Annotation:Honorable Mrs. Fraser of Lovat (The)
X:1 T:Honorable Mrs. Fraser of Lovat, The M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey Q:"Slowish" S:Gow - The First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels (1787, revised 1801), p. 27 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin G|(E<A,) TE>D EA,TA>C|B,>G (E/D/)C/B,/ {B,}DG,G, {^F}G|(E<A,) TE>D EA,A,B,/C/|DE/F/ (E/D/).C/.B,/ CA,A,:|| Tc/>B/|.A.a.c.a Aa {f}ed/c/|GgBg Gg (e/d/).c/.B/|Aaca Aa (f/e/).d/.c/|(B/c/d/B/) e/>c/d/>B/ cAA Tc/>B/| Aaca Aa (f/e/).d/.c/|GgBg Gg (e/d/).c/.B/|.A/.B/.c/.A/ .B/.c/.d/.B/ .c/.d/.e/.c/ .d/.e/.f/.d/|e>E (e/d/).c/.B/ cAA||
HONORABLE MRS. FRASER OF LOVAT, THE. AKA and see "-Mrs. Fraser of Lovat." Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune probably refers to Jane Fraser of Leadclure, who had married Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat in 1763. He was the second son of Simon "The Fox" Fraser of Jacobite fame, and assumed the Chiefship of Clan Fraser upon the death of his brother, also Simon Fraser, in 1782. The couple had five children, most of whom predeceased them. The tune is unattributed in Gow's collection, although MacDonald in his later 1887 collection credits the composition to Robert Petrie. See "Mrs. Fraser of Lovat" for more versions of this tune.
