Annotation:Lady Barnard's Lament

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LADY BARNARD'S LAMENT. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEE. The title may refer to John (Parson) Home's pastoral drama Douglas, produced in Edinburgh in 1756. The protagonist of the play was originally Lady Barnard, but the heroine's name was changed to Lady Randolph when it was staged at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London [Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 1886, p. 264]. The name of Barnard may have been adopted from the popular [Child] ballad, "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard."

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Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 7), 1760; p. 24.

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