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Annotation:Kate Dalrymple
X:1 T:Jinglin Johnnie T:Kate Dalrymple M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A E | A2(Ac) B2(Bc) | A2(Ac) B2(Bc) | A2 (ag) (fe)dc | B2e2c2 (AE) | A2(Ac) B2(Bc) | A2(Ac) B2(Bc) | A2(ag) (fe)dc | B2e2c2A || c | e2 (ef) edcd | e2a2e2 (cd) | e2(ef) edcd | e2 (ag) fedc | d2(fd) c2(ec) | B2(Bc) d2(cB) | A2(ag) fedc | B2e2c2A || E | AEAc BEGB | AEAc BEGB| A2(ag) fedc | B2(ed) (dc)BA | AEAc BEGB | AEAc BEGB | A2(ag) fedc | BAGB ABcd || e^def ecAc | e2(af) ecAc | e^def ecAc | e2(ag) fedc| d2(bd) c2(ac) | B2(Bc) d2(cB) | A2(ag) fedc | B2e2c2A ||
KATE DALRYMPLE. AKA and see "Highland Laddie (4)," "New Highland Laddie (1)," "Jinglin' Johnnie." Scottish; March, Reel or Scottish Measure (cut or 2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was first published in 1750 under the title "New Highland Laddie (1)." James Hunter (1979) explains that Kate Dalrymple was a noted beauty, and the subject of a Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) portrait; however no such portrait is extent, and Hunter may have been referring to another Dalrymple, the courtesan Mrs. Grace Dalrymple Elliott [1] (1754–1823), whom Gainsborogh painted in 1778. The reel is a popular ceilidh tune, and has been used by the BBC as the theme music for the BBC Radio Scotland dance music program "Take the Floor."
William Watt (1792−1859) wrote a poem (and song [2]) about a spinster named Kate Dalrymple, with visage "gruesome and grim", that begins:
In a wee cot house far across the muir
Where pease-weeps, plovers, an’ waups cry dreary,
There liv’d an’ auld maid for mony lang years,
Wha ne’er a woo-er did e’er ca’, dearie.
A lanely lass was Kate Dalrymple,
A thrifty quean was Kate Dalrymple;
Nae music, exceptin’ the clear burnie’s wimple,
Was heard round the dwellin’ o’ Kate Dalrymple.
