Annotation:Honorable Miss Elphinston's Strathspey
X:1 T:Honorable Miss Elphinston's Strathspey M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey C:John Watlen B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D>ED>E F<A D2|E>F G/F/E/D/ C<E E2|D>ED>E F<A D2|E<AA^G A2 A2:| |:G>AG>E F>GF>D|C<E A,2 C<E A,2|B,>CB,>C D>EF>B|A<FE>D D2d2!End!:| |:d>ed>e f<a d2|e>f g/f/e/d/ c<e e2|d>ed>e f<a d2|e<aa>^g a2A2:| |:g>ag>e f>gf>d|c<e A2 c<eA2|B>cB>c d>ef>b|a<fe>d d2 d'2:||
HONORABLE MISS ELPHINSTON'S STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The strathspey was composed by John Watlen, publisher of Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791), a title that references Edinburgh's Royal Circus, an extension of Phillip Astley's London-based Royal Circus.
