Annotation:Miss Ann Drysdale's Kirkaldy Reel
X:1 T:Miss Ann Drysdale's Kirkaldy Reel C:James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Walker - A Second Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, Jigs, &c. (c. 1798, p. 5) N:Dedicated to Lady St Clair Erskine of Sinclair (Fife) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin D|G>AB>c d>cB>g |c>FA>F c>FA>f|G>AB>c d>fg>b|f>c d/c/B/A/ BGGD| G>AB>c d>cB>g|c>FA>F c>FA>f|G>AB>c d>fg>b|f>c d/c/B/A/ BGG|| d|g>dg>b B>bd>B|f>cf>a A>ac>a|g>dg>b B>bd>b|A>f (d/c/B/A/) BGG|| d|g>dg>b B>bd>b|f>cf>a A>fc>A|G>AB>c d>fg>b|f>c (d/c/B/A/) BGG||
MISS ANN DRYSDALE'S KIRKALDY REEL. Scottish, Reel (whole time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Ann Drysdale's Kirkaldy Reel" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Walker dedicated his second collection to Lady St. Clair Erskine of Sinclair (née Harriet Bouverie), and his first collection to her spouse, wikipedia:James_St_Clair-Erskine,_2nd_Earl_of_Rosslyn (1762-1837), soldier, politician, and slave holder. Walker's title may refer to Anne Drysdale (1751-1826), daughter of John Drysdale (1718-1788) of Kirkaldy, twice Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, both in 1773 and in 1784. He was Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland 1766 to 1788, and Chaplain in Ordinary to George III. Anne's mother was Mary Adam, who married Drysdale in 1749; she was the daughter and sister of the Adam family (William, Robert and John) of famous architects. Anne herself married Andrew Dalzell in 1786. Dalzell was Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (the first lay-person to undertake this role) and the couple undoubtedly met through this connection.
