Annotation:Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton (2)
X:1 T:Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton’s Strathspey M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:MacIntyre – Collection of Slow Airs, Reels & Strathspeys (1794) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F#min F>GA>B c<f f2|{^d}e>cB>A G<EE<G|F>GA>B c<ff>g| {g}a>fc>^e f/f/f f>g|{g}a>fg>^e f<cc<^d|{d}e>cB>A G<EE<G| F<AG<B A<cf<a|g>eb>g af f||{g}a>fg>^e f<cc<^d|e>cB>A G<EE<g| a>fg^e f<cc>f|c>f^e>g f/f/f f>g|{g}a>fc<a g^ef^d| {d}e>cB<g G<EB<G|F<AG<B A<cf<a|g>eb>g aff||
MRS. RAMSAY OF BARNTON [2]. AKA - "Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton's Strathspey." AKA and see "Anne's Polka," "Captain Moonlight's Polka," "Downy's Polka," "John with the Light Brown Hair," "Port Dálaig (4)," “Riding on a Load of Hay," "Séamus Cussen's (1)," "Tim Guiheen's Polka.” Scottish, Strathspey. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stewart-Robertson): AAB (Kerr). The strathspey was composed by Scottish dancing master and musician Duncan MacIntyre (c. 1767-1807), who established a practice in Edinburgh, but who moved to London in the 1790's. It was in the English city that he published his 1794 collection, dedicated to Lady Charlotte Campbell. "Mrs. Ramsay..." is similar in many ways to "Belladrum's Strathspey." The melody appears set as a polka in Frank Roche's Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 2 (1912) under the title "Riding on a Load of Hay". See also the Cape Breton/P.E.I. tune "Charlie's Brother" AKA "Little Jack's Reel," which has 'borrowed' the first stain of "Mrs. Ramsay."
For more on the person(s) of the title, see note for "annotation:Mrs. Ramsay of Barnton (1)."
