X:1
T:Honorable Colonel Wemyss, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald - Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
C|F2 AF ABcf|Afc>F EGGA|F2 AF ABcA|dfeg fFF:|
g|a/g/f/e/ fc ABcf|Afc>F EGGg|fefc ABcA|efeg fFFg|
afge fdcB|Afc>F EGGB|AFcA Bcde|fcdB AFF||
HONORABLE COLONEL WEMYSS, THE. AKA and see "Colonel Wemyss (1)," "General Wemyss of Wemyss." Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (MacDonald). The melody was entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of musician John Roose (Manchester, England) under the garbled title "Honourable Colonel Wm Henry's Reel."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 145. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 233. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 156.
