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X:1 T:Lady Jane Taylor M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G/F/|E>Gc>G EGcG|E<GcB/c/ d<DDG/F/|E>G c<E F>Ad>f| f/e/d/c/ G/c/B/d/ c<CCG/F/|E>Gc>G EGcG|E<GcB/c/ d<DDG/F/|E>Gc>E F>Ad>f| f/e/d/c/ G/c/B/d/ c<CC||e/f/|g>c e/f/g/e/ a/g/f/e/ de/f/|g>c a/g/f/e/ f<dde/f/| c>d c/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/ c>G|c>A G/A/F/G/ E<CCe/f/| g>c e/f/g/e/ a/g/f/e/ de/f/| g>c a/g/f/e/ f<dde/f/|g/f/e/g/ f/e/d/f/ e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/d/|c/B/c/A/ G/A/F/G/ E<CC||

LADY JANE TAYLOR'S STRATHSPEY--OF ROTHIEMAY. Scottish, Pastoral Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kerr, Marshall): AABB' (Athole). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Rothiemay is located in the Strathbogie district of Aberdeenshire, not far from Huntly. According to Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999), Lady Jane was the third daughter of the Earl of Fife and the sister of Lady Anne Warton Duff. She lived at Rothiemay Castle near the River Devon, which no longer stands.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 49. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880's; No. 127, p. 15. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 4. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 80.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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