Annotation:Steward's Lodge Song
X:1 T:Steward’s Lodge Song, The M:C| L:1/8 S:Aird, Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. II (1785) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmix de | f2 (d2d2) D2 | F2 (A2A2) dc | B2A2G2F2 | E2e2 e3f | g2f2e2d2 | cdec A3A | BcdB cdef | f2 d2 d2 :| |: de | f3g g4 | e3f g4 | B2g2f2 ed | cdec A4 | d3c B4 | e3d c4 | a2 gf efge | f2d2d2 :|
STEWARD’S LODGE SONG, THE. Scottish, Air (cut-time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Steward's Lodge is the name of a Freemason's lodge constituted in 1735, which met at Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen Street, London, on Wednesday evenings. Steward's Lodge is a also the name of house which was originally part of the Farmleigh estate, alongside the Phoenix Park in Dublin, sometimes used as a residence by the Taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland. It was, in the 18th century, owned by the Guinness family.
