Annotation:Miss Mary Campbell Ardmore's Jig
X:1 T:Miss Mary Campbell Ardmore’s Jig C:Alexander Mackay M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes… B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 17) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947 N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield. N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings. N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B|GAG G2c|BAB g3|edc BAG|FGA A2c| BGB deg |fdf g2b|afd ge^c|d3 d2:| g|afd deg|fef g2d|BdB Bcd|efe e^cA| afd deg|fef g2b|afd ge^c|d3 d2g| afd deg|fef g2d|BdB Bcd|efe e^cA| dBG cAF|GAG g2b|afd ge^c|d3 d2||
MISS MARY CAMPBELL ARDMORE'S JIG. Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Miss Mary Campbell Ardmore's" was composed by Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay (born 1775) and was first printed in hisCollection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes (c. 1822). It is one of a number of tunes in the collection Mackay composed for the family of Archibald and Helen Campbell of Ardmore, Islay; Mary Campbell was one of the Campbell's children. See note for "annotation:Mr. Archibald Campbell Ardmore's Reel" for more on Mackay and the Campbells.
