Annotation:Lament for Mrs. Tulloch Kirkmichael (A)
X:1 T:Lament for Mrs. Tulloch, Kirkmichael, A C:James Taylor M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:James Taylor – A Collection of Strathspeys & Reels, together with a Set of Scots Quadrilles (Elgin, c. 1835, p. 8) N:”Most respectfully dedicated to Lady Dunbar of Northfield.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G>A|~B2 (3ABd {B}A<G ~G2|e2 e>d dB G/A/B/c/|~B2A4 G>A|~B2 (3ABd {B}A>G ~G2|A2[B,4G4]:| (B>c)|~d2 e>d ~d2 g>f|e2 (3efg af ~g2|~d2 (3efg d<e B2|~A2 G4 B>c| ~d2 e>d ~d2 g>f|e2 (3efg a>f ~g2|~d2 (3efg d>e ~B2|A/>G/A/B/ ~[B,4G4]||
LAMENT FOR MRS. TULLOCH, KIRKMICHAEL, A. Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). "Lament for Mrs. Tulloch" was composed by James Taylor, a fiddler, composer and teacher of music in Elgin who included the melody in his first, c. 1835, collection. There was a minister in Kirkmichael, Banffshire, named Alexander Tulloch (1780-1855), but his spouse, Katherine Stuart, died in 1840 (and so hardly qualifies for a lament composed five years or more earlier).
