Annotation:Mr. Lindsay
Tune properties and standard notation
MR. LINDSAY. AKA and see “Merry Night at Tumble Brig (1).” Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by Daniel McLaren originally of Taymouth, Perthshire, of whom John Glen (1895) notes: "The first mention of his name is found in the lists of subscribers to Niel Gow's First (1784), Second (1788), and Third Collections (1792) as Daniel McLaren, musician, Edinburgh. In 1794 he published a Collection of his own."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 44. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 73.
Recorded sources: