Annotation:Gooden Well
X:1 T:Gooden Well, or Mr. Buist’s Frolic. A Reel. C:James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Walker - Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c. (c. 1795, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A e|cA A/A/A EAAc|dBcA GBBe|cA A/A/A EAAg|aefd cAA:| g|aefd ceAc|dBcA GBBg|aefd ceAc|aefd cAAg| aefd ceAc|dBcA GBBe|ceAc dfeg|aefd cAA||
GOODEN WELL/GOODENWELL. AKA and see "Mr. Buist's Frolic," "Mrs. Robertson of Lawers Reel." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Perth fiddler-composer James Walker (1760-1840), first appearing in his Edinburgh-published (by John Anderson) collection of 1795. Unfortunately, very little is known about Walker, save that his collections have the names of members of his family and local people. Edinburgh bandleader and fiddler-composer Alexander McGlashan published the tune two years later in his 4th Collection (1797) under the title "Mrs. Robertson of Lawers Reel." The tune was recorded by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald.
