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Annotation:Queen of Clubs
X:1 T:Queen of Clubs M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D2 | G2(GB) AGED | cBce dcBd | cBAc BAGB | AGFA GDB,D | G2 GB AG E2 | {d}cBce dcBd | cBAc BAGB | AGFA G2 :| |: (Bd) | g2 (fg) egdf | gbag fdef | g2(fg) egdB | cedf g2d2 | g2(fg) eg(df) | gbag fdef | gbaf gfed | eg(fa) gedB ||
QUEEN OF CLUBS. AKA and see "Blue Bonnet (1)." Scottish, Reel or Fling. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Queen of Clubs" is one of the derivatives of Scottish fiddler-composer John Pringle's strathspey "Lady Ann Hope (1)." A close version was included under the title "A Highland Fling" in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Sliabh Luachra, Ireland, musician D. Curtin (No. 17, p. 8 [1]). The melody is perhaps a variant of “Frank Roche's Favourite.” See also the related fling "Blue Bonnet (1)", printed in a later Howe company venture, White's Unique Collection.
