X:1
T:Lord Aboyne’s welcome or Cumbernauld house
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:”Slow”
B:Francis Barsanti – “Collection of Old Scots Tunes” (Edinburgh, 1742, p. 6)
F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/b/b0/IMSLP94625-PMLP194938-Barsanti_A_Collection_of_Old_Scots_Tunes.pdf
N:Francis Barsanti (1690-1775) was an Italian flautist, oboist and composer who spent
N:most of his life in London and Edinburgh.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
V:1
G>A|B>AB>d {c}B2 (AG)|E>DEG A2 B>d|e2 (d>c) d(BTAG)|(D>E)(G>A) G2:|
|:TB>A|G>AB>c {Bc}d3e|Td(c/B/) AB d2 zd|e>fg>a Tf2 (g/f/e/d/)|B2 e>f Te3d|
g>a (g/a/b) B2 (c/B/TA/G/)|AB {e}d(c/B/) A2 B>d|Te2 d>c d(BTAG)|(D>E)(G>A) G2:|]
V:2 clef = bass
z2|G,,2D,2G,2 zB,|C3G,D,2G,,2|C,>CB,>A, B,,2C2|D2D,2G,2:|
z2|G,2 G,>A, B,>A,B,>C|B,2 zG, D,DB,G,|C,2 z^C, ^D,B,,E,A,|B,2B,,2 E,EDC|
B,,2 zD, G,2 zG,,|C,2G,,2D,2G,,2|C,>CB,>A, B,2C2|D2D,2 G,2:|]
CUMBERNAULD HOUSE. AKA – "Cumberland House," "Cumernad House." AKA and see "Lord Aboyne's Welcome." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Cumbernauld House [1] is a fine example of neo-classical architecture designed by fashionable architect William Adam and built for the Fleming family. It was completed in 1731. The last Lord Fleming, Earl of Wigton, died childless in 1747 and the estates passed to the Elphinstone family. Charles Elphinstone-Fleming, a retired Admiral, was laird from 1799–1840, and was for a time MP for Stirlingshire. Cumbernauld House. (photo c. Steven Spier
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Francis Barsanti (Collection of Old Scots Tunes), Edinburgh, 1742; p. 6.
Huntington (William Litten's Fiddle Tunes, 1800–1802), 1977; p. 26.
Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, vol. 2); No. 142, p. 149.
McGibbon (Collection of Scots Tunes, vol. 3), 1762; p. 70.
Napier (Scots Songs, vol. 3), 1794; p. 48.
O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 3), c. 1808; p. 13.
Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, vol. 2), 1760; p. 32.
Ritson (Scottish Songs, vol. 1), 1794; No. 19, pp. 39–40.
Ritson (Scottish Songs, vol. 1), 1869; No. 19, p. 145.
