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'''LADY LUCY RAMSAY'''. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Honeyman): AABB' (Athole, Kerr, Skye). MacDonald's '''Skye Collection''' (1887) credits this tune to Nathaniel Gow, however the Gows printed the tune with the attribution "By a Lady." It may be a companion piece to "[[Lady Mary Ramsay]]."  
'''LADY LUCY RAMSAY'''. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Honeyman): AABB' (Athole, Kerr, Skye). MacDonald's '''Skye Collection''' (1887) credits this tune to Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), however the Gows printed the tune with the attribution "By a Lady." It may be a companion piece to "[[Lady Mary Ramsay]]." There is a Scottish Country Dance by the name of Lady Lucy Ramsay.
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Beltona SDP03, Jimmy Shand - "King of the Button Box" (2002).</font>
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LADY LUCY RAMSAY. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Honeyman): AABB' (Athole, Kerr, Skye). MacDonald's Skye Collection (1887) credits this tune to Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), however the Gows printed the tune with the attribution "By a Lady." It may be a companion piece to "Lady Mary Ramsay." There is a Scottish Country Dance by the name of Lady Lucy Ramsay.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 99. Gow (Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 16. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 23, No. 3, p. 14. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 120. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 66. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 64-65.

Recorded sources: Beltona SDP03, Jimmy Shand - "King of the Button Box" (2002).

See also listing at:
Alan Syner's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]




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