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 Theme code Index    5314 5366
 Also known as    Miss Jessie Smith, Mrs. Smith's Strathspey
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 Region    Scotland, Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI, Shetland/Orkney
 Meter/Rhythm    Strathspey
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    CANADA(Maritimes/English)
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Peter Milne
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys Reels &c. for the Violin
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 18
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1870
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X:1 T:Jessie Smith M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|OA<F(F>E) (D>A) G/F/E/D/|A<FF<A B2 (B<d)|A<F(F>E) (D>A) G/F/E/D/|G<BF<A [A,2E2]-[A,E]:| c|d2 (f>d) B>e d/c/B/A/|d>ef<d (B2 B>)c|d2 (f>d) B>e d/c/B/A/|d>BA<F ([A,2E2]E>)c| d2 (f>d) B>e d/c/B/A/|d>ef<d (B2 B>)g|(3fed (3cde (3edB (3ABc|(3dcB (3AGF (3Efe (3dcBO|]


X:1 T:Jessie Smith L:1/16 M:C| R:Strathspey B:The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d2|AF3 F3E DA3 GFED|AF3 F3A B4 B3d|AF3 F3E DA3 GFED|GB3 A3F E4E2:| A2|d4 f3d B3e dcBA|d3ef3d B4 B3A|d3e fd3 B3e dcBA|d3B AF3 E4 E3c| d4 f3d B3e dcBA|d3ef3d B4 B3g|(3f2e2d2 (3c2d2e2 (3d2c2B2 (3A2B2c2|d3B AF3 E4E2|]


X:1 T:Mrs. Smith’s Strathspey T:Jessie Smith M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 24) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B2|A3FF3E D3A (GFED) |A2F2F2A2 B4 (Bcd2)|A3FF3E D3F (GFED)|G3BA3F E4E2:| e2|d3df3d B2e2 (dcBA)|d3df3d B4 B2e2|d3df3d e2f2d2A2|B2d2 (BAGF) E4 E2e2| d3df3d D3A (GFED)|d3df3d B4 B2g2|(3f2e2d2 (3c2d2e2 (3d2c2B2 (3A2B2c2|d2B2 A2F2 E4E2||