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Annotation:Clydeside Lassies
X:1 T:Clyde Side Lasses M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 3 (1844–1845, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F c/B/|:(AF)cF (dF)cF|(AF)cF (AB)cB|(AF)cF (dF)cA|1BAGA BcdB:|2BAGA Bcde|| fgag f2 cf|{a}(gf)ga baga|fgag fcAc|BAGA Bcde| fgag f2 cf|{a}(gf)ga baga|fgaf gefc|BAGA BcdB|]
CLYDESIDE LASSIES. AKA - "Clyde Side Lassies." Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cole, Ryan, Honeyman, White): AA'B (Balmoral, Manson). The tune belongs to a family of melodies that includes "Maguinnis' Delight" and the "Pretty Peggy" tunes (see Annotation:Pretty Peggy). "Clydeside Lassies" is a corruption of the title "Clydesdale Lasses," by which name Nathaniel Gow published the tune in 1822 (see note for "Annotation:Clydesdale Lassies").
The name Clyde comes from the Brittonic Cluth. The River Clyde marked the frontier between the old Celtic British kingdom in the north and the Picts.
