Annotation:Mrs. Ramsay (of Invernettie Lodge's) Strathspey
X:1 T:Mrs. Ramsay (of Invernettie Lodge's) Strathspey M:C| L:1/16 R:Strathspey B: John Morison - A Collection of New Strathspey Reels, with a few favourite Marches (Edinburgh, c. 1797, No. 17) N:Organist and fiddler Morison (1772-1848) was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point in Scotland, on the North Sea. Alburger notes that failing fortunes forced him to diversify: he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_New_Strathspey_Reels_wit/Vo-EymUbJkYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22john+morison%22+%22new+strathspey+reels%22%C2%A0&pg=PP1&printsec=frontcover K:F f2|F3Ac3A c3Fc3A|F2A2 dcBA A2G2G3f|F3Ac2A2 c2F2c2A2|B2d2c2B2 A2F2F2:| e2|f2c2f2a2 Tg3fg2a2|f2c2 dcBA G2g2g3a|f2c2f2a2 Tg3fg2a2|f2d2c2B2 A2F2F2e2| f2c2f2a2 Tg3fg2a2|f2c2 dcBA G2g2Tg3a|f2c2f2a2 fga2 gab2|f2d2c2B2 A2F2F2||
MRS. RAMSAY (OF INVERNETTIE LODGE'S) STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Mrs. Ramsay (of Invernettie Lodge's) Strathspey" was composed by John Morison (1772-1848), a fiddler and, for a time, organist at St. Peter's Chapel, Peterhead. Morison was from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, the easternmost point of Scotland and a port town on the North Sea. He had a small fiddle band for playing dances, but he supported himself, as many musicians did, with diversification. Alburger notes he also organized balls and ran a ship's chandlery; he also tuned pianos and organs and copied out music, but eventually he went bankrupt (at least once). Morison published two collections; the first around 1797 and the second in 1815.
Invernettie Lodge was a smaller property near the town of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire; the South Division of Invernettie was owned by Mrs. Ramsay (whose name appears on the tax rolls). Mrs. Ramsay died in 1821.
