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 Theme code Index    151H5 1H52H2
 Also known as    Broom's Reel, Drypool Lasses, Duke of Perth's Reel, Duke of Riff's Reel, Fashion o da Delting Lasses (Da), Lolly Pops and Bulls Eyes, Lord Rockingham's Reel, Love in a Village (3), McDonald's Reel, Scamden's Cade, Scampden's Cade, Scampton Cade, Diùc Pheairst
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Reel (single/double)
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    2/2
 History    
 Structure    AAB
 Editor/Compiler    David Young
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Drummond Castle Manuscript Part 2
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 1
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1734
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Duke of Perth's Reel, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young - The Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 1) B:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|(G/A/B/c/ d)B gBdB|gBdB aAAB|(G/A/B/c/ d)B gBdB|cA (d/c/B/A/) BG G:| |:f|gage abaf|gage beef|gagd abaf|gddc BGG:|]


X:1 T:Duke of Perth's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner - A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1757, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|(G/A/B/c/ d)B gBdB|gBdB aAAB|(G/A/B/c/ d)B dBdB|cAdc BG G:| |:f|gage abaf|gage beef|gage abaf|gddc BG G:|]


X:2 T:Duke of Perth's Reell M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Sutherland music manuscript collection, c. 1785 N:Sutherland was a pastoral piper from Aberdeenshire Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|(G/A/B/c/) dB gBdB|GBdB aAAB|(G/A/B/c/) dB gBdB|cAdc BG G2:| |:f|gage abaf|gage beef|gage abaf|gddc BG G2:||


X:2 T:Duke of Perth's Reel S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c. Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/5/04 N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 6 % Gore's Index gives earliest publication as James Aird's % "Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs" v4 ca 1790 L:1/8 M:C R:Reel K:G B|(G/A/B/c/ d)B gBdB|gBdB a(AAB)|(G/A/B/c/ d)B gBdB|cA (d/c/B/A/ B)GG:| |:f|gage abaf|gage b(eef)| gage abaf|gedc BGG:|


X:1 T:Duke of Perth's Reel, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 493) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see N:https://www.cdss.org/elibrary/Easmes/Index.htm Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|G/A/B/c/ dB gBdB|gBdB aAAB|(G/A/B/)c/ dB gBdB|cAdc BGG:| |:f|gage abaf|gage beef|gage abag|gdec BGG:|]


X:1 T:Duke of Perth's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 28) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G/A/B/c/ dB gBdB|gBdB aAAB|G/A/B/c/ dB gBdB|cA d/c/B/A/ BG G2:| |:gage gage|gage beef|gage abaf|gddc BG G2:|


X:1 T:Diùc Pheairst T:Duke of Perth's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:"A Gaelic Air" B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 7) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|gage a2 ae|gage fdd<e|gage a2 ae|fedc BGG:| |:B|GBdB g2 dB|g2 dB aAAe|GBdB g2 dB|cAdc BGG:|]


X:104 T:Drypool Lasses. Roose.0104 T:Duke of Perth,aka. Roose.0104 B:J.Roose, Manchester 1850 Z:Village Music Project 2019 Taz Tarry N:There is a Drypool in Hull, Yorkshire Q:1/4=120 M:C| L:1/8 K:G G/A/B/c/ dB gBdB|gBdB aAAB|G/A/B/c/ dB gBdB|cAdc BG G2:| |:gage abaf|gage beef|gage abaf|gddc BG G2:|


X:1 T:Duke of Perth’s Reel M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 644) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B/|G/B/d/B/ g/B/d/B/|g/B/d/B/ a/A/A/B/|G/B/d/B/ g/B/d/B/|c/A/d/c/ B/G/G/:| |:f/|g/a/g/e/ a/b/a/f/|g/a/g/e/ b/e/e/f|g/a/g/e/ a/b/a/f/|g/d/c B/G/G:|]


X:4 T:Duke of Perth M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G B|G>B dB gBdB|gBdB aAAB|G>B dB gBdB|cAdc BGG:| f|gage abaf|gage beef|gage abaf|gdec BGGf| gage abaf|gage beef|gage abaf|gdec BGG||