Annotation:Mr. Garden of Troup's Reel

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 MR. GARDEN (OF TROUP’S) REEL. Scottish, Reel. C Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie. The melody appears in his Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796), dedicated to his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup, who was born Penolope Smythe in Ballinatray, Ireland. See also the companion "Mr. Garden of Troup's Strathspey."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources:  Recorded sources:

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