X:1
T:She's Sweetest when She Smiles
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:"Old"
B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (c. 1790, p. 4)
N:Reprinted 1820-21
N:The collection was dedicated to Mrs. Col. Grant of Grant (“Sir James and
N:Lady Grant of Grant”).
S: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813837
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|Gd-dB AGEA|Gd-d.B .Gg-g.B|Gd-dB TAGEA|GDEF G2G:|
(e/f/)|gdgb Tagea|gdgb gdgb|gdgb Tagef|gbag {g}e2 ef|
gdgb agea|gdgb gdgb|gdgb agef|gbag efgBS||
SHE'S SWEETEST WHEN SHE SMILES. Scottish, Reel (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "She's Sweetest when She Smiles" was published by fiddler-composer biography:Donald Grant in his Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (c. 1790, reprinted in 1820/21). Grant notes that the tune was "Old" in his time.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Donald Grant (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), c. 1790; p. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 192, p. 22. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 3), 1844–1845; p. 16.
