Annotation:Lady Dunbar of Boath's Strathspey
X:1 T:Lady Dunbar of Boath's Strathspey M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey N:”This tune may be played slow.” B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (c. 1790, p. 6) N:Reprinted 1820-21 N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and N:Lady Grant of Grant”). S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813892 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Eb ec|B3E (cB).A.G {G}F4 F3G|B3EG3B C3EB,3E|C3EB,3E G3FF3G|BB3c3B {B}e4e2:| g2|e3g efge Tf3ecf3|e3gf3g c3eB3c|(cB).A.G e3G TF3EF3G|BB3c3B {B}e4 e2g2| e3g efge Tf3ecf3|e3g f3g c3eB3c|(cB).A.G e3G TF3EFG3|BB3c3B {B}e4e2||
LADY DUNBAR OF BOATH'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Dunbar of Boath's Strathspey" was composed by biography:Sir Archibald Dunbar of Northfield, Elgin. Archibald's title honors his niece, Helen Coull, daughter of James Coull, of Ashgrove, in Elginshire, who married knighted naval Captain James Dunbar (1770-1836) in 1814, the same year he was created Baronet.
Boath House was built for James in 1727 by Aberdeen architect Archibald Simpson, replacing the "great stane-house' that had been in the Dunbar family since the mid-16th century. Today Boath House is a hotel.
