Annotation:Captain Francis Wemyss Delight
X:1 T:Captain Francis Wemyss Delight M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey Q:"Slow" B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 7) F:https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982494 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 [A,4E4A4] A3B c3d e3f|{B}g3e {e}d3c B2G2 TG4|[A,4E4A4] A3B T(c2{Bc}d2) e3f|{B}g3e {e}d2 cB B2A2A4| [A,4E4A4] A3B c3d e3f|{B}g3e {e}d3c B2G2 TG4|[A,4E4A4] A3B T(c2{Bc}d2) e3f|g3e .g.e.d.c B2A2 A2|| eg|a3ba2g2 (ag)(ab) a2(ba)|g3a e2(gd) B2G2 TG2(eg)|a3ba3g agab a2(ba)|g3e .g.e.d.c B2A2 A2(eg)| a3ba2g2 (ag)(ab) a2(ba)|g3a e2(gd) B2G2 TG4|[A,4E4A4] A3B (TcBcd) e2 (ef)|g3e {e}d2(cB) B2A2 A4|| V:2 clef = bass [A,,4E,4] E,4 A,3B,C4|B,3C D,2D,,2 G,4z4|z4 E,4 A,3B, C4|G,2C2 B,2A,E, A,,4A,,2 z4| [A,,4E,4] E,4 A,3B,C4|B,3C D,2D,,2 G,4z4|z4 E,4 A,3B, C4|B,2C2 C2B,A, E,2A,,2A,,2|| z2|[F,6C6][E,2C2][F,4C4]z4|[E,2C2]F,2 C,2E,2 G,4 z4|[F,6C6][E,2C2][F,4C4]z4|B,2C2 C2B,A, D,2A,,2A,,2z2| F6E2 F4z4|E2F2 C2B,A, G,4z4|z4 E,4 A,3B, C4|B,2C2 B,2A,E, A,,8||
CAPTAIN FRANCIS WEMYSS DELIGHT. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Captain Francis Wemyss RN died in Paris on 29th ult (January), 1817. He often attended the Chicken Pye Club (formed in 1760 by a group of landed proprietors in Fife), but on that January night in Paris he was despondent, having lost the sum of 1,200£ at a gaming table, and shot himself. Wemyss was the nephew of General Erskine, and a relation of the Duke of Gordon. The second tune honoring Wemyss in John Bowie's (1759-1815) collection entitled A collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances with bass for violincello or harpsichord (1789). Bowie was a musician from Perth, who eked out a living by concertizing, playing balls (which he sponsored with his brother Peter, then provided the music for), teaching, and selling music and musical instruments. See also Bowie's strathspey "Captain Francis Wemyss."