Annotation:Miss Lizzie Leith
X:1 T:Miss Lizzie Leith (Nairn) N:”An excellent pianiste” C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/16 R:Solo Strathspey B:Skinner – Miller o’ Hirn Collection (1881, No. 84, p. 44) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E2|(A3^GA3)c (B^G3) E3E|A3B c3d e4- e3c|d3c (Bg3) dB3 [B,2G2]AB|{B}c3A {A}B3^G A4 [C2A2]:| B2|(c3Bc3)a gc3e3c|(G3^FG3)e dG3B3G|(c3Bc3)a gc3 e3c|.d.c.B.A ^Ge3 cA3A3B| (c3Bc3).a .g.f.e.d ec3|(G3^FG3)e .d.c.B.A BG3| c3A ^.D.E^.F^.G .A.B.c.d e^f^ga|c'.e.d.c .B.c.d.e cA3 [C2A2]||
MISS LIZZIE LEITH (Nairn). Scottish, Solo Strathspey (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Lizzie Leith" was composed by Abderdeenshire fiddler-composer and dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927), and published in his Miller o' Hirn Collection (1881). He noted with the tune, "an excellent Pianiste." There was a "Miss Leith" with an address of The Royal Hotel, Nairn, among the subscribers and patrons listed in Skinner's volume.
