Annotation:A. Jardine's Reel
X:1 % T:A. Jardine’s Reel C:James Porteous (Annandale, 1762-1847) M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 223) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|:D2 FA DAFA|dfed cAAc|d2 cd BAGF|E2 AG FDD:| f|d2 fd adfd|efga beef|d2 fd adfd|egfe dAFA| d2 fd adfd|efga beeb|agfe dcBA|dcdB AGFE||
A. JARDINE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Annandale fiddler-composer biography:James Porteous." The tune is contained in the large 1840 music manuscript collection (p. 223) of multi-instrumentalist John Rook of Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria. The Jardine family were landowners who held vast estates in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.