Annotation:Right Honourable Lord Elcho (The)
X:1 T:Right Honourable Lord Elcho, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:The volume was dedicated to the Highland Society of Scotland N:The first strain is cognate with “Man of the House (The)” family of tunes. B:Duncan McKercher – A Collection of Original Stathspeys and Reels (Edinburgh, c. 1830, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin F|E/E/E (BE) GEBE|E/E/E (BE) FDAF|E/E/E (BE) GABf|dABd TFD AF:| EE/E/ Eg|f^deB|e/e/e e^c dD AF|E/E/E Eg f^def|dABd FDAF| E/E/E Eg f^deB|e/e/e e^c dD AF|Ee Be ^dfeb||dABd TFD AF||
RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ELCHO, THE. Scottish, Reel (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:Duncan McKercher. The title honors Francis, Lord Wemyss, who in 1794 married Margaret Campbell. Their son was also Francis Lord Elcho. See also McKercher's tune for Margaret, "Right Honourable Lady Elcho."