Annotation:Mrs. Shearer of Buchromb

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 MRS. SHEARER OF BUCHROMB. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Marshall): AAB (Hardie). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Buchromb house is licated in lower Glenfiddich. Mr. Shearer, according to Marshall’s letters, was a frequent visitor to Keithmore, the farm Marshall moved to after his service to the Duke of Gordon as Steward of the Household. See also the companion tune "Mr. Shearer of Buchromb’s Strathspey."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; p. 103. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 29.  Recorded sources:

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