Annotation:Rory MacNab

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X:1 T:Rory MacNab M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 6 (1844-45, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin e|B2 (EG/A/) BGEG|AFDF dFDF|BGEG (e/f/g/a/) ba|gef^d e/e/e e:| B|egfe B/B/B (eB)|defe d/d/d (fd)|egfe dBAF|GBAF E/E/E EB| egfe B/B/B (eB)|defe d/d/d (fd)|egfg efde|BdAF E/E/E E||

RORY MACNAB. AKA and see "Peggy's on the Burn," "Jacky Stewart's Reel." Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow, Kerr, Stewart-Robertson). The reel was first printed in 1757 by Edinburgh music publisher Robert Bremner under the title "Jacky Stewart's Reel." Cape Breton musicians also know the tune as "Peggy's on the/a Burn." See also Irish variants “Game of Love (The),” “Humors of Ballinacarrig (The),” “Humors of Rockstown,” “Paddy the Piper (1),” “Piper's Son (1) (The),” “Pride of Rathmore (The).”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Gow (Complete Repository, Part 1), 1799; p. 18 (appears as “Roary Macnab”). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880; Set 19, No. 4, p. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 257. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 143.

Recorded sources: - IONA 047, Barra MacNeils – “Traditional Album” (1994. Appears as 2nd tune of “Clumsy Lover” set).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]