AULD TOON O' EDINBURGH. AKA and see "Lady Mary Ramsay."
DEAN BRIG/BRIDGE O' EDINBURGH, THE. AKA and see "Miss Gray of Carse." Scottish, Air or Slow Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard. One part (Bain): AB (Hunter, Skinner). Composition credited to Airchie, or Archibald, Allan (1794-1831) of Forfar (who was thought to have been a fiddler in Nathaniel Gow's band for a time, and who, according to Alexander Lowson, played "neat and powerful especially in the Strathspeys"), though Alburger (1983), seemingly alone, believes he is unlikely to have written it--"Compilers at least from the time of Skinner (including Emmerson, 1971) have written that Allan originally published this as 'Miss Gray of Carse;' however, the tunes have nothing in common." Hunter (1988) and Hardie (1992) both agree that the tune was originally "Miss Gray of Carse," and say Peter Milne took it up, made it a specialty and played it into popularity under the present title. Honeyman (1898) falsely identifies another source for the melody: "This lovely melody is given in some collections as a composition of Peter Milne's, but that is a mistake. It was written by the Rev. Mr. Tough, but improved by Peter Milne, who raised the first half of the second part an octave higher, though by doing so it is make to challenge comparison with the second part of 'Lady Mary Ramsay,' which Mr. Tough seems to have wished to avoid. It must be played with long sweeping bows, and makes a capital solo, followed with 'Bank's Hornpipe,' and finishing with the 'Trumpet Hornpipe.'" The first ascription to the Rev. Tough of Kinnoul as composer of the tune was in Davie's Caledonian Repository, where it appeared first under the "Dean Brig" title. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; pg. 18. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 67 (with variations by J.F. Dickie). Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 35. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 181. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 40.
T:Dean Bridge of Edinburgh, The
L:1/8
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S:Honeyman - Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor
R:Slow Strathspey
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E/F/G/A/|B>c B<e B<G G>=F|E>FG>F E<B, B,2|C>EB,>E A,>E G,2|
C>F F>_E D/E/F/D/ B>G|B>c B<e B<G G>=F|E>FG>F E<B, B2|
C>AB,>G A,>F G,>c|B>cB>D (E2 E)||f|g>e e>g f<d d>f|e<c c>^a b<B B>_d|
c<A A>c B<G GB|c<F F>_E D/E/F/D/ B,>F|G<E E>G F<D D>F|
E<C C>=A _B<B, B,>E|C>AB,>G A,>F G,>c|B>cB>D (E2 E)||
FORGET ME NOT [3]. AKA and see "Boy in the Gap," "Kilkenny Boys," "Lady Mary Ramsay," "Miss Ramsay," "The Queen's Shilling." American?, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), pg. 49. Ryan's Mammoth Collection.
LADY MARY RAMSAY('S) [1]. AKA and see "Sailor Ower da Raft Trees" (Shetland), "The Auld Toon O' Edinburgh." Scottish, Shetland, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major (Athole, Coles, Cooke, Hunter, Kerr, Skye): G Major (Huntington): E Flat Major (Athole, Gow). Standard or ADAE (in the Shetlands). AB (Cole, Honeyman): AAB (Hunter, Kerr): AABB (Huntington): AABB' (Athole): AABB'CCD (Skye). Composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831). "This tune...(appears) in James Porteous's Collection and having his initials attached it is possible he may have been the composer of it" (Skye). Renamed in the Shetlands (as "Mary Ramsay") and played as a reel, for when the tune first circulated via [J. Scott Skinner's] gramaphone records which played at a higher speed than the original performance, it was assumed a reel, as the Shetlanders had no knowledge of strathspeys in the country districts (Alburger {1983} quoting the late Shetland collector and fiddler Tom Anderson). The tune was printed in Lowe's First Collection (1844). Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 127. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 19a, pg. 69. Gow, Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels, 1822; pg. 15. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 31. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 106. Huntington (William Litton's), 1977; pg. 22. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; Set 14, No. 1, pg. 10. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 34. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 88. Beltona 2103 (78 RPM), Edinburgh Highland Strathspey and Reel Society (1936). Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993). Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, Vol. 2" (1978). Ron Gonella - "A Tribute to Niel Gow."
T:Lady Mary Ramsay
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
B:The Athole Collection
N:"Original key."
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A,|D3B A<F F>B|A>FB>G A<FF<d|D3B A<F F>A|d>BA>F E/E/E E:|
g|f<d d>f e<c c>e|d<B d>B A<F F>e|f<d d>f e>dc>A|d>BA>F E/E/E Ee|
f>dd>f ecce|d<B d>B A<F F>A|d>fc>e B>dA>F|d>BA>F E/E/E E||
N:last two bars at end of tune go: (3def (edc (3dcB (3AGF|(3GAB (3AGF F<E E>F||
T:Lady Mary Ramsay
L:1/8
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R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
K:E_
G|E3c B<G G>c|B<G c>A B<G G>e|E3c B<G G>B|c>EB>G F/F/F F:|
e/f/|g<e e>g f<d d>f|e<c c>e B<G Ge/f/|g<e e>g f>de>B|c<e B>G F/F/F Fe/f/|
g<e e>g f<d d>f|e<g c>e B<G G>B|e<g d>f c<e B>c|G<e B>G F/F/F F||
LADY MARY RAMSEY [2] (Beantigearna Maire Ramsei). AKA and see "Forget Me Not," "Kilkenny Boys," "Miss Ramsay," "The Queen's Shilling." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB (O'Neill/1850): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen). Source for notated version: Francis O'Neill learned the tune from an accomplished West Clare flute player (and Chicago police patrolman) named Patrick "Big Pat" O'Mahony, a man of prodigious physique of whom he said: "1/4the 'swing' of his execution was perfect, but instead of 'beating time' with his foot on the floor like most musicians he was never so much at ease as when seated in a chair tilted back against a wall, while both feet swung rhythmically like a double pendulum" [O'Neill, Irish Folk Music]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 159. O'Neill (1850), 1979; No. 1536, pg. 284.
LADY RAMSEY [1]. AKA and see "Lady Mary Ramsay('s Strathspey)."
LASS OF PATIE'S MILL, THE. AKA and see "Carolan's Cap," "Peggy's Mill," "I like the fox shall grieve." English, Scottish; Air and Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard. ABB: AABB (Huntington, Sweet). A "highly popular" air in the 18th and early 19th century, states Bayard (1981). Many sources attribute the song to Allan Ramsay, a Scot, who mentioned his own song in his ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd published (though not performed) in 1725. The tune was heard parodied a few years later in John Gay's 1729 Beggar's Opera (under the title "I like the fox shall grieve"). It also appears in Robert Bremner's 1770 Thirty Scots Songs (pg. 6), Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius editions of 1725 (No. 1) and 1733 (Vol. 1, pg. 1.), the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), McGibbon's Collection of Scots Tunes editions c. 1768 (pg. 24) and c. 1795 (Vol. 1, pg. 11), Parry's 1761 Collection of Welsh, English, and Scotch Airs (pg. 33), and in David Young's 1740 McFarlane MS., Vol. 2, No. 12 (as a "not completely successful" variation sonata, air-jig-gavotta, according to Johnson {1983}). Thomson credits the tune to David Rizzio in the first edition of his Orpheus Caledonius (1725). Rizzio was secretary to Queen Mary and an accomplished lutenist and singer, but it is generally adjudged doubtful he composed this or any of the other melodies Thomson ascribed to him, and, in fact, Thomson removed the ascription in later editions of his work. The melody was known for dancing by the poet/fiddler John Clare. A strain similar to the first part of Paties can be found in the tunes "Gie the Lasses Mair O't," "The Lass that Winna Sit Down," "The Captain's Maggot," "Lady Dumfries Reel," "(Weel May the) Boatie Row," "The Highlander's Farewell," and a Pennsylvania collected march (Bayard, 1981; No. 289, pg. 242). Under the title "Carolan's Cap" the tune was adapted, re-titled and attributed to the Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan. Henry Beck's Flute Book, pg. 139. Corri (A New and Complete Collection...of Scots Songs), pg. 11. Crosby (Caledonian Musical Repertory), 1811; pg. 264. Gow (Vocal Melodies of Scotland), 1822; pg. 31. Howe (Musician's Omnibus), No. 2. Huntington (William Litton's), 1977; pg. 42. Johnson (Our Familiar Songs); pgs. 585-586. Johnson (The Scots Musical Museum); No. 20, pg. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 7, pg. 21. McGlashan (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels...), pg. 12. Napier (A Selection of Favorite Scots Songs), Vol. 1, pg. 19. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986; pg. 62. Ritson (Scottish Songs), Vol. 1, pgs. 129-130. Sime (The Edingburgh Musical Miscellany), pgs. 96-97. Smith (Scottish Minstrel), 1820-24; Vol. 3, pg. 29. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 56. Thomson (Orpheus Caledoneus); pg. 1. Beltona BL2128 (78 RPM), The Edinburgh Highland Strathspey and Reel Society (1936). Topic 12TS442, Brass Monkey - "See How it Runs" (1986).
T:Lass of Patie's Mill
L:1/8
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R:Scots Measure
B:McGlashan - Collection of Scots Measures
K:D
A2|GFED F2A2|d3 e/f/ A3d|Bcdc BAGF|E4 E2A2|GFED F2A2|d3e/f/ A3d|
BcdB cdef|d4 D2:|
|:fg|e3 d dcBA|d3 e/f/ A3d|Bcdc BAGF|E4 E2 AG|GFED FG A2|d3 e/f/ A3d|
BcdB cdef|d4 D2:|
MARY RAMSAY. Shetland Reel. A reel version of the Scottish tune "Lady Mary Ramsay," used for the dance The Shetland Reel. Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson - "Shetland Folk Fiddling, Vol. 2" (1978).
MISS RAMSAY [2] (Iníon Ramsey). AKA and see "Boy in the Gap," "Forget Me Not," "Kilkenny Boys," "Lady Mary Ramsay," "Lady Ramsey's Reel," "The Queen's Shilling." Irish, Reel. Ireland, Donegal. D Major. Standard. AA'BCD (Taylor): AA'BB'CC'D (Breathnach). A popular reel in County Donegal, although Breathnach says its provenance is Scotland. Source Doherty played the parts AA'BB'AA'CC'D, with the first two being a variant of "Miss Ramsay" while the second two parts were probably appended by Doherty from another tune. De Dannan and the Glackins play it ABABCB. Sources for notated versions: fiddler John Doherty (County Donegal, Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor]. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 95, pg. 49. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 27. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CL10, "Johnny Doherty" (1975). CEF 140, Kevin & Seamus Glackin - "Northern Lights." Green Linnet SIF 1113, De Dannan - "Half Set in Harlem" (appears as part of "Maids of Mullaghmore" set). Nimbus NI 5320, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Seamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin - "Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal" (1991). Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannon - "Whirlwind" (1995. Learned from John Doherty).
QUEEN'S SHILLING, THE (Scilling na Bainriogna). AKA and see "Boy in the Gap," "Forget Me Not," "Kilkenny Boys," "Lady Mary Ramsay" [2], "Miss Ramsay." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB. Prospective soldiers were often enticed with a bounty to enlist; to take the bounty was known as "taking the Queen's/King's shilling." O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 752,pg. 131.
T:Queen's Shilling, The
L:1/8
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R:Reel
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (752)
K:G
D2|G2 G>B dBGB|dBeB dBAB|G2 GB d2 Bd|(3efg dB AcBA|G2 GB dBGB|
dBeB dBAB|G2 GB dBGB|(3efg dB A2||ga|b2 gb a2 fa|g2 eg fd B2|b2 gb a2 fa|
gfef d2 ga|bagb agfa|gfeg dega|bgaf gfed|(3efg dB AcBA||
SAILOR OWER DA RAFT TREES. AKA and see "Sail Her Ower Da Raft Trees/Rough Trees/Rofftree," "Lady Mary Ramsay." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Whalsay. D Major. ADAE. AABB. "Lady Mary Ramsay" was originally a Scottish strathspey, moulded in the Shetlands to "the faster vigorous and choppy bowing action common to Shetland reel playing" (Cooke). There is more than one tune by this title. Source for notated version: Andrew Poleson (Whalsay, Shetland) [Cooke].