X:1
T:Mr. Compton of Corham Hall's Reel
C:Alexander Given
M:C
L:1/8
S: Gow & Shepherd: Mrs. Elliot's (Tiviotbank) reel and Mr. Douglas of Springwood Park's Strathspey
K:A
E|A2 cA ecac|A2cA =FFB|A2cA ecae|(fg/a/) ed cAA:|
(e/f/2g/2)|aece dfce|aece fBBg|aece dfce|(fg/a/) ed cAAg|
aece dfce|aece fBBc|AEFG ABcd|cedB cAA|]
Carham Hall, c. 1818MR. COMPTON OF CORHAM/COMPTON HALL. AKA - "Mr. Compton of Carham-hall’s Reel." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Athole): AABB' (Kerr). The tune is credited to Alexander Givan by Nathaniel Gow (1817); the former was famous for his popular composition “Teviot Brig/Tiviot Bridge.” "Mr. Compton of Corham Hall's Reel"[1] was composed by fiddler-composer Alexander Givan (1752-1803) of Kelso and issued in a small folio accompanied with several of his other compositions by the Edinburgh publishing concern of Gow & Shepherd c. 1810. Carham Hall is in Northumberland near the border with Scotland, immediately south of the River Tweed. The estate was purchased by the Compton family purchased the estate in 1754 and the following year erected the first Carham Hall on the site of a former tower house, a defense against border reivers. Erected in 1755, it was relatively plain building in the Classical style; it was rebuilt in the latter 19th century in grander style by new owners.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Gow & Shepherd: (Mrs. Elliot's (Tiviotbank) reel and Mr. Douglas of Springwood Park's Strathspey), ca.1810; p. 2.Gow (Complete Repository, Part 4), 1817; p. 24 (appears as “Mr. Compton of Carham-hall’s Reel”). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2); No. 22, p. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 23.
Recorded sources : - Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).
