Annotation:Glasgow Ladys
X:1 T:Glasgow Ladys M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, p. 4) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb A|B2 (FB) (GB)(FB)|(EB)(DB) cCCf|dfBd ecAc|dBTF>E DB,B,:| (g|fd)Bd fbdf|BdTF>D E[Cc][Cc](g|Tfd)Bd fbag|f(eTd>c) dBB(g| fd)Bd fbdf|BdFB edcd|ecdB cABG|T(FE/D/) (ce) dBB||
GLASGOW LADYS. AKA and see "Countess of Sutherland (1)," "Lady Hamilton (3)," "Lady Hamilton's Reel," "Lady Sutherland's Reel," "Ridge (The)." Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in biography:Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (p. 3). Campbell also included a version of the same tune in his 1789 collection (as he did with several others from his first collection).
