X:1
T:Miss St. Clair Erskine of Sinclair
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. 1)
N:Dedicated to Lady St Clair Erskine of Sinclair (Fife)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|A>Bcd Te2 eg|Ta2 b/a/g/f/ ecce|a>efc d>Bc>A|B/A/B/c/ {e}dc/B/ AFFE|
A>Bcd Te2 eg|a/b/a/g/ f2 ec>cB|A>Ece f/e/f/g/ af|ecdB A2A||
E|AAcA EAcf|ec B/d/c/B/ AFFE|AAce fgab|af b/a/g/f/ e2 eg|
aefc dBcA|B/A/B/c/ {e}dc/B/ AFFB|AEce f/e/f/g/ af|ecdB A2A||
MISS ST. CLAIR ERSKINE OF SINCLAIR. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss St. Clair Erskine of Sinclair" 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. There is only a son, also James, 3rd Earl of Rosslyn, listed in the genealogy, and is is not known to whom Walker's tune title refers.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - James Walker (A Second Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, Jigs, &c.), c. 1798; p. 1.
