Annotation:Mrs. Forbes of Shivers' Fancy
X:1 T:Mrs. Forbes of Shivers Fancy M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:John Watlen - The Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791, p. 28) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d|d2 Af|d2 AA|BB {d}cB/c/|d2 AA|d2 Af|d2 AA| BB [c}cB/c/|d2z:||a|agfe|dddd|eeef| e3a|agfe|dddde|fef^g |a3!D.C.!||
MRS. FORBES OF SHIVERS' FANCY. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was first published in John Watlen's Celebrated Circus Tunes (Edinburgh, 1791). It was reprinted by Glasgow publisher James Aird--as, indeed, were most of the tunes from Watlen's collection, in his Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796).