Annotation:Mrs. Gun Monro of Poyntzfield's Fancy
X:1 T:Mrs. Gun Monro of Poyntzfield's Fancy M:C L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune B:Gow & Shepherd - Collection of entirely original strathspey, reels, marches, quicksteps etc. (1796, p. 7) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G GG AA B/G/B/d/ DD|GG AA B/G/B/d/ e>g|GG AA B/G/B/d/ DD|EE FF G>A G2!fine!:| dd BB Te/d/e/g/ GG|dd BB e/d/e/f/ !fermata!~g2|dd BB Te/d/e/g/ GG|dB/G/ dB/G/ e/d/e/f/ {f}!fermata!~g2!D.C.!||
MRS. GUN MONRO OF POYNTZFIELD'S FANCY. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was published by the Edinburgh music publishing firm of Nathaniel Gow and William Shepherd in a volume entitled A Collection of Entirely Original Strathspey Reels, Marches, Quick Steps &c., "by Ladies resident in a remote part of the Highlands of Scotland, as corrected by Nath. Gow." Unfortunately, the composers names are not given. The Leeds antiquarian Frank Kidson (1854–1926) penciled a note in his copy of the volume that the composers were, or included, “the Misses Whyte,” and modern researcher Charles Gore thinks “the Misses Whyte” may possibly be a Miss White and a Miss Brockly, of Morayshire, east Highlands.
Poyntzfield was the estate of Sir George Gun Monro (1717–1785). It was built in the early 1700s and extended on several occasions later. The Georgian mansion was originally called Ardoch House but changed names with the marriage in 1760 of Sir George Gunn Munro to Mary (Molly) Poyntz (1722-1785). Sir George purchased the lands in Ardoch, Scotland, in 1761 and renamed them in honor of Mary.
