Annotation:Tweedside Lasses (The)
X:2 T:Tweedside Lasses, The M:C L:1/16 Q:”Slow” R:Strathspey B:Walker – A Collection of Strathpeys, Reels, & Marches & c. (1866, No. 61) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A,2|D2FE D2A,2- B,CDB, A,3B,|D2DF A2F2 B2E2E2F2|D2FE D2A,2 DEFD A,2B,C|DEFB AFEF D2B,2 B,2:| A2|dcde fedc dcBA F2 ED|d2cd e2de f2B2 B3c|dcde fedc dBAG F2ED|EFAB AFEF D2B,2 B,2A2| dcde fedc dcBA F2 ED|d2cd e2de f2B2 B3c|dfce BcAB|FAEC A,2B,C|DEFf dBcA B2B,2 B,2||
TWEEDSIDE LASSES, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by biography:Alexander_Walker (1819-1905). According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers.