Clydeside Lassies

 CLYDESIDE LASSIES. AKA - "Clyde Side Lassies." Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune belongs to a family of melodies that includes "Maguinnis' Delight" and the "Pretty Peggy" tunes (see note for that tune). "Clydeside Lassies" is a corruption of the title "Clydesdale Lasses," by which name Nathaniel Gow published the tune in 1822 (see note for "Clydesdale Lassies"). The name Clyde comes from the Brittonic Cluth. The River Clyde marked the frontier between the old Celtic British kingdom in the north and the Picts. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 44. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; p. 24. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 72. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 45, p. 8.

X:1 T:Clyde Side Lassies M:C L:1/8 S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 45 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F AFcF dFcF | AFcF GABG | AFcF dFcF | BAGA BdcB | AFcF dFcF | AFcA GABG | AFcF dFcF | BAGA (Bc)(de) || fgag f2 (cf) | g^fga baga | =fgag f2 (Ac) | BAGA Bcde | fgag f2 (cf) | g^fga bagb | afge fdec | dBcA BAGB || [A6f6] z2 ||