Annotation:Captain Dougal Campbell Kilmartin's Strathspey
X:1 T:Captain Dougal Campbell Kilmartin's Strathspey M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 27) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2|D3DF3A B2A2F2A2|B3AB3d e2E2E2F2|D3DF3A B2A2F2B2|A2B2d2e2 f2d2d2:| g2|f2e2d2e2 (fgag) f3d|d3B g3f e3EE3g|f2e2d2e2 (fgag) f2d2|(dcBA) B2c2 d2D2D2g2| f2e2d2e2 (fgag) f3d|B3AB3d e3de3f|d2f2{fg}a2f2 e2d2e2f2|(dcBA) B2c2 d2D2D2||
CAPTAIN DOUGAL CAMPBELL KILMARTIN'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Captain Dougal Campbell Kilmartin's Strathspey" is an unattributed tune in Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes (Glasgow, c. 1822). The subject of the title is perhaps Dugald Campbell (1779-1829)of Kilmartin, Argyll, who rose to the rank of Major in the Argyle Fencibles. He married Helen Lamont Campbell, the daughter of a Captain in the 42nd regiment. A family tale of "second sight" regarding an incident that occurred when Dugald was a young man was reported by Captain Douglas Wimberley in Memorials of Four Old Families (Inverness, 1894, pp. 44-45). It goes:
