedc d2 df|afdf afba|gfed cBAG|FAdc Bbge|cABc d3:|
SIR DAVID HUNTER BLAIR('S REEL). Scottish, Reel. F Major (Athole,
Campbell, Kerr, Martin): G Major (Surenne): D Major (Huntington). Standard. AB (Surenne): AAB (Kerr): AABB (Athole,
Huntington, Martin). Sir David Hunter Blair (1778-1857), 3rd
Baronet, Blair, became a religious man and was involved in the printing of
Bibles, as well as serving as the Deputy-Lieutenant and Convener of the
X:1
T:Sir David Hunter Blair
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
a|~f2 cd cdcd|cf a2 cf a2|b2 ga gaga|gfef ge c:|
|:g|af
~f2 cfAc|FAcf eg ~g2|af ~f2 cfAc|FAcf ge ~f:|
X:2
T:Sir David Hunter Blair’s Reel
L:1/8
M:C
S:Button & Whitaker’s Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th S:century)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f2 cd cdcd|cf a2 cf a2|b2 ga gaga|gfef ge c2:|
|:af f2 cA A2|FAcf eg g2|af f2 cA A2|Acfa ge f2:|
X:3
T:Sir David Hunter Blair
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music
of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
g2d>e
d>ed>e | d>gb2 d>gb2 | c’2a>b
a>ba>b | a>gf>g a>fd2 | g2d>e d>ed>e | d>gb2
d>gb2 |
c’2
a>b a>ba>b | a>gf>g a>f d2 || b>gg2 dgBd | GBdg fa a2 |
b>g ({a/g/f/}g2) dgBd |
GBdg af g2
| b>gg2 dgBd | GBdg fa a2 | b>g ({a/g/f/}g2)
dgBd | GBdg af g2 ||
SIR EDWARD CROFTON. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind
Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes,
1984; No. 22, pg. 36.
SIR FESTUS BURKE, PLANXTY (Fiacha a Burc). AKA and see “Festus Burke,” "Planxty Sir Festus Burke,"
"Sir Festus a Burca." Irish, Air or Planxty (2/4
time, "spirited"). D Major. Standard tuning.
AB. The melody, for which no words are extent, was composed by the blind Irish
harper Turlough O'Carolan. O'Sullivan (1983) notes that Sir Festus Burke was
the 5th baronet of Glinsk, County Galway, who succeeded to the title on the
death of his father in 1721 (he was the half-brother of Sir Ulick Burke, for whom
O'Carolan composed another piece). Sir Festus married the eldest daughter of
the Earl of Clanricard, Lady Laetitia, in 1708, though the union proved barren,
and he died around 1730. Source for notated version: the melody was noted by
the Irish collector Edward Bunting from the playing of harper Charles Fannin in
1792. Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 9, pg. 30. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 244. O'Neill
(Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1979; No. 696, pg. 128. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No.
44, pgs. 70-71. Green Linnet
GLCD 1128, Brendan Mulvihill & Donna Long - “The Morning Dew” (1993. Appears as “Festus Burke”). Shanachie 79013, Derek Bell - "Carolan's Receipt" (1987).
X:1
T:Planxty
Sir Festus Burke
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Spirited”
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dA de|{a}fe/d/ df|gf/e/ af/d/|cB
AA|B/A?G GB|GB c/d/e|d/c/B/A/ Bc|d2 dz|
af da|a/g/f/e/ da|bg eb|b/a/g/f/
ez|a/g/f/e/ f/g/a/f/|e/d/c/B/ c/d/e/c/|d/B/G/B/ G/B/d/B/|
e/c/A/c/ A/c/e/c/|d/c/B/A/ G/F/E/D/|C/B,/C/D/
E/F/G/E/|FD DF|{G}A2 Az|BG GB|
{d}e2
{d}ez|e/d/B/A/ Aa|g/a/b f/g/a|gB c/d/e/c/|d2 dz||F/A/d/A/ F/A/F/D/|F/A/d/B/
AF/A/|
BG d/c/d/B/|cA e/d/e/c/|da
eg|g/f/e/f/ ge|d2 zd|GG/B/ GG/B/|AA/a/ Aa/a/|GG/g/ GG/g/|
g/f/e/f/ g/f/e/d/|{g}ae/f/ g/f/e/d/|{a}be/f/
g/f/e/d/|cA AA|B/c/d/c/ B/A/G/F/|
A/G/F/E/ G/F/E/D/|AA, C/D/E/C/|D2
Dz||
SIR GEORGE ABERCROMBIE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Alexander Walker
in honor of Sir George Abercrombie, Baronet of Birkenbog and Forglen.
SIR
GEORGE CLERK OF PENNYCUICK. AKA – “Sir George Clark’s
Strathspey.” Scottish, Slow Strathspey. G Major. Standard. AB. The melody is attributed to Nathaniel Gow
in the 1819 Beauties of Niel Gow. Sir
George (1787-1867) was a Scottish nobleman with Tory sympathies. He was a
successful Member of Parliament and politician, became Master of the Mint in 1845,
and President of the (
SIR
GEORGE CLARK'S STRATHSPEY. AKA and see “Sir George Clerk of
Pennycuick.” Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard. AB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes),
1940; pg. 125. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 164.
X:1
T:Sir
George Clark’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(g/>a/)
| (b<g) ~g2 (d<B) B2 | (c<e) (c<e) A2 (AB/c/) | (d<B)B2 (G<E)E2 | (c>.A)(B>.G) (G/F/E/D/) (Dg/a/) |
(b<g)~g2 (d<B)B2 | (c<e)(c<e) A2 (AB/c/) | (d<B)B2 e<E)
(EF/G/) | (G/F/E/D/) (E>.F) G2G ||
(d/>c/)
| (B<d)~d2 (d<b) (b>.a) | (g<e) (e>.d)
d2 (d>.c) | (B<d)~d2 (e<B) c2 |
(d>.A) (B>.G) (G/F/E/D/)
(DE/F/) | (G<B)B2 (B>d)d2 | g>de>d d2
(7d/e/f/g/a/b/c’/ |
(d’<b) (b<g) (g<e) (e<c)
| (B<G) (({B}A>)F) G2G ||
SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE
[1]. Scottish, Reel. A
Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB
(Gow). Composed by Niel Gow (1727-1807). Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 314. Surenne (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Sir
George Mackenzie of Coul [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f | e2 cA d2 fd | e2 cA dBBa | e2 cA
e3=g | fded cAAf | e2 cA d2fd | e2 cA dBBa |
e2 cA e3=g | fded cAA || g |
(f/3g/2<a) ec e3f | (f/4g/2<a) ec fBBg | a2 ec e3=g |
fded cAAg | (f/4g/2<a) ec e3g |
(f/4g/2<a) ec fBBg | a2 ec e3=g | fded cAA ||
SIR GEORGE MACKENZIE
[2]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. A variation of version #1. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection),
1884; pg. 92.
X:1
T:Sir George MacKenzie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|d2AF DFAF|d2AF Eece|d2AF DFAF|GBAB FDD:|
|:A|FDAF BGAF|BGAF GEEA|1 FDAF BGAF|A,EGE FDD:|2
FDAF
GABg|fdec dDD||
SIR
GEORGE MACKENZIE OF COUL. See “Sir George MacKenzie [1].”
SIR GEORGE McKENZIE OF COUL'S
FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow
Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow.
Carlin (The Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 214.
SIR GUY. English, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. The song appears in the ballad opera Robin Hood (1730). Songs of Sir Guy are
quite old and are mentioned in chronicles of the 16th and even 15th century.
Chappel (1859) quotes William of Nassyngton who, writing around 1480, mentions
stories of Sir Guy as usually sung by minstrels at feasts, and Puttenham, who
wrote in 1589 that they were "commonly sung by harpers at Christmas
dinners and bride‑ales for the recreation of the lower
classes."
***
So toss’d in love as I, Sir Guy!
For Phillis fair, that lady bright
As ever man beheld with eye.
She gave me leave myself to try
The valiant knight with shield and spear;
Ere that her love she would grant me,
Which made me venture far and near.
***
See also “Was Ever a Man So Tost in
Love.” Chappell (Popular
Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 156‑157.
X:1
T:Sir Guy
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Chappell
– Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F Ac|f2c2 dB|c3F Ac|f2A2 BG|F3F
Ac|f2c2 dB|c3F Ac|f2A2 BG|F3||
G AF|G2 AB/c/ BA|G3 GAF|G2c2 d=B|c3
c_BA|B2 AB/c/ BA|G3 CFG|A2c2 AG|F3||
SIR HARRY INNES. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Angus
Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 18).
SIR HARRY’S FAVOURITE. English (?),
Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard. AAB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 75, pg. 18.
SIR HARRY'S WELCOME
HOME. AKA and see “The Thistle.” Scottish, Strathspey. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Peter Hardie (c. 1775‑1863)
of Dunkeld, principally remembered as a violin maker.
Paul Cranford remarks that this strathspey is one of the
SIR HENDRY’S
STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB.
The tune was published in 1799 by Thomas Calvert, a musician from
X:
1
T:Sir Hendry's Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
Z:Nigel Gatherer
K:Bb
B|F>BDB "tr"F>GBc|BG"tr"F>D D<CCB|FBDB
"tr"F>GBg|\
fBf z e/ eddf|gz/e/ Eg fz/f/ Df|ed"tr"cB B<GGB|
FBDB "tr"F>GBg|fc [B2F2D2] [BFD]||f|b>fd>f B>fd>f|\
ed "tr"cB BGGf|b>fd>f B>fd>f|g>b g/f/d
f2 fg/a/|bfdf g>ecg|fdc z B/B/ G>GB|FBDB F>GBg|\
fc "tr"[B2F2D2] [BFD]|]
SIR HENRY MACDERMOTT ROE. AKA and see "Henry MacDermot Ro