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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
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Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use
abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct
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single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C
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[AK] |
LADY GARDNER'S. AKA and see "Ballyvaughan,"
“Bunch of Keys,” “Corporal Casey [2],"
“Corporal Casey’s Fancy,” “The Five Mile Chase [1]," “Four-Hand Reel,” “Parnell’s Reel,” “The Wild Fire Chase,” “Yellow Haired Laddie [1]."
Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 6. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 28.
X:1
T:Lady Gardner’s
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D |: G2 BG dGBG | FGDA FADA | G2BG
dGBG | egfa gedB | G2 BG dGBG |
FGDA FADA | G2 BG dGBG | egfa g2g2
:: gdBd edBd | gdBd gaba |
gdBd edBd | effg a2a2 | gabg fgaf |
e^deg edBd | cBcd edBd | egfa gedB :|
LADY GARNERS TROOP. English, Reel. F Major. Standard. AABB. See “Mrs. Garden of Troup [1].”
Huntington (William Litten’s), 1977;
pg. 15.
LADY GEORGE BEAUCLARK. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the
earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection.
Bremner (Scots Reels)c. 1757; pg. 33.
Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish
Dance Music), Vol. 1,1891; pg. 11.
X:1
T:Lady George Beauclark
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection (1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|E2 (CG) cGEC|FAGE (FDD)G|E2 (CG)
cGEC|FDGF ECC:|
g|egcg afge|afge f(dd)g|e2 cg
fage|fdgf e(ccg)|egcg afge|afge f(dde)| cedf egfa|egdf ecc||
LADY
X:1
T:Lady
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
K:G
B|GEDE G2 Ge|dGBG dBA<B|GEDE G2
Ge|dGBG A/A/A A2:|
f|gdde g2 ga|agab agea|gdde g2
gb|agab g/g/g ga|gdde g2 ga|
agab agea|gdde gaba|gegB A/A/A A2||
LADY
***
At the fete given by Her Royal
Highness, the Duchess of York, at Oatlands on the 30th of May
(1799),
the dances were as follows: 1. Ramah
Droog. 2. Miss Murray of Auchtertyre. 3. The Tartan Plaidie.
4. Lady Harriet Hope’s Reel. And
lastly, the enchanting tune of Miss Gordon of Troupe’s Strathspey
was called for by Princess Augusta,
and danced twice over by all the fet. Between the second and
third dance, Their Majesties
desiring to see the Highland Reel in all its purity, it was danced by the
Marquis of Huntley and the Lady
Georgiana Gordon, Colonel Erskine and Lady Charlotte Durham,
with all the elastic motion,
hereditary character, and boundless variety of the Scottish dance.
***
Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 42.
Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
226.
X:1
T:Lady
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
K:D Minor
a|f(ddA) FDdf|eccG ECce|f(ddA) FDAd|cAGE A(Dde)|f(ddA) FDdf|
e(ccG) ECcE|FDEG AFGB|Ad^ce d(DD)||a|fada bgaf|egcg acgc|
fada
bgad|^ceAa f(dde)|fada bgaf|egcg acgc|dAeA fAgA|afge ~f(dd)||
LADY
X:1
T:Lady Georgina Gordon’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
C:William Marshall
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
S:McGlashan – Collection of Reels (1786)
K:F
C|F/F/F/ F>F A>FAc|d<f c>A
G2 GA|F/F/F FF A>F A<c|d>f c<A F2 F:|
|:f>gag a/g/f/d/ c<f|d<f
c>A G2 G2|f>gag a/g/f/d/ cf|d<f c>A F2 F2:|
|:CFA,F CFBd|cAFA G2 G2|CFA,F
CFBd|cAGA F2 F2:|
||f>gag a/g/f/d/ c<f|c>dfa
g2 g2|f>gag a/g/f/d/ cf|d<f c>A F2 F2|
f>gag
a/g/f/d/ cf|c>dfa g2 g2|b/a/g/f/ a/g/f/e/ f>c d<f|c>BA>G F2 F2||
LADY
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Lady
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
K:Bb
~B,2 B,D FDBF|GFGB c/c/c c2|~B,2 B,D FDBF|GFGA B/B/B ~B2:|
dfdB egec|dfdB c/c/c ~c2|dfdB egec|FBAc B/B/B ~B2|dfdB egec|
dfdB
c/c/c ~c2|B,DCE DFEG|FBAc B/B/B ~B2||
LADY GETHIN. Irish, Planxty. C Major. Standard tuning. This tune was perhaps composed
by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), though Donal O’Sullivan
in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable evidence for
its origin. Complete Collection of
Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 51, pg. 51. Shanachie
79013, Derek Bell - "Carolan's Receipt" (1987).
LADY GIG. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a c. 1847 music manuscript by Ellis Knowles,
a musician from Radcliffe,
LADY GLASGOW. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by the
Earl of Eglinton. Glen (The Glen
Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 4.
X:1
T:Lady Glasgow
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
S:Glen Collection (1895)
K:A
Ac/d/ e>c f>de>c|Ac/d/ ed
cA e2|Ac/d/ e>c f>de>c|d<fc<e B>c d2:|
a>ece a/g/f/e/ c>e|a>ece
A>ce2|a>ece a/g/f/e/ ce|d<fc<e B>cd2|
a>ece a/g/f/e/ c>e|a>ece
Ace2|f<ae<f d<fc<e|B>cB>c d>e f2||
LADY GLENORCHY. Scottish, Pipe Reel. A
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. A Scottish country dance from the
X:1
T:Lady Glenorchy
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Pipe Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
R:Reel
K:A
g|aefd c2Ae|cA A/A/A aeeg|aefd c2Ad|B=G G/G/G =gBBe:|
cAA=g fded|cAAe ce a2|cAA=g fded|B=GGA Bcde|
cAA=g fded|cAAe ce a2|ceae fdec|B=GGA Bcde||
LADY GORDON OF
GORDONSTOWN. Scottish (originally), Canadian;
Reel.
See also listing at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording
Index |
LADY GORDON’S MINUET. Irish, Minuet (3/4 time).
X:1
T:Lady Gordon’s Minuet
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Set by Forde in the Co. of Mayo.”
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 786
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
BA | G2 G>E G>A | G>E Dc
(3BAG | A2 A>G A>G | B>A Gc B/A/G/B/ |
d>B G>E G>A | G>E D>c
B/A/G/B/ | d>B G>E G>A | G>E Dc B/A/G/A/ |
B2 A>B A>G | G4 || Bc d2d2
.d.d | d2 (gd)BG | c2c2 .c.c | c2 ec (3ABc |
d>B G>E G>A | G>E D>c
(3BAG | d>B G>E G>A | G>E D>c (3BAG | B2 A>B A>G | G4 ||
LADY GORDON’S REEL [1] (An Bhantiarna Gordon). AKA – “Lady Gordon.” AKA and see “Matt Peoples(‘ Reel) [3],” “Tommy Peoples’ (Reel) [10].”
Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Sources for notated versions:
Brendan Mulvihill (
See also listing at:
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Lady Gordon’s Reel [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Mulvihill – 1st Collection (1986), No. 11
K:D
FABA d2 BA|d2 BA FE{F}(3EDE|FABA d2 BA|fafe dB {c}(3BAB|
FABA d2 BA|d2 BA FE {F}(3EDE|FABA d2 BA|fafe dB B2||
f|ad{e}(3dcd adbd|ad{e}(3dcd fe e2|adfa b2 {b}af|egfe dB{c}(3BAB|
ad{e}(3dcd adbd|ad{e}(3dcd fe e2|fa{b}(3aga b2 af|egfe dB B2||
LADY
GORDON’S (REEL) [2]. AKA
– “Lady Gordon.” AKA and see “Paddy
Carty’s (Reel).” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
See also listing at:
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Lady Gordon’s (Reel) [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FEDF A3B|defd efdB|BAFB ABdf|afge fd
d2|
FEDF A3B|d2fd BcdB|BAFB ABdf|afea
fddA:|
|:defg a2 bf|afed (3Bcd eg|defa
{b}afdB|ABde fddA|
defg ~a3b|afed (3Bcd eg|fedB
{d}BAFB|ABde fa a2:|
LADY GRACE DOUGLAS('S REEL). AKA and see “Mr. Gray of Carse,” "Mrs. Gray of Carse." Scottish, Reel.
B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (most versions). Composition
of the melody has been credited to Perthshire fiddler-composer Niel Gow
(1727-1807), as it is attributed to him in the Gow's Third Collection (Second Edition, 1807). However, it has been
alleged that the tune originally was "Mrs. [Mr.] Gray of Carse,"
claimed by Charles Duff, who published
it in 1790, and John Glen (1895), for one, is doubtful it is Gow's composition.
Lady Grace Douglas (d. 1846, nee Stewart) of Cavers was the second daughter of
Francis, 10th Earl of Moray and Jane Gray (eldest daughter of John
12th Lord Grey). She married Mr. George Douglas in 1789, with who
she had two children. Carlin (The Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 262. Gow (Third
Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 6 (3rd ed.).
MacDonald (The Skye Collection),
1887; pg. 126. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle),
vol. 2, 1988; pg. 7. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
286. Surenne (Dance Music of
See also listing at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index |
X:1
T:Lady Grace Douglas
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
g|f2 dB c2 AF|~B2 FD ECCg|f2 dB dcAF|BFGE DB,B,:|
E|DE/F/ FB GBFB|EBDB cCCE|DE/F/ FB GBFB|DFBF DB,B,E|
DE/F/
FB GBFB|EBDB cCCE|DFBd cFAg|fdce dB~B||
X:2
T:Lady Grace Douglas’s Reel
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Niel Gow (1727-1807)
B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg. 6 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
g|”tr”f2 dB “tr”c2 AF|B2 FD
ECCg|”tr”f2 dB “tr”c2 AF|BFGE|DB,B,:||E|
D/(E/F) FB GBFB|EGDB cCCE|D(E/F/) FB
GBFB|DFBF DB,B,E|
D(E/F/) FB GBFB|EBDB
cC”tr”C>E|DFBd cFBg|fdce d”tr”BB||
LADY GRACE STEWART. Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The composition is
credited to Nathaniel
Gow in the Gow’s 2nd
Collection (1788), where is appears as “Lady Grace Stewart’s (now Douglass)
Strathspey.” Glen (The Glen Collection of
Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 49. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pg. 11 (3rd
edition). Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
132.
X:1
T:Lady Grace Stewart
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bmin
B,<B B>c dB A2|B,<B B>c d<B d>f|ef/^g/ a>f e<A c2|B,<B B>c d<B d>f:|
d/e/f/g/ a>f e<A c2|d/e/f/g/ a>g f<d f>a|gb/g/ fa/f/ e<A c2|B,<B B>c d<B d>f|
d/e/f/g/
a>f e<A c2|d/e/f/g/ a>g f<d f>a|(3gbg (3faf (3efd
(3cBA|B>cd>e f>Bd>f||
LADY GRANT OF DALVEY. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in
print in Angus Cumming's 1780
collection (pg. 6).
LADY GRANT OF GRANT. AKA and see "Athol Cummers."
AKA – “Lady Grant’s Reel.” Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Angus
Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 2).
LADY GRANT OF MONYMUSK. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in
print in Angus Cumming's 1780
collection (pg. 6).
LADY GRAY. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AABCCD. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1807). The melody honors Mary-Anne, Dowager Lady Gray, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel James Johnston, who in 1794 married Francis, Fourteenth Lord Gray. She lived long, born prior to 1779, and died on the last day of the year 1858. The seat of the family was Kinfauns Castle, on the River Tay, 3 miles from Perth. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 95. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 10. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 12.
X:1
T:Lady Gray's Strathspey.
R:strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005
K:F
f |:: c>df>g (a/g/f/e/) f2 | c>df>a gGBd | c>df>g (a/g/f/e/) (f>d) | c<Af>d cFA<f :||: cFF>c (d/c/B/A/) (c>F) | A<cf>c dGBd |
cFF>c (d/c/B/A/) (c<F) | A<cf>d cF Af | cFF>c (d/c/B/A/) (c<F) | A>cf>c dGBd | c>Aa>f g>ef>d | c>f e/f/g/e/ fF A<f |]
LADY GWYDER. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB
(MacDonald). Composed by John Bowie.
MacDonald (The Skye Collection),
1887; pg. 64. Surenne (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Lady Gwyder
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|D>AF>A Ddd>B|ADF>D
EB,B,E|D>AF>A Dgf>e|d>BA>F D/D/D D:|
f|(d/e/f/g/) ad fdad|(A/B/c/d/) eA
cAeA|(d/e/f/g/) ad fdad|Agf>e fddf|
(d/e/f/g/) ad fdad|(A/B/c/d/) eA
cAec|d>fe>g f>d e<f|d>BA>F D/D/D D||
LADY HADDO. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm Macdonald. Lady Haddo was
Charlotte Baird (b. before 1765, d. 1795), who married in 1782 George Gordon, Lord Haddo, Grandmaster of the Freemasons between 1784
and 1786. His father, the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, bought
X:1
T:Lady Haddo
C:M Macdonald
B:The Beauties of Niel Gow (c1819)
N:Composer played bass with Niel Gow
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
F|E/F/G G2 c>GA>G|c/B/A/B/ cE
D/D/D DF|E/F/G G2 c>GA>G|c/B/A/B/ cE C/C/C C:|]
f|egcg a/g/f/e/ gc|f<ag>e
d/d/d df|egcg a/g/f/e/ gc|f<ag>e c/c/c cg|
egcg a/g/f/e/ gc|f<ag>e d/d/d
de|c>edB c>A GE|FAG>E C/C/C C|]
LADY HALL. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composition
credited to J. McKenzie by Kerr. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 2; No. 178, pg. 20.
X:1
T:Lady Hall
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 178
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>AG>E
D>EG>A|(B<e)d>B d>AB>A|G>AB>d e>fg>G|A>Bc>A
(B<G) E2|
G>AB>E
D>EG>A|(B<e)d>A d<AB<d|({c/d/}e>)dB>G
A>Bd>B|G>AB>A (GE) G2||
g>dB>d
G>AB>d|g>fe>fg>ab>a|g>d(eg) G>A(Bd)|c>Ad>B
A>G(Ed)|
g>dB>d
G>AB>d|g>fe>f g>ab>a|g>de>B G>AB>d|c>Ad>B
(AG) E2||
LADY
HAMILTON [1]. Slight resemblance to
"Eileen Curran" (says
Krassen). Old‑Time, Breakdown.
LADY HAMILTON [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABCC'. Source for
notated version: Tony Marcus [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 73.
LADY HAMILTON('S REEL) [3]. AKA and see "Countess of Sutherland [1]."
Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by George Jenkins
who was a Scottish dancing teacher in
***
Lady Hamilton, about 1785.
***
Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1891; pg. 29.
MacDonald (The Skye Collection),
1887; pg. 128.
X:1
T:Lady Hamilton
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection (1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
d|B2 FB GBFB|EBDB C (c2d)|B2 FB
Ggfe|dfcf dBB:|
(3f/g/a/|bfdf egce|dfBd cFF
(3f/g/a/|bfdf egce|Bgfc dB B(3f/g/a/|
bfdf egce|dfBd cFFf|gfga bgfe|dfcf
dBB||
LADY HAMILTON (OF) DALRYMPLE('S STRATHSPEY). Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor (Gow,
Kerr): G Dorian (Athole). Standard tuning. AB. Composition of the tune has been
claimed by Robert 'Red Rob' MacIntosh,
who published the melody in 1793 and who undoubtedly acquired his nickname due
to having red hair. The Gows republished it with the same title in their Fourth Collection of 1800, but without
composer credit. Lady Hamilton Dalrymple was the wife of Sir Hew Dalrymple-Hamilton
(1746-1800), 3rd Baronet, of North Berwick, who assumed the name
Hamilton in addition to his own upon assuming the Bargeny estate in 1796. Sir
Hew was MP for East Lothian in several parliaments. He married Janet, 2nd
daughter of William Duff, esq., and Elizabeth Dalrymple of Crombie. They had
ten sons and four daughters, although only four sons and two daughters survived
childhood. Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 96. Gow (Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances), 2nd
ed., originally 1800; pg. 23. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 3; No. 183, pg. 21. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
194.
X:1
T:Lady Hamilton Dalrymple
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertston – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
d | “tr”B>G “tr”(G>F) (D<G) G>B | A<F c>F d>F(A>c)|~B<G “tr”(G>F) (D<G) “tr”G>A|
“tr”(B>A)B>c d<g~g>a | b>ga>^f g>d=f>c | (d<B) f>B (A<F)A<c|
~B<G (G>F) (D<G) G>A | “tr”(B/A/)(B/c/) (d/c/)(B/A/) BG<”tr”G || B |
(G<g) ~g2 d<gB<g | F<f d<fc<f A>F | (G<g) (~g>f) {^c}d>^fg>b |
(3aba (3ga^f “tr”(g>f)g>a | b>ga>=e g(f/e/) g>B | =e>cd>G ^F<dD<c |
B<G (G>F) (D<G) G>A | “tr”(B/A/)(B/c/)
(d/c/)(B/A/) “tr”BG<G ||
X:2
T:Lady Hamilton
Dalrymple’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Slowly”
B:Gow – Fourth
Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:Gmin
d|B<G
“tr”G>F D(GG>)B|AF c>F d>FAc|B<G “tr”G>F
D(GG>)A|”tr”B>ABc d<g “tr”g>a|
b>ga>^f
g>d=f>c|{e]d{c}B f>B A<FA<c|B<G “tr”G>F
D<G”tr”G>A|(B/A/B/c/ e/d/c/B/A/) BGG||
B|G<g
“tr”g2 {^f/g/}dgBg|F<f d<f c<f AF|Gg “tr”g>f d^fgb|(3aba (3ga^f
“tr”g>fga|
b>ga>d
gf/e/ fB|ecdG ^F<dD<c|B<G “tr”G>F D(G”tr”G>)A|(B/A/B/c/
d/c/B/A/) BGG||
LADY HAMILTON'S RANT. English, Reel or Rant.
LADY HAMMOND'S ALMAN (Downland). English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. Published before 1730. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
15.
X:1
T:Lady Hammond’s Alman
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:D
A2 | d2 cd e2f2 | g2 fe d2e2 | f2 e2 de f2 | e8 | e2 ee cAcd | e6 ag | f2 gf ed e2 | d6 :|
|: A2 | c2 cd e2 de | f6 ag | f2 ef g2 f2 | e8 | a3g fe d2 | g3f e2 ag | f2 gf ed e2 | d6 :|
z2
| a3g f3 d2 | g3f e4 | f2 ef g2f2 | e8 | a3g fe d2 | g3f e2 ag | fe/f/ gf edfe
| d6 ||
LADY HAMPDEN. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears
in Malcolm MacDonald's 3rd
collection (c. 1792), dedicated to Miss Drummond of
X:1
T:Lady
Hampden
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson
– The Athole Collection
(1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c | A,>A
Ac/d/ e>Ac>A|B,>BB>c B>A F2|A,>A Ac/d/
e>Ac>a|e>dc>B c<AA:|
c/d/|e<a
c>a e<ac<a|d>fe>c f>B Bc/d/|e<Ac<A e<A
c>A|d>fe>d c>A Ac/d/|
e<ac<a e<a
c>a|d>fe>c f>B Bc/B/|A<Ec<A d<fe<g|a>f e/f/e/d/
c<AA||
X:2
T:Lady Hampden’s Strathspey
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – 3rd Collection of Strathspey Reels (c. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c | A,(AA)c/d/ eAcA | B,BB>c
“tr”B>A F2 | A,(AA)c/d/ eAc<a | “tr”e>d”tr”c>B cAA :|
c/d/ | e<a c>a e<ac<a |
d>fe>c fBBc/d/ | e<ac<a eaca | dfed cAAc/d/ |
e<ac<a e>ac>a | dfec fBBc/B/
| A<Ec<A d<fe<g | af e/f/e/d/ cAA ||
LADY HARDWICKS REEL. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Some settings of "The Keel Row" resemble it slightly,
according to
LADY HARRIOT HAY. AKA and see "Brechin
Castle," "Miss
Douglas of Brigton." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. The melody appeared under this title in Kirkmichael, Perthshire,
fiddler and composer Robert Petrie's 2nd
Collection (1795). Charles Gore finds it was printed previously by Glasgow
publisher James Aird in his Selection of
Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (c. 1790). John Bowie
published a reel, presumably dedicated to the same person, called “Lady Herriot
Hay.”
X:1
T:Lady
Harriot Hay's Strathspey
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 8
%
Gore's Index gives earliest publication as James Aird's
%
"Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs" v4 ca 1790
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:Bb
F|B<B
TB2 B>df<d|B<B TB2 A/B/c/B/ AF|B<B TB2 B>df<d|e<gd<f
Tc>BA::a|
bBdB
fBdB |bBdB A/B/c/B/ AF|bBdB fBdB|(3ege (3dfd Tc>BA:||
LADY
HARRIET HOPE. AKA and see “Lady Forbes,” “Miss MacDonald’s [2],” “Monday Morning [2],” “Victory [2].” Scottish, English, American; Reel.
***
John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection (pg. 10), although it also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768,
vol. 4). Subsequently, the very popular
melody appears in many Scottish collections under titles such as “Lady Harriet Hope,” “Miss Hope,” or similar
variants. For example, it appears in Robert Petrie’s Third Collection of Strathspey Reels (1800), Neil Stewart’s Collection
of Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances (Edinburgh, 1775), and the Irish
collections O’Neill lists below. The reel appears in the music manuscript
collection of John Fife, begun in 1780 in Perthshire, and evidently continued
when at sea (through 1804). Northumbrian musician William Vickers penned it in
his large manuscript collection of 1770. When a fashion for Scottish dancing
hit London at the turn of the 18th century, “Lady Harriet Hope” was
one of the tunes danced to, as we see in this excerpt from a London paper
called The Star (06/01/1799), which reported on a recent ball at
Oatlands Palace, Surrey, England:
***
At the fete given by Her Royal
Highness, the Duchess of York, at Oatlands on the 30th of May
(1799),
the dances were as follows: 1. Ramah
Droog. 2. Miss Murray of Auchtertyre. 3. The Tartan Plaidie.
4. Lady Harriet Hope’s Reel. And
lastly, the enchanting tune of Miss Gordon [Garden] of Troupe’s Strathspey
was called for by Princess Augusta,
and danced twice over by all the fet. Between the second and
third dance, Their Majesties
desiring to see the Highland Reel in all its purity, it was danced by the
Marquis of Huntley and the Lady
Georgiana Gordon, Colonel Erskine and Lady Charlotte Durham,
with all
the elastic motion, hereditary character, and boundless variety of the Scottish
dance.
***
Purser (1992)
states this tune was one of a number that crossed the
***
In
X:1
T:Lady Harriet Hope
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A|FAcf dcBA|f2 af gGGA|FAcf dcBA|BGcA F/F/F F:|
c|fcfg f/g/a gf|ecgc acgc|fcfg f/g/a gf|cfeg f/f/f fc|fcfg f/g/a gf|
gfga
baga|fdcB A2 fd|cABG F/F/F F||
X:2
T:Lady Harriot Hope's Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:McGoun's Repository, 1803
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:F
A|:FAcf dcBA|(3fga g>f gGGA|FAcf dcBA|BGcA F/2F/2F F2:||
fcfg (3fga gf|ecgc acgc|fcfg (3fga gf|dfeg (3fff f2|
fcfg (3fga gf|gfga baga|fdcB AfdB|cABG F/2F/2F F2||
X:3
T:Lady Harriot Hope’s Reel (sic)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Aird, vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DFAd A2GF | d2 fe/d/ eEEF | DFAB A2 GF | GEAF DD D2 :|
|| dAde (d/e/f) ed | cAeA fAeA | dAde d/e/f ed | Adc/d/e dd d2 |
dAde d/e/f ed | edef gedf | dBAG F2 dB | AFGE DD D2 ||
X:4
T:Lady
Harriet Hope's Reel
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 10
%
Gore's Index gives earliest publication as James Aird's
%
"Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs..." v4 ca 1790
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
K:F
A|:FAcf
{d}c2 (BA)|f2 (a/g/f) gGGA|FAcf {d}c2 (BA)|BGcA F/F/F F2:|
fcfg
(f/g/a) (gf)|ecgc acgc|fcfg (f/g/a) (gf)|cfeg f/f/f f2 |
fcfg
(f/g/a) gf |(gfg)a baga|f(dTcB) A2 (fd)|cABG
F/F/F F |]
LADY HARRIET LEE’S WALTZ. English, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. ABABC. The melody appears in Button & Whitaker’s Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1, an undated publication from the early 19th century.
X:1
T:Lady Harriet Lee’s Waltz
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Waltz
S:Button & Whitaker’s Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th
S:century)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | F/G/AA | B/c/dd |E/F/GG | F2 A | f/e/d/c/B/A/ | dfa | ABc | d2||
a | a/g/ee | e/c/AA | a/f/dd | A/d/fa | a/g/ee | e/c/AA | d/c/d/f/e/c/ | d2 :|
A | A>GF | dcd | B^AB | G2E | FGA | AGF |
a>gf
| d’c’d’ | b^ab | g2e | fga | agf |
LADY HARRIET'S. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 33. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 59.
X:1
T:Lady Harriet’s
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3D/D/D/ (A/F/) .D(f/e/) | d/B/A/F/
E/D/E/F/ | (3D/D/D/ (A/F/) .D(f/d/) | B/c/d/e/ (f/d/).d |
(3D/D/D/ (A/F/) .D(f/e/) | d/B/A/F/
E/D/E/F/ | (3D/D/D/ (A/F/) .D(f/d/) | B/c/d/e/ (f/d/).d ||
|: e>f g/f/e/d/ | c/d/e/f/
g/f/e/g/ | f/d/c/d/ B/d/A/F/ | A/d/e/g/ f/d/d/g/ | f/d/c/d/ B/d/A/F/ |
G/B/A/F/ B/E/E/F/ | D/F/E/G/
F/A/G/B/ | A/d/e/g/ (f/d/).d :|
LADY HARRIOT
MONTAGUE'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow Air. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The title refers to Lady Harriet Montagu-Scott (d.
1833), youngest daughter of Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch, and
Lady Elizabeth Montagu. The family became Montagu-Scott when the latter
inherited the family estates. In 1806 Lady Harriet married William Kerr, 6th
Marquess of Lothian, a friend of writer Sir Walter Scott’s. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 342. Gow
(Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances), 2nd ed., originally
1800; pg. 34.
X:1
T:Lady Harriot Montague’s Favorite
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
B:Gow – Fourth Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|”tr”d>ed (fe).f|dBB ~B2d|Afd
(B/A/)(G/F/)(E/D/)|Eee ea/>f/g/>e/|”tr”d>ed (fe)f|
~(d/c/)(d/e/)(f/g/)
afd|”tr”B>ce/B/ (AF).G|(Ad).d ~d2::B|AFA {c}d2B|AFA A2{c}d|BGF Ee/f/g/f/|
(e/f/).e/.d/.c/.B/
(A/B/).A/.G/.F/.E/|DFA ~d2A|~(d/c/)(d/e/)(f/g/) afd|”tr”B>cdgb AF.G|(Ad).d
“tr”f2:|
LADY HELEN DALRYMPLE'S
NEW REEL. Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891)
finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in John Riddell's 1782 collection (pg. 23).
LADY HELEN DOUGLAS. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the
earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil
Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 69). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 21.
X:1
T:Lady Helen Douglas
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, vol. 1 (1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
A|FD A2 FD A2|d(fe>d) cCCE|FDFA
(d/c/B/A/) c2|AcGE FDD:|
e|fde^c dAA=c|(d/c/B/A/ c)B
ECCe|fde^c defd|=cAGE FDDe|
fde^c dAAd|=cdAc ECCE|FDAF
GBA(g|fd)e^c dD D||
LADY HELEN WEDDERBURN. Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
123.
LADY HELONORA HUME. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The melody may have
been composed by Pate Baillie (1774‑1841): "When Baille was ten or
eleven years old, 'Lady Helenora Hume's Reel' was published in Gow's first
collection. Baillie later printed it as his own strathspey; those who believed
he had composed it as a boy said that Niel Gow had taken it down from Pate's
playing. His name has been kept alive by ‘Pate Baillie's Jig’. Whether he
composed it or not is not known; he never published it" (Alburger, 1983).
Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No.
263. Gow (First Collection of Niel Gow’s
Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 11.
X:1
T:Lady Helonora Hune (now
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – First Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels (1784)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(Dd)”tr”dc “tr”cB”tr”(BA)|afdf
~edef|(Dd)”tr”(dc) “tr”(cB)”tr”(BA)|A>F”tr”E>F D/D/D D2:|
|:A,DA,D B,DB,D|A,DGA (B/A/G/F/)
EF|A,DA,D B,DGB|AF”tr”e>F D/D/D D2:|
|:~(aba)f dfdf|(g/b/g) (f/a/f)
“tr”edef|abaf defd|Bg”tr”f>e d/d/d d2:|
|:~(BA)~(AG) ~(GF)~(FE)|(D/E/F/G/)
AF “tr”EDEF|~(BA)~(AG) ~(GF)~(ED)|B,BAF D/D/D D:|
LADY HERIET GEORGINA
HAMILTON. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833). Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times
of William Marshall, 1999) thinks Lady Harriet may have been the daughter
of Viscount Hamilton, and step-daughter of the 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
X:1
T:Lady Heriet
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
d|c>FA>F d2 df|c>FA>F dGGf|c>FA>F [Fd] df|b/a/g/f/ c/d/e/g/ fFF:|
f|b/a/g/f/ af g/f/e/d/ cA|B>c d/c/B/A/ BGGf|b/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/ cAAd|
cfeg [ca]ffg|b/a/g/f/ a/g/f/e/ g/f/e/d/ cA|B>c d/c/B/A/ [EB]GGA|
F/G/A/B/
cA d2 Bd|EGc>B AF[A,F]||
LADY HOLDERNESS’S JIG.
English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody first appeared
in print in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances,
vol. 6 (London, 1751). Lady Holderness was blackballed from the assembly rooms
at Almacks by the clique of aristocratic matrons who held power there in the
1760’s, for some unknown infraction. Perhaps it was for her smuggling of 114
gowns and other prohibited finery from Paris, where she had travelled in the
company of her husband, Lord Holderness, on state matters. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 11.
X:1
T:Lady Holderness’s Jigg
M:6/8
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
aed cBA|eBA GFE|FAd cea|dec B3|aed cBA|eBA GFE|FAd cea|gaf e3:|
|:bge
dcB|cBA cBA|eBG EGB|d2e cBA|a2e cBA|e2A GFE|FAd cBA|”tr”B3 A3:||
LADY HOME'S JIG. AKA and see "Lady
Ann Hamilton('s Rant)." Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1,
1799; pg. 21.
X:1
T:Lady Home’s Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow – 1st Repository (1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
C2(g g)eg|gea g2e|ceg {a}gfe|ded
f2d|c2(g g)eg|gea g2e|
f>ga gfe|ded f2d:||:c>dc
cGc|cGc {cd}e2d|c>dc cGE|
DED {f}e2d|c>dc cGE|CDE CGE|FdF
EcE|DED e2d:|
LADY HOPE OF PINKIE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat
Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1763-1807). Pinkie House is located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. It
is a mansion built around a three-story tower, and has been renovated and added
to several times since the 16th century. Lady Hope at the time of
the Gow’s Sixth Collection (1822) was Anne (1788-1867), 4th
and youngest daughter of Sir John Wedderburn of Blackness and Ballindean,
Bart., who married Sir John Hope (1781-1858) of Craighall co. Fife, and Pinkie,
11th Bart., in 1805. He was an MP for Edinburgh for eight years and
an excellent horseman (his father, Alexander, had been head of the Caledonian
Hunt). The couple had two daughters and eight sons. The Hope family came late
to Pinkie House, acquiring it from the Hay family in 1778. Gow (Sixth
Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pg. 9. Neil (The Scots Fiddle,
vol. 2). Culburnie Records CUL 121D, Alasdair Fraser
& Natalie Haas – “Fire and Grace” (2004).
X:1
T:Lady Hope of Pinkie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:”Slowly”
C:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)
B:Gow – Sixth Collection of
Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
d|B<B b2 af g2|f>de>c dB
AF|B<B b2 af f>g|f>de>c “tr”B2 B,d|
B<B b2 af g2|f>de>c dB
AF|B<B b2 af ~f>g|f>de>c “tr”B2 B,||F|
(D/E/F) BD EG B2|(A/B/c) (.c.c) de
f2|(D/E/F) BD EG c>B|(A/B/c) F>A “tr”B2 B>F|
(D/E/F) B>D EG BB|(A/B/c) (e/d/c)
~d>e f2|(3DBf (3fDf (3gEg|(3Fca .a.F.a b2 B||
LADY HOPE'S REEL. English, American; Country Dance Tune. “Lady Hariet Hope’s Reel”? Very popular in both countries. The tune is
to be found on page 13r of Giles Gibbs' (1760-1780) music manuscript collection
of tunes made in
LADY HUNTER BLAIR’S REEL.
Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1766-1831). Henry Cockburn Cockburn (Memorials of His Time, 1856) wrote
of her:
***
best society; but her tastes and
virtues were entirely domestic, and made her
the most delightful of household
deities. Mild, affectionate, and cheerful, she
she attracted the love of all ages,
and closed her many days without once knowing
from personal consciousness what
selfishness or want of charity meant.
***
Gow (Third Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels), 3rd ed., originally 1792; pg. 37.
X:1
T:Lady Hunter Blair’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Gow – Third Collection of Niel Gow’s
Reels (1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
a|e2(.A.A) e2 ea|g2 eg dGBG|e2AA e2
eg|^fdgB|A/A/A A2:||
c|A>E E/E/E ABcA|GABc
~dedB|A>E E/E/E ABcd|e^fgB A/A/A A>c|
A>E E/E/E ABcA|GABc dedB|ecgc
dBgB|cAB^G A/A/A A||
LADY HUNTLY’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Neil Gow Jr. (1795-1823), son of Nathaniel
Gow (1763-1831) and grandson of Niel Gow (1727-1807). Neil was a member of his
father’s publishing business, a medical student, and a promising composer until
his early demise. Nathaniel’s Sixth Collection (Edinburgh, 1822) was
dedicated to the Marchioness of Huntly (and her family), Elizabeth Brodie (1794‑1864),
wife of George Gordon (1770-1836), Marquis of Huntly and the future 5th
Duke of Gordon. Elizabeth was the daughter of a wealthy merchant named
Alexander Brodie and his wife, Elizabeth Wemyss, of Arnhall in Kincardinehsire.
When Elizabeth and George married, at Bath in December, 1813, he was
twenty-four years her senior. Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchas described them
at the time:
***
Lord Huntly now in the decline of his rackety life, overwhelmed with
debts,
sated with pleasure, tired of fashion, the last heir male of the Gordon
line. His
bride was young, and good, and rich but neither clever nor handsome. She
made him very happy and paid his most pressing debts, that is her father
did,
old Mr. Brodie of the Burn, brother to Brodie of Brodie…He made a really
large fortune; he gave his daughter, his only child, Ł100,000 down, and
left
her more than another at his death. Really, to her husband her large
fortune
was the least part of her value: she possessed upright principles, good
sense,
and she turned out a first rate woman of business.
***
Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey
Reels), 1822; pg. 1.
X:1
T:Lady Huntly’s Strathspey
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Neil Gow Jr. (1795-1823)
B:Gow – Sixth Collection of
Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
B|(G/A/B) g>f eB c2|B>Ge>G
fF FA|(G/A/B) g>f eB c2|~B>c (c/B/)(A/G/) {G}BEE:||
B|{A}G>EB,E G,EB,E|B>Ge>G
AFFB|{A}G>EB,E G,EB,E|B>Ge>G {G}BEEB|
{A}G>EB,E G,EB,E|B>Ge>G AFF B/A/|GeBg eG BE|AB/c/ D>B GEE||
LADY IN
X:1
T:Lady in Pennsylvania Lovely Nancy
You’ll Be, A
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905) – No. 690
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DF |A2F2 AB | d2F2 AF | E2D2D2 | D4
|| AB | d2 de f2 | e2d2c2 |
B2 AF AB | d4 AB | d2 de f2 | e2d2c2
| B2 AF AB| d4 DF |
A2F2 AB/c/ | d2F2 AF | “tr”E2D2D2 |
D4 ||
LADY IN THE BOAT. AKA and see "The Bugle
Quickstep," "The Bugle Horn,"
“Bugle Horn Quickstep,” "The
Gettysburg March," "Fermanagh
Quickstep," "McCarthy March,”
“McCarthy’s Quick Step." Scottish, Irish; Single Jig. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The earliest printed set of this tune that Bayard (1981)
found is in McDonald Gesto, pg. 130 as "Bugle Horn." However, an
earlier appearance of the tune in print would seem to be in
X:1
T:Lady in the Boat, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”Moderate. Time well marked.”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|dfA d2A|dfA d2f|a2f d2f|fee
e2A|dfA d2A|dfA d2f|aba gfe|ddf d2:|
|:e|fff gfg|a2g f2a|agg gff|fee
ede|fff gfg|a2g f2a|aba gfe|ddf d2:|
LADY IN THE BOTTLE. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by A.G.
Kenneth. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol.
3), 1988; pg. 34.
LADY IN THE DARK. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA.
The tune dates to 1665. Barnes (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country
Dance Tunes), 1994; pg. 30.
X:1
T:Lady in the Dark
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
|: (G | G2A Bcd | G3G2) (A | B2c
d=ef | B3B2) (d/=e/) |
(fd2) B2c | (cA2) F2(F | G2A Bcd |
B3G2) :|
LADY IN THE
LADY IN THE SUN, THE. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian. Standard
tuning. AB. "From as MS. evidently written by a skilled fiddler with much
musical taste, from
X:1
T:Lady in the Sun, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Slow. There were some
irregularities in the phrasing, which I have corrected.”
K:A Dorian
(5G/A/B/c/d/|e2 edcd|e2A2
AB|cABGAF|G2E2E2|E4 AB|
c2 cedA|d2e2 ag|e2A2
(6G/2E/2D/2E/2F/2G/2|E2A2 A>B|A6||
(6A/B/c/d/e/f/|gagede|gagede|abaged|c>d
B2A2|G4 (6B/d/e/f/g/a/|
bgafge|fdcABG|A2 dcAF|G2E2E2|E4
AB|c2 cedA|d2e2 ag|
e2A2 (6G/2E/2D/2E/2F/2G/2|E2A2
A>B|A4||
LADY ISABELLA WEMYSS'
STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey ("Slow
when not danced"). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Lady Isabella was the
first cousin of Elizabeth Brodie, the 5th Duchess of Gordon, the
daughter-in-law of
X:1
T:Lady Isabella Wemyss’ Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D2 E>
A>df>d g/f/e/d/ ~B2|Addf e2
d>A|~B>d B/A/G/F/ G/F/E/D/ B,2| A,>DDF E2D2 |
A>df>d g/f/e/d/ ~B2|Addf e2
d>A|A/d/c/d/ B/A/G/F/ G/F/E/D/ B,2| d>B A<F E2 D2||
LADY IVEAGH ("Bantighearna Ibheach" or "Bantiarna
Ibheachadh"). Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Minor (Bunting): A Minor (Heymann). Standard
tuning. AB (Heymann): AABB (Bunting). The Irish collector Edward Bunting obtained
this song air from harper Arthur O'Neill in 1792. O'Sullivan (1983) reports
that composition of the melody has been attributed to Thomas Connallon (or
Connellan), born at Cloonmahon, County Sligo, in 1640, or his brother William,
the younger by five years. O’Neill (1913) credits it to Thomas’s younger
brother, whose name he gives as Laurence O’Connellan. Bunting's comment on the
tune was thus:
***
An air remarkable for its haughty and majestic style, suitable
most probably to the rank and character of the lady to whom
it is addressed. The Lady Iveagh whose name is preserved in
this characteristic melody was Sarah, daughter of Hugh O'Neill,
the great Earl of Tyrone. She was married to Art Roe Magennis
[Aodh Ruadh Mag Aonghuis], who was created Viscount Iveagh
by patent of
***
Iveagh is a
barony in
LADY JANE GRAY'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 37. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection,
1883; pg. 63.
X:1
T:Lady Jane Gray’s
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DGGF Adde | ABcA dBcA | DGGF Adde |
fdcA (BG)G2 | DGGF Adde |
ABcA dBcA | DGGF Adde | fdcA (BG) G2
:: dggf g2 (ag) | edde fgaf |
dggf g2 (ag) | fdcA (BG)G2 | eggf g2
(ag) | edde (fg) a2 | bgaf gdde | fdcA (BG) G2 :|
LADY JANE MONTGOMERY. AKA and see “Earl of Home.” Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard
tuning (fiddle). AAB. Attributed to Niel Gow (1727-1807) in the Fourth
Collection (1800). Lady Jane (d. 1860) was the 2nd daughter of
Hugh Montgomerie (1739-1819), 12th Earl of Eglinton, and Eleanora
Hamilton, who married in 1779. Hugh was
the Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire (1796-1819) at the time the Gows printed their
strathspey in honor of his daughter. She, along with her father, was on of the
Proprietors and chief investors of the ill-fated Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan
Canal, begun in 1807 and completed in 1811. Lady Jane married her cousin
Captain Archibald Hamilton in 1828 (he was a former sea captain with the East
India Company), but had no children. Lord Montgomerie bestowed upon the couple
a life-rent interest in the mansion house of Rozelle. She participated in her
brother’s (who had become the 13th Earl) luxurious fete, the
Eglinton Tournament, in 1839, a quasi-medieval pagent in which the majority of
the elite guests attended in costume. Unfortunately for all, the Tournament coincided
with inclement weather and was largely conducted in the rain. The first starin
of the strathspey had previously been employed by Nathaniel Gow in “Earl of
Home,” which appeared in the Gow’s
Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1792). Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 27. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; p.
236.
X:1
T:Lady Jane Montgomery
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f|c<F c>A G>AB>d|c<F c>A c>df>a|f<d c>A G>A B<d|c<F c>A F2F:|
f|F<f ~f>a g>fg>a|c<f ~f>a f>a f<c|d>fc>A G>AB>d|c<F c>A F2 F>f|
F<f
~f>a g>fg>a|c<f ~f>a f>af>c|d>f c<A
G>AB>d|Ff/g/ a>e ~f2 f>d||
LADY JANE NEVILLE. AKA ‑ "Lady Jane Nevill's Reel." Scottish, Reel. G
Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Marshall, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by
William Marshall (1748-1833). According to Moyra
Cowie (The Life and Times of William
Marshall, 1999), Lady Jane Neville was the daughter of Lady Louisa Gordon
and Charles, Marquis Cornwallis; thus she was the grand-daughter of
X:1
T:Lady Jane Neville
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|g2 dg Bgdg|Bgdg a2ab|g2 dg Bgdg|DAFD G2G:|
c|Bc/d/ dB cd/e/ ec|Bc/d/ dB A2 Ac|Bc/d/ dB cd/e/ ec|
dgfa g2gc|Bc/d/ dB cd/e/ ec|Bc/d/ dB A2 Ac|BdBd cece| dgaf
~g2g||
LADY JANE STUART’S
RANT.
AKA and see “Dick a Dollis,” “Stewart’s Rant,” “Stuart’s Rant.” “Was Yow at the Wedding.”
Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody under this title appears
in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William
Vickers, about whom unfortunately nothing is known.
X:1
T:Lady Jane Stuart’s Rant
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Vickers’ 1770 music
manuscript (Northumberland)
K:A
B|cd/e/ fg/a/ e2 dc|dBfB dBaB|cd/e/
fg/a/ edc|dBgB aAA:|
|:B|cA A/A/A cAcA|BE E/E/E BEdB|cA
A/A/A cAcA|dBgB aAA:|
LADY
JANE TAYLOR'S STRATHSPEY--OF ROTHIEMAY. Scottish, Pastoral Strathspey. C
Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kerr, Marshall): AABB' (Athole). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Rothiemay is located in
the Strathbogie district of Aberdeenshire, not far from Huntly. According to
Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of
William Marshall, 1999), Lady Jane was the third daughter of the Earl of
Fife and the sister of Lady Anne Warton Duff. She lived at
X:1
T:Lady Jane Taylor
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G/F/|E>Gc>G EGcG|E<GcB/c/ d<DDG/F/|E>G c<E F>Ad>f|
f/e/d/c/ G/c/B/d/ c<CCG/F/|E>Gc>G EGcG|E<GcB/c/ d<DDG/F/|
E>Gc>E F>Ad>f|f/e/d/c/ G/c/B/d/ c<CC||
|:e/f/|g>c e/f/g/e/ a/g/f/e/ de/f/|g>c a/g/f/e/ f<dde/f/|1 c>d c/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/ c>G|
c>A
G/A/F/G/ E<CC:|2 g/f/e/g/ f/e/d/f/ e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/d/|c/B/c/A/ G/A/F/G/
E<CC||
LADY JANE’S. English, Waltz. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABCCDD. Kennedy (Fiddler’s
Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 140, pg. 35.
LADY JARDINE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Gow): AAB (Athole).
Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986;
No. 423. Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 3, 1806; pg. 29. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
218.
X:1
T:Lady Jardine
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f|:c>AF>A FA/B/ c>A|c<A F>A G>AB>d|c>AF>A F>Ac>A|B>dc>A G>AB>d:|
~c>df>g a>gf>c|d<fc>A G>AB>d|c<A f>g a>gfc|d/e/f e/f/g a>f ~fe/d/|
c>fa>c
B>ge>B|A<f c>A G>AB>d|c>fe>g a>fe>g|~f>dc>A
G>AB>d||
LADY JEAN HUM(E)'S
REEL.
Scottish, Country Dance Tune (12/8 or 6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. The melody appears in the Drummond
Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at
X:1
T:Lady Jean Hume’s Reel
M:6/8
L:1.8
R:Jig
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c2 (g g)eg | gea “tr”g2e | c2g
g(a/g/f/e/) | ded e2d | c2(g g)eg | gea “tr”g2e |
(f/e/f/g/a) gfe | ded “tr”e2d :: c>dc cGc | cGc “tr”e2d | c>dc cGE | DED
“tr”e2d |
cdc cGE | GAB cGE | FGA GFE | DED
“tr”e2d :|
LADY JEAN LINDSAY'S
MINUET. Scottish, Minuet (3/4 time). F
Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by Daniel
Dow (1732‑83) of Perthshire and
LADY JEAN MONGOMRIE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel
Gow. Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 97.
LADY JEAN MURRAY'S
RANT. Scottish, Reel or Rant. D
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. Bremner (Scots
Reels), c. 1757; pg. 35.
X:1
T:Lady Jean Murray’s Rant
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mix
A | D/D/D (D>A) “tr”F2 FA | E2
E>B (c2 c)e | D/D/D D>A “tr”F2 FA | E2 E^c (d2d) :|
|: g | (f/g/a) fd (f/g/a) fd |
(e/f/g) ec (e/f/g) ec | (f/g/a) fd (f/g/a) fd | (e/g/f/e/) (a/g/f/e) d2d :|
LADY JEMIMA CORNWALLIS. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Lady Jemima was one of
the five daughters of Lady Louisa Gordon and her husband Charles Cornwallis,
Bury Street, Edmonds, Suffolk. She later became Countess St. Germans (Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall,
1999).
X:1
T:Lady Jemima Cornwalis’ Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A2a2 a/g/f/g/ a2|aece fedc|B2b2
b/^a/g/a/ b2|bB^df bfg=a|A2 a2 a/g/f/g/ a2|
Aece fedc|defg aedc|Bbfb agfa||Aece
Aece|Aeca fedc|Bf^df Bf^df|bB^df bfga|
Aece Aece|Aeca fedc|defg aedc|Bbfb
agfa||
LADY JEMINIA JOHNSTON. AKA ‑ "Lady Jemima Johnston." Scottish, Reel or
Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 98. Gow (Fourth Collection of
Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 26. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 94, pg. 12.
MacDonald (The Skye Collection),
1887; pg. 108 (appears as "Lady Jemima Johnston"). Stewart Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
76.
See also listing at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index |
X:1
T:Lady Jemima Johnston
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
F|E>FG>F E<c G>c|E>Gc>E F<D D>F|E>FG>F E>cG>E|F<D G>F E<C C>F|
E>FG>F E>cG>c|E<c G>E F<D D>F|E>FG>E G>A d>f|e<c G>B c<CC||
e/f/|g>ec>e g>ag>e|f>d ed/c/ B>dde/f/|g>ec>e g>ag>e|f>dg>G A>cce/f/|
g>ec>e g>ag>e|f>d ed/c/ B<d d>f|e>g G>E F>d F>D|B>cd>f e<cc||
X:2
T:Lady Jemima Johnston’s Reel
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Gow - Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
F|”tr”E>FGF EcGc|”tr”E>GcE
F(DD)F|”tr”E>FGF EcGE|F<D {G,}G>F ECCF|
“tr”E>FGF EcGc|E<cG>E
F(DD>)F|”tr”E>FGE FA df|e<cG>B cCC||e/f/|
“tr”g>ece “tr”g>age|f>d
{f}ed/c/ B(dd)e/f/|”tr”g>ece “tr”g>age|f>dgG A(cc)e/f/|
g>ece g<ag>e|fd {f}ed/c/
B(dd>)f|eg GE Fd FD|”tr”B>c~d>f ecc||
LADY JOHN SCOTT. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Lady John Scott
(1810-1890) is Alicia Spottiswoode, according to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall,
1999), who married John Scott, the third son of the Duke of Buccleuch. Alicia
was a great historian and the author of many famous ballads, including “Annie
Lawrie,” “Durisdeer” and “Think on Me” (see note for “Annie Laurie”). See also
the companion title “Lord John Scott.”
X:1
T:Lady John Scott
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A<E A>c B>A B<c|e<c B>A BA F2|A<E A>c B>A B<c|e<c B>c A/A/A A2|
A<E A>c B>A B<c|e<c B>A BA F2|A<E A>c B>A B<c|e<c B>c A/A/A A2||
A/a/g/a/ f/e/d/c/ d/e/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|B/c/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ B>A F2|
A/a/g/a/ f/e/d/c/ d/e/f/g/ ac|B>ABc A/A/A A2|A/a/g/a/ f/e/d/c/ d/e/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|
B/c/d/c/
e/d/B/A/ B>A F2|A<E A>c B>A B<c e>cB>c A/A/A A2||
LADY JOHNSTON’S REEL.
Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Nathaniel
Gow (1766-1831). Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 3rd
ed., originally 1792; pg. 38.
X:1
T:Lady
Johnston’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Gow – Third
Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:D
B|AFFd
AFdF|AFdF (FE) E>B|AFFd AFdA|fdAF D2D:|
|:addg
fdaf|bdaf {f}e2 eb|add(g f)dcA|(d/c/B/A/) dF D2D:|
LADY
KELLY’S REEL. AKA and see “Northern Lasses,” “Up Roscommon.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. ABC. The melody was played by 19th century Mohill,
X:1
T:Lady Kelly's Reel
T:Up Roscommon
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:as played by John Kelly of
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:G
ef|gG (3GGG EGDG|EGDG (3EFG DG|(3EFG AB cBcA|BcdB cBAB|
(3ccc gc (3BBB dB|(3AAA af gfed|cBAG FGAc|BGAF G2||
ef|g2 dg (3efg dg|bgag bgef|g2 dg (3efg dg|bgag bg g2|
g2 dg (3efg dg|bgag bgef|(3gag (3fgf (3efe (3dc|(3Bcd ef gfef||
(3ggg dg (3efg dg|bgag bgef|(3ggg dg (3efg dg|bgag bg g2|
(3ggg dg (3efg dg|bgag bgef|(3gag (3fgf (3efe dc|(3Bcd ef
gfef||
LADY L. RAMSAY. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow.
Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986;
No. 264. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 11 (3rd
ed.).
X:1
T:Lady L. Ramsay’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Nathaniel Gow
B:3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg. 11 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
e|”tr”d2 (.f.d) ecce|d2 fd
gefe|”tr”d2 (.f.d) ecge|dBcA “tr”B2B:||
B|(AB)GB FBDB|FBdB
cC”tr”C>B|(AB)GB FBdB|FBAc “tr”B2 Bd|
(AB)GB FBDB|FBdB cC”tr”C>E|DFBF
“tr”G>ABg|fdec “tr”B2B||
LADY LAETITIA BURKE. Irish, Planxty (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed
by Turlough O'Carolan. Recorded by the Belfast
Northern Star of July 15th, 1792 (as "Lady Latitia"), as having
been played by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of
ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes,
1984; No. 10, pg. 30.
LADY LAUDER DICK’S
JIGG.
Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, it first appears in
his c. 1788 Collection of Strathspey
Reels, vol. 1, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1),
c. 1788; pg. 21.
X:1
T:Lady Lauder Dick’s Jigg
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels (c. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f | cAF F2A | c2f e2d | cAF F2A | G3 G2f | cAF F2A | c2f e2d | cdc
cAc | F3F2 :|
|: c | (A/B/c)d c2f | edc d2c | B2B
A2A | G3 G2c | A/B/cc c2f | edc d2c | B2B A2G | F3F2 :|
LADY LEVER PARK. Scottish, March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'CCDD'.
Composed by Peter MacLeod (Jr.). Martin (Ceol
na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 35.
LADY
LIE NEAR ME. AKA ‑ "Green Garter." English, Country
Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The air is published in
Playford's English Dancing Master
(1650), however, the original song is not known. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 319. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
46.
X:1
T:Lady, Lie
Near Me
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Chappell
– Popular Music of the Olden Times
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FG A2F2 |
E2F2D2 | B2A2d2 | B4A2 :|
d3e fe |
d2d2A2 | d2d2e2 | f4e2 | f2f2e2 | d3e f2 | A2F4 | E4 D2 ||
LADY LOMAN'S. AKA and see "Belles
of Campbelltown."
LADY LOUDEN('S
STRATHSPEY).
AKA and see “Blind Nora O’Neill,”
“Blind Norry’s.” Scottish,
Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (Athole, Cole): AAB (Gow): AABB' (Kerr,
Skye). Composed by Niel Gow's eldest son William (1751-1791), who was leader of
the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death. He was replaced in that
position by his younger brother, Nathaniel. Variants of the tune are known in
Cape Breton as “Blind Nora O’Neill,” printed in Boston in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1885) as “Blind Nora.” Hamish Moore
notes that “Lady Louden” is also related to “Lucy Campbell [3].” See also the related
Irish reel “Donegal Rambler.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 126. Gow (The Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels),
1788; pg. 3. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 2; No. 80, pg. 11. MacDonald (The
Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 117. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 165. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
62.
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Lady Loudon
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
e/f/|g<c g>e g<c g>e|g<c g>e fd d/e/f|g<c g>e g<c g>e|f<a g>f e<c ce/f/|
g<c gf/e/ g<c gf/e/|g<c gf/e/ f<d de/f/|g<c gf/e/ g<c g>e|f<a g>f e<c c||
e|G>cE>c G>ce>c|G>cE>c d<D D>c|G>cE>c G>ce>c|f/g/a g>f e<c c>e|
G>cE>c
G>ce>c|G>cE>c d<D Df/g/|a>fg>e f>de>c|f<a g>f
ecc||
LADY LOUGHBOROUGH’S REEL.
See note for “Major McLean.”
LADY LOUISA CORNWALLIS' STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833). Lady Louisa was the fourth of the five daughters of Lady Louisa
Gordon and her husband Charles, second Marquis of Cornwallis, Bury Street,
Edmonds, Suffolk (Cowie, The Life and
Times of William Marshall, 1999). See note for “Lady Louisa Gordon’s Reel”
below for more. Gatherer (Gatherer’s
Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 34. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 130. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 24.
X:1
T:Lady Louisa Cornwallis’ Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
F|[G,2E2] A/G/F/E/ BE ~G2|CFFG
A/G/F/E/ DB,|[G,2E2] GE BEGE|
A,c/B/D/ [G,2E2] [G,E]:|
B|e/d/c/B/ G>e Be ~g2|cffg
afdB|e/d/c/B/ Ge BeGE|A,cBD [G,2E2] [G,E] B|
E/d/c/B/ Ge Be ~g2|cffg afdB|e>g
(3fed (3edc (3BAG|(3ABc BD [G,2E2] [G,E]||
LADY LOUISA GORDON'S
REEL. AKA and see "Miss McLeod's Fancy,"
"Miss Farquharson
of Invercauld." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), and first
appearing in print in his 1781 collection. Robert Burns called Marshall “the
greatest composer of strathspeys of the age.” Madame Hillsburgh, a celebrated
stage dancer of the first half of the nineteenth century, danced to this tune
at the Edinburgh Opera House (before 1845). The Gows renamed the tune
"Miss M'Leod's Fancy" and did not give composition credit to Marshall
until their Sixth Collection. In
Marshall's posthumous collection the melody can be found under the title
"Miss Farquharson of Invercauld".
***
Lady Louisa was the fourth daughter
of the beautiful and witty Jane Maxwell, and married Charles, Lord Broome, the
son of the Marquis of Cornwallis, “the justly celebrated Governor of India.”
Charles succeeded his father as the second Marquis of Cornwallis. Louisa’s
father was Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon (Marshall’s patron and
employer), but Moyra Cowie (1999) says that daughter Louisa was reputed not to
have been a Gordon child. “When Louisa married…Jane Maxwell insisted Louisa
‘had not a drop of Gordon blood in her veins!’, in response to the Marquis’s
concerns that insanity ran in the Duke of Gordon’s family.” Jane was
“indefatigable in her ambition,” writes Mary Robinson (Beaux and Belles of England), and, although her daughters were far
less beautiful than she, skilful diplomacy found exquisite matches for each of
them.
***
Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 14.
Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978;
1781 Collection, pg. 7. Culburnie COL 102, Alasdair
Fraser & Jody Stecher – “The Driven Bow” (1988). Culburnie COL 113D,
Alasdair Fraser & Tony McManus – “Return to Kintail” (1999).
X:1
T:Lady Louisa Gordon
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 1
(1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A|C>FF>G A>GA>F|D<G
G>A (B2 B<)c|d<fc<A G>F G<A|C>FE>G F3:|
|:e|f>c f<a f>c f<a|fcfa
g2 g<a|f>c c<A f>b a<g|f<d c>A G3:|
LADY LOUISA HAMILTON. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845
Collection, pg. 7.
X:1
T:Lady Louisa Hamilton
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Marshall – 1845
Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
(f|c)FcA cFfd|cFcA dGG(f|c)FcA fgaf|dfcA G3||
e|fgag fFF(A|f)gaf bgga|fgaf gefc|dfcA G3||
LADY LOUISA RUSSELL'S
JIG. Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. One part. Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833). Lady Louisa was the grand-daughter of Marshall’s employer,
Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon, by the Duke’s daughter Lady
Georgiana Gordon and her husband John Russell, the 6th Duke of
Beford.
X:1
T:Lady Louisa Russell’s Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
~f2d ~f2d|B2B Bcd|e2c d2B|cAF
~F3|f2d ~f2d|B2B Bcd|efg fba|ga=e f3|
f2d f2d|B2B Bcd|e2c d2B|cAF F3|f2d
f2d|B2B Bcd|efg fba|bg=e f3|
F2F e2c|d2B cAF|(FA)F (Bd)B|(df)d
c3|F2F e2c|d2B cde|def gba|ga=e f3|
~g2e gfe|~f2d fed|~e2c gfe|dcB
AGF|~g2e gfe|~f2d fed|efg f2F|~B3 B3||
LADY LOVAT (Baintighearna Mhic Shimi). Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. "There have been events in the fate of every Lady
Lovat, of whom the editor has either heard or read, suited to the plaintive and
affecting strain of this melody. The present worthy dowager‑lady having
seen a fine family of sons entombed, after arriving at the age of manhood, and,
on the death of her husband, the family estate devolve to a distant collateral
heir of entail,‑‑no small share of affliction for the only one
mentioned" (Fraser). Fraser (The
Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Lady Lovat
T:Gaintighearna Mhic Shimi
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Fraser Collection
(1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d||A<F d>F B>AF>B|A<F d>F [G/B/][F/A/][E/G/][D/F/] [CE]>B|
A<F d>A B<A[DF]>A|d>ef>d e>d e<f|A<F d>A B>A[DF]>B|
A<F d>F [G/B/][F/A/][E/G/][D/F/] [CE]>B|A<F d>A B>A[DF]>A|
d>e (f/d/a/f/) e2 d||e|f>g/4f/4) ed c>B ^A2|d>^d e>^e fF [C2E2]|
f>g/4f/4 ed c>B ^A2|Ff (e/4f/4g/) f/e/ dc [D2B2]|f>g/4f/4 ed c>B ^A2|
d>^d
e>^e fF [C2E2]|[A,2F2] A<G F/A/B/c/ d2|D<d’ a<f e<c (d e/4d/4c/4B/4)||
LADY LUCINDA RAMSAY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA'B. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
195.
X:1
T:Lady Lucinda Ramsay
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
B/c/|d<GB<G D<GGA/B/|c<FA<F C<FFA/c/|1 d<GB<G D<GGA/B/|
AB/c/ d/c/B/A/ B>GG:|2 BA/G/ AG/^F/ G<DE<C|B,>C D<^F G>G,G,||
d|g<ba<b g<dB<G|c<ag<a f<cA<F|g<ba<b g<dB<G|AB/c/ D>d B<G G>d|
g<ba<b
g<dB<G|c<ag<a f<cA<F|G>B c<A B>d
=e<c|d<g^f<a g2g||
LADY LUCY CAMPBELL’S
STRATHSPEY. See
“Lucy Campbell’s Strathspey.”
LADY LUCY LES(S)LIE MELVILLE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. A double-tonic tune composed by Niel Gow (1727-1807). Lady Lucy
Leslie Melville (1794-1865) was but a child when Niel Gow composed this tune in
her honor. She married, in 1824, Henry Smith of Wilford House, a Nottingham
banker. Lucy was the daughter of Alexander, 10th Earl of Leven and
Melville, and elder sister to the 11th Earl. She was known
throughout her life for her Christian piety and charity, and she has been the
subject of inspirational pieces for Gospel magazines. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 265. Gow
(Fifth Collection of Strathspey
Reels), 1809; pg. 5. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collectio), 1884; pg.
236.
X:1
T:Lady Lucy Leslie Melville
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Niel Gow (1727-1807)
R:Reel
B:Gow – Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1807)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
a|f>dcA F/F/F F>A|G/G/G “tr”g>f dfga|fdcA (cd/e/ f>c)|df c>A F/F/F F:||
A|F (f2g) fdcA|G (g2.a) “tr”gfdf|c (f2.g) fdcA|BG cA F/F/F F>A|
F (f2.g) fdcA|G (g2.a) “tr”g>f dg|fa df cf Af|c>A
f>A F/F/F F||
LADY LUCY RAMSAY. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow,
Honeyman): AABB' (Athole, Kerr, Skye). MacDonald’s Skye Collection credits this tune to Nathaniel Gow,
however the Gows printed the tune with the attribution "By a Lady."
It may be a companion piece to “Lady Mary Ramsay.” Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 99. Gow (Fourth Collection of
Strathspey Dances), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 16. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor),
1898; pg. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 1; Set 23, No. 3, pg. 14. MacDonald (The
Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 120. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
66. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland),
1852; pgs. 64-65.
Alan Syner’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music
Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
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X:1
T:Lady Lucy Ramsay
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
f|e<g g>a g>ec>a|g>ca>c e<d d>f|e<g g>a g>ag>e|f>dg>f e<cc:|
|:e|G>cE>c d>cd>e|c<c e>d c<A A>c|1 G<cE<c d>cd>e|c<A G>F E<C d>c:|2
G<cE<c
F<dE<c|D<a g>f e<cc||
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