Fight About the Fireside

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Theme code Index	5362H 5353
Also known as	Road to Arisaig, Strathspey in Memory of Angus Allan Gillis, White Clover, Fecht Aboot the Fireside
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4, 2/2
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AAB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Niel & Nathaniel Gow
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Complete Repository Part 1
Tune and/or Page number	p. 91
Year of publication/Date of MS	1799
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Fight About the Fireside: Annotations

X:1 T:Fight about the Fire side M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Campbell – “Book 16th of Strathspey Reels, Waltz’s & Irish Jigs for the B:Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as Danced at Court, B:Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, 1801, p. 21) F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/2d/IMSLP655934-PMLP1052069-strathspeyreelsw00camp.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C V:1 c|SGcEc D(dd)c|GcEc GcEc|FcEc D(dd)B|cGAF ECC:| f|e<c g<c e(dd)f|ecgc acgc|f>age d>c de|G>A c>d {f}e2 df| e<c g>c e(dd)f|ecgc acgc|fage d>cde GAcd {cd}e2 dc|| V:2 clef = bass z|[C,,2C,2][C,,2C,2][D,,2D,2][D,,2D,2]|[C,,2C,2][C,,2C,2][C,,2C,2][C,,2C,2]|D,2C,2G,,2G,2|E,2F,2C,2C,,:| z|C2C,2G,2G,,2|C,2E,2F,2E,2|D,2C,2G,2G,,2|C,2G,2C,2G,2| C2C,2F,2G,,2|C,2E,2F,2E,2|D,2C,2G,2G,,2|C,2G,,2C,2C,,2||

X:1 T:Fight about the Fire side M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Mackintosh – “A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some B:Famous old Reels” (1804, p. 15) N:Dedicated to the Dutchess [sic] of Manchester N:Robert “Red Rob” Mackintosh (c. 1745-1808) was a Scottish violinist and N:composer active in Edinburgh at the end of the 18th century. Originally from N:Tullymet, near Pitlochry, Perthshire. He moved to London in the last decade N:of his life. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c|GcEc D(ddc)|GcEc GcEc|FdEc D(ddB)|cGAF ECC:| e|c/c/c (gc) edde|c/c/c (gc) acgc|f(aTge) dcde|GAcd {cd}e2 (de)| c/c/c (gc) edde|c/c/c (gc) acgc|faeg dcde|GAcd {f}e2 dc||

X:1 T:Fight about the Fireside M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 208) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B|OAdFd Eeed|AdFd AdFd|G3Fe E(ee)c|dABG FDD:| |:g|fdgd feeg|fdad bdad|gbaf edef|ABde {de}f2 ed:|]

X:1 T:Fight about the Fire Side M:C L:1/8 B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 2 (1844–1845, p. 15) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c|GcEc Dddc|GcEc GcEc|FdEc DddB|cGAF ECC:| f|ecgc eddf|ecgc acgc|fage dcde|GAcd {f}e2 df| ecgc eddf|ecgc acgc|fage dcde|GAcd {cd}e2 dc||

X:1 T:Fight about the Fire Side M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 166. Mid-19th century, County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d|ADFd Eeed|AdFd AdFd|GdFd Eeec|dABG FDD:| g|fdad feeg|fdad bdad|gbaf edef|ABde f2 eg| fdad feeg|fdad bdad|gbaf edef|ABde {de}f2 ed|]

Fight About the Fireside: Annotations