X:1
T:Colonel Alexander Grant's Strathspey
T:New Sweet Molly
C:Donald Grant
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 34)
B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy.
N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and
N:Lady Grant of Grant”).
S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105814200
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
D2|Cc3-c3d e3d{d}c3B|G3BB3G F3BD3B,|Cc3Tc3d e3d{d}c3B G3B (GF).E.D {D}C4C2:|
|:c2|CC3 D3F TG3FG3B|F3B,D3B, F3B,D3B|C3C D3F TG3FG3c|B3F (GF).E.D {D}C4C2:|
|:D2|Cc3-c3d e3d{d}c3B|G3BB3G F3BD3B,|Cc3Tc3d {cd}e3d{d}c3B|G3B (GF).E.D {D}C34C2:|
|:g2|cc3d3f {a}g3fg3b|f3Bd3B f3Bd3b|cc3d3f {a}g3fg3b|f3b (gf).e.d {d}c4c2:|]
COLONEL ALEXANDER GRANT'S STRATHSPEY. AKA - "New Sweet Molly." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 34.