Annotation:Miss Willes of Leslie's Birthday
X:1 T:Miss Willes of Leslies Birthday C: A. Dempster M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:James Walker - Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c. (c. 1795, pp. 8-9) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C B2|c3dc3G EC3EG3|c3dc3G Aa3g3e|f3dg3e c4c2:| e2|g3ag3e g3ec3e|f3d g3e d3BG3B|g3ag3e ge3ce3|f3dg3e c4-c2| g3ag3e g3ec3e|f3d g3e d3BG3B|c3GE3G c3de3a|f3dg3e c4c2||
MISS WILLES OF LESLIE'S BIRTHDAY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Willes of Leslie's Birthday" is credited to A. Dempster in biography:James Walker's first collection of c. 1795. Walker was a musician, composer and music teacher in Dysart, Fife, Scotland. Leslie is the name of a village in Fife, and also the name of a country estate, wikipedia:Leslie_House,the largest and earliest Restoration house in Fife.
