X:1
T:Dear Meal is cheap again.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:”Old”
B:Donald Grant – Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c. (1820-21, p. 15)
B:The volume was perhaps first issued c. 1790, from a penciled note in a copy.
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/105813991
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|A(FTED) d(FTED)|E(B-TB)A BEEB|A(FTED) dgTfe|dBAF ADD:|
f|abaf defd|e/e/e (.b.a) beef|abaf dgTfe|dB AF ADDf|
abaf defd|e/e/e (.b.a) beef|abaf dgTfe|dB AF ADD||
DEAR MEAL (IS CHEAP AGAIN), THE. AKA and see "Lucy Campbell (2)," "Cairngorum," "Leap Year (1)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. biography:Donald Grant (c. 1760-1830's), in whose c. 1820-21 collection "The Dear Meal is Cheap again" was published, was an Elgin fiddler-composer and dancing master who dedicated his collection to Mrs. Col. Grant of the Castle Grant family. A penciled note in the collection suggests that it was first published around 1790, but republished in 1820-21, although many of the titles in the collection refer to persons of the early decades of the 19th century.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Donald Grant (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Jigs &c.), 1820-21; p. 15.
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