Annotation:Highlands of Scotland (2) (The)
X:1 T:Highlands of Scotland C:Shute M:C| L:1/16 R:Hornpipe B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, pp. 52-53) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A A,3A, A,4 C3E E4|A3A A3c c3AB3c|A,3A, A,4 C3E E4|A3B (3c2B2A2 {c}B2A2F2A2| A,3A, A,4 C3E E4|A3A A3c {c}B3AB3c|d3ff3d c3ee3c|B3cB3B F3EF3A|| c3A {g}a4 c3A {g}a4|c3Aa3g f2e2dc3|dB3 {a}b4 dB3 {a}b4|d3Bb3a g2f2e2d2| c3A {g}a4 c3A {g}a4|c3Aa3g f2e2d2c2|d3ef3g (3.a2.g2.f2 (3.e2.d2.c2|d3Bc3A {c}B3AF3A||
HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND [2], THE. American (?), Hornpipe (?) or Strathspey (?). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Highlands of Scotland [2]" is attributed to "Shute" in Goerge H. Coes' Coes Album of Jigs and Reels (1876, pp. 52-53). The melody does not appear to have Scottish antecedents, although plausibly in the vernacular. Coes' volume is highly associated with American blackface minstrel musicians and performers, and perhaps "Shute" was one such, composing in imitation of the style. There was at least one minstrel performer by that name, M. Shute, who played with Woods Minstrels in 1852, as advertised on a handbill, but there is no evidence he was Coes' "Shute".
