Annotation:Scotch Patriot's Reel (The)
X:1 T:Scotch Patriot's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D {c}d2 | ADFD ADFD | ADFD A2 (GF) | EFGA B(E ~E2) | defd B2 (AB) | defd e(cdB) | AFDF A2 (Bc) | dBcA BGAF |1 EFGA B2 :|2 EFGA B2z || |: Adfd Adfd | Adfd a2 (gf) | efga b(ee2) | defd B2 (AB) | defd e(cdB) | AFDF A2 (Bc) | dBcA BGAF | EFGA B2 {c}d2 :||
SCOTCH PATRIOT'S REEL, THE. AKA and see "Duke Gordon," "Duke of Gordon's Rant (The)," "My Heart with Love is Breaking," "Rocks of Antiluce (The)." "Scotch Rose (The)," "Taste of Gaelic (A)," "Duke of Gordon's Favourite (2) (The)," "Pride of Kildare (3)," "Waterloo Reel (5)," "Lord Gordon's Reel." Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. New York writer and musician Don Meade points out the tune is the same as Ryan’s “Lord Gordon’s”.
