Annotation:Scotch Lady (1)
X:1 T:Scotch Lady [1] M:C| L:1/8 B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821 N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the N:mid-20th cent. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F F2 f>d c>A G>A|F>D D>C F>DD>D|F2 f>d c>A G>A|F>FD>D F2 z2:| f2 f>g a>f g>a|g>ed>c g>ed>c|f2 f>g a>f g>a|g<e a<g d3e| f2 a>f g>e f>c|c<A f<d G>FG>A|F2 f>d c<A G>A|F>FD>D F2||
SCOTCH LADY [1]. English, Strathspey (?). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, date 1821, of whom unfortunately nothing is known, although the ms. has an English provenance. The tune rather seems like an English imitation of a Scottish strathspey. The unvaried placement of the dotted-eighth followed by the sixteenth note of the first part, up until the fourth measure of the ‘B’ part where the dotted rhythm is reversed, feels somewhat un-genuine. There is another “Scotch Lady” tune, printed in England by John Johnson in his Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6th (1751), the Universal Magazine of 1751 and at least one musicians manuscript of 1790 (Hammersley), but this is a different tune than the one in Burks manuscript. Again, the second part would not be repeated in modern playing, although it is clearly noted in the ms.
