Annotation:Lady Erskine
X:1 T:Lady Erskine’s Reel C:James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Walker - Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c. (1793-4, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin E|A2AB c2 BA|Bdgd BGGB|A2 AB (cd)ea|gegB A2-A:| g|abag eg a2|gage de g2|abag e^fge|dBgB A2Ag| abag eg a2|gage de g2|aabg a^fge |dBgB A2-A||
LADY ERSKINE. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Erskine" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840) of Dysart, Fife, a professional musician and music teacher, who published his first collection in 1793-4. Walker dedicated his second collection to Lady St Clair Erskine of Sinclair, the spouse of Sir James St Clair-Erskine (Erskine), 2nd Earl of Rosslyn (1762-1837), to whom he had dedicated his first collection. Lady Erskine was born Harriet Bouverie (1762-1837), daughter of Hon. Edward Bouverie, MP, and Harriot Spencer.
The melody appears as "Lady Eshkin's reell" in the music manuscript collection of Spithope, Northumberland, musician John Robson [1], dated February, 1874.
