Annotation:Honorable Mrs. F. Gray
X:1 T:Honorable Mrs. Gray’s Strathspey, The M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 B:(Glasgow, 1801, No. 172, p. 64) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|A>Bd>e f/e/d/c/ d2|A>Bd>e eEG<B|ABcd (f/e/).d/.c/ (.d>.B)| |1 A<Fd>B ADFd:|2 A<Fd>B ADFB||AFdF fFAF|(AF)(.d.B) AEGB| (AF)dB (.f>.d)(ec)|d>AB<d FDF<d|AFd>F fFAF| Adc<d e>EG<B|(AE)(f>d) e>cd>B|A>d c/d/e/c/ d>DF<d||
HONORABLE MRS. F. GRAY. AKA and see "Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey (1)." Scottish, Strathspey. F Major (Glen): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. The tune was composed by Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831), according to John Glen. However, the tune was printed in Robert Mackintosh's 1793 collection as "Honorable Mr. Gray's Strathspey," reprinted by Robert Petrie in 1796. With a change of gender, it was printed as "Honorable Mrs. Gray's Strathspey" in James Aird's Glasgow-published Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1801).
The title refers to Mary Ann Johnston, daughter of Lt. Col. James Johnston, who, in 1794 married Francis Gray, 14th Lord Gray (see "annotation:Honorable Francis Gray's Strathspey (The)" for more).
