Annotation:Miss Jessy Stewart's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Jessy Stewartâs Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:McGlashan â Reels (c. 1786) Z:AK/Fiddlerâs Companion K:Gmin DGGA B/c/d c>B | AFcF dFcF | BAGA Bcdg | fdcA G2 G2 :| g>dga g>abg | fdc>B AcFA | g>dga gbag | fdc>A G2 G2 | g>dga g>abg |fdc>B AcFA | GdBA Bcdg | fdcA G2 G2 ||
MISS JESSY STEWARTâS REEL. AKA â âMiss Jessy Stewartâs Strathspey.â AKA and see "Miss Hay's Reel (2)," "Mr. John Shaw Stewartâs (1)." Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. G Minor (McGlashan, Surenne): G Dorian (MacDonald, Mulhollan): A Dorian (Anderson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Anderson, MacDonald, McGlashan, Mulhollan). Composed by Malcolm MacDonald as "Miss Jessy Stewart's Reel", first printed in his Collection of Strathspey Reels (1788), dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. However, the tune also appears as "Mr. John Shaw Stewartâs"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/s/j/sj5l6b83x7ged4m73gzr4j46kdhni8j/sj5l6b83.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/s/j/sj5l6b83x7ged4m73gzr4j46kdhni8j/sj5l6b83.png" width="834" height="83" alt="
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T:Mr. John Shaw Stewardâs Strathspey
T:Mr. John Shaw Stewart's [1]
M:C
L:1/16
B:Gmin
G2|D2G G3c {Bc}d4 Tc3B|A2F2c2F2 d2F2c2F2|D2G2G3c d3efd|dA3 f2A2G4G2:|
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, attributed to Niel Gow, and "Miss Hay's Reel (2)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/0/r/0r94tx2bmk5t0qtbf5mms5qs5fa7grz/0r94tx2b.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/0/r/0r94tx2bmk5t0qtbf5mms5qs5fa7grz/0r94tx2b.png" width="697" height="81" alt="
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T:Miss Hay's Reel [2]
L:1/8
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K:Gm
(DGGc) (B/c/d) (cB)|AFcF dFcF|(DGGc) d=efd|cAfA G/G/G G2:|
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, attributed to Robert Petrie. The reel/strathspey is also similar to John Riddell of Ayr's "Mrs. Crawfurd of Donside"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/7/7/77u9d92kjsdyh55mq00f22ba2gfobqi/77u9d92k.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/7/7/77u9d92kjsdyh55mq00f22ba2gfobqi/77u9d92k.png" width="697" height="73" alt="
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T:Mrs. Crawfurd of Donside
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L:1/8
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D G2 c (B/c/d) (dB)|cAfd cAFA|D G2 c (B/c/d) (cB)|cAfA G/G/G G2:|
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, published in his Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets & c. for the Violin (1766, p. 25), which may prove to be the ancestral source.
"Miss Jessy Stewart's Reel" was entered into the large 19th century music manuscript collection[1](No. 121, p. 31) of prosperous dairy farmer, miller, sometime printer and bookbinder, and fiddler James Barry (1819-1906) of Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, northern Nova Scotia.
