Annotation:Mrs. Duff of Fetteresso's Birthday
X:1 T:Mrs. Duff of Fetteresso’s Birthday M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 1) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_New_Strathspey_Reels_wit/Vo-EymUbJkYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john+morison%22+%22new+strathspey+reels%22%C2%A0&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover K:A B|AFFA AEEA|AFFA AdcB|AFFA AEEA|AdcB A2A:| f|ecAc defd|ecAc BEEf|ecAc defd|AdcB A2 Af| ecAc defd|ecAc BEEf|ecAc defa|edcB A2A||
MRS. DUFF OF FETTERESSO'S BIRTHDAY. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See note for "Mrs. Duff (of Fetteresso's) Strathspey (1)" for information on the subject of the title.
