Annotation:Fireside Reel (1)
X:1 T:Fireside Reel [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young - The Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 11) B:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C e|cGGE D d2B|cG2A c>dec|(d/c/B/A/ c)E Dd2B|cGGF TE>DC:| |:g|ecgc eddg|ecgc acgc|faTgf Tedde|GAcd Te2d:| |:c|GcEc Dd2B|GcEc GcEc|F2TE2 Dd2B|cG2F TE>DC:| |:g|ec e/f/g/e/ fdde|gc e/f/g/e/ ac e/f/g/e/|gc e/f/g/e/ fdd|GAcd Te2c:|]
FIRESIDE REEL. AKA and see "Peat Fire Flame." Scottish, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in both the Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 11), in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant", and the Young-Bodleian Manuscript (in the Bodleian Library, Oxford), inscribed " A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740."
