Annotation:Annie Dalgarno
X:1 T:Annie Dalgarno C:J. Scott Skinner N:"To my Sister." M:C L:1/8 R:Solo Strathspey B:Skinner - Miller o' Hirn (1881, No. 122, p. 62) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Cmin G|c>G E>G C3D|E>FG>=B c3d|e>cG>c E>Gc>e|d>B{B}c>=A B2 B>=B| c>GE>G C3D|E>F G>=B c3d|(3edc (3dc=B (3cde G F/E/| (3DAG (3FED C2 C||G|c>de>c G<ce>c|g>c .g/.f/.e/.d/ .c/.d/.e/.f/ g>c| B>cd>B F<Bd>B|f>B .f/.e/.d/.c/ .B/.c/.d/.e/ f>d|c>de>c G<ce>c| g>c .g/.f/.e/.d/ .c/.d/.e/.f/ g>f|(3edc (3dc=B (3cde G F/E/|(3DAG (3FED C2C||
ANNIE DALGARNO. Scottish, "Solo Strathspey" (4/4 time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Annie Dalgarno" was composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer and Scottish dancing master wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927) and dedicated to this older sister Ann Skinner Dalgarno, who was born in Lanching, Kincardineshire, in November, 1827. She married Thomas Dalgarno (1825-1888) in 1851. Their son (one of ten siblings) is recorded as having danced the Sword Dance and Highland Fling at the concluding recital of one of Skinner's dance assembly seasons at Fochabers, along with Skinner's adopted daughter Jeannie, who dance a Highland Jig. Ann died in 1886 at age 58.
