Annotation:Mrs. Henderson of Aimster's Favorite
X:1 T:Mrs. Henderson of Aimster's Favorite C:Donald Grant M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 29) B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy. 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/105814145 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F a|f2c AFA|FAc faf|gba gfe|fdc BAG| f2c AFA|FAc faf|gba gfe|fff f2:| |:a|fcf Ffa|gGg Ggb|agf cef|cBA GAB| fFf Ffa|gGg Ggb|agf dba|gfe f2:|
MRS. HENDERSON OF AIMSTER'S FAVORITE. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Mrs. Henderson of Aimster's Favorite" was composed by Elgin fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant and published in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21). Aimster is a farmstead (now deteriorated) in Thurso, Caithness, thatdates from c.1800 and was the home of Captain John Henderson, author of the General View of the Agriculture of the County of Caithness (1812), a work of considerable interest at the time.
'Mrs. Henderson' of Grant's title was John's spouse, Jane, daughter of Captain William Maclean of the 40th Regiment, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Sutherland of Forse.
