X:1
T:Lady Erskine’s 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. (1793-4, p. 2)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
E|A2AB c2 BA|Bdgd BGGB|A2 AB (cd)ea|gegB A2-A:|
g|abag eg a2|gage de g2|abag e^fge|dBgB A2Ag|
abag eg a2|gage de g2|aabg a^fge |dBgB A2-A||
Harriet St Clair-Erskine, Countess of RosslynLADY ERSKINE. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Erskine" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840) of Dysart, Fife, a professional musician and music teacher, who published his first collection in 1793-4. Walker dedicated his second collection to Lady St Clair Erskine of Sinclair, the spouse of Sir James St Clair-Erskine (Erskine), 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837), to whom he had dedicated his first collection. Lady Erskine was born Harriet Bouverie (1762-1837), daughter of Hon. Edward Bouverie, MP, and Harriot Spencer.
The melody appears as "Lady Eshkin's reell" in the music manuscript collection of Spithope, Northumberland, musician John Robson [1], dated February, 1874.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Kenny Chaisson (b. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman].
Printed sources : - Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 44, p. 18. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 44. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 104.
Recorded sources : - Jerry Holland - "Lively Steps" (1988).
See also listing at : Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [2]
