Annotation:Jock Wilson's Ball
X:1 T:Jock Wilson's Ball R:reel N: Scots Guards #356 p.200 Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: C| L: 1/8 F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Contra/reel/JockWilsonsBall.abc K: BDor |: c- \ | "Bm"d2"(A)"c2 "Bm"B2f2 | Bcde fBBc | "Bm"d2"(A)"c2 "Bm"B2f2 | "A"~A2eA cAA :| |: c- \ | "D"d2a2 f2ef | ~d2 fe "Bm"fBBc | "D"d2a2 f2ef | "A"~A2eA cAAB | | "D"d2a2 f2ef | ~d2 fe "Bm"fBBc | "D"defg a2af | "A"~e2ed cee :|
JOCK WILSON'S BALL. AKA - 'Jock Wilson's," "Mo chuachag laghach." "My Gentle Milk Maid." Scottish, Pipe Reel. B Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranford/Holland): AAB (Perlman). "Jenny Nettles (1)" is perhaps the ancestral tune, however, according to Bobby MacLeod, it was composed by Pipe Major John McColl of Oban. Paul Stewart Cranford (2000) notes that the Cape Breton fiddle setting is perhaps linked to a local puirt a beul (mouth music) version, and that "Chuachag Laghach Thu" (My Gentle Milk Maid)/"Mo chuachag laghach" is a close variant in pipe repertoire. Compare "Jock Wilson's Ball" also with Walsh's "Cheshire Round (2)."
