Annotation:Bonny Lass of Luss (The)
X:1 T:Bonny Lass of Luss M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Bremner - Scots Reels (1757) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gdor D G2 c (B/c/d) T(c>B) | cAfd TcAFA | D G2c (B/c/d) T(cB) |cAfA G/G/G G2:| G(gg)a (g/a/b) T(ag) | fcac fcac | d(gg)a (g/a/b) Tag | fdTc>A G/G/G G2 | d(gg)a (g/a/b) T(ag) | c(ff)g (f/g/a) T(gf) | bgaf gdfd | cAfA G/G/G G2 ||
BONNY LASS OF LUSS, THE. AKA and see "Mr. John Shaw Stewart’s (1)," "Mrs. Crawfurd of Donside," "Sir John Shaw Stewart's Strathspey." Scottish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen finds this tune first published by Bremner in his 1757 collection. The reel appears in the large 1840 music manuscript collection of multi-instrumentalist John Rook, of Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria.
