Annotation:Sir Hendry's Strathspey
X: 1 T:Sir Hendry's Strathspey M:C L:1/8 Z:Nigel Gatherer K:Bb B|F>BDB TF>GBc|BGTF>D D<CCB|FBDB TF>GBg|fBf z e/ eddf| gz/e/ Eg fz/f/ Df|edTcB B<GGB|FBDB TF>GBg|fc [B2F2D2] [BFD]|| f|b>fd>f B>fd>f|ed TcB BGGf|b>fd>f B>fd>f|g>b g/f/d f2 fg/a/| bfdf g>ecg|fdc z B/B/ G>GB|FBDB F>GBg|fc T[B2F2D2] [BFD]|]
SIR HENDRY’S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune was published in 1799 by biography:Thomas Calvert, a musician from Kelso, Scotland. A note with his collection states that Calvert supplied “a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun’d and repaired.” See also the related “Lady Mary Primrose's Favorite.”