X:1
T:Miss Catherine Stewart of Desky's Reel
C:James Taylor
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:James Taylor – A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles (Elgin, c. 1835, p. 8)
N:”Most respectfully dedicated to Lady Dunbar of Northfield.”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GABc dgdB|cABG AEEF|GABc dgdB|cAdB G/G/G G:|
f|gaba geeg|dBcA BEEF|gaba geeg|cAdB G/G/G Gf|
gaba geeg|dBcA BEEF|GABc dgdB|cAdB G/G/G G||
MISS CATHERINE STEWART OF DESKY'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Miss Catherine Stewart of Desky's" was composed by James Taylor, fiddler, composer and teacher of music in Elgin. Catherine Stewart (1810-1874) was the youngest daughter of Charles Stewart, Esq., Deskie, and Mary Gordon Stewart, who married in 1804. Deskie was a farm at Ballindalloch, Banffshire.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - James Taylor (A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles), Elgin, c. 1835; p. 8.
