Annotation:Suttor's Daughter (The)
X:1 T:Suttor’s Daughter, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:McGlashan – Strathspey Reels (1786) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,|D<B, B,>A, D2 A,2|:D>EF>D F>EE>F|D<A, B,>A, D2 A,2|D>E FF F<F F2| E>DEF B3d|A>B A<F B<E E>F|D<A, B,>A, D2 A,2|B>AAF F>E E<F|D<A, B,>A, D2 A:| |:A|d>ef>d f>e e<f|d>AB>A d2 A2|d>eff f<f f2|e>def a3b|a>ba>f b<e e>f| d>AB>A d3B|A<F F>D F<E E<F|D<A, B,>A, B,/C/ D2 A,|d>ef>d f>e e<f| d>AB>A d2 A2|d>eff f<f f2|e>def b3d'|a>baf b<e e>f|d>AB>A d3B| A>FF>D F>E E<F|D<A, B,>A, D3 A,|B>AAF FEE>F|D<A, B,>A, D2 A2:|
SUTTOR'S DAUGHTER (Nithian a ghreish). AKA - "Sutor's Dochter, The. AKA and see "Wilt Thou be My Dearie," "Shoemaker's Daughter (1)." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABB (McGlashan). “A very Old Tune,” notes Gow, who directs it be played “Slow, with expression.” ‘Suttor’ may be a variant of the Scots word souter, meaning a shoemaker. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Alexander McGlashan's 1786 collection. Gow remarks that "Wilt thou be my dearie" is derived from this set.