Annotation:Honorable Mrs. Drummond of Perth's Delight (The)

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 HONORABLE MRS. DRUMMOND OF PERTH'S DELIGHT. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld's (Perthshire) 3rd Collection (c. 1792), dedicated to Miss Drummond of Perth. The Mrs. was presumably her mother, Clementina Elphinstone (1749-1822), who had married James Drummond in 1785. She was the daughter of Charles Elphinstone, 10th Lord Elphinstone. James and Clementina had three children, although only the eldest, Clementina Sarah (1786-1865), survived childhood.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: John and Andrew Gow (A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels), n.d. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; p. 5.  Recorded sources:

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