Annotation:Miss Ann Douglas of Brigton's Jig
X:1 T:Miss Ann Douglass Brigton's Jigg M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Slow" B:John Bowie – “Collection of strathspey reels & country dances &c.” B:(Edinburgh, c. 1789, p. 13) F: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104982560 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C V:1 f|{f}e2c dcB|{B}c2A GFE|FGA cGE|dDD D2f| {f}e2c dcB|{B}c2A GFE|FGA cGF|ECC C2:| (e/f/)|gec cdc|fef {ef}g2e|f2g age|fdd d2 (e/f/)| gec cdc|fef {ef}g2e|{f}e2d egf|ecc c2 (e/f/)| gec cdc|fef gfe|f2g age|fdd d2f| e2c dcB|c2A GFE|FGA cGF|ECC C2|| V:2 clef = bass z|C,2E, G,2G,,|E,2F, E,D,C,|D,E,F, E,2C,|G,G,G, G,2B,,| C,2E, G,2G,,|E,2F, E,D,C,|D,E,F, E,G,G,,|C,C,C, C,2:| z|C,2E, C,2E,|A,G,F, E,2C|A,2G, F,E,C,|G,G,G, G,2z| C,2E, C,2E,|A,G,F, C,2B,|C2F, G,2G,,|C,C,C, C,2z| C,2E, C,2E,|A,G,F, E,D,C,|D,2E, F,E,C,|G,,G,G, G,2B,| C2A, F,E,D,|E,2F, E,D,C,|D,E,F, E,2G,|C,C,C, C,2||
MISS ANN DOUGLAS OF BRIGTON'S JIG. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Ann Douglass Brigton's Jigg" is contained in Perthshire fiddler-composer biography:John Bowie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. (c. 1789), one of a few tunes named for members of the Douglas family of the Brigton estate, Forfarshire. Anne Douglas (1771-1845) was the second daughter of William Douglas of Brigton and his wife Elizabeth Graham, who married in 1767. Anne married John Guthrie of Guthrie, in July, 1798, and bore five daughters and two sons, John and William, both at one time officers in the army. Anne and John died the same year, within weeks of each other.
