Annotation:Lady Douglas's Reel
X:1 T:Lady Douglas's Reel C:"W.J." M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Alexander – “Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes” (c. 1826, No. 18, p. 9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 B>d g2 d>B|g2 d>B c>A A2|G2 B>d g2 d>B|c>ed>c B>G G2:|| g>fg>e f>ga>f|g>fg>a b>ee>f|g>fg>e f>ga>f|g>e d>c B>G G2| g>fg>e f>ga>f|g>fg>a b>ee>f|g>d b>f g>d e>c|B>d A>c B>G G2||
LADY DOUGLAS'S REEL. AKA and see "All Around the Room," "Shropshire Reel." Scottish, Reel (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel is attributed to the mysterious "W.J." who is credited with a half-dozen tunes in publisher James Alexander's Alexander's 50 New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1826). The volume was edited by a "professional musician," who is presumably "W.J." himself. The reel was entered twice into the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier (see "All Around the Room").
