Annotation:Lee Mills
X:1 T:Lee Mills M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey N:AEae tuning (fiddle) B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 23) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982670 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A V:1 e2|cA3DA3 E3AD3A|cA3D3A B3EE3e|(dcBA) D3A B,3AG,3d|c3eB3e cA3A2:| e2|c3ea3e fe3a3c|dB3c3A BE3E3e|c2e2a3e fa3e3c|dB3e3B cA3A3d| ce3a3e f3ae3c|d3bc3a BE3E3e|(dcBA) D3A B,3A G,3d|c3aB3e cA3 A2|| V:2 clef = bass z2|A,,4C,4D,4C,4|A,,4C,4D,4C,4|A,,4C,4A,,4C,4|A,4E,4A,,4A,2:| z2|A,4C4A,4A,,4|B,,4A,,4D,4z4|A,4C4D4A,4|B,4G,4A,4A,,4| A,,4C,4D,4A,,4|^G,,4A,,4D,4z4|A,,4C,4A,,4C,4|A,,4E,,4A,,4A,,2||
LEE MILLS. Scottish, Strathspey (while time). A Major. AEae tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lee Mills" was published by Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:John Bowie in his according to the Friends of Wighton site[https://friendsofwighton.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Wighton-Fiddle-Tunes-2018.pdf]
Lee Mills’ may well have been John Bowie’s interesting spelling of the place named Leysmill, near Friockheim in Angus. Leysmill Quarry was a sandstone quarry – the stones were used as paving stones, the quarry being in operation from the 1820s. The area also contains a prehistoric palisaded enclosure at Leys of Boysack.
