X:1
T:Miss Gordon of Lesmore's Reel
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances
B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
F|E/E/E (G>A) TB2 Ee|dBAd FDDF|E/E/E (G>A) TB2 (Ad)|FADF BEE:|
B|.e(gTfe) dBeg|fdAd FDDB|.e(gTfe) dBeg|fdFB BEEB|
.e(gTfe) dBeg|fdAd FAdf|gefd efge|dBAF BEE||
MISS GORDON OF LESMORE'S REEL. AKA - "Miss Gordon's Reel." Scottish, Reel (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of a tune by this title in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (p. 9).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Donald Grant (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 38 (as "Miss Gordon's Reel"). Robert Ross (Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances & Strathspeys), Edinburgh, 1780; p. 9.