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'''CRONSTOUNE'''. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes. The name Cranstoun comes from the Barony of Cranstoun in Midlothian. Clan Cranstoun fought on the side of the Royalists in the English Civil War, following which their estates were forfeit. John Glen finds a version of the tune under the title "[[MacLachlan's Reel]]" in Angus Cumming's 1780 '''A Collection of Strathspeys and Old Highland Reels'''.  
'''CRONSTOUNE'''. AKA and see "[[Jenny's Whim (3)]]." Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes. The name Cranstoun comes from the Barony of Cranstoun in Midlothian. Clan Cranstoun fought on the side of the Royalists in the English Civil War, following which their estates were forfeit. The melody was published as "[[Jenny's Whim (3)]]" in Daniel Wright's '''Aria di Camera''' (London, 1727), and John Glen noted that a version of the tune under the title "[[MacLachlan's Reel]]" is to be found in Angus Cumming's 1780 '''A Collection of Strathspeys and Old Highland Reels'''.  
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CRONSTOUNE. AKA and see "Jenny's Whim (3)." Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes. The name Cranstoun comes from the Barony of Cranstoun in Midlothian. Clan Cranstoun fought on the side of the Royalists in the English Civil War, following which their estates were forfeit. The melody was published as "Jenny's Whim (3)" in Daniel Wright's Aria di Camera (London, 1727), and John Glen noted that a version of the tune under the title "MacLachlan's Reel" is to be found in Angus Cumming's 1780 A Collection of Strathspeys and Old Highland Reels.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Playford (A Collection of Original Scotch Tunes), 1700; No. 5, p. 3.

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