Annotation:Mr. A. Pearson’s Favourite Strathspey
X:1 T:Mr. A. Pearson’s Favourite Strathspey M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 4 (1796, No. 188, p. 70) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|e<dB<G dAAg|e>dB>G B<dg>a|b/a/g/f/ ge d<BAg|e<Bg>a bB B:| |:eBgB dAAg|eBge dBbg|afg>e d>BAg|e<Bg>a bB B:|]
MR. A. PEARSON'S FAVOURITE STRATHSPEY. AKA - "Mr. A. Pearson's Strathspey." Scottish, Strathspey. The melody appears twice in the collections of Glaswegian James Aird, and was entered into the 1840 music manuscript of Cumbrian multi-instrumentalist John Rook. There was an A. Pearson who succeeded his father, William Pearson, as a music publisher in London around 1738, but there is no known connection with this tune.
