MISS MAULE'S REEL. AKA and see "Sheep Shanks."
MISS CHARLOTTE ALSTON STEWART'S. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. The tune appears in Duncan McKercher's Collection (Vol. III, c. 1830), David Glen's bagpipe Tutor (Book II, 1876-1901) and Barry Shears' Gathering of the Clans Collection (Halifax, 1991). Dunlay and Greenberg (1996) find the first part of the tune the same as the second part of the reel "Thailer a bha Me Sherridh is Feader a Thuair Me" (A Tailor I was Seeking and Weaver that I Got) in Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1885). Source for notated version: Donald Angus Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 51. AMI 92, Ashley MacIssac - "Close to the Floor" (1992. Appears as "A Pipe Tune"). DAB-3, 26-1 Kinnon Beaton - "Cape Breton Fiddle 1" (1982. Appaers as "Traditional Reel"). DAB4-1985, Donald Angus Beaton - "A Musical Legacy" (1985. Appears as "Traditional Reel" after "Sheep Shanks"). GSR 076, Tracey Dares - "Crooked Lake" (1995). Ingold 2001-4, Jerry Holland and Dave MacIssac - "Lantern Burn" (1990's). Rounder 7006, Theresa MacLellan - "A Trip to Mabou Ridge" (1979. Appears as 4th tune in the "King's Reel" medley).
SHEEP SHANKS. AKA and see "Miss Maule's Reel." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard. AAB (Athole, Hunter): AABB' (Gatherer, Kerr). An 18th century composition by Robert 'Red Rob' MacIntosh (1745-1807), a contemporary of Niel Gow, originally titled "Miss Maule's Reel." It is among MacIntosh's more popular melodies among Cape Breton fiddlers. Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 12. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 252. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 3; No. 98, pg. 12. Lowe, Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, Book 6. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 27.
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