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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 G. GORDON--BANFF. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Gordon lived at Banff Castle, actually a mansion house built by Lord Deskford to replace the ancient Banff Castle demolished in 1820 (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 12.

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T:Miss G. Gordon—Banff

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B2 (FB) DBFB|c2 (Fc) AcFc|dBfB (gf)(ed)|ABcd cAGF|B2 (FB) DBFB|

c2 (Fc) AcFc|dBfB (gf)(ed)|FBAc B2 B2||(de)fg (ab)ag|(gf)ed (ed)cB|

Afcf dfcf|=egbg (f=e)(dc)|fdaf gcbg|adgf (f=e)(dc)|fagb afcB|AGF=E F2F2||

 

MISS GALVIN. AKA and see “Mrs. Galvin’s Favourite,” “The Woodford Fling,” “Garrai Na Saileog.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See also the related “Micho Russell’s (Reel) [6].” Source for notated version: tin whistle player Mary Bergin [Sullivan]. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 24, pg. 9.

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T:Miss Galvin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:D

d2cA GEFE|D2FA DAFA|(3ded cA GEFE|cdef gefe|!

d2cA GEFE|DAFA DAFA|d2cA GEFE|cdec d3e:||!

||:fgaf dcde|fgaf (3gag fe|fgaf dcA2|(3Bcd ef g2fe|!

fgaf dcde|fgaf (3gag fe|fdec dcA2|(3Bcd ef gefe:||

 

MISS GAMBLES FROLICK. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 39.

 

MISS GARDEN (DELGATY’S) STRATHSPEY.  Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. ABCCD. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie, included in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, pg. 13). The volume was dedicated to his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup. Petrie was an employee at Troup, though presumably had contact with the branch of the Garden family at Delgaty, an Aberdeenshire estate that had come into the hands of the family.

X:1

T:Miss Garden (Delgaty's) Strathspey

C:R. Petrie

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

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04

N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 13

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

K:Gm

B/c/|d<BB<G d<B (TBA/B/) |A<cTc>B AFFB/c/|d<BB<G d<B (TBA/B/)|c<fF>A B(GG)B/c/|

d<BB<G d<B (TBA/B/) |A<cTc>B A(FF)B/c/|d<BB<G G2 (Tg^f/g/)|=f<dTc>d BGG||

f|g>fd<c B<G (Tg^f/g/)|f<dTc>B AF (Tf=d/f/)|g>fd>c B<G (Tgf/g/)|f<dTc>d BGGf|

g>fd>c BG  (Tg^f/g/)|f<dTc>B AF (Tf=e/f/)|gdBg  fcAf|dB d/c/B/A/ BGG||

|:B/c/|d<GB<G DG/A/ BG|c<FA<F c<FA<c|d<GB<G D<GB,<D|CD/E/ D^F GG,G, :|

d|b>ag<d B<G (Tg^f/g/)|({fg}a)>gf<c AF (Tf=e/f/)|b>ag<d BG (Tg^f/g/)|=f<dc>d B<GGd |

b>ag<d BG  (g^f/g/) |({=fg}a)>gf<c AF (Tf=e/f/) |B<Gc<A d<Be<c|dg b/a/g/^f/ g>ag |]

 

MISS GARDEN OF TROUP’S FAVORITE.  Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (b. 1745), appearing in his Fourth Book of New Strathspey Reels (London, 1804). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 36.

X:1

T:Miss Garden of Troup’s Favorite

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Robert Mackintosh – Fourth Book of New Strathspey Reels (1804)

K:B Flat

B|F<Bd>B c>AB>F|G>BF>B G/F/E/D/ CF/E/|D<B,d>B c>AB>F|G<E~F>E DB,B,:||

f/e/|d<fB>g c>eA>f|B<dGc/B/ A(FFB)|G<BE<c F<AD<B|E<G”tr”F>E DB,B,f/e/|

d<BB<g c<eA<f|B<dGc/B/ A(FFB)|G<Be<g f>d B<F|E<G~Fe dBB||

“variations”

F/E/|DF/B/ ~d>B cA/c/ B>F|(G/B/A/B/) (F/B/A/B/) G/F/E/D/ (C/G/F/E/)|D/F/”tr”B/c/ “tr”(d/c/d/B/) “tr”(c/B/c/A/) “tr”(B/A/B/F/)|

(G/F/G/E/) (F/G/F/E/) DB,B,:||f/e/|(d/e/f/d/) (B/g/e/d/) (c/d/e/c/) (A/f/d/c/)|(B/A/B/G/) (e/d/c/B/) (A/F/=E/F/) (D/F/B/F/)|

(G/A/B/G/) (E/c/=B/c/) (F/G/A/F/) (D/_B/G/F/)|(E/D/E/C/) (F/G/F/E/) DB, B,f/e/|(d/e/f/d/) (B/g/e/d/) (c/d/e/c/) (A/f/d/c/)|

(B/A/B/G/) (e/d/c/B/) (A/F/=E/F/) (D/F/B/F/)|(G/E/G/B/) (G/B/e/g/) f/e/d/c/ (B/A/B/F/)|(E/G/F/E/) (F/A/c/e/) dB B2||

 

MISS GARDEN OF TROOP’S REEL. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. One of many melodies for the Garden family composed by Robert Petrie (1767‑1830). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 21.

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T:Miss Garden of Troop’s Reel

M:C|
L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Petrie – 4th Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances (1805)

K:C

c2 ec g2 eg|fdec Bdde|c2 ec g2 eg|fdcB [Ec][Ec]:|

g2 eg a2 fa|g2 ec Bddf|g2 eg a2 fa|gefd ec c2|

[e2g2] [eg][eg] [f2a2] [fa][fa]|g2 ge Bddg|(cc’) (Aa) (Ff) (Dd)|(B,B) (G,G) [E2c2][E2c2]||

 

MISS GARDEN OF TROOP’S STRATHSPEY.  Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. One of many melodies for the Garden family composed by Robert Petrie (1767‑1830), a native of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, who was employed as a gardener at Troup House. He was an excellent fiddler and had a reputation as a profligate and non‑conformist, but is reputed to have won either a 'silver bow' or a cup (depending on the story) at a competition at Edinburgh in 1822. There is no evidence that the prize ever appeared in Kirkmichael, however. Petrie composed many tunes and published four collections in his lifetime. Troup House was a mansion in Gamrie parish, Banffshire, near the coast, built along an Adam design in 1763. The tune appears in Petrie’s A Fourth Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances (Edinburgh, 1805). When a fashion for Scottish dancing hit London at the turn of the 18th century, “Lady Garden of Troop’s Strathspey” 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. The title is a bit mangled:

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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.

***

S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Garden of Troop’s Strathspey

M:C|
L:1/8

R:Stathspey

S:Petrie – 4th Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances (1805)

K:F

C|F<F A2 c>F A2|G>CE>C (E/F/)G/F/ E>C|F<F A2 c>FA>c|d>B c/B/A/G/ F2F:||

C|”tr”f>ef>d “tr”g>fg>a|b>ga>f e/f/g/f/ e>c|”tr”f>ef>d “tr”g>fg>a|b>g e/f/g/e/ f2 f>c|

“tr”f>ef>d “tr”g>fg>a|b>ga>f e/f/g/f/ e>c|d>B ~f2 c>A ~d2|c>F A/G/F/E/ F2F||

 

MISS GARDINER. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 36).

 

MISS GARDNER. AKA and see "Ballyvaughan," “Corporal Casey’s Fancy,” “Five Mile Chase [1],” "The Four‑Hand Reel," “Lady Gardner’s,” “Parnell’s Reel,” “The Wild Fire Chase,” “Yellow Haired Laddie [1]."

 

MISS GAY'S. American (?), Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 23. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 48. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 74, pg. 13.

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T:Miss Gay’s

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 74

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G/G/G/G/ B/A/B/d/ | e/g/d/g/ b/g/e/g/ | G/G/G/G/ A/G/B/G/ | A/G/B/G/ G/F/E/D/ |

G>B A/G/A/B/ | c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/f/ | g/f/g/a/ g/f/e/d/ |1 c/B/A/F/ G :|2 c/B/A/F/ Gz ||

Aa .a(b/a/) | g/f/e/f/ .g.g | .G(B/d/) g/f/e/d/ | e/d/e/f/ .g.G | Aa .a(b/a/) |

g/f/e/f/ .g.d | e/g/f/a/ g/f/e/d/ |1 c/B/A/F/ Gz :|2 c/B/A/F/ G ||

 


MISS GAYTON'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Miss Heaton's Hornpipe." AKA – “Miss Gaston’s Hornpipe,” “Miss Grayton’s Hornpipe.” Scottish, English; Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Skye): AABB (Hardings, Hunter, Kerr, Merryweather & Seattle, Sweet). O’Neill prints the tune as “Sailor’s Hornpipe [3].” As “Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe” it appears in the music copybook manuscripts of numerous 19th century English musicians, including George Watson (Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, 1850-80), Miss Best (c. 1850), John Baty (Bethel, Northumberland, 1840-60), William Clarke (Feltwell, Norfolk, 1858), James Haslingden (Midlands?, 1827), Robert Dale Owen (New Lanark, Scotland, 1826), F.W. Davoll (Staffordshire?), the Carlilse manuscript (Carlilse, Cumbria, 1810), John Moore (Tyneside, 1841) and William Tildsley (Swinton, Lancashire, c. 1860) [Callaghan, 2007]. Fiddler William Irwin (Langdale, Cumbria) included it in his 1838 manuscript along with the note: “as played in Carlisle Theatre,” referring to a venue in the Cumbrian town.

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Miss Gayton was a dancer and actress who played a Sylph at Drury Lane as early as 1806. Sir Walter Scott mentions her (in the Edinburgh Annual Register, 1810) as performing in 1808 in a revival “of our old favourite, Bluebeard.” Miss Gayton appeared in the role previously played by Madame Parisot. In 1809 she married the Reverend William Murray, half-brother of Sir James Pulteney, 7th Baronet or Clermont, Fifeshire, whose title Murray ultimately assumed (Gentleman’s Magazine, May, 1811)..

***

George Gordon Byron—Lord Byron—mentions Miss Gayton in his lengthy verse called “English Bards and Scotch Reviewers” (1808), in the lines:

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While Gayton bounds before th’ enraptured looks

Of hoear marquises and stripling dukes;

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Source for notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 21. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 78, pg. 24. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 330. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 6, pg. 26. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 172. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 34, pg. 37 (as “Miss Grayton’s Hornpipe”). Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 81. Wheatstone (), 1810.

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T:Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dc|Bdgf g2 dc|Bdgf g2 d^c|dfag fed^c|dfag fed=c|Bdgf g2 dc|Bdgf g2 dd|efge fgaf|g2b2g2||

ga|b2 bg a2 af|gfge d2dB|c2ec B2dB|AGAB A2 ga|b2bg a2af|gfge d2d2|efge fgaf|g2b2g2||

 

MISS GENERAL BROWNRIGG’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. Composed by Duncan MacIntyre, a Scottish dancing master who practiced in Edinburgh, then, at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th, in London. It is supposed he then went to India, where his trail is lost. General Robert Brownrigg (1759-1833) was the second son of a poor County Wicklow, Ireland, squire, and a career army officer who first saw service during the American Revolution. He is responsible for conquering Ceylon, and was the island’s governor from 1811-1820, during which he consolidated British rule. In 1816 he was bestowed a baronetcy for his efforts. He had the reputation of being a competent, unimaginative, tedious soldier. His 2nd wife, Sophia Bisset, daughter of an Isle of Wight clergyman, often accompanied him in his stations and is remembered as a woman of courage and good sense. She was kind and considerate, and took an interest in the native populations. She also entertained lavishly, including balls and dancing. Brownrigg married first in 1783 in Jamaica to Elizabeth-Catherine Lewis of Cornwall, and they had four sons and one daughter. She was Catherine (d. 1834), who married in 1811 to Major-General Sir John Ross. It is perhaps for her that MacIntyre named his tune. Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pg. 30.

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T:Miss General Brownrigg’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Duncan MacIntyre

B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

B|(A/B/c) cc f>d~d>f|c>AAF (E/F/G) EC|(A/B/c) c>c f>d~d>f|c>AB>G F2F:|

|:B|A>FA>d “tr”c>AG>c|A>FA>d c>df>a|A>FA>d “tr”c>AG>B|A>FG>E F2 F:||

f/g/|a>ff>a b>gg>b|a>fg>f (e/f/g) e>c|a>ff>a b>tgg>b|a>fg>e “tr”f3 f/g/|

a>ff>a b>gg>b|a>fg>f (e/f/g) e>c|a>ff>a b>gg>b|a>fg>e f>cd>B||

 

MISS GENEVIEVE MACMASTER. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB tuning. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 58.

 

MISS GEORGINA B. STEWART, WEST PARK--ELGIN. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) for a daughter of General Stewart, Elgin, Scotland. West Park was the dwelling of the family, which became for a time the Park House Hotel (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999), finds that. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 9.

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T:Miss Georgina B. Stewart, West Park, Elgin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F2 (CF) A,FCF|cAFA G/G/G G2|F2 (CF) A,FCF|f<dc>A F/F/F F2|

F2 (CF) A,FCF|cAFA G/G/G G2|F2 (CF) A,FCF|f<d c>A F/F/F F2||

~f2 (af) ecbg|~f2 (af) ecge|~f2 af g3 bg|afce f/f/f f2|~f2 (af) ecbg|

~f2 (af) ecf>c|dBfB cAfA|CFEG F/F/F F2||

 

MISS GEORGINA CAMPBELL. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Source for notated version: Peter Chaisson, Sr. (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 53.

 

MISS GEORGINA SCOTT. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 151.

X:1

T:Miss Georgina Scott

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 151  (1852)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c | f2 fc ABcA | BGgf ecde | fgfc ABcA | BGcB AFFc | f2 fc ABcA | BGgf ecde |

fgfc ABcA | BGcB AFF || B | (A/4B/2<c) Fc Bdfd | cfdF EGGB | (A/4B/2<c) Fc Bdgf |

ecde fFFB | (A/4B/2<c) Fc Bdfd | cFdF EGGB | AFcA BGgb | afce fFF ||

 

MISS GIBSON [1]. Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 352. Gow (Complete Repository), Book 2, 1802; pg. 4

X:1

T:Miss Gibson [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Gow – 2nd Repository

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F|(D/E/F)F B2F|(G/A/B)G FDB,|DCC C2E|(D/E/F)F B2g|fdB cAF|GBB B2:|

|:f|dBd fga|bfg fdB|(A/B/c)c c2e|dBd fbg|fdB cAF|GBB B2:|

 

MISS GIBSON [2]. AKA and see "The Cumberland," “Miss Nancy Gibson,” “Una’s Lock.” Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AABB (Gow, Stewart-Robertson). The tune was printed on a single sheet by Gow and Shepherd c. 1800 as “The Cumberland or Miss Nancy Shepherd.” See also the derivative “The New Brig of Glasgow” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection/Cole’s 1000. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 507. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 31. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 201, pg. 23. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 278. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 13.

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T:Cumberland, The

T:Miss Gibson [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:The Athole Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F|B2 b>g fdcB|AFcF dFcF|B2 b>g fdcB|FBAc dBB:|

|:c|BGFE DEFD|ECC=B cGGA|BGFE D>EFD|B,BAc dBB:|

 

MISS GIBSON [3]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB'. Kerr prints the tune on the page above the reel “Mr. Gibson;” probably meant to be played as a pair as they are both in the same key. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 189, pg. 22.

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T:Miss Gibson [3]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 189  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

D|G>AB>c A<F F>A|G>AB>c (d<g) g2|f>dc>B A/B/c/B/ A<F|G/A/B/c/ d>D G3:|

|:A|G<g g>a f>gf<c|d<g g>d g/a/b/a/ gd|d<g g>a f>gf<c|1 d>g b/a/g/^f/ g3:|2 f<a d<f c<f A<F||

 

MISS GIBSON CRAIG. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Gibson Craig was one of the seven daughters of Sir James Gibson Craig, first baronet of Riccartoun, according to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). See also the title “William Gibson Craig, M.P.” for another family connection. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 31.

X:1

T:Miss Gibson Craig

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

B,|E>F (E/D/)C/B,/ CFFG|EBGe Bgeb|E>F E/D/C/B,/ CFFG|B,>E (E/D/)C/B,/ E2 EB,|

E>F (E/D/)C/B,/ CFFG|EBGe Bgeb|E>F E/D/C/B,/ CFFG|B,>E (E/D/)C/B,/ E2E2:|

e<f (e/d/)c/B/ cffg|egce Be GE|e>f e/d/c/B/ cffg|(e/d/)c/B/ cd (e2 e)B|

e>f (e/d/)c/B/ cffg|egce Be GE|A,c G,B CFFG B,>E E/D/C/B,/ E2E||

 

MISS GORDON. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 37).

 

MISS GORDON--LIVERPOOL. Scottish, Slip Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Moyra Cowie, in her book The Life and Times of William Marshall (1999), finds the Marshall connection with this Liverpool family through Marshall’s brother Henry, who worked at the Custom House. Harry Gordon of the Laggan Gordon branch of the family owned the Tobacco Warehouse in Liverpool, and presumably the title refers to a daughter. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon—Liverpool

M:9/8

L:1/8

S:Marshall - 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C|F3 F2d cAF|(E/F/G)G GAF E2C|F3 F2d cde|(d/e/f)d (e/f/g)e f2:|

g|afc bge afc|def gaf e2c|afc bge afc|C2F (E/F/G)E F2f|afc bge afc|

def gaf edc|dBf cAf cAF|C2F (E/F/G)E F2||

 

MISS GORDON OF BAIRD. AKA and see “Mrs. Gordon of Baird.”

 

MISS GORDON OF ABERGELDIE’S JIGG. Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert Petrie (1767-1830). Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; pg. 9.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Abergeldie's Jigg

C:Robert Petrie

S:Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 3/6/04

N:Petrie's First Collection, page 9

L:1/8

M:6/8

R:Jig

K:C

f | edc dBG | cAF GEC | DFA dfe | dag fed | edc dBG | cAF GEC |

Ege  fdB | c3 c2 :| e | ceg gec | (B/c/d)d def | efg Tf2e | dec BAG |

ceg gec | (B/c/d)d def | efg  fed | cGE C2c | ceg gec | (B/c/d)d def |

efg Tf2e | dec BAG | [G,3E3c3] cGE | [G3c3e3] cGE | gec  fed | c3 c2 |]

 

MISS GORDON OF ABERGELDIE’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), c. 1790; pg. 11.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Abergeldie's Strathspey

C:Robert Petrie

S:Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 3/6/04

N:Petrie's First Collection, page 11

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

K:A

"^Slow"

E | A>Bcc TB>A Bc | e>f a/f/e/c/ TB>A F2 | A>Bcc TB>ABc | e>f a/f/e/c/ e3 :|

(3e/f/g/ | a>b a/g/f/e/ Tf>ec>f | ed/c/ TB>A (B/c/B/A/) F(3e/f/g/ | a>b a/g/f/e/ Tf>efa | e>f (a/f/)(e/c/) e(A/B/c/d/e/f/4g/4) |

a>b (a/g/)(f/e/) f/e/f/g/ a>f | e>c d/c/B/A/ B>AFA |E>FA>B c>ef>a | e>f a/f/e/c/ [A3c3e3] |]

 

MISS GORDON OF BELLIE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 10). There was a farm at Bellies. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 10.

 

MISS GORDON OF CAIRNFIELD'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 4). Cairnfield was the site of a house that was demolished in 1802 to make way for a new one which survives today. The name cairnfield derives from a Pictish cairn that one could be found on the site (Cowie, 1999). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 4.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Cairnfield’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1781 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

E|E2 (B,D) FD BF|DB,FD ECCE|D2 (B,D) FDBF|ecdA BB,B,:|

e|defd gefd|ecdB ecce|defd gefd|(gab)f dBBe|

defd gefd|ecdc eccd|dB,fD GEBG|FDGE DB,B,||

 


MISS GORDON OF GIGHT. Scottish, Reel. C Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Issac Cooper of Banff (1754? – 1820) around 1790, dedicated to Byron's mother, a Huntly‑Gordon (The Bog of Gight is the site of Gordon Castle). Cooper was a skilled musician and excellent composer. He advertised himself as a teacher of  “The Harpsichord, The Violin, The Violincella, The Psaltery, The Clarionet, The Pipe and Taberer, The German Flute, The Scots Flute, The Fife in the Regimental Stile, The Hautboy, The Irish Organ Pipe…And the Guitar, after a new method of fingering…” Catharine Gordon, of Gight, Aberdeenshire, was a rich heiress of modest fortune, but “her unattractive looks and awkward figure had kept her without offers of marriage” (Laura Carter Holloway, The Mothers of Great Men and Women, 1883). She met Mad Jack Byron, a widowed Life Guardsman, at the fashionable watering place of Bath, and married him in Scotland in March, 1786. However, she soon found that Mad Jack was an unprincipled and dissipated husband deeply in debt, and had only married her for her money, which he ran through in just a few short years (save for £3,000 which the guardians of her estate managed to secure). Catharine led a deeply unhappy life, characterized by bleak moods and violent temper outbursts. “Though she had royal blood in her veins,” writes a Mr. Jeaffreson in a decidedly unflattering sketch, “and belonged to the superior branch of the Gordons, it would not have been easy to find a gentlewoman whose person and countenance were less indicative of ancestral purity. A dumpy young woman, with a large waist, florid complexion, and homely features, she would have been mistaken anywhere for a small farmer’s daughter or a petty tradesman’s wife, had it not been for her silks and feathers, the rings on her fingers, and the jewellery about her short, thick neck. At this early time of her career she was not quite so graceless and awkward as Mrs. Cardueis (in Lord Beaconsfield’s Venetia), but it was already manifest that she would be cumbrously corpulent on coming to middle age; and even in her twenty-fifth year she would waddle through drawing-rooms and gardens on the development of her unwieldy person. In the last century it was not uncommon for matrons of ancient lineage to possess little learning and no accomplishments; but Miss Gordon’s education was very much inferior to the education usually accorded to the young gentlewomen of her period. Unable to speak any other language, she spoke her mother tongue with a broad Scotch brogue, and write it in a style that in this politer age would be discreditable to a waiting-woman. Though she was a writer of long epistles, they seldom contained a capital letter or a mark of punctuation to assist the reader in the sometimes arduous task of discovering their precise meaning, and thought she could spell the more simple words correctly, when she was writing in a state of mental placidity, she never used her pen in moments of excitement without committing comical blunders of orthography. To Captain (Mad Jack) Byron, however, the lady’s temper was more grievous than her defects of person, breeding, and culture. It should, however, be remembered by readers who would do her justice, that Mrs. Byron was by no means devoid of the shrewdness and ordinary intelligence of inferior womankind, and was capable of generous impulses to the persons whom, in her frequent fits of uncontrollable fury, she would assail with unfeminine violence, and even with unnatural cruelty.” [quoted in Holloway, 1883]. Catharine died in 1811, far outliving Mad Jack. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 37 (appears as “Easter Morn”, the title of a 1994 dance by Erna Lynn Bogue set to the tune). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 34. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 277. Martin (Taigh na Teud), 1990; pg. 17. Culburnie CUL 113D, Alasdair Fraser & Tony MacManus – “Return to Kintail” (1999).

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Gight

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C Minor

(G,C)(EG) cgec|BdBG FDB,D|CEGE DFBG|FDB,D C/C/C C2:|

egbg (ag)(fe)|defg fdBf|egbg (ag)(fe)|dBfd c/c/c c2|egbg (ag)(fe)|

defg fdBf|(gf)(ed) (cd)(ec)|(BG)(FD) (EC) C2||

 

MISS GORDON OF GLASTIRUM'S REEL. AKA and see "Miss Louisa Duff." Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Glen): AABB' (Marshall). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 6). Marshall was Steward of the Household for the 4th Duke of Gordon and wrote many tunes honoring various members of the Gordon family. It is not known which Miss Gordon is being referred to, however, Moyra Cowie (1999) believes it may have been a sister or daughter of James Gordon of Glaterim who died in 1783 at the age of 64. James was descended from a second son of the Earl of Huntly.  Cowie says the farm of Glastirum is located on the main Fochabers/Buckie road, from which can be sighted the Moray Firth and hills (Braes) of Enzie. Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 19. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 6, and 1845 Collection, pg 2 (where it appears as "Miss Louisa Duff").

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Glastirum’s Reel

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

B2 (GB) DGBG|A2 (Fc) AFcA|B2 (GB) DGBG| AGFA G/G/G G2:|

d(gg)a bgaf|c(ff)a bgaf|d(gg)a bgaf|agfa g/g/g g2|d(gg)a bgaf|

c(ff)a bgaf|defg fdcB|AGFA G/G/G G2||

 

MISS GORDON OF LESMORE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of a tune by this title in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 9). In Glen's 2nd volume the tune was credited to Daniel McLaren. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 22.

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Lesmore

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C|F>GAB c>AFA|G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ G>FDE|F>GAB cAfc|dB/d/ c/f/c/B/ AFF:|

c|f>caf b>ga>f|e/c/b/g/ af g>fd>e|f>gaf c/A/a/f/ cA|dfc>B AFFc|

fcAF dBGE|F/A/c/f/ a/f/c/A/ BGGA|FA,B,C [B,D]EFd|cfGE F2F||

 

MISS GORDON OF NETHERMUIR. AKA and see "Miss Urquhart of Meldrum."

 

MISS GORDON OF PARK. AKA and see “Miss Menzie’s.” Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Marshall): AA’B (Silberberg): AA’BB’ (Cranford). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for the Duke of Gordon as the Steward of his Household, and it is fortunate that the Duke was an enthusiastic supporter and patron of Marshall’s music. Moyra Cowie, in her book The Life and Times of William Marshall (1999), suggests that the tune was composed in honor of one of the children of Sir James Gordon of Park and Joanna Maria, the eldest daughter of David McDowell Grant of Arndilly. Park is a fortified mansion that dates from 1536 near the village of Cornhill, famous for its markets. See also “Miss Menzie’s” for a Cape Breton setting of the melody. Sources for notated versions: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; Terry Wergeland [Silberberg]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 198, pg. 77. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 5. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 100. Celtic CX 34, Winston Fitzgerald (appears as “Lady Menzies”). RC2000, George Wilson – “Royal Circus” (2000).

X:1

T:Miss Gordon of Park

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F2F c<AF|F>GF d3|c<AF F2A|G<EC C>DE|F2F c<AF|F>GF a2a|

gaf efd|cdB ABG|F2F c<AF|F>GF d3|c<AF F2A|GEC CDE|F2F cAF|

F>GF a2a|gaf efd|c3 c3||c2c gec|cdc c2a|b2g a2f|g2f edc|c2c gec|

cdc b3|agf cde|f3 F2c|c2c gec|c>dc c2a|b2g a2f|g2f edc|f3 cAc|

d3 B2d|cba gfe|fcA f3||

 

MISS GORDON'S STRATHSPEY--OF FOCHABERS [1]. AKA – “Miss Gordon Fochabers.” Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Cranford/Holland, Marshall): AA’B (Perlman). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) of Morayshire. A Scottish fiddler and composer, Marshall is most famous for his many fine strathspeys. Marshall worked for much of his life for Alexander, Duke of Gordon, as the Steward of his Household, and it is fortunate that the Duke was an enthusiastic supporter and patron of Marshall’s music. Paul Stewart Cranford (1995) remarks that some of Marshall’s tunes have been so long in oral tradition on Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, that local sets have evolved; this is one such tune. Judging from the number of Cape Breton recordings of the tune, it seems to have considerable currency among fiddlers on the island. Source for notated version: Peter Chaisson, Jr. (b. 1942, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Cranford (Jerry Holland, 2nd Collection), 2000; No. 126, pg. 48. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 34. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 190. Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey – “From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977” (2000).

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:Miss Gordon’s Strathspey—of Fochabers [1]

M:C

L:1/8

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B|FAAB A>FA>d|F<A A>g f2 df|g>ef>d e>d B<e|d>B A<F B2 E:|

g|fd fg/a/ f>d d<g|fdAF ~d2 Ag|fd fg/a/ b/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/|B<e e>f ~g2 ef/g/|

afge fdec|dA d/c/B/A/ ~F2 DF|GBGE FAFD|B,<E E>F G2G||

 

MISS GORDON’S [2]. Canadian?, Scottish?; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is a traditional Cape Breton tune that apparently had been untitled until its inclusion in Brenda Stubbert’s Collection of Fiddle Tunes (1994) when editor Paul Cranford and Stubbert named it “Miss Gordon’s” after its resemblance to William Marshall’s “Miss Gordon’s Strathspey of Fochabers.” Source for notated version: fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford]. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 58, pg. 21. Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton) - “In Jig Time!” (1995).

 

MISS GORDON’S [3].  Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 133, pg. 32.

 

MISS GORDON’S FANCY.  Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 119, pg. 29.

 

MISS GOULDING. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part (Stanford/Petrie): AB (Complete Collection). Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Source for notated version: “From John O’Daly’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 52, pg. 52. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 400, pg. 101.

X:1

T:Miss Goulding

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 400

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F3A3 | F2c cAF | E3G3 | E2G GEC | F3A3 | F2c cAc | d/e/fd e/f/ge/ | f3 f3 |

f/g/af afa | f/g/af afa | e/f/ge geg | e/f/ge gec | f/g/af “tr”d3 | e/f/ge “tr”c3 | d/e/fd e/f/ge | f3 f3 ||

 

MISS GOW OF LONDON.  Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), perhaps for a niece, a member of one of his brothers’ families. Andrew Gow (1760-1803) and John Gow (1764-1826), the second and fourth sons of Niel Gow (1727-1807) respectively, established the London branch of the family publishing business in 1788. They were the agents  of their father and brother Nathaniel’s music publishing business in Edinburgh. Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pgs. 14-15.

X:1

T:Miss Gow of London

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

N:”Slow”

C:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)

B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d3 (BG).A|(FD).F G3|ABc BAG|”tr”^c>de d3|(dg).d .B(GA)|FDF G3|

ABc (Bd).G|(Ad).F G3||~d2g gfe|(d2e) dBc|d2g {a}gfg|(ba)^c d3|

~d2g gfe|(de)^c def|{a}gfg .b(fg)|aef g(de)|d3 (BG)A|FDF G3|

ABc BAG|”tr”^c>de d3|(dg)d .B(GA)|(FD).F G3|ABc (Bd).G|(Ad).F G3||

                          

MISS GRACE GORDON'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. The melody was composed by William Marshall (1748-1823) and published in his First Collection of 1781. The Gows republished the tune under the title "Hon. Miss/Mrs. Drummond of Perth('s Reel) [1]" in First Collection, 2nd edition, of 1801 and ascribed it to Niel Gow.

 

MISS GRACE HAY’S DELIGHT.  AKA and see “The Cream Pot,” “The Kern Staff.” Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1728-1806). The melody first appears in Longman and Broderips’ Fourth Selection of Country Dances, Reels, &c. (London, 1790), “As Performed at the Prince of Wales's, Bath and other Grand Balls & Assemblies.”  Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 76 (appears as “Leslie’s Valentine”, the name of a dance by Scott Higgs set to the tune). Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 3rd ed., 1792; pg. 33.

X:1

T:Miss Grace Hayes’ Delight

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

C:Niel Gow (1727-1807)

K:G

D|G2c B2c|dBd efg|G2c B2c|dBG AFD|E2C CEG|F2D D2c|

B/c/dB cAF|G3 G2:||d|d2g f2g|afd e^cA|fga B^cd|efd ^cBA|

afa geg|fdf e^cA|Bgf ed^c|d2d d=cB|c2c cac|B2B BgB|

ABA ABc|dBG AFD|E2C CEG|F2D D2c|B/c/dB cAF|G3 G2||

 

MISS GRACE MENZIES. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Marshall): AAB (Cranford). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1823), renowned for his strathspeys. Marshall was Steward of the Household to Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon, an enthusiastic supporter and patron of Marshall’s music. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) finds that Grace Menzies was born at Gordon Castle where her father was cashier and was presumably overseen by Marshall who had responsibility for the entire household. Mr. Menzies kept meteorological records at Gordon Castle which still survive (and record, among other items, the severe flooding on the estate in 1829). Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 147, pg. 59. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 4. Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Jerry Holland - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994). Fiddlesticks Music CD1, Jerry Holland - “The Fiddlesticks Collection” (1992. Learned from a home tape of Winston Fitzgerald). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).

X:1

T:Miss Grace Menzies

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f|c<F c>A c<F c>A|c<F c>A c2 ce|f<a d>f c<fA<f|GGB>c d2 d>f|

c<F c>A c<F c>A|c<F c>A c2 ce|f<a d>f c<fA<f|GGB>c d2d||f|

c<f A>f c<F A>f|c<f A>B c2 (cf)|c<f A>f c<f a>g|f<d c>A AGG>f|

c<f A>f c<f A>f|c<f A>B c2 (ce)|f<a d>f c<f A>f|GGB>c d2d||

 

MISS GRACE STEWART. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by the Earl of Eglinton. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printings of a tune by this name in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection and Robert M'Intosh's 1783 collection (pg. 35). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 39.

X:1

T:Miss Grace Stewart

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

F|(D<G) G>A B>cdf|Afc>A F2 FA|(D<G) G>A B>cdg|f>dc>A d2G:|

d|g>ag>f d>cd=e|f>gfd c>AFA|g>agf d>cd=e|f>dc>A d2 Gd|

g>agf d>cd=e|f>gfd cAFA|G>BA>c B>dc>g|f>dc>A d2G||

 

MISS GRAHAM [1]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Gatherer): AABB' (Kerr). Gatherer prints the tune as found in Kerr, who prints the melody on the page below the strathspey “Major Graham,” evidently intending them to be played as a pair. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 8. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 18, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Miss Graham [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 18  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F|D2 FD A2 FA|BdAF AFEF|D2 FD A2 FA|BdAF E3:|

|:A|dfef d2 (Ad)|BdAd fede|1 faef d2 (Ad)|BdAF E3:|2 faef deBd|AFdF E3||

 

MISS GRAHAM [2]. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune is a minor key variation of version #1. Gatherer, 1987; pg. 8 (Gatherer’s Musical Museum). Flying Fish FF‑250, The Battlefield Band ‑ "Home Is Where the Van Is" (1981). Temple TP005, The Battlefield Band ‑ "Home is Where the Van Is" (1980).

 

MISS GRAHAM OF GARTMORE'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A piece by Edinburgh fiddler Robert ('Red Rob') Mackintosh (c. 1745‑1807), judged an excellent performer and composer. The nickname presumably was awarded because he had red hair. Mackintosh fathered 13 children, the first three of whom he named Robert, but amongst them was Abraham who also became a renowned fiddler and composer. Gartmore is a village in Stirlingshire, on the edge of the Highlands, abutting the Loch Ard forest. The title refers to one of the daughters of politician and poet Robert Graham (1735-1797) of Gartmore, author of “Cavalier’s Song” who has been called “the last of the Cavalier Poets.” He was a planter in Jamaica in his early years, and his first wife was a Jamaica heiress. Robert Burns commented on it in a letter to an Edinburgh bookseller in 1790:

***

Does Mr. Graham of Gartmore ever enter your shop now? He is the noblest instance

of great talents, good fortune and great worth I ever saw in conjunction.”

***

The Graham family seat was at Gartmore House, an early 18th century mansion, which “became a most civilised country house, its drawing room one of the most elegant north of the Tweed, was hung with paintings by Rubens, Salvator, Berghem, Jean Stern, Hogarth, Claude Lorrain” (Maycock, A Passionate Poet: Susanna Blamire, 2003). The Grahams of the mid-to-late 18th century were very literary. There is an unconfirmed report that Robert Burns visited Gartmore, and Robert Graham’s cousin, the Earl of Glencairn, was Burns’ patron. A letter-poem written in 1773 by Susanna Blamare entitled “An Epistle to Miss Isabella Graham of Gartmore” references one of the two daughters of Robert Graham, Elizabeth and Isabella, both friends of the author since 1768. It is one of these daughters to whom Mackintosh addressed his tune. Elizabeth married in 1773 to Sir Robert Dalyell Bt. Of the Binns and became Lady Dalyell, and youngest daughter Isabella a year later, to Professor Robert Ramsay of Blackcraig, the first Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University.

***

S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1992 (revised 2001); pg. 13. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 18. Mackintosh (3rd Book of Sixty-Eight New Reels and Strathspeys), 1796; pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Graham of Gartmore’s Strathspey

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Mackintosh – 3rd Book of Sixty Eight New Reels and Stathspeys (1796)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G,<GD<B, A,<AA<G|F<dA<c B<gd<B|G,<GD<B, A,<A A>c|B<d c>A G2G2:|

|:g>ab>g f<a d2|e>fg>e d<g B2|c>de>d B<dG<B|A<cE<A G>FE>D|

g>ab>g f<a d>f|e>fg>e d<g B>d|c<eA<a f<d b>g|e<a f>d g>a g2||

 

MISS GRAHAM OF INCHBRAKIE. AKA and see "Miss Duff's Fancy." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major (most versions): G Major (Morison). Standard tuning. AB (most versions): AAB (Cranford/Holland). Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), appearing first in print in the Gow's Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (1788). The Gow’s wrote other melodies for the family—see Niel Gow’s “Major Graham of Inchbrakie.” Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 314, pg. 113. Gow (2nd Collection of Neil Gow’s Reels), 1788, 3rd ed.; pg. 9. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 34. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 1. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 24, pg. 13. Scots Disc SDL-001, Ron Gonnella – “Scottish Violin Music” (1966). FECD 154, Alistair McCulloch – “Highly Strung.” 

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:Miss Graham of Inchbrakie’s Strathspey

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Very slow with expression.”

C:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)

B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 9  (orig. 1788)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G|~c>d ({c/d/}e>)d {B}”tr”c>AGE|(CG c)B/c/ d[B,D][B,D]G|~c>d ({c/d/}”tr”e>)d {B}cA GE|G,<G, “tr”A.<B, ({B,}C2)C:||

e/f/|”tr”g>a ({a}g)f/e/ c’gec|”tr”fa/f/ eg/e/ “tr”d>cde|”tr”g>a ({a}g)f/e/ c’gec|f>de>B {B}c2 ce|

“tr”g>a {a}gf/e c’gec|(f/a/g/f/) (e/g/f/e/) “tr”d>cde|G>c{c}e>d {B}c>A GE|G,G,”tr”A,B, C2C||

X:2

T:Miss Graham of Inchbrakie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather Slow”

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2, No. 24 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | GA BA GE DB, | G,B,/D/ {A}(G/F/G/B/) AA, A,D | G>A B>A GE DB, | DD EF G3 ||

B/c/ | d>e (e/d/c/B/) gd BG | ce/c/ Bd/B/ A>G AB/c/ | d>e (e/d/c/B/) gd BG | c>A B>D G>F (G/A/B/c/) |

d>e (e/d/c/B/) gd BG | (c/e/d/c/) (B/d/c/B/) {B}A>G AB | DG BA G>E DB, | DD EF G3 ||

 

MISS GRAHAM OF MOSSKNOW’S FAVORITE.  Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Miss Graham was a daughter of William Graham (1756-1832) of Mossknow, near Annan, Dumfries-shire, who married in 1794 Grace Margaret Gordon (1766-1832). They had several children. A boy, also named William Graham, became a career military officer. Their youngest daughter, Joanna Grace, married in 1829 to Erskine Douglas Sandford, esq. Poet Robert Burns pilloried William Graham of Mossknow (d. 1832) with the following couplet (from the Glenriddel manuscripts):

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'Stop thief!' Dame Nature call'd to Death,
As Willie drew his latest breath:
'How shall I make a fool again?
My choicest model thou hast taen.'

***

Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pg. 8.

X:1

T:Miss Graham of Mossknow’s Favorite

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

N:”Slow”

C:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)

B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F|”tr”B>c {Bc}d>B (c/B/)(A/G/) FG/A/|B>c {Bc}dc/(B/ B/)g/f/d/ c>d|”tr”B>c {Bc}d>B (c/B/)(A/G/ FB/_A/|G(=A/B/) (c/d/e/).c/ dBB:||f|

b>a (g/a/)(b/g/) fd .d/(f/g/a/)|b>a (g/f/)(e/d/) dc .c(f/g/a/)|b>a (g/a/)(b/g/) fd .d/(f/g/a/)|B>fg>f d2 .d/(f/b/c’/)|

d’>c’ (b/d’)(c’/a/) b>g g>b|(f/b/)(d’/c’/) .b/(f/e/d/) (dc).c d/c/|”tr”B>c d>B (c/B/)(A/G/) FB/_A/|G(=A/B/) (c/d/e/).c/ dBB||

 

MISS GRAHAM OF ORCHILL’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm MacDonald’s Second Collection, dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 6.

X:1

T:Miss Graham of Orchill’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B | GBde gdgb | aegB A/A/A AB | GBde gdgb | aegB G/G/G G :|

a | (g/a/b) gd (e/f/g) ec | dBgB A/A/A Aa | (g/a/b) gd (e/f/g) ec | dBgB G/G/G Ga |

(g/a/b) gd (e/f/g) ec | dBgB A/A/A AB | GBde gdgb | aegB G/G/G G ||

 

MISS GRAHAM OF ORCHILL’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was printed by Malcolm MacDonald in his 3rd Collection, dedicated to Miss Drummond of Perth. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; pg. 2.

X:1

T:Miss Graham of Orchill’s Strathspey

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B | G2 GB d>edB | G2 “tr”gf/g/ aAAB | G2 gB d>edB | cA d/c/B/A/ BGG :|

c | BGdG gdec | BG “tr”gf/g/ aAAB | BGdB gdec | Bg (d/c/B/A/) BGGc |

BGdB gdec | BG “tr”gf/g/ aAAc | BGdG (e/d/e/f/) gd | Bg (d/c/B/A/) BGG ||

 

MISS GRAHAM’S DELIGHT. AKA and see “Niel Gow’s Lament for (the Death of) his Second Wife.” Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in Malcolm MacDonald’s 2nd Collection, dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. Charles Gore points out that the prototype for this tune is the Irish air “Ketty Tyrrell.” MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 13.

X:1

T:Miss Graham’s Delight

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/E/ | DEG “tr”G2 G/A/ | Bgf {f}e2 g/e/ | {e}dBG G2 (3G/A/B/ | BG/B/A/G/ “tr”E2 G/E/ |

DEG “tr”G2 G/A/ | Bgf {f}e2 f/g/ | {e}dc/B/A/G/ “tr”G2 (3A/B/c/ | BGG G2 :: (3d/e/f/ |

gfg efg | {f/g/}a>gf/e/ “tr”d2 e/f/ | “tr”g>fg “tr”de/d/c/B/ | (A/B/)(c/A/)(B/G/) “tr”E2 G/E/ |

DEG “tr”G2 G/A/ | Bgf {f}e2 f/g/ | {e}d>cB/A/ G2 (3A/B/c/ | BGG G2 :|

 


MISS GRANT [1]. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Daniel Dow, first printed in his c. 1775 collection (pg. 1,4). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 424. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 13.

X:1

T:Miss Grant [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c|A(FF)C F2 Ac|dfcf AGGc|A(FFC) DFFd|cAfc AFF:|

c|Acfc Afcf|dfcf AGGc|Acfc Afcf|egce fFFc|

Acfc Afcf|dfcA GABd|c>AFc AFcA|cfeg fFF||

 

MISS GRANT [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA'B. Composed by D. McLaren. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 45.

X:1

T:Miss Grant [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

d|B>G E/E/E (E>G) BG|A>F D/D/D (D>E) F<A|1 B>G E/E/E EGB>G|

A<F F>A BEE:|2 G<BA<c B<GA<F | G<B A>F BEE || f | e>fg>f e<bg<e |

f>ed>a f<d d>f | e>fg>f e<bg<e | f>ed>f e<E E>f | g>f e<b B<bg<e |

f>e d<a A<af<d | E<GF<A G<BA<c | B>G B/A/G/F/ GEE ||

 

MISS GRANT OF ARNDILLY'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. Composed by the gentleman fiddler and composer, the Earl of Kelly, and appearing in the Brown Manuscript, 1714.

 

MISS GRANT('S REEL--) OF CULLEN HOUSE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Cullen house was the residence of the wealthy Seafield family. The main structure dates from 1543. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 49. MacDonald (Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 148.

X:1

T:Miss Grant’s Reel—of Cullen House

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

X:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F | cdcB Acfe | dcBA GABd | cdcB Acag | fdcA F2F:| B | AcFc AcFA |

GABc dcdf | AcFc AcFA | BGcE ~F2 FB | AcFc AcFA | GABc dcde |

fage fdcA | BgcE ~F2 F ||

 

MISS GRANT OF ELCHIES [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Grant of Elchies

M:C

L:1/8

S:Marshall - 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B,<B B>c d<B B2|C<c c>d e<c c2|d<(f f>g) fbdB|F>B A/B/c/A/ d<B B2:|

B/c/|dBec dB G2|FBGB A(cc)B/c/|dBec dB G2|(F>B) A/B/c/A/ d<(B B) B/c/|

DBec dB G2|FBGB A(cc)B/c/|d<f f>g f<b d2|(F<B) A/B/c/A/ d<B B||

 

MISS GRANT('S STRATHSPEY--) OF ELCHIES [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 49.

X:1

T:Miss Grant’s Strathspey—of Elchies [2]

L:1/8

M:C

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

~F>G B/A/G/F/ c<Ad<B | f>dc>A GG/G/ G2 | ~F>G B/A/G/F/ c<Ad<B |

~f>d c<A F/F/F ~F2 :| f>g b/a/g/f/ c<fa<f | b>ga>f g/g/g g2 | f>g b/a/g/f/ c<fa<f b>ga>e f/f/f f2 |

f>g b/a/g/f/ c<fa<f | b>ga<f g/g/g g2 | c>f d/c/B/A/ d<fd<B | c>BA>G F/F/F ~F2 ||

 

MISS GRANT OF GRANT [1]. AKA and see "Banks of the Ilen," "The Barrack St. Boys,"  "Birnie‑boozle," "Braes of Tullymet," "Brides Away," "Bride(s) to Bed," "The British Naggon," "Caledonean Hunt [1]," "Cheese It," "Corney is Coming," "Crawford's Reel [1]," "D. Dick's Favourite," "The Honeymoon (Reel) [2]," "I saw her," "Kelly's Reel,"The Lumberjack Reel,” "Miss Wilson," "Merry Bits of Timber," "My Love is in America," "My Love is in the House [1],” "Shannon Breeze [2]," "Six Mile Bridge.” Scottish. Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of a  tune by this name in print in Angus Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 16).

 

MISS GRANT OF GRANT [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert M'Intosh's 1783 collection (pg. 34). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 8.

X:1

T:Miss Grant of Grant

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|(G/A/B/c/ d)B cAFD|G>Bd>B (gfg)d|AedG F(Aac)|(B/c/d) Ac BGG:|

d|g2 bg afda|g2 (a/g/f/e/) f^dBg|eace dbBd|A(ed>c) BGGd|

g2 db afda|(g>fe>)g f^dBg|e(cBA) d(BAG)|FdAc BG G,||

 

MISS GRANT OF GRANT [3]. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Gow (1806) attributes to the tune to Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 29. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 218.
X:1

T:Miss Grant of Grant

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c|AFF>C ~F2 Ac|dfcf AGGc|AFF>C DEFd|cAfc AFF:|

c|A>cfc Afcf|dfcf AGGB|A>cfc Afcf|egce f2 f>c|A>cfc Afcf|

dfcA G>ABd|cAFC D>EFd|c<Af>c AF~F||

           

MISS GRANT OF KINAIRD. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm McDonald's c. 1792 3rd Collection, a volume dedicated to Miss Drummond of Perth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 44. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; pg. 9. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 304.

X:1

T:Miss Grant of Kinaird

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

A | “tr”F>EFD FAd=B | cGAF Ec GE | “tr”F>EFD FAd=B | cGEA FDD :|

A | d^cdf Adfd | ceGc ECGc | (d^cdf) Adfd | cAGE FDDA |

“tr”d^cdf Adfd |ceGc ECGE | FAGB Adfd | cAGE FDD || 

                                   


MISS GRANT OF KNOCKANDO. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in William Marshall's 1781 collection (pg. 1). Acutually, the melody was published in a later, second book of reels and strathspeys, and attached to the 1781 collection. Moyra Cowie (1999) believes this attached collection may have been published in 1788 following the Marquis of Huntly’s grand tour (for which Marshall wrote “The Marquis of Huntl(e)y’s Farewell” which appears in the collection). Miss Grant is identified by Cowie as the daughter of Robert Grant, a London merchant who Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 1.

X:1

T:Miss Grant of Knockando

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c/d/|e>f e<c e>f e<c|Bcde fBBc/d/|e>f e<c Aag>f|f/e/d/c/ B/c/d/B/ c<AA:|

|:E|C<A,A<E c<Ae<c|d>e f/e/d/c/ BFFB|AcEc BdEd|c/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ c<AA:|

           

MISS GRANT OF MONYMUSK’S JIGG.  Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert Petrie. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; pg. 14.

X:1

T:Miss Grant of Monymusk's Jigg

C:Robert Petrie

S:Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 2/27/04

N:Petrie's First Collection, page 14

L:1/8

M:6/8

R:Jig

K:C

G | c2c Bcd | cGE  CEG | c2c Bcd | c2c  c2G |  A2A AGF |

G2G  GFE | AGF EDC | B,2G G,2 :: G | d2d def | gec TcBc |

d2d def | g2f  e2g |a2a agf | efg  gfe | dfe dcB | c2c  c2 :|

 

MISS GRANT'S JIG (Port Ingean Ni Greanta). Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 349, pg. 72.

X:1

T:Miss Grant’s Jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 349

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

G|EAB AEA|A/B/cA BGE|DGG G2A|G/A/BG AGE|

EAB AGA|BAG Bcd|e/^f/ge dcB|cAA A2:|

|:d|ecA A2B|c/B/cd edc|B/c/dB G2B|GAG Bcd|c/d/ec A2B|cBA a2g|ece dcB|cAA A2:|

           

MISS GRANT'S JIG--TOMBREAKACHY. Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 4.

X:1

T:Miss Grant’s Jig—Tombreakachy

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

d|B,2B ~B2F|BdB BFD|B,2B ~B2F|Gcc ~c2d|B,2B ~B2F|BdB BFD|

EGE DFD|Ccc ~c2:|d/e/|fdB ~BdB|FBB ~B2 d/e/|fdB ~BdB|Gcc ~c2 d/e/|

fdB ~BAc|BAG FED|EFG FED|Ccc ~c2 d/e/|fdB ~BdB|FBB ~B2 d/e/|

fdB ~BdB|Gcc ~c2 d/e/|fga bag|fed cBA|BAG FED|Ccc ~c2||

           

MISS GRANT'S MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. Composed by Daniel Dow, appearing in the Brown MS., 1714.

           

MISS GRANT'S STRATHSPEY--OF ELCHIES. See "Miss Grant of Elchies [2]."

           

MISS GRAY OF CARSE/CORSE. See "The Dean Brig/Bridge o' Edinburgh." Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The piece was thought to have been originally written and published by Archibald Allan (d. 1831) under this title (though unlikely, says Alburger), and compilers "at least since the time of Skinner" have linked it with "Dean Brig o'Edinburgh," however, Alburger (1983) maintains they have nothing in common. Allan is said to have played in Nathaniel Gow's band for a time, and his playing was characterized by Alexander Lowson as "clean and neat, and characterized by immense power, especially in strathspeys" (Emmerson, 1971). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 200.

X:1

T:Miss Gray of Carse

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

F|D<G G>A B>cd>B|A<fc<f A<F A/B/c/A/|D<G G>A B>cd>g|f>c d/c/B/A/ BGG:|

d|~g>ag>d g>a ba/g/|f<ac<f A>F A/B/c/A/|g<a g>d g>a ba/g/|f<a A/B/c/A/ B<G G>f|

~g<a g>d g>a ba/g/|f<ad<f A<F d/c/B/A/|B<G G>A B>cd>g|fd/f/ d/c/B/A/ BG<G||

 

MISS GRAYTON’S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Miss Gayton’s Hornpipe.”

           

MISS GRIEVE OF HOWDAN.  Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 114-115.

X:1

T:Miss Grieve of Howdan

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pgs. 114-115  (1852)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

G | F>G(A<F) (G<B)A2 | (B<e)e>d ({d}c>)BA>=G | F>G(A<F) (G<B)A<d | B>e (d/c/B/c/) d3G |

F>G(F<A) (G<B)A2 | (B<e)e>d ({d}c>)BA>=G | F>G(A<F) (G<B)A>d | B>e (d/c/B/c/) d3 ||

g | f>e(d<g) (f<a)(g<d) | (B<e)e>d c>d(e<^g( | ({g}f>e(d<g) (f<a)(f<d) | B>e (d/c/B/c/) d3g |

f>e(d<g) (f<g)(f<d) | (B<e)e>d c>d(e<^g) | f>a (g/f/e/d/) (c/d/e/c/) d>A | B>e (d/c/B/c/) d3 ||

 

MISS GRIZIE KENNEDY. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in John Riddell's 1782 collection (pg. 53).

           

MISS GUINNESS [1]. Irish, Reel. G Major.

 

MISS GUINNESS [2]. AKA and see “Dan Backus' Favorite,” “Jim Coleman’s [1],” “Liverpool Jack’s,” “Take Your Choice,” “Terence’s Ramble.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major.

           

MISS GUNNING’S DELIGHT. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. O’Neill (1922) records: “Well-born and of surprising loveliness only equalled by their poverty, the famous Gunning sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, born in Roscommon and educated in Dublin, became Lady Coventry, and Dutchess of Hamilton respectively, in 1752, one year after their arrival in London. The marriages of ‘two Irish girls of no fortune who are declared the handsomest women alive’ were great public events. ‘May the Luck of the Gunnings attend you’ was a proverbial Irish blessing. The above setting of a tune composed in their honor, and printed in James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol.-1, 1782 is doubtless the original. A highly elaborate and difficult variant in four parts found in Sergt. James O'Neill's manuscripts, entitled ‘The Contradiction’ was printed in former O'Neill Collections. As an example of what may be developed from a simple composition by a skillful hand, both original and variant are herewith submitted for comparison.” See also “Miss Gunning’s Fancy.” Source for notated version: copied from James Aird’s Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (vol. 1, 1782) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 214.

X:1

T:Miss Gunning's Delight

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Aird's Selections 1782-97

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

B2 AG|(3FGA DC|B,DGB|AD D2|

B2 AG|F/2G/2A Dc|B/2c/2d DA|BG G2:|

|:gGgG|gG G2|F/2G/2A/2B/2 A2|F/2G/2A/2B/2 A2|

gGgG|gGGA|B2 AG|DG G2:|

|:Bded|Bded|edcB|AD D2|Bded|Bded|edef|gG G2:||

                       


MISS GUNNING'S FANCY (REEL). AKA and see "The Contradiction (Reel)." AKA ‑ "Miss Gunning's Reel." English (originally), Scottish, Irish, Canadian; Reel. England, Northumberland. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major (Cole, Marshall): B Flat Major (Vickers). Standard tuning. ABBCD (Cole): AABBCC (Marshall, Vickers): ABCCD (Kerr). The tune is sometimes credited to William Marshall (1748-1833) due to its inclusion in Marshall’s Kinrara Collection (1800),  really only a sheet printed on both sides. Marshall’s tune “Kinrara” appears along with another tune by the Duke of Gordon and some ‘filler’ tunes, of which “Miss Gunning’s” is one. It is unlikely that Marshall composed it however, for it appears in William Vickers’ Northumbrian collection of 1770, when Marshall was only age 22. "Vicker's setting is less developed, the others being in A (Major) and making effective use of the open 'a' string of the fiddle, but his syncopation is noteworthy" (Seattle). In fact, the earliest publications predate Vickers, for it appears in Thompson’s 1st Collection of 200 Country Dances (London, c. 1758, reissued in c. 1764 and c. 1780), David Rutherford’s 1st Collection of 200 Country Dances (c. 1756), and John Johnson’s 6th Volume of 200 Country Dances (c. 1751)—Marshall would have been a baby. The melody also appears in Longman and Broderip's 2nd collection, London, c. 1792. See “The Contradiction” for Irish, American and Canadian versions, generally more elaborate variations.

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It turns out that there were actually two Miss Gunnings—sisters Maria (1732-1760) and Elizabeth (1734-1790), who in the early 1750’s became the toast of London and whose rags-to-riches story that captured the imagination of Georgian-era Britain. They were the daughters of John and Bridget Gunning of Castle Coote, County Roscommon, the grand-daughters of Theobald Burke, 6th Viscount Mayo, on their mother’s side. Interestingly, the girls were the great-great-great granddaughters of the female Irish pirate Grace O’Malley, one of the few men or women who successfully stood up to Queen Elizabeth I, and a grand story in itself. However, the Irish family had fallen on very hard times, especially when the girls were young, and as they grew they dreamed of taking to the stage. Even when young they were known as ‘the handsomest women alive’, blessed with wit and grace, and it was said their fine complexions came from taking the waters of St. Brigid’s Well at St. Brigid’s Church in Roscommon. When they were first presented to the Lord Lieutenant, at Dublin Castle, a kindly woman named Peg Woffington had to lend them the clothes in which to appear.

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Elizabeth Gunning.

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Instead of a career on the stage, however, they traveled to London, where they soon became as renowned there as they had been in Ireland. During the Gunnings’ hey-day in the early 1750’s, high and low, rich and poor, worshipped at the shrines of these Venuses. They were mobbed at their doors by the multitude eager to catch a sight of them and crowds would descend upon London theaters at the rumor that the sisters would attend that night. Within one year of their arrival they skillfully parlayed their celebrated beauty into marriages to the most eligible and noble bachelors in Britain. Maria married an earl in 1752 and became Lady Coventry, while Elizabeth followed with a wedding a month after her older sister Maria, and became the Duchess of Hamilton. Not only were the marriages social coups for the once-destitute sisters but they both re-established their fortunes, as their husbands were counted among the richest families in the country. The fame of these matches was such that in Ireland, according to Horace Walpole, a common blessing of the beggarwomen was:-" May the luck of the Gunnings attend you !" One London gossip wrote in a letter (with all the fervor of a romance novel):

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The event that has made most noise since my last is the extempore wedding

of the youngest of the two Gunnings, two ladies of surpassing loveliness, named
respectively Mary and Elizabeth, the daughters of John Gunning, Esq., of Castle

Coote, in Ireland, whom Mrs Montague calls "those goddesses the Gunnings."

Lord Coventry, a grave young lord, of the remains of the patriot breed, has

long dangled after the eldest, virtuously, with regard to her honour, not very
honourably with regard to his own credit. About six weeks ago Duke Hamilton,

the very reverse of the earl, hot, debauched, extravagant, and equally damaged

in his fortune and person, fell in love with the youngest at the masquerade, and

determined to marry her in the spring. About a fortnight since, at an immense
assembly at my Lord Chesterfield's, made to show the house, which is really

most magnificent, Duke Hamilton made violent love at one end of the room,

while he was playing at Faro at the other end; that is, he saw neither the bank

nor his own cards, which were of three hundred pounds each: he soon lost a

thousand. I own I was so little a professor in love that I thought all this
parade looked ill for the poor girl; and could not conceive, if he was so

much engaged with his mistress as to disregard such sums, why he played

at all. However, two nights afterwards, being left alone with her, while her

mother and sister were at Bedford House, he found himself so impatient

that he sent for a parson. The Doctor refused to perform the ceremony

without license or ring; the duke swore he would send for the archbishop;
at last they were married with a ring of the BED-CURTAIN, at half-an-hour

after twelve at night, at May-fair Chapel.

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Alas, beauty has its price. The prevailing fashion of the period demanded white skins and red rouged cheeks, and lead was used as the basis of many cosmetics. The noxious effect of the lead caused skin eruptions, which encouraged ladies to powder their skins more vigorously to mask these unsightly blemishes. Several ladies of fashion thus poisoned themselves (see also "Kitty Fisher"), the most famous of whom was Maria, who died in 1760 at the age of 28.

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Elizabeth fared rather better. Her first husband died within several years of their marriage, and Elizabeth then wedded John, the fifth Duke of Argyll, in 1759, assuming the dual title of Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll. She became a celebrated socialite in Scotland, and the couple remained married until her death in 1790. Both Duke and Duchess were subscribers to Robert Burns Poems, although the poet became famously annoyed at the couple. Burns arrived at Inverary, Scotland, in June 1787, when it happened that the Duke of Argyll had a large house party. The inn-keeper was too busy attending to the Duke's guests to have time for passing travelers. Burns is supposed to have scrawled his 'On Incivility shown him at Inverary' on one of the inn windows:

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"Whoe'er he be that sojourns here,
I pity much his case —
Unless he come to wait upon
The Lord their God, "His Grace...."

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See also “Miss Gunning’s Delight.” Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 135 (appears as “Gan ainm/No title”). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 29. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 282, pg. 31 (appears as "Miss Gunning's Fancy Reel"). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; Kinrara Collection (1800), pg. 26 (appears as "Miss Gunning's Reel"). McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), 1786; pg. 44 (appears as “Miss Gunning’s Reel”). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 724 (appears as "Contradicition Reel"). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), No. 231. Petrie (Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1796; pg. 9. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 54. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 357 (appears as "Miss Gunning's Reel"). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 193.

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T:Miss Gunning’s Reel

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R:Reel

S:McGlashan – Reels   (1786)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|(dc)(BA) (G/A/B) (.E.D) | CEAc BEEe | (dc)(BA) (G/A/B) (.E.d) | (c/d/e) Bd c>AA>e |

(dc)(BA) (G/A/B) (.E.D) | CEAc BEEe | (.d.c.B.A. G.F.E.D) | CEAd cA A || e |

aAaA aA (d/c/B/A/) | GB “tr”(BA/B/) GB “tr”(BA/B/) |

aAaA aA d/c/B/A/ | (c/d/e) (Bd) cAAe | aAaA aA (d/c/B/A/) |

GB “tr”(BA/B/) GB “tr”(BA/B/) | .e(cBA) .a(cBA) | (c/d/e) (Bd) cA A ||

|: e | dcBA G/A/B/G/ .E.D | CEAc B/A/G/F/ Ee | (dc)(BA) G/A/B/G/ Ed |

c/d/e/c/ B/c/d/B/ cA A :: e | cefe cefe | fedc BEEe | cefe cefe | fefg aA A :|

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T:Miss Gunning’s

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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

c2 BA (G/A/B) ED|CEAc|BE E2|c2 BA (G/A/B) Ed|(c/d/e) EB cA A2:|

|:aAaA aA A2|(G/A/B) “tr”B2 (G/A/B) “tr”B2|aAaA aA AB|c2 BA EA A2:|

|:ce”tr”fe ce”tr”fe|fedc BE “tr”E2|ce”tr”fe ce”tr”fe|fefg aA A2:||

X:3

T:Miss Gunning's Reel

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

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

N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 9

% Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Alexander MacGlashan's "A Coll. Of R. ..." 1786

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M:C|

R:Reel

K:A

e|{d}c2 (BA) GBED|CEAc BEEe |{d}c2 (BA) GBEd  |ceBd cAA:|

g|aAaA a(cBA)|GB (TB3/2A//B//) GB (TB3/2A//B//)|aAaA a(cBA)|(c/d/e) (Bd) cAAg|

aAaA a(cBA)|GB (TB3/2A//B//) GB (TB3/2A//B//)|ecBA a(cBA)|(c/d/e) (Bd) cAA|]

           

MISS GUNNING’S MINUET.  English, Minuet. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.  Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Québec from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York.

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T:Miss Gunning’s Minuet

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Minuet

S:Henry Livingston’s manuscript copybook, late 18th century

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F4G2|Ad F2G2|Ad F2G2|AF D4|e4f2|gecA d2|GA G2F2|{F}E6:|

|:AB =c2B2|Bcd2c2|ef g2(f2|f2)e2fd|A4 GE|F2D2fd|A4 GE|F2D2d2|Bgfe<dc|d6:|

 

MISS GUNNING'S REEL. See "Miss Gunning's Fancy ."

           

MISS GUNN'S DANCE. English, Jig. England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 27b, pg. 7.

           

MISS GUSTAVE MACINNIS. Canadian, Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major (‘A’ part) & A Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 70.

           

MISS GUTHRIE’S. AKA and see “Fingal’s Cave [1].”

                       

MISS H. HUNTER OF BLACKNESS. Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) for a member of a Forfarshire manor family. See note for “My wife she’s ta’en the Gee” for more on the family. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 283. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Tunes), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 32. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 16 (3rd ed.).

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T:Miss H. Hunter of Blackness

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R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

a|gafg e/e/e g2|c(ffe) dBBa|gafg e/e/e ge|cffd e2e:|

B|(G/F/E) BG AFcA|(G/F/E) BG FCDA|(G/F/E) BG AFcA|

GEFD E2 EB|(G/F/E) BG AFcA|(G/F/E) BG FCCA| GEBG ABcd|ecBG E2E||

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T:Miss H. Hunter’s of Blackness Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Nathaniel Gow

B:Gow – Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 16  (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Flat Major

A|gafg e/e/e g2|c(ff)e dBBa|gafg e/e/e ge|cffd {d}e2e:||

B|(G/F/E) BG AFcA|(G/F/E) BG FCDA|(G/F/E) BG AFcA|GEFD “tr”E2 EB|

(G/F/E) BG AFcA|(G/F/E) BG FCCA|GEBG ABcd|ecBG E2E||

           

MISS HALDANE OF GLENEAGLES [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Shepherd. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 20. Hunter (The Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 142.

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T:Miss Haldane of Gleneagles [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G/F/|E>CCD/E/ F>EDG/F/|ECCE D/C/B,/A,/ G,G/F/|E>CCD/E/ F>EDG|A/B/c/A/ B/c/d/f/ ecc:|

g/f/|e>ccd/e/ f>edg/f/|eccA BG/c/d/B/ Gg/f/|e>ccd/e/ f>edg/f/|ec G/a/g/f/ ecc g/f/|

e>ccd/e/ f/g/a/f/ dg/f/|eccA B/c/d/B/ Gc/B/|AcGc FdEc|D/E/F/D/ E/A/G/F/ ECC||

 

MISS HALDAN GLENEAGLES [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm MacDonald’s 2nd Collection, dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 3.

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T:Miss Haldan Gleneagles [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(G/A/B) | cG EC cdec | d>e (f/e/)d/c/ B/c/d/B/ GA/B/ | cG EC c>dea | gede c2c :|

e/f/ | gceg cgec | (f/e/).f/.g/ (a/g/).f/.e/ (f/e/).d/.c/ de/f/ | gceg cgfa | gede “tr”c2 ce/f/ |

gceg cgec | (f/e/).f/.g/ (a/g/).f/.e/ (f/e/).d/.c/ d>e | AcGc Acfa | gede c2c ||

           

MISS HALKET. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in William Marshall's 1781 collection (pg. 3).

 

MISS HALKET CRAIGIE’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by Niel Gow Jr. (c 1795-1823), son of Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) and grandson and namesake of fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). Niel Jr. was a promising composer who had entered his father’s publishing business in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, he died young, the year after the Sixth Collection was issued. Gow (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pg. 32.

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T:Miss Halket Craigie’s Reel

M:C

L:1/8
R:Reel
C:Niel Gow Jr. (c. 1795-1823)

B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c|{B}A2 Fc AfcA|f2 cA BGGc|{B}A2 Fc AF fc|dbge fFF:||g|

(f/g/a) gf (e/f/g) fe|fd gf|ecc_e|dbgf ecfc|dBGc AFFg|

(f/g/a) gf (e/f/g) fe|fdgf ecc_e|dbgf ecfc|dBGc AFF||

 

MISS HALL OF DUNGLASS’ REEL.  Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was composed by Niel Gow Jr. (c 1795-1823), son of Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831) and grandson and namesake of fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). Niel Jr. was a promising composer who had entered his father’s publishing business in Edinburgh. Unfortunately, he died young, the year after the Sixth Collection was issued. (Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pgs. 28-29.

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T:Miss Hall of Dunglass’ Reel

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Niel Gow Junr. (c. 1795-1823)

B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

g|”tr”f2 {=ef}dB FBFD|B,D/E/ FD F2 FG|”tr”B2 fd BFDB,|{EF}G2 FD C2C:||

e|(d/e/f) dB (gf)dB|bfdB= “tr”f2 {=ef}fg|(d/e/f) dB (gf) dB|bfdB {d}c2 ce|

(d/e/f) dB (gf)dB|bfdB “tr”f2 {=ef}fg|fd bf dBfd|BFDB, C2C||

           

MISS HAMILTON [1] (Ingean Uí Amiltuin). Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Heymann, O'Neill): AABB (O'Sullivan/Bunting). The Irish collector Edward Bunting maintained this piece was composed by one of the last of the ancient Irish harpers, Cornelius Lyons (1680-1750), harper to the Earl of Antrim, in 1706 (it is the only surviving piece attributed to him, although his variations to other tunes are extent). Lyons was a contemporary of and friend and companion to the famous harper Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738). O’Neill (1913) reports that this is the only one of Lyons’ compositions to survive, but that he was famous as an arranger of variations in more ‘modern’ style to such airs as “Eileen a Roon” and “The Coolin.” He did not know of the Miss Hamilton of the title, but speculated she was a member of the Killeagh family. Bunting also told this story about Lyons and his patron:

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His lordship was both a wit and a poet, and delighted in equality

where vulgarity was not too gross. At one time he and Lyons,

when in London, went to the house of a famous Irish harper

named Heffernan, who kept a tavern there; but beforehand they

formed the following plan. 'I will call you Cousin Burke,' said his

lordship. 'You may call me either Cousin Randall or My Lord, as

you please.' After regaling for some time, Heffernan was called up,

who was by this time well aware of the dignity of his host from the

conversation and livery of his lordship's servants. When Heffernan

came into the room he was desired to bring his harp and sit down,

which he did, and played a good many tunes in grand style. His

lordship then called upon his cousin Burke to play a tune. The

supposed cousin, after many apologies, at length took the harp

and played some of his best airs. Heffernan, after listening a little

while, started up and exclaimed, 'My lord, you may call him Cousin

Burke, or what cousin you please, but 'dar Dhia' [by God]

he plays upon Lyons's fingers.' What is very extraordinary,

Heffernan had never seen Lyons before. His lordship then retired,

leaving the minstrels to indulge in Bacchanalian rivalry.

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O'Sullivan finds a variant to the tune, called "The Blossom of the Raspberry" (with added sections), in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, volume IV, pg. 17. Source for notated version: the index to Bunting's 1840 edition gives the tune noted from Patrick Linden the harper in 1802; his MS, however, lists Hugh Higgins, harper, as the source. Heymann (Off the Record), 1990; pgs. 16-18 (includes a set of variations). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1830, pg. 344. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 107, pgs. 153-155. Temple Records 013, Ann Heymann & Alison Kinnaird – “Harper’s Land” (1983).

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T:Miss Hamilton [1]

B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland, no. 1830

Z:Transcribed by Philippe Varlet

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

B2d2 (cBAG)|d>c (B/c/d) {E}D2 Dz|(C/D/E) DC B,DGD|{D}CB,{B,}CG, A,2 A,z|

Bd{d}cB {B}AGAF|GBAG {EF}E(DE)G|dBAG (EF/G/) (DC)|B,2 A,2 G,4||

(de)d.c. {cd}cB {AB}AG|(de)d.c. {cd}cB {AB}AG|(Bdgd) (edcB)|(cBAG) A2 Az|

(B/c/d) (cB) (AG)AF|{A}G/F/G/A/ BG {EF}E(D/E/) G2|dBAG (EF/G/) DC|B,2 A,2G,4||

 

MISS HAMILTON [2]. AKA and see "I Have No Money." Irish, Reel.

 

MISS HAMILTON [3].  English, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Gibbons’ setting was originally in the key of ‘D’ major. Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 6.

           

MISS HAMILTON OF BANGOWER/BANGOWRIE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. The Hamiltons of Bangowrie were a cadet branch of Hamilton of Burntwood. AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Stewart-Robertson). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 146. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 19 (3rd ed.).  Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 233. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 108-109.

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T:Miss Hamilton of Bangowrie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A/B/|~c>dc>A ~c>dc>A|A<c f>A G2 GA/B/|~c>dc>A c>df>a|f<d c>A F2F:|

B|A<cf<a f>af>c|d<f c>A G2 G>B|A<c f>c f>a f<c|d<f c>A F2 Fc/B/|

A<c f>a A<c f>a|c2 f/g/a g<G GA/B/|c>dc>d f>ga>g|f>dc>A F2F||

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T:Miss Hamilton of Bangowre’s Strathspey

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 19 (orig. 1792)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A/B/|c>d”tr”cA c>dcA|A<cf>A {A}G2 GA/B/|c>dcA cdfa|f<d”tr”c>A {A}F2F:||B|

A<cf<a “tr”f>afc|d<f”tr”c>A {A}G2 G>B |A<cfc f>afc|d<f”tr”c>A F2F c/B/|

A<cfa A<cfa|”tr”c2 (f/g/a) gG GA/B/|”tr”c>dcd f>g ({f/g/}a>)g|f>d”tr”cA {A}F2F||

           

MISS HAMILTON OF SUNDRUM. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in John Riddell's 1782 collection (pg. 51).

           

MISS HAMILTON'S DELIGHT. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.  The melody appears in the 1768 Gillespie Manuscript of Perth. A tune by this title also was printed by Johnson in the Scots Musical Museum (1787-1803, No. 176). Samuel Bayard finds the Johnson tune printed as a harp piece in Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion (IV, pg. 17) and also “quite individual version” under the title “The Red Fox’s Delight” in Nicholas Bennett’s Alawon fy Ngwlad (I, 38). Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, vol. 2), 1788; pgs. 183-184. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book 1), c. 1762; pg. 18. .

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T:Miss Hamilton’s Delight

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

“tr”f2 (f/g/a) (gf)(ed) | a>g (f/g/a) “tr”A4 | {G/A/}B2 AG F/A/d/F/ | (GF)”tr”(ED) {D}E4 | (f/g/a) (gf) (ed){f}(e{d}c) |

(d/c/d/e/ f)A (F/D/F/)A/ dD | {d/e/}f2 “tr”(ed) (BA) (d/B/)(A/G/) | F2 “tr”E2{D/E/}D4 :: a>bag “tr”f2 (ed) |

(a/g/a/)b/ (a/b/a/)g/ “tr”f2 ed | fa(d’a) (ba)(gf) | (gf)(ed) “tr”e4 | (fg/a/) gf “tr”(ede)c |

(d/c/d/e/ f)A (F/D/F/)A/ dD | (fg/a/) (g/f/e/d/) “tr”(B/A/B/c/) (d/B/A/G/) | F2 “tr”E2{D/E/}D4 :|

           

MISS HAMILTON’S JIG.  English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody and dance instructions first appear in John Hinton’s periodical Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, 1754). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 111.

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T:Miss Hamilton’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:D

A|FDA d2f|(ea)c d2f|(ea)c (df)B|ce^G A2A|FDA d2f|(ea)c d2f|(e^g)a (cd)B|(A3 A2):|
|:A|^cAc efg|AGBc d2f|geb gfe|df^A B2=A|FDF AFA|dAd (f/g/a)g|fed ABc|(d3 d2):||

 

MISS HANBURY'S FANCY. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Duncan Macintyre. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 30.

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T:Miss Hanbury’s Fancy

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R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

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G|FDFB d2 cB|ABcd edcd|Bbfd gecB|A/B/c Fe dBB:|

g|fgaf bfdf|egce dfBg|fgaf bg=eb|afg=e f2 fg|fdgf ecfe|dBed cAFE|

Dbfd gecB|(A/B/c) FA BB,B,||

           

MISS HANNAH'S JIG--ELGIN. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Marshall): AAB (Hunter). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 289. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 41.

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T:Miss Hannah’s Jig—Elgin

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|G2G (Bc/d/)B|(GB)G (Bc/d/)B|A2a abg|f3 d2f|~g2g bag|(fg/a/)f agf|eag fef|g3G2||

g|bag agf|gfe def|gfg efg|~a3 (A2g)|bag agf|gfe def|gfe def|g3 (G2g)|bag agf|

gfe def|gfg efg|~a3 (A2g)|(ba/b/)g bag|(fg/a/)f agf|eag fef|g3G2||

           

MISS HARIOT MACDONALD. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 18).

           

MISS HASSE REAL. Northumbrian. One of the "missing tunes" from Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.

           

MISS HAY [1]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABCCD. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 5). McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 21.

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T:Miss Hay’s Reel [1]

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S:McGlashan – Reels (c. 1786)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

B|A/B/c B>A BFFB|A/B/c B>A A/A/A ac|A/B/c B>A BFFB|AFEF A2 A,:|

f|ef/g/ ac B>AFf|ef/g/ ac A/A/A ac|ef/g/ ac B>AFB|AFEF A2 A,f|e/f/g ac B>AFf|

e/f/g ac A/A/A ac|eaca B>AFB|AFE>F A2 A,||B|cAcA BFFB|cAcA A/A/A ac|

cAcA BFFB|A>FE>F A2 A,:|

f|abac B>AFf|a>bac A/A/A ac|a>bac B>AFB|AFEF A2 A,f|a>bac B>AFf|

a>bac A/A/A ac|eaca B>AFB|AFEF A2 A,||

 

MISS HAY’S REEL [2].  Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie. The melody appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances, a volume dedicated to his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup.

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T:Miss Hay's Reel [2]

C:R. Petrie

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

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

N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 10

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M:C|

R:Reel

K:Gm

(DGGc) (B/c/d) (cB)|AFcF dFcF|(DGGc) d=efd|cAfA G/G/G G2:|

(Ggga) (g/a/b) (ag)|fcac fcac|(dgga) (g/a/b) (ag)|fdcA G/G/G G2|

(Ggga) (g/a/b) (ag)|fcfg agfa| gafg dfcf|AFcA G/G/G G2|]

 


MISS HAY OF HAYSTON'S REEL. Scottish. Composed by Neil Gow (1795-1823), junior, the son of Nathaniel and grandson of Niel Gow (who spelled his first name differently). A keen amateur musician, he entered the medical profession but died at the early age of 28.

           

MISS HAY OF YESTER. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Gow, Kerr): AABB' (Athole). The Hay family were lords of Yester Castle (south of the town of Gifford), East Lothian, since the 14th century. In 1646 the Hays were raised to Earls of Yester, and, in 1694, to Marquesses (of Tweeddale). George Hay 1753-1804), 7th Marquess of Tweeddale, was the head of the family in Gow’s time. He had four daughters, however, they would have been addressed by the honorific ‘Lady’, so “Miss Hay of Yester” may refer to another member of the family. The family seat was Yester House, built near the site of the original castle by architect James Smith (1645-1731). It was renovated over the years by other famous architects, including William Adam, Robert Adam, and Robert Brown. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 284. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pgs. 4-5. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 23, No. 6, pg. 14. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 120.

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T:Miss Hay of Yester

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R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2fd e2ge|fafd cedA|d2fd e2ge | faAc d2 d>A :: D2FD AfdB | AFED CECA, |1

D2FD AFdB| AFGE D2 D>A :|2 D2FD AFdA | Bgec d2 d>A ||

           

MISS HAYDEN. Scottish. Country dance directions for this tune were recovered from the Holmain MS from Dumphries‑shire.

           

MISS HEATON'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Miss Gayton's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 23a, pg. 5.

           

MISS HEDGES’ MINUET . English (?), Minuet. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. An Annapolis, Maryland, dancing master named John Ormsby in 1758 called this tune “Mrs. Hodges her Minuet” (Keller, 1992). Source for notated version: the music manuscript of Captain George Bush (1753?-1797), a fiddler and officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution [Keller]. Keller (Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution), 1992; pg. 9.

                       

MISS HELEN GRANT’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. “Miss Helen Grant’s Reel” was first printed in James Aird’s Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (Glasgow, 1797, pg. 37). It also appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England.

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T:Miss Helen Grant’s Reel

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S:James Aird – Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5  (Glasgow, 1797)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F|A3B AFdB|ABAF EDEF|A3B AFdF|EDEF D/D/D D2:||

A|defd geaf|defd edBe|defd geaf|edef d/d/d df|

defd geaf|defd edBe|fg/a/ ef dBAF|GBAF D/D/D D||

 

MISS HELEN MACGREGOR. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 55.

           

MISS HELEN MACINNES. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Moyra Cowie, in her book The Life and Times of William Marshall (1999), finds that Helen MacInnes was Marshall’s grand-daughter, who married Thomas McKenzie, and architect in Elgin, Scotland. The couple had five sons and one daughter, one of whom, Alexander Marshall McKenzie (1848-1933), himself became a architect of some renown, building Marischal College in Aberdeen and Australia House in the Strand, London. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 29.

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T:Miss Helen McInnes

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E2A A2F|GAB BGE|EGA ABc|d>ef ecA|dfa edc|B>cA GFE|F>GA BGE|

A3A2||e|cea cea|^dfb dfb|geB geB|fge ^dcB|bgb afa|geg f^dB|c>de f^dB|

E3E3|E2A A2F|GAB BGE|EFG ABc|def ecA|d2c fed|cBA GFE|F2B GFE| A3A2||

           

MISS HENDERSON OF FORDEL. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Daniel Dow's Thirty Seven New Reels and Strathspeys (Edinburgh, c. 1775, pg. 9). Fordell is a former estate colliery village in west Fife, Scotland (Fordel—with one ‘l’—is the old spelling_. The Hendersons were the baronets of Fordel (their seat was Fordell House), and the title refers possibly to a daughter of Sir Robert Henderson (d. 1781), the 4th Baronet Henderson of Fourdell, and his wife Isabella Stuart (d. 1796), who were married in 1748. They had two daughters, Jean, who married into the Mercer family, and Frances, who married a Lindsay. Both were born before 1781, although the dates are unknown. Sir Robert built the first private railway to transport ore from the Fordell mines to St. David’s Harbour on the Firth of Forth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 2. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 28.

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T:Miss Henderson of Fordel

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R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

a | e2 c2 Acec | dfce fBBa | e2c2 Acec | fdBe cA [CA] :|

e | ceAe cAec | fdec Bcdf | ecAe cAec | Bcde cAAe |

ceAe cAec | fdec Bcdf | ecea gae=g | fdBe cA[CA] ||

 

MISS HENDERSON, TRINITY’S FAVORITE.  Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Niel Gow, Jr. (c. 1795-1823), the son of Nathaniel Gow and the grandson of family scion Niel Gow. While it looks like a jig on paper, Gow directed it be played ‘Slowly’. The younger Niel briefly joined his father’s music publishing firm, and was showing great promise as a talented performer and composer before his untimely death. His father collected and published his son’s compositions in a Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels, being the Posthumous Compositions of the late Niel Gow, Junior, dedicated to the Right Honourable, the Earl of Dalhousie, by his much obliged servant, Nathaniel Gow (Edinburgh, 1849). Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 9.

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T:Miss Henderson, Trinity’s Favorite

M:6/8

L:1/8

C:Niel Gow Jr.

R:Slow Air

S:Niel Gow Jr. – Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels, etc.  (1849)

K:Emin

F|(E/F/G)E B3|GFE GAB|AFD d3|{G}FEF DFA|GFE DFA|

“tr”d2e fga|gfe ^dfa|gee e2::f|g2B Eef|fdA Dfa|

“tr”g>fg “tr”a>ga|”tr”b>gb e2b|ac’a gbg|afd fga|gfe ^dfa|gee e2:|

 

MISS HENNY MACKENZIE. AKA – “Miss Hetty McKenzie.” AKA and see “Lady Doll Sinclair,” “Matt Molloy’s [3],” “Matt Peoples’ [2].” Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 142, pg. 17. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 104. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 59.

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T:Miss Henny MacKenzie

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L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

e | A/A/A ^cA dBcA | Bggd BGGB | A/A/A ^ca dBcA | Baae ^cAA :|

^g | ae^ca eaca | Bggd BGGg | ae^ca eaca | Baae ^cAA^g | ae^ca eaca |

Bggd BGGg | a^fge fde^c | ^faae ^cAA ||

           

MISS HENNY MITCHELSTON. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 49).

           

MISS HENRIETTA ABERNETHIE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Issac Cooper. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 20.

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T:Miss Henrietta Abernethie

M:C

L:1/8

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c>d e<c d<B c>A|G>cE>C D/D/D D2|c>d e<c d<B c>A|G>EF>D C/C/C C2:|

C>EG>E c>ed>B|c>AG>E D/D/D D2|C>EG>E c>ed>c|B/d/B G>B c/c/c c2|

C>EG>E c>ed>B|c>AG>E D/D/D D2|g>ef>d e>cd>B|G>Bd>B c/c/c c2||

           

MISS HEPBURN BELCHES. Scottish, March. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’CC. Composed by Scottish fiddler and bandleader Adam Rennie?

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S:Adam Rennie 78rpm
Z:Nigel Gatherer
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K:G
D | GD GD | AD AD | Bd c/B/A/G/ | FE DE/F/ |
GD GD | AD A2 | Bd c/B/A/G/ | G2 G :|
A | dA dA | eA eA | fe/d/ e^c | d=c BA |
GD GD | AD A2 | Bd c/B/A/G/ |1 G2  G :|2 G2 ||
G/A/B/c/ | d2 ed | B2 c2 | d2 ez | d2  ez |
d2 ed | GB dB | A>A BA  | G2 :|

 

MISS HERON. AKA – “Miss Heron of Hernon’s Reel,” “Miss Herron of Heron’s Reel.” Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was published in 1799 by Thomas Calvert, a musician from Kelso, Scotland. A note with his collection states that Calvert supplied “a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun’d and repaired.” A year later the Gows published it in their Fourth Collection (1800) where the composition was attributed to Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). Miss Heron was presumably one of two daughters of Patrick Heron of Heron (1736-1803) and Lady Elizabeth Cochrane (1745-1811, daughter of the 8th Earl of Dundonald), whose estate of Kerroughtree was near Galloway, Ayr. Patrick was an MP for Kirkcudbright in the decade before his death, and poet Robert Burns wrote some satirical campaign verses to aid his candidacies. A period geographical survey had this short note about the estate: “On the east side of the [River] Cree stands the ancient village of Minnigaff. Near it is Kirrochtree, the elegant seat of Mr. Heron of Heron. In this estate, and that of Mochramore adjoining, there are veins of lead, which have been worked for many years” (Robert Heron, Scotland Delineated: Or, a Geographical Description of Every Shire, 1799). Burns originally set a song (“Here is the Glen”) to one of Lady Elizabeth (Cochrane) Heron’s airs. Writing to his publisher, Thomson, Burns said, “I got an air, pretty enough, composed by Lady Elizabeth Heron of Heron, which she calls ‘The Banks of the Cree’. Cree is a beautiful, romantic stream, and, as her ladyship is a particular friend of mine, I have written the following song to it.” Thomson did not like the tune, however, and, after Burns’ death set the verses to “The Flowers of Edinburgh.” Patrick and Elizabeth had only one daughter who lived past adolescence, the youngest having died at Madeira in 1800. The eldest, Stuart Mary (1777-1856), married Sir John-Shaw-Heron Maxwell of Springkell, Co. Dumfries, in 1802. Stuart-Mary was born and died in the family seat of Kerroughtree (various spellings exist). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 285. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 9. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 222.

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T:Miss Heron

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R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f|cFAF EGGB|A/B/c fc d3f|dfdA BGEc|AFEC F2F:|

f|a/g/f/e/ fd efgb|afcA d3f|cAfF EGGB|AFEC F3f|

a/g/f/e/ fd efgb|a/g/f/e/ fc d3f|cacA BGEc|AFEC ~F2F||

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T:Miss Heron of Heron's Reel

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B:The Calvert Collection - Page 7

Z:Nigel Gatherer

K:F

f|cFAF EGGB|A/B/c fc "tr" d3f|cfcA BGEc|AFEC F3:|]

f|a/g/f/e/ fd "tr" e>f gb afcA "tr"d3 f|cAfF EGGB|AFEC ~F3 f|

a/g/f/e/ fd ~e>fgb|a/g/f/e/ fc ~d3 f|cacA BGEc|AFEC F3:|]

                       

MISS HERON OF HERON’S REEL. See “Miss Heron,” above.

                       

MISS HERRIES FORBES FAREWELL TO BANFF. AKA and see "Miss Forbes' Farewell to Banff," "Miss Forbes' Farewell." Scottish, Slow Air. Composed by Isaac Cooper (c. 1755-1820), 1794. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

           

MISS HETTY McKENZIE. AKA and see “Lady Doll Sinclair,” "Miss Henny MacKenzie."

 

MISS HODGES. See “Miss Hedges’ Minuet.”

                       


MISS HOG, NEWLISTON. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 302.

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T:Miss Hog, Newliston

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R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

A|BdAc BGGA|BGcB AFFA|BdAc BGgd|ecAd BGG:|

A|BdcB fdcB|AFcF dFcF|BdAc BGga|bag^f g/g/g ga|

bag^f g=fed| ecdB AFcA|BGcA dBec|dba^f g<(GG)||

           

MISS HOPE’S FAVOURITE-SCOTCH. AKA and see “The Mason’s Apron.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The first Irish printing of the famous reel “The Mason’s Apron,” probably Scots in origin (and identified as “Scotch” by O’Farrell). O'Farrell, Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 90.

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T:Miss Hope’s Favorite

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L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dc | BG G2 (GF)GE | DEGA B2 (AG) | cA A2 (AB)AG | (AB)cd edeg | BG G2 (GF)GE |

DEGA B2 AG | ABcd edeg | G<GBA G2G2 :: BGdG eGdG | BGdG edcB |

 cAeA fAeA | cAeA e2 dc | BGdG eGdG | BGdG edcB | ABcd edeg | G<GBA A2G2 :|

           

MISS HOPE’S STRATHSPEY. AKA and see “Frank Roche’s Favorite,” “Lady Ann Hope [1].” Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow). Composed by John Pringle. Source for notated version: a simplified version appears in the c. 1847 music manuscript of Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown]. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 30. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 52. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 82-83.

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T:Miss Hope’s Strathspey

M:C

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R:Strathspey

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

~D|G<G G>B {B}A>GEB|c<c ~c>d edBg|d<B B>G c>AB>G|A<E E>F G3:|

(d/4e/4f/)|g2 d>g B>gdg|g<g {ga}b>g {f}e3f|(3gab (3agf (3efg (3dcB |(3cde (3def (3gdc (3BAG|

g<g d>g B>gd>g|g<g {ga}b>g {f}e3f|(3gab (3agf (3efg (3dcB|A<E E>F G3||

 

MISS HOPKINS (REEL). AKA and see “Miss Cruikshank’s Reel (--Glass),” “Put Me in the Big Chest.” Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB(Surenne): AABB' (Marshall): AAB (Athole, Gow). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 11). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 434. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pgs. 32-33. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 11. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 283. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 53.

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T:Miss Hopkins

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R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B|F>GBd e2 eg|fdc>B cBGB|F>GBd e2 eg|fdcd B/B/B ~B:|

f|gaba gfed|cBcd cGGf|gaba gfed|c>Bcd B/B/B ~Bf|

gaba gfed|c>Bcd cGGB|FGBc defg|fdcd B/B/B ~B||

 

MISS HORGAN'S. AKA and see “Miss Forbes.” Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The “B” part of the tune is the same as that of the more famous “Money Musk,” although in a different key. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 29. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 54.

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T:Miss Horgan’s
M:2/4

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R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G/|(E/G/).G/.c/ (A/c/).G/.c/|(E/G/)(G/E/) (F/D/)(D/F/)|(E/G/).G/.c/ (B/c/).d/.f/|

.e/.c/(g/e/) (G/c/).c/.G/|(E/G/).G/.c/ (A/c/).G/.c/|(E/G/)(G/E/) (F/D/)(D/F/)|

(E/G/).G/.c/ (B/c/).d/.f/ | .e/.c/(g/e/) (G/c/).c/ :: a/ | g/c/e/c/ g/c/f/a/|g/c/e/c/ B/d/f/a/|

g/c/a/c/ g/c/e/c/| f/d/B/g/ e/c/c/a/|g/c/e/c/ g/c/f/a/|g/c/e/c/ d/f/B/g/|e/c/B/c/ G/c/e/c/|f/a/g/f/ (e/c/).c/:|

 

MISS HUNTER OF BLACKNESS.  AKA – “Mrs. Hunter of Blackness.” See note for “Lady Viscountess Duncan.”

 

MISS HUNTER OF BURNSIDE. AKA and see "Mrs. Macdouwal/Macdouall/Macdowal Grant." Scottish. The tune was claimed by Charles Duff, who published it under the above title around 1790, however, it later appeared as "Mrs. Macdonald Grant" in the Gow's Third Collection of 1792 ascribed to Nathaniel Gow.

           

MISS HUNTER’S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. Composed by Tyneside fiddler and composer James Hill, probably named for Sarah Hunter, his wife.

 

MISS HUNTLEY'S. AKA and see "The Ewe Reel," "The Ew(i)e Wi' the Crooked Horn [1]," "The Ram with the Crooked Horn," "Bob with the one Horn [2]," "Go see the Fun," "Sweet Roslea and the Sky over it," "The Lowlands of Scotland," "My Love is Far Away ," "The Merry Lasses," "The Kerry Lasses [1]," "The Red Blanket," "The Pretty Girl in Danger," "The Foe."

           

MISS HUTCHINSON’S FROLICK.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 160.

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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:D

(3dcd (3dcd (3dAG (3FED|(3ede (3ede (3ebd (3cBA|(3dcd (3dcd (3dba (3^gfe|(3dcB (3cA^g a2 A2:|

|:d/e/f/d/ d/e/f/d/ B/c/e/B/ G2|e/f/g/e/ e/f/g/e/ c/d/e/c/ A2|f/g/a/f/ d/e/f/d/ B/c/d/B/ G>g|(3fed (3Adc d2 D2:||

 

MISS HUTTON'S. Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Glen): AABB (Cranford/Fitzgerald). The melody appears in John Bowie's 1789 collection and is attributed to him in later collections. Little Jack MacDonald was the first Cape Breton fiddler to record this tune (Paul Cranford, 1997), while Jerry Holland cites Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald for his source. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 158, pg. 63. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 44. Odyssey ORCS 1051, Jerry Holland – “Fiddler’s Choice” (1998). Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier ‑ "The Dances Down Home" (1977).

X:1

T:Miss Hutton

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

K:Gmin

A|B<F F>E D<F F2|D<G G>A B>cd>g|f<d c>B A/B/c AF|D<G d>c B<G G:|

F|B<B d>B f>dc>B|A/B/c f>d c>fA>F|G>A B<d (g/^f/g/a/ g)d|b>ag>^f g/g/g g>a|

g/a/b g>d e/f/g e>c|d/c/B/A/ B>G ^FADd|G>d G<d c>ed>c|B<G B/A/G/^F/ DGG||

X:2

T:Miss Hutton

S:Paddy O'Brien

D:Stranger at the Gate

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de

R:Strathspey

L:1/8

M:C|

K:Gmin

GA|B<FFE D<FF2|D<GGA Bcd<g|fdcB (3ABc AF|G2dc B<GGA|\

B<FFE D<FF2|D<GGA Bcd<g|fdcB (3ABc AF|G2dc B<GGA|:\

(3BdB dB fdcB|(3ABc fd c<fAF|GABd g/^f/g/a/ga|\

b<ga^f g2gf|(3gab gd (3efg ed|d/c/B/A/BG (3^FGA Dc|\

B<dGc Bedc|BAB/A/G/^F/ G2GA:|

 

MISS HUTTON’S REEL.  English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Cahusac (Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for 1809). 1809; No. 19.

X:1

T:Miss Hutton’s Reel

M:2/4

L:1/
R:Reel

B:WM Cahusac – Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for 1809, No. 19 (London)

N:”With proper Directions to each Dance as they are performed at

N:Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblies.”

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d’>a f/>d/a/>f/|g/>f/e/>d/ c/e/e/a/|d’>a f/>d/a/>d/|c/>d/e/>f/ dd:|

|:D/>F/A/>d/ f/>d/a/>f/|e/>c/A/>f/ e/>c/A/z/|D/>F/A/>d/ f/>d/a/>f/|g/>e/c/>e/ dz:|

|:a/>f/d’/>c’/ b/>a/g/>f/|e/>c/A/>f/ e/>c/ A/>F/|D/>E/F/>G/ A/>d/f/>d/|g/>e/a/>c/ dd:||

 

MISS HYDEN. Scottish. The melody appears along with country dance instructions in the Holmain Manuscript (c. 1710‑50).

           

MISS INA MORRISON. Canadian, Reel and March. Canada, Cape Breton. The MacLellan Trio--"Early Cape Breton Fiddlers on Early LP's."

           

MISS INNES. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 262.

X:1

T:Miss Innes

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

K:Emin

EB E/E/E e2 B>d|FDFd FDDF|EB E/E/E e2 Bd|FDdF E/E/E E2:|

ebge Bgf^d|eBdA FDDF|ebge bege|Bgf^d e/e/e e>f|ebge bege|

FAdA FDDF|EB E/E/E e2 Bd|FDdF E/E/E E2||

           

MISS INNES OF EDINGIGHT. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Issac Cooper. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 12.

X:1

T:Miss Innes of Edingight

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>BG>B d>Bd>B|G>GB>G A>DF>D|G/A/B/c/ d>B e>fg>e|d>cB>A B<G G2:|

g>bf>d e>dc>B|c/e/c B/d/B A>DF>D|g>bf>d e>fg>e|d>cB>A B<G G2|g>bg>d e>dc>B|

c/e/c B/d/B A>DF>D|G/A/B/c/ d>B e>fg>e|d>cB>A B>G [B,2G2]||

           

MISS INNES OF MELDRUM. Scottish, Strathspey. Composed by Isaac Cooper (c. 1755-1820). Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

                       


MISS ISAAC FORSYTH--ELGIN. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 24. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 3.

X:1

T:Miss Isaac Forsyth—Elgin

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C|F2B (A/B/c)A|F2f fed|c2d cAF|EGG G2A|F2B (A/B/c)A|

F2f fed|c2d cAF|CFF F2:||~f/g/|agf bag|agf gfe|fed cBA|

BGG G2 f/g/|agf bag|agf gfe|def cdB|AFF F2 f/g/|agf bag|agf gfe|

def cBA|BGG G2A|F2B (A/B/c)A|F2f fed|c2f efg|aff f2||

           


MISS ISABELLA MACPHERSON GRANT'S STRATHSPEY--OF BALLINDALLOCH. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Isabella lived at the castle of Ballindalloch, a manor on the east bank of the River Avon and was a relation of General James Grant who is perhaps the most famous of the Macpherson-Grants (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). From 1763-1771 he was governor of East Florida, then fought in the American Revolution. He added two new wings to Ballindalloch in 1770, one of them to house his favorite French chef, as he was one of the most noted bon viveurs of his day. He even took his cooks along with him when traveling, and had the habit “not to hazard his palate on any dish until its quality had been previously ascertained.”

***

General James Grant

***

Cowie says that he loved good food and took his French chef with him when he retired to the castle. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 51.

X:1

T:Miss Isabella MacPherson Grant’s Strathspey—of Ballindalloch

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

a | c<c c>B A>c ~f2 | d<d d>c d>fg>a | f>FA>F A<c ~f2 | d>g f/e/d/c/ ~f2f :|

g | a>f a/g/f/e/ fc ~f2 | b>g b/a/g/f/ e/f/g/a/ gf/g/ | a>f a/g/f/e/ f>c d<f | ~c>f e/f/g/e/ ~f2 fg |

a>f a/g/f/e/ fc f2 | b>a b/a/g/f/ e/f/g/a/ gf/g/ | b/a/g/f/ g>e f>c d<f | ~c>f e/f/g/e/ ~f2f ||

                       

MISS JACKSON'S. AKA and see "Lady McDonald's Reel," "Lord MacDonald('s Reel) [4]," "Little Peggy [1]," "Little Peggy's Love," "Slanty Gart," "Leather Breeches/Britches." John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of a tune by this name in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 67).

                       

MISS JAMIESON’S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 32, pg. 12.

X:1

T:Miss Jamieson’s Jig

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Aird, vol. II (1785)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D3A | FA df | (e/d/)(e/f/) gf | (e/d/)(c/B/) (A/G/)(F/E/) |

D3A | FA df | (e/d/e/f/) gf | {f}e4 :: a3b | g3a | f3 g/f/ |

e/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/ | D3A | FA df | Bg/f/ f/e/d/c/ | d4 :|

                       

MISS JANE BRUCE’S JIG. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 18.

                       


MISS JANE CAMPBELL'S STRATHSPEY. AKA and see "Johnny Pringle," "Miss Burnet's Reel," "Miss Jane Stewart('s Strathspey--Pittyvaich) [1]." Scottish, Strathspey. Claimed and published by John Pringle under this title around 1801, though the melody had been previously published by William Marshall (1748-1833) around the year 1781 as "Miss Burnet's Reel." Gow called it after the former publisher, "Johnny Pringle," in his 3rd collection (1806), and, to compound the confusion, Marshall republished it in his 1822 collection under the new title "Miss Jane Stewart, Pittyvaich" (Glen, 1895).

                       

MISS JANE FRASER. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert MacIntosh. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 88.

X:1

T:Miss Jane Fraser

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B|d3g (BG)dB|(Aa)ag (fd)ef|(gf)gd (Bc)dB|cAdc BGG:|

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

(AB)cB (ce)dc|BdgB ceag|fdef gGG||

 

MISS JANE GRANT'S REEL--LYNMORE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 57. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 241.

X:1

T:Miss Jane Grant, Lynmore

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C|~F2 FB AB/c/ AF|~F2 AF BGGA|~F2 FB AB/c/ AF|BGEG AF~FC|

~F2 FB AB/c/ AF|~F2 FA BGGA|~F2 FA cAcA|BGEG AFF||

f|afaf bgbg|afaf ec ~c2|afaf bgbg|afcb af ~f2|afaf bgbg|afaf ecec|

dBdB cAcA|BGEc AF ~F2||

           

MISS JANE JOHNSTONE. English, Strathspey. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 38.

           

MISS JANE MACINNES--DANDALEITH [1]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall v (1748-1833). Miss Jane was a grandchild, as Marshall's daughter married a Mr. John MacInnes. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 129, pg. 49. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 68. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 30.

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

X:1

T:Miss Jane MacInnes—Dandaleith [1]

L:1/8

M:C|

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2 DF ABdf|D2 DF ED B,2|D2 DF ABdf|abaf d/d/d d2:|

gbaf efdA|G>fe>d B/B/B B2|gbfa efdA|B<d A>F D/D/D D2|

gbfa efdA|g>fe>d B/B/B B2|gefd ecdA|B<d A>F D/D/D D2||

 

MISS JANE MACINNES--DANDALEITH [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) and named in honor of his grand-daughter who lived at Dandaleith Farm near Rothes. She married Dr. Grigor of Nairn (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). See note for 1st tune. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 29.

X:1

T:Miss Jane McInnes—Danaleith

L:1/8

M:C

S:Marshall – 1845 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c|E<E E>F =G3B|A<A A>c e/d/c/B/ Ac|E<E E>F (=G2 G)c/d/|

e>cd>B c<A A>c|E<E E>F =G3B|A<A A>c e/d/c/B/ Ac|E<E E>F (=G2 G)c/d/|

e>cd>B c<A A||g|a2 (e>g) a/g/f/e/ c<A|B<=gd<g B<(GG)f/^g/|aegb aecA|

fagb a<AAf/g/|aefd cecA|B<=gd<g B<=G G>B|cA A/A/A a2 gb|a/g/f/e/ a>e c<A A||

 

MISS JANE STEWART('S STRATHSPEY--PITTYVAICH) [1]. AKA and see "Johnny Pringle" (Gow's title), "Miss Jane Campbell's Strathspey," "Miss Burnet's Reel." Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. William Marshall complained in his 1822 collection: "Mr. Gow and others have Published this tune, but have not mentioned Mr. Marshall as the Composer, and also changed its original name to Johnny Pringle (Marshall)." Published by Gow as "Johnny Pringle" in his Repository, Part Third, 1806; by John Pringle as "Miss Jane Campbell's Strathspey" about 1801; and originally by Marshall as "Miss Burnet's Reel" in his First Collection of 1781 (it was later reprinted and retitled by him as "Miss Jane Stewart's Pittyvaich" in his 1822 collection). Miss Jane was one of the large family of Stewarts on Pittyvaich Farm, according to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall), who had vacated the Farm at Keithmore, which the Marshall family then moved into. A long freindship developed between the families. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 42.

X:1

T:Miss Jane Stewart’s Strathspey—Pittyvaich

L:1/8

M:C|

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2 g>g B<G B2|D>GGg BGBg|G2 G>g B<G B2|c>AB>G A>G E<A:|

Ggg>b e>fg>a bgab|e>f g<e d<B c>d|egdB c/B/A/G/ EA|Ggg>b a<f g2|

e>fg>a bgab|g<be<g d<gB<g|c<aB<g A>G E<A||

 

MISS JANE STEWART [2]. AKA and see "The Doctor."

 

MISS JANE STEWART [3].  Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 147.

X:1

T:Miss Jane Stewart [3]

M:C
L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 147   (1852)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F | B2 dB fBdB | FBdB Ac2d | BBdB fBdB | AFGA B3F | B2 dB fBdB | FBdB Ac2d |

BBdB fBdB | AFGA B3 || (d/e/) | fdec dBcB | GccB Ac2(d/e/) | fdec dBcB |

AFGA B3(d/e/) | fdec dBcB | GccB Accd | BBdf bfdB | AFGA B3 ||

 


MISS JANE WEDDERBURN. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert Mackintosh. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 43.

X:1

T:Miss Jane Wedderburn

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2   (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

e|c<A a>^g a(ee=g)|B<G g>^f g(ddB)|c<A a>^g aeaf|ecdB cAA:|

c|AEcA ecae|^fdgd ecBG|AEcA ecaf|edcB c(AAc)|AecA ecae|^fdgd ecBG|

(ABc)A Bcdf|edcB cAA||

 

MISS JANE YOUNG ‑ BANFF. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Miss Jane was Archibald Young of Banff’s daughter, according to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). The father was the solicitor for the Duke of Gordon in Banff, with whom Marshall would have been in contact with in his position as Steward of the Household. Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 18.

X:1

T:Miss Jane Young—Banff

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1822 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|cAaf fedc|Bcde fBbg|aAaf fedc|Bbge a/a/a a:|

cBAc dfec|dfBf dfBf|c>Bac defg|a>fe>c A/A/A A2|cBAc dfec|

dfBf dfBf|cefg a>fec|Bbge a/a/a a2||

                       

MISS JEAN ABERDEIN. Scottish, Reel. C Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in John Anderson's c. 1789 1st collection. Composed by John Anderson (1737-1808) and printed in his first volume, '''A Selection of the Most Approved Highland Strathspeys, Country Dances, English and French Dances…dedicated to the Gentlemen of the Music Society of Greenock (Edinburgh, 1789), which contains four of his compositions. Little is known about him, although he seems to have connections to Perthshire and Edinburgh (he died in Inverness). Musicologist Gavin Greig wrote of Anderson in the '''Aberdeen Journal''' (1908, p. 178), after reviewing four of Anderson's pieces from his second volume ("Bonny Links of Aberdeen," "Sir James Grant," "Mr. James Ramsay," "New Bridge of Dumfries"):

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These exhibit no originality, and have hardly any melodic interest or value--being little more than mere exercises in arpeggios. Anderson, indeed, would appear to have been rather an executant than a composer. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 42.

X:1

T:Miss Jean Aberdein

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1   (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Cmin

C|ECGC DCGC|DCB,F DB,FD|ECGC EGcd|ecG=B cCC:|

g|egcg ecgc|dfBf dBfB|egcg ecgc|fdBf eccg|

ecgc GcGE|DBFB DB,FD|ECFD GEcG|BGFD ECC||

                       

MISS JEAN MILLIGAN. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Winifred Bird Matthew.

X:1
T:Miss Jean Milligan
D:Jimmy Greenan, The Jeenius of Jim
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4

L:1/8
K:A
E2|A2 cB A2 ce|fefg a2 af|e2 c2 dcBA c2 B2 B2 cB|
A2 cB A2 ce|fefg a2 af|eagf edcB|c2 A2 A2||
e2|a2 ed cB A2|dcde f3 e|a2 e2 efec|d2 B2 B3 e|
a2 ed cB A2|dcde f3 d|eagf edcB|c2 A2 A2|]

           

MISS JEAN ROBERTSON’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was printed by James Aird in his Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (Glasgow, 1797, pg. 13). It appears in the music manuscript copybook of John Burks, dated 1821, as “Miss Jane Robertson’s Reel.” Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England.

X:1

T:Miss Jean Robertson’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Aird – Selections, vol. 5, pg. 13  (1797)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2 FA dAFA|D2 FA GEEF|D/D/D FA dAFA|dfeg fd d:||

g|(fd).f.g (ae).f.d.|(ec).e.f. (gc).e.c|(fd).f.g (ae).f.d|efga (fd).d.g|

(fd).f.g (ae).f.d|ecef gcec|(fa).d.f (gb).e.f|(fa).e.g (fd)(df)||

           

MISS JEAN SCOTT. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 59) and Robert MacIntosh's 1783 collection (pg. 33).

 

MISS JEAN SHIRREFF’S REEL.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was printed by James Aird in his Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (Glasgow, 1797, pg. 36). It appears in the music manuscript copybook of John Burks, dated 1821, as “Miss Jane Sherrif’s Reel.” Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England. The melody also appears in the 1840 music manuscript copybook of Cumbrian fiddler John Rook, an identical copy of the melody in Burks’ manuscript

X:1

T:Miss Jane Shirreff’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Aird – Selections, vol. 5, pg. 36  (1797)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

c|dAFA d2 AF|d2 fd ceef|dAFA d2 AF|GBAF D/D/D D:||

f|abag f2 df|gefd ceef|abag f2 df|edef d/d/d df|

abag f2 df|gefd eggf|dAFA BGdF|GBAF D/D/D D||

 

MISS JEAN STEWART [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in William Marshall's 1781 collection (pg. 2); it is not "Miss Jane Stewart," and did not appear in Marshall's collected and posthumous works. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 4.

X:1

T:Miss Jean Stewart [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2   (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

C<A, A<c B>A F2 | A<EA<c e>f e<c | d>e f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ F2 |1

A<EF<E AEAc :|2 A>Bc>B A<EA<c || e>fec d/c/B/A/ F2 | e>fec e<ae<c |

d>e f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ F2 |1 A<EF<E AEAc :|2 A>Bc>B A<EA<c||

 

MISS JEAN STEWART OF BOHALLY [2]. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was composed by Malcolm McDonald. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 32. MacDonald (Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 17.

X:1

T:Miss Jeann Stewart of Bohally’s Reel [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G2 (BG) FADA | G2 (BG) dGBG | G2 (BG) FADB | (cB) A/B/c BGG :|

f | g2 bg dgBg | g2 bg bee | g2 bg dgBg | A(cBA) BGGf |

g2 bg dgBg | g2 bg beef | g(a”tr”ge) dgBG | A(cBA) BG G ||

 

MISS JEANETTE BEATON. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 132, pg. 54.

 

MISS JEANY ABERNETHIE.  Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Issac Cooper. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Miss Jeany Abernethie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

C>GE>G c>de>c|d>fe>g f<d d2|c>de>c G>ce>a|g>fe>d e<c c2:|

g>ec>g e<c g>e|d>f a/g/f/e/ f<d d2|g>ec>g e<c g>e|f>ag>f e<c c2|

g>ec>g e<c g>e|f>g a/g/f/e/ f<d d2|c>Gc>e d>fe>g|f>ag>f e<c c2||

 

MISS JEANIE MACMASTER. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed November 5th, 1953, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 63.

 

MISS JEANIE MAXWELL'S MINUET. AKA and see "The Duchess of Buccleuch's Minuet." Scottish, Minuet. Composed c. 1766 by the gentleman fiddler and composer Thomas Erskine, the Earl of Kelly. Later Ms. Maxwell married and Kelly changed the name of the tune to "The Duchess of Buccleuch's Minuet". Such name changes informed the public of the matches young women made, while a popular tune helped keep their names in the public eye.

 

MISS JEANIE MERCER. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 34).


 

MISS JEANNY ROSS. See "Miss Jenny Ross's Reel."

 

MISS JEANNY WILLIAMSON’S REEL. AKA and see "The Mortlach Reel.” Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Glen): AABB' (Marshall). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 7). Marshall was Steward of the Household for the 4th Duke and Duchess of Gordon, and dedicated this tune to one of the servants at the Gordon Castle (Cowie, 1999). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 14. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 7.

X:1

T:Miss Jeanny Williamson

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A|F2 AF cFAF|G2 BG dGBG|F2 AF cFAF|BG A/B/c/B/ AFF:|

|:e|fc d/c/=B/c/ fcaf|gd b/a/g/f/ gdda|fgdf cdAc|dGcB AFF||

 

MISS JEFFREY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson (Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 39.

X:1

T:Miss Jeffrey

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c|A,>CE>C E>FA>f|e>c d/c/B/A/ B>AFA|A,>CE>C E>F A<f|e>c d/c/B/A/ B2A:|

c|A/B/c/d/ e>a e>cA>c|d>Bc>A B>AF>B|A/B/c/d/ e>a e>cA>c|d>B ed/c/ B2 A>c|

A/B/c/d/ e>a e>cA>c|d>Bc>A B>AF>B|A>cB>d c>ed>f|e>c d/c/B/A/ B2 A|]

Last time only:

(3ABc (3Bcd (3cde (3def|e>c d/c/B/A/ B2A||

 

MISS JENNY DUFF. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in John Riddell's 1782 collection (pg. 26).

 

MISS JENNY GUTHRIE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. One part (Kerr, Tolman): AB (Athole). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 48, pg. 8. Stewart-Robertson (Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 38. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; pg. 19.

X:1

T:Miss Jenny Guthrie

M:C

L:1/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

R:Strathspey

K:A

A2 A,>C E/E/E E>c|e>f f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ F>B|A2 A,>C E/E/E E>c|e>a f/e/d/c/ e3c|

A2 A,>C E/E/E E>c|e>f f/e/d/c/ d/c/B/A/ f>B|A<E C>D B,>E A,<c|

d/c/B/A/ B>c A/A/A A2||e2 f/e/d/c/ e<c a<c|B>c d/c/B/A/ F3 c|

e2 f/e/d/c/ e<a e>c|d/c/B/A/ B>c A2 A>c|Aa f/e/d/c/ d>f e/d/c/B/|

c>e d/c/B/A/ B/c/B/A/ F>B|A<EC<A, e<ca<c|B>c e/d/B/A/ A2A,||

 

MISS JENNY ROSS'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), first appearing in his 1781 collection (pg. 10). Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1781 Collection, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Miss Jeanny Ross’s Reel (sic)

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Marshall – 1781 Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

f|e(dcB) c2 (GF)|EGce fddf|e(dcB) c2 (GF)|EcDF ECC:|

|:f|(efg)e c’ege|afge fddf|1 (efg)e c’ege|fagf ecc:|2 ecfd geaf|egdf ecc||

 

MISS JENNY WEDDERBURN. AKA and see "Burn o' Cairnie." Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 13).

MISS JESS WATSON'S HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 114. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 151.

X:1

T:Miss Jess Watson’s

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

f | bf “tr”f2 dB “tr”B2 | edcB AGFE | DFBd EGcd | edcB BAGF | bf “tr”f2 dB “tr”B2 |

c=Bcd edc_B | Acfa Bc=eg | f2a2f2 z :: f | (ge)de ge(be) | (fd)^cd fd(bd) | gefd ecdB |

cABG BAGF | (DF)Bd (EG)ce | dBec fdge | fdec dBcA | B2 ({a}b2) B2z :|

 

MISS JESSY CAMPBELL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 59). McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 3.

X:1

T:Miss Jessy Campbell’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:McGlashan – Reels   (c. 1786)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B|AFED EB,B,B|AFED B3d|AFED EB,B,B|AB/c/dF D3:|

|:f|df/g/af beef|df/g/af g3b|affd geef|dBAF A3:|

 

MISS JESSIE DALRYMPLE. Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert MacIntosh. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 51) and MacIntosh's collection (pg. 35). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 193.

X:1

T:Miss Jessie Dalrymple

M:C

L:1/8

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F | B2 (dB) fBdB | (Gc)(ec) gcec | (A/c/f) a>f bgaf | (=e/f/g) c>e fFF :|

E | (D/E/F) (BF) GEeg | FdDF ECce | (D/E/F) (BF) GEce | (d/cB) FA BB,B,E |

(D/E/F) (BF) GEeg | FdDF ECce | DFBb acdg | fBAe dBB ||

 


MISS JESSY CUM(M)ING. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Paul Cranford (1997) states: “I associate this tune with Alex Francis MacKay, an old style player from Glendale, Cape Breton, who at the age of 74 released his first CD, “A Lifelong Home” (Rounder, 1996). Dan R. MacDonald was Alex Francis’ first cousin.” Composed by Robert Macintosh. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 126, pg. 52. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), Vol. 2, 1895; pg. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 124.

X:1

T:Miss Jessy Cumming

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B|A>FD>d A>F D<B|A>F G/F/E/D/ E<(ee)f/g/|a<fg<e f<de<c|d>B A<F A<dd:|

g|f<ad<a c<aA<a|f<ad<f g<(ee)f/g/|f<ad<a c<aA<g|f>d f/e/d/c/ d<D D>g|

f<ad<a c<aA<a|f<ad<f g<(ee)f/g/|f<de<c d>B A<F|G>B A<F D<dd||

 

MISS JESSY MILLAR. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this melody in print in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 59).


                       

MISS JESSIE SCALES HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Abraham MacIntosh. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 47, pgs. 68‑69.

                       

MISS JESSIE SCOTT. Scottish, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Gatherer): AABB' (Kerr). Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 11. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 158, pg. 18. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 110.

X:1

T:Miss Jessie Scott

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

g|fdec d2 A=c|BGAF GEEg|fdec d2Ac|fdeg fdd:|

g|fede fgaf|gbaf beeg|fede fgaf|gbagfeeg|fede fgaf|

gbaf beeg|fdAd FdDg|f/g/a eg fdd||

                                      

MISS JESSIE SMITH. Scottish, Strathspey. The tune appears in Joseph Lowe’s mid-19th century collection. The tune is a Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, standard among fiddlers, and is commonly heard in Scottish sessions as well. CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994).

                          

MISS JESSIE STEWART GARTH.  Scottish, Reel. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. The title is given as in Malcolm MacDonald’s 3rd collection, although it is probably meant “Miss Jessie Stewart of Garth.” The volume is dedicated to Miss Drummond of Perth. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; pg. 7.

X:1

T:Miss Jessie Stewart Garth

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ddor

DEFD F2 Fc | GFED CDEC | DEFD F2 Fc | (d/c/B/A/ cE D/D/D D2 :|

dedA d/d/d “tr”f2 | gfed cdec | dedA d/d/d “tr”f2 ed^ce d/d/d d2 |

dedA d/d/d f2 | gfed cdec | decd AcGA | GEcE D/D/D D2 ||

                          

MISS JESSY STEWART’S JIG. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, first printed in his Collection of Strathspey Reels, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 18.

X:1

T:Miss Jessy Stewart’s Jigg

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DFD “tr”F2E | DFD {g}”tr”f2e | dcB AFD | EFE E2F | DFD {G}”tr”F2E |

DFD {g}”tr”f2e | dcB AFD | DFD D2 :: A | def efg | agf ecA | BdB AFD |

EFE E2A | def efg | agf ecA | BdB AFD | DFD D2 :|

                          

MISS JESSY STEWART’S REEL. AKA – “Miss Jessy Stewart’s Strathspey.” Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. G Minor (McGlashan, Surenne): G Dorian (MacDonald). Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (MacDonald, McGlashan). Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, first printed in his Collection of Strathspey Reels, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 10. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 23. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 54.

X:1

T:Miss Jessy Stewart’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:McGlashan – Reels   (c. 1786)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

DGGA B/c/d c>B | AFcF dFcF | BAGA Bcdg | fdcA G2 G2 :|

g>dga g>abg | fdc>B AcFA | g>dga gbag | fdc>A G2 G2 | g>dga g>abg |

fdc>B AcFA | GdBA Bcdg | fdcA G2 G2 ||

X:2

T:Miss Jessy Stewart’s Strathspey

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(D<G)(GA) B>cdf | AFcF dFcF | (D>G)(GA) B>cdg | f(>dc>A) {A}G2G2 :|

g>agd g>abg | f>dcB AFcA | g>agd g>a {g/a/}bg | f>dcB G2G2 | g>agd gabg |

f>dcB AFcA | BdGA Bcdg | f>dcA {A}G2G2 ||

                                   

MISS JOAN BEATON. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976) for a member of the Beaton family, which bred several famous Cape Breton musicians. Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 62.

                                   

MISS JOAN C. MACKENZIE. Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’CCDD’. Composed by Alasdair Downie. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 3), 1988; pg. 8.

                                   

MISS JOAN MACDONALD [1]. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 8.

 

MISS JOAN MACDONALD [2]. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed Jan., 4, 1952, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 27.

 

MISS JOHNSON [1] (Ingean Uí/Ni Mic Seoin). AKA and see “Miss Johnston(‘s) [1].

 

MISS JOHNSON [2] (Inion Mhic Eoin). AKA and see “Miss Johnston(‘s) [1]," “Cow that Ate the Blanket [2],” "The Muster Bank," "The Mountainy Man," "Rock the Cradle." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach): AAB (Kennedy). Originally Scottish. The 'A' part is similar to the 'B' part of version #1, the standard setting. As “Miss Johnson of Houghton Hall” it is in Goulding & Co.’s Select Collection of Country Dances for the Pianoforte (c. 1807). Breathnach (1976) finds a related reel in “The Humours of the Priest’s House.” “It was called ‘The Mountainy Men’ by Pádraig O’Loughlin, Miltown Malbay, County Clare,” he says. Versions of this tune seem to vary greatly. Source for notated version: whistle player Des O'Conner (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 188, pgs. 98‑99. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 134, pg. 32.

 

MISS JOHNSON OF HILTON. See "Miss Johnston of Hilton."

 

MISS JOHNSON OF HOUGHTON HALL. AKA and see “Miss Johnston(‘s) [1]. The melody appears under this title in Goulding & Co’s Select Collection of Country Dances for the Pianoforte (c. 1807).

 

MISS JOHNSON OF PITWORTH. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in James Walker's (of Dysart) 1800 2nd collection. Source for notated version: learned from a recording of famous Cape Breton fiddler Winston Fitzgerald by Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford]. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 78, pg. 28. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 34. Odyssey ORCS 1051, Jerry Holland – “Fiddler’s Choice” (1998. Holland cites Fitzgerald as his source). Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier ‑ "The Dances Down Home" (1977).

X:1

T:Miss Johnson of Pitworth

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

A|B2 dB AFFA|B2 dB fBdB|Afcf AFFA|dDA^F G2G:|

d|g2 bg dgbg|f2 af cfaf|g2 bg dgbg|^fgaf g2 gd|gbdb caBg|

Afcf AFFA|GABc dcBg|dDA^F G2G||

 

MISS JOHNSON'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Buttermilk and Cider," "Going/Off to California [1]." American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Cole): AA'BB (Phillips). A tune in the "Going/Off to California" tune family. Source for notated version: Roscoe Parish [Phillips]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 104. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 208. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 139.

X:1

T:Miss Johnson’s

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

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

G/A/B/G/ A/G/E/D/ | G/A/B/c/ ed | g/f/g/d/ e/d/B/G/ | AGG :|

|: d | d/g/f/g/ e/d/B/G/ | d/g/f/g/ ed | g/f/g/d/ e/d/B/G/ | A/B/A/G/ ED |

G/A/B/G/ A/G/E/D/ | G/A/B/c/ ed | g/f/g/d/ e/d/B/G/ | AGG :| 


 

MISS JOHNSON’S MARCH.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 177.

X:1

T:Miss Johnson’s March

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

a A2 a|”tr”g>(f/2g/4) af|e/a/g/f/ e/d/c/B/|cB A2|a A2 a|”tr”g>(f/2e/4) ba|gf/e/ “tr”f2|e4:|

|:e E2 e|”tr”^d>(c/2d/4) eE|=d D2 d|”tr”c>(B/2c/4) dD|cA,dB,|eCfd|c/d/e dB|AECA,:||

 

MISS JOHNSON'S REEL [1]. See “Miss Johnston (of Hilton’s) Reel [3].”

 

MISS JOHNSON’S REEL [2].  AKA and see “Miss Thornton’s {Reel}.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The tune is sometimes called “Miss Thornton’s,” according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh. Source for notated version: fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 69. 

 

MISS JOHNSTON('S) [1] (Iníon Mhic Eoin). AKA and see “Belvidere Hornpipe,” “Cow that Ate the Blanket [2],” “The Fifer’s Reel,” “Miss Johnson of Houghton Hall,” "The Muster Bank," “The Munster Bank [2],” "The Mountainy Man," “Reedy Johnson’s,” "Rock the Cradle." AKA – “Miss Johnson’s.” Scottish (originally), Irish; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach, Cole, O’Neill, Roche, Taylor): AAB (Athole, Gow, Kennedy, Kerr): AABB (Cranford/Holland). Scottish sources, which predate Irish ones, credit composition to a “Mrs. Robertson,” and indeed, the melody was printed by Gow and Shepherd in 1802 as “Miss Johnston of Huttonhall’s (Houghton Hall) Reel” attributed to Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk (for whom see John Gow’s composition “Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite.” Versions of this tune seem to vary greatly, often with melodic differences or with parts reversed, even within the same tradition (it is popular in Scottish, Irish, and Cape Breton traditions). As “Miss Johnson of Houghton Hall” it is in Goulding & Co.’s Select Collection of Country Dances for the Pianoforte (c. 1807). Breathnach (1976) finds a related reel in “The Humours of the Priest’s House,” and notes it was called “The Mountainy Man” by Pádraig O’Loughlin of Miltown Malbay, County Clare. Source for notated version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the 1980’s [Taylor]; whistle player Des O'Conner (Ballinasloe, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 188, pgs. 98‑99. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 286. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 8. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 201, pg. 75. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 30. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 3. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 134, pg. 32. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 15, No. 2, pg. 10. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 244, pg. 129. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 127. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1376, pg. 256. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 626, pg. 113. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 173, pg. 67. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 169. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland); 1852; pg. 65. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 10 (appears as “Miss Johnston”). Jerry Holland – “Master Cape Breton Fiddler” (1982).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

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T:Miss Johnson [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Niell – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 626

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dc|Bcde dcBc|dBgB bBgB|Bcde dcBc|Aaag fedc|dBgB bBgB|bagf gfed|

egfa gedc||BcBA G2 BG|DGBG DG B2|BcBA G2 BG|FGAB cedc|

BcBA G2 BG|DGBG DGBc|dBcA BGAF|DEFG ABcA||

X:2

T:Miss Johnstone [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d/c/|:Bcde dBBe|dBgB bBgB|Bcde dBBd|cAag fefd:|

BABd GGBA|GBDB GBDB|B2AG GGAG|FGAB cAec|

BABd GGBA|GBDB GBDB|dBcA BGAF|DEFG ABcd||

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T:Miss Johnston's Reel [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:reel

B:Complete Tutor Violin  (c. 1815)

Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005

K:G

U:T=!trill!

d |:: (B>cde) dBBe | dBgB bBgd | (Bcde) dBBd |  cAag Tfefd || BATBd G>GB>A GBDB GBDd |

TB2 (AG) GGAG | (FGAB) cAec | TBABd GGTBA | GBDB GBD(B | d)BcA BGAF | DEFG ABce |]

 

MISS JOHNSTON [2]. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm McDonald who dedicated his entire first volume to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 47. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 6.

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T:Miss Johnston [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

B, | E2 GE BEGE | D/D/D FD ADFD | EFGA BAFA | dBAF E/E/E E :|

f | efge gbeg | fdad fadf | efge bege | dBAF E/E/E Ef |

efge gbeg | fdad fadf |bgeg fede | dBAF E/E/E E ||

 

MISS JOHNSTON [3]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 116.

X:1

T:Miss Johnston

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d|AFED EB,B,B|AFED B2Bd|AFED EB,B,e|dBAF D/D/D D:|

f|dfaf geef|dfaf g2gb|afdf edBe|dBAF D/D/D Df|dfaf geef|

dfaf g2gb|afge fdec|dBdF D/D/D D||

 

MISS JOHNSTON [4]. See “Miss Johnson’s [1]." Irish, Reel. G Major.

 


MISS JOHNSTON OF HIL(L)TON [1]. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow (1727-1806). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of a tune by this name in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 24). Gow, in his revised First Collection of 1801, notes Miss Johnston of Hilton was the “late Mrs. Oswald of Auchencruive,” for whom see note for Miss Johnston of Hilton’s Fancy.” Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 287. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 48. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 26. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 260.

X:1

T:Miss Johnston of Hilton

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion  

K:Emin

f|eEEF B2 B^c|dBAd FDAF|EFGA B2 Bg|f^dBd e/e/e e:|

f|eBef gbeg|fada fdaf|eBef gbeg|f^dBd e/e/e ef|eBge gbeg|

fdad fadf|gbag fdag|f^dBd e/e/e e||

 

MISS JOHNSTON OF HILTON [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of a tune by this name in Daniel Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 14). The melody appears in Niel Gow’s 2nd Collection of 1778 attributed to Gow himself. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788, 3rd edition; pg. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 71.

X:1

T:Miss Johnston of Hilton

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

D<d d>B c>GE>C|D<d d>e f>de>c|f>de>c G>FE>C|D<d f>d e>^c d2:|

a<d f>d g<c e>g|a<d f>d a<d g>_b|a<d f>d g<c e>g|a<f g>e A^c d2|

a<d f>d g<c e>g|a<d f>d a<d f>d|g<_bf>a g<c e>g|a<f g>e A^c d2||

 

MISS JOHNSTON (OF HILTON’S) REEL [3].  Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert ‘Red Rob’ Mackintosh, appearing in his A Third Book of Sixty-Eight New Reels and Strathspeys. Also above forty old Famous Reels (Edinburgh, 1796). Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 36 (appears as “Miss Johnston’s Reel”). S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 17.

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T:Miss Johnston (of Hilton’s) Reel [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Robert Macintosh – A Third Book of Sixty-Eight New Reels and Strathspeys (1796)

K:G

d|BGdG BcdB|cAeA cdec|BGdG Bcdg|ecAd BGG:||

d|(gag)d BcdB|A(aag) fgab|(gag)d BGdB|(ced)c (BGG)d|

gagd BcdB|A(aag) fgab|gbab gafg|eafd g/g/g g||

 

MISS JOHNSTON OF HILTON'S FANCY. Scottish, Jig. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), third son of the renowned Dunkeld, Perthshire, fiddler-composer Niel Gow. The beautiful and celebrated Miss Louisa “Lucy” Johnston of Hilton (c. 1760-1797), daughter of Wayne Johnstone of Hilton, was a distinguished amateur musician and dancer, and one of six girls in a family of eleven (see note for “. See "Miss Johnston [1].”

 

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

 

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