Annotation:Smirking Nan
X:1 T:Smirking Nan N:”The words by Mr. Allan Ramsay.” M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Apollo’s Banquet; or, The Muses Delight (London, 1756, p. 147) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/90/IMSLP100881-PMLP207040-apolloscabinet_vol1_songs_muses_delight.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmin (FG)|A3c (Ac) (AG)|F2 (ED) D2 CD|F3G (AB) (cA)|d2 (GA) G2 (FG)| A2 (A/B/c) (BA) (GF)|G2A2 f3e|d3c (Ac) (GA)|d2 (D>F) D2|| AB|c3d c2 (BA)|f2 c2c2 (fe)|d3e (fe) (fg)|(ag) (fe) d3 (c/B/)| A2f2 (cA) GF|G2A2 f3e|d2 (cB) (Ac) (GA)|d2 (D>F) D2||
SMIRKING NAN. AKA – “Poor Walley's Complaint.” English, Air (cut time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air was included in the late 18th century manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr. Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Montreal from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a musician and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York.
Oh! Wae is me poor Walley cry’d…