Annotation:Miss Baird of Saughton Hall (1)

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X:1 T:Miss Baird of Saughton Hall C:Mr. Robertson of Lady-kirk M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 6 (1844-45, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F cdcf cAAB|cAdB c2 cd|(cf)ag fcAF|GABc {Bc}d2 df:| cfAB cAAB|cfAB c2 cd|cfAB cfAF|GABc {Bc}d2 df| cfAB cAAB|cfAB c2 (cf/g/)|afge fcAF|GABc {Bc}d2 d2||

MISS BAIRD OF SAUGHTON HALL [1]. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk (for whom see John Gow’s strathspey “Mrs. Robertson of Ladykirk’s Favorite”). Miss Baird of Saughton Hall was herself a composer (see Annotation:Miss Baird of Saughtonhall (2)).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - https://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 276. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; p. 34. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 196, p. 22 (appears as "Miss Baird of Saughton"). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 228. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 102.

Recorded sources: -

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