Annotation:Lady Ross
X:1 T:Lady Ross C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:J. Scott Skinner – Miller o’ Hirn Collection (1881, No. 6, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A2|FD3D3E F3G A=c3|E=C3 C3D E3F G3A|FD3 D3E F3G A3c|.d.c.B.A BG3 FD3 D4:| g2|fd3 a3d fd3 ~d3-=f|e=c3 g3c ec3~c3e|fd3 a3d f3d e3c|{c}d3A BG3 FD3-D3g| fd3 a3d fd3 ~d3=f|ec3=g3c ec3~c3e|(3a2g2f2 (3e2d2c2 (3e2c2B2 (3A2G2F2|(3G3A2B2 (3E2F2G2 FD3 D2||
LADY ROSS (of Balnagown, Ross). Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Lady Ross" was composed by wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner in honor of Rebecca Sophia Barnes, second wife of the head of Clan Ross, Sir Charles William Frederick Augustus Lockhart-Ross, 8th Baronet. They occupied the ancient seat of Clan Ross at wikipedia:Balnagown_Castle, Easter Ross, Highlands, Scotland, and were probably patrons of Skinner as musician and dancing master.
The couple had one son. After her husband died in 1883 she managed the Balnagown estate until the young Sir Charles was 21 in 1893. Lady Ross had a stormy relationship with her son, who was determined to oust her from Balnagown Castle when he came into his inheritance. He eventually brought legal proceedings against her for mismanagement of the estate, setting off on a lifelong career of litigation against those he felt had wronged him.
