Annotation:Fair Field House

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 FAIR FIELD HOUSE. AKA and see "Scalloway Lasses (Da)," "Scallowa Lasses (Da)," "Scalloway Lasses (The)," "Scallowa Lasses (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fairfield House (Fullarton House), south Ayrshire (near Monkton), was built in 1745 by William Fullarton. It was improved by his son Colonel William Fullarton of Fullarton, a gentleman landowner, who sold the estate in 1803, prior to leaving for a position as Governor of Trinidad. Robert Burns was reportedly an admirer of the Colonel. The house fell into ruin and was demolished in the 1960's, but a ruined cemetery can still be seen on the site.  According to John Glen (1891), the melody was first published in John Riddell's collection entitled A Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets, &c Composed by John Riddell in Ayre (1st Ed., c. 1766, 2nd ed. 1782, pp. 60). Fairfield House was a manor in south Ayrshire, near Monkton, The reel has been adopted into fiddling tradition in the Shetland Island under the "Scalloway/Scallow" title.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 18(a), p. 68. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; p. 24.  Recorded sources:

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