Annotation:Miss Scott of Ancrum’s Reel

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MISS SCOTT OF ANCRUM'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title would seem to refer to one of the four daughters of Lieutenant-General John Scott (1757-1812) of Craigentinny, Edinburgh, 5th Baronet of Ancrum, and his wife Harriet Graham. The couple married in 1792 and had six children, four of whom were girls: Margaret (b. 1793), Harriet (b. 1794), Elizabeth (b. 1796), and Lucy (b. 1800).

Ancrum House is a mansion in north Roxburghire that stands near the site of the ancient village of Over Ancrum, and of a rural palace of the Bishop of Glasgow. It commanded a fine view of Teviotdale away to the Cheviot Mountains, and was surrounded by an extensive deer-park, with craggy knolls and grand old trees.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Pringle (A Second Collection of Strathspeys, Reels & Jiggs &c.), c. 1805

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