Annotation:Auchtertool Volunteers March
X:1 T:Auchtertool Volunteers March C:James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C L:1/8 R:March B:James Walker - A Second Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, Jigs, &c. (c. 1798, p. 13) N:Dedicated to Lady St Clair Erskine of Sinclair (Fife) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D2 DD/E/ FDFD|A2 AB/c/ dAdA|fdge afed|(c/B/)c/d/ (e/d/)c/B/ A2 (A/B/c/d/)| e2 (d/c/B/A/) dfdf|g2 a/g/f/e/ faf>a |d>efd Bb a/g/f/e/|d2 dd d2z2:| |:cdcd ecBA|d>efg a3g|fdge afed|cc/d/ BB/c/ AGFE| D2 DD/E/ FDFD|A2 AB/c/ dAdA|dfBb agfe|d2 dd d2z2:||
AUCHTERTOOL VOLUNTEERS MARCH. Scottish, March (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Auchtertool Volunteers March" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Walker dedicated his second collection to Lady St. Clair Erskine of Sinclair (née Harriet Bouverie), and his first collection to her spouse, wikipedia:James_St_Clair-Erskine,_2nd_Earl_of_Rosslyn (1762-1837), soldier, politician, and slave holder.
The Auchtertool Volunteers were one of a number of local militia units formed in Great Britain for home defense during the wars with France at the end of the 18th century, partly in response to the fear of invasion by Napoleon, and partly to free up regular army units for service overseas. The Auchterool Volunteers were one Company raised in Fife in 1798 and disbanded in 1802. This helps date Walker's second collection to no earlier than 1798.
