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John Roy Stewart (1)
X:1 T:John Roy Stewart [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Strathspey B:Robert Ross – Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances B:& Strathspeys (Edinburgh, 1780, p. 40) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F f|c>BAG F/F/F A2|c<A Tc>A c<A F<f|c>BAG F/F/F A2|.D<(dTd>c) {c}d2:| f|c>d f>g a<f g<a|f<d c<A g<c c<f|c>d f>g a<f g<a|f<d Tg>f d/d/d (d<f)| c>d f>g a<f g<a|f<d Tc>A f<c c<f|a<fg<a F/F/F A2|.A>(dTd>c) {c}d2|]
X:1
T:John Roy Stewart [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3 (Glasgow, 1788, No. 453, p. 176)
N:”Humbly dedicated to the Volunteers and Defensive Bands of Great Britain and Ireland”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G|d>cB>A G>AB>c|d>GB>G d>GB>g|d>cB>A G>AB>G|E<ee>d e2 e:|
|:g|d>eg>a (g/4a/4b/)g ab|gd e/d/c/B/ gd-de|d>eg>a bgab|e<ba>g e2 eg|
d>eg>a (g/4a/4b/)g ab|gd e/d/c/B/ gd dg/a/|a>Ga>b G>ABG|E<ee>d e2 e:|]
X:1
T:John Roy Stewart’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Joshua Campbell – A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys (Glasgow, 1789, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f|T(c>B)(A>G) F>GA(B|c>F)A>F c>FA>f|Tc>BA>G F>GAF|D(dd>)c d3f|
T(c>B)(A>G) F>GA>(B|c>F)A>(F c>F) (A/f/e/f/)|Tc>B (A/B/A/G/) (F/E/F/G/) A>F|D(dd>)c d3||
f|Tc>df>g a>fg>a|f<(c Tc)(B/A/) f>ccf|c>df>g a>fg>a|c>(aTg>f) d3f|
Tc>df>g a>fg>a|f>c (d/c/B/A/) (c>d)f>g|b/a/g/f/ a/g/f/e/ F>GTA>F|D(dd>)c d3||
f|(c>f) (c/B/A/G/) (F/E/F/G/) T(A>G)|(F/c/B/c/) (A/B/c/A/) (F/c/B/c/) (A/f/a/f/)|(g/f/e/d/) (c/B/A/G/) (F/E/F/G/) (A/G/F/E/)|
Dd f/e/d/^c/ d3 (f/d/)|(c>f) (d/c/B/A/) (f>d) (c/B/A/G/)|(A/F/E/F/) (C/F/A/c/) (F/A/c/f/) (a>f)|
(c/f/d/f/) (c/B/A/G/) (F/E/F/G/) (A/B/c/A/)|D(dd>)c d3||f|(c>d) (f/e/f/g/) (a/g/a/b/) (a/g/f/e/)|
fc (d/c/B/A/) fc (c/a/g/f/)|(c/B/c/d/) (f/e/f/g/) (a/g/a/b/) (a>f)|(g/b/a/b/) (a/g/f/e/) (d>^cd)f|
T(c/B/c/d/) (f/e/f/g/) (a/g/f/e/) (f>g)|(a/g/f/e/) (d/c/B/A/) (c>d) (f/g/a/b/)|(a/f/)(g/e/) (f/d/)(e/c/) (d/B/)(c/f/) (c/A/G/F/)|D(dd>)c d3|]
X:1
T:John Roy Stewart’s [1]
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B:Archibald Duff – Collection of Strathspey Reels &c. (1794, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
f2|c3BA3G F3GAd3|c3FA3F c3FAf3|c3BA3G F3GAF3|Dd3 d3^c d6:|
f2|c3df3g af3ga3|f3c dcBA fc3cd3|c3df3g af3g2a2|fd3g3f d6f2|
c3df3g af3ga3|f3c dcBA fc3cd3{fg}|af3gd3 fc3AF3|Dd3 d3^c d6|]
X:2
T:John Roy Stewart [1]
S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 19
% Gore's Index is unclear on this tune, but it appears
% in several sources published around this time
L:1/16
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:F
f2|c3BA3G F3G A4|cF3AF3 cF3Af3|c3BA3G F3GAF3| Dd3d3c d6 :|
f2|c3df3g a3fga3|fc3c3A fc3c3f|c3df3g af3g3a|
dg3Tg3f d4 d3f|c3df3g af3g3a|fc3c3A fc3fg3|af3ga3 F3GAF3|.Dd3Td3c d6 |]
X:3
T:John Roy Stewart [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:John Rook ms., 1840 (Waverly, Cumbria)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|d>cBA GAB2|d>GB>G d>GB>g|d>cB>A G>ABG|Feed e2e:|
|:g|d>eg>a bgab|(g>d) (e/d/c/)B/ gddg|d>ega bgab|d<ba>g e3g|
d>eg>a bgab|(g>d) (e/d/c/)B/ gddg/a/|b>ga>e gdeg|Bee>d e2-e:|]
X:1
T:John Roy Stewart
M:C
L:1/16
R:Strathspey
B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs,
B:book 1 (1844–1845, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f2|cA3A3G ~F3GA3B|c3FA3F c3FAf3|cA3A3G ~F3GA3F|Dd3{e}d2^c2 d4 d2:|
f2|~c3df3g {fg}a3fga3|f3c dcBA f3ccef|~c3df3g {fg}a3fg2a2|ca3{a}g2f2 d4 d2f2|
~c3dfg3 {fg}a3fga3|f3c dcBA gc3 c2fg|a3fg3e f3cdf3|Ad3{e}d2^c2 d4 d2||
X:4
T:John Roy Stewart
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:F
f|c<A A>G F>GA>d|c<F A>F c<F A>f|c>BA>G F>GA>F|D<d d>^c d2d:|
f|c>df>g a>fg>a|~f>c d/c/B/A/ ~f<c c>f|~c>df>g a>fg>a|c<a g>f d2 d>f|
~c>df>g a>fg>a|~f>c d/c/B/A/ f>c cf/g/|a>fg>e f>de>c|A<d d<^c d2d|]