Annotation:Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey (1)
X:1 T:Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey [1] S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 10 % Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Robert Mackintosh's % "68 New R., Str. & Q./Steps" 1793 L:1/8 M:C R:Strathspey K:F d|:c>df>g (a/g/f/e/) fd|c>d f>a g<G B<d|c>df>g (a/g/f/e/) f>d|c<Af<d c<FA<d:| c<Af<A a<Af<A|c<Af<c d<GB<d |c<Af<c a<fg<e|f<cf<A d<GB<d| c<Af<A a<Af<A|c<Af<c d<GB<d |c<Aa<f g<ef<d|c>f (e/f/g/e/) fFF|]
HONORABLE MR. GRAY'S STRATHSPEY. AKA and see "Honorable Mrs. F. Gray." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was included by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, p. 10), although Charles Gore finds it earliest printed in Robert Mackintosh's "68 New R., Str. & Q./Steps" (1793). John Glen gave the tune as "Honorable Mrs. F. Gray." See note for "annotation:Honorable Francis Gray's Strathspey (The)" for more.