Annotation:Mr. Oswalds of Dunnikier's Reel
X:1 T:Mr. Oswalds of Dunnikier's Reel C: James Walker (1771-1840), Dysart M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Walker - Collection of new Scots reels, strathspeys, jigs, &c. (c. 1795, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A e|(ce/g/a)f ecAc|TBAcB AFFB|Aaga eaca|fagb a2-ae| ceaf ecAc|BAcB AFFB|(a/g/f/g/) af ecAc|BABc A2-A|| F|(EA/B/c)A dBcA|BAcB AFFA|EAcA dBcf|ecBc A2-AF| EAcA dBcA|BAcB AFFB|Aaga eaca|fagb a2-a||
MR. OSWALDS OF DUNNIKIER'S REEL. Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mr. Oswalds of Duinnikeer's Reel" was composed by biography:James Walker (1771-1840), a musician, fiddler-composer and music teacher of Dysart, Fife, Scotland. The tune is named for wikipedia:James_Townsend_Oswald (1748 - 1814), a wealthy merchant and politician of Kirkcaldy, Fife, whose estate was Dunnikier House, built in 1790. In 1776 Oswald was elected MP for Fife until he resigned on being appointed Auditor of the Exchequer of Scotland on 2 July 1779. Together with the St Clair family, the Oswalds were the political powerhouses in Fife in the latter 18th century. See also Walker's "Mrs. Oswald of Dunnikeer (2)."
