Lady Nelly Wemyss's Reel

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 Theme code Index    3535 3524
 Also known as    Jack Holmes Reel, Lady Nellie Wemyss, Lady Nelly Wemyss's Jig, Wait Awhile, Lady Wemyss (1), Roving Quick Step (The), Stable Boys (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Scotland
 Genre/Style    Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Mixolydian
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Robert Bremner
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Scots Reels
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 13
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1757
 Artist    Biography:Jimmy Shand and His Band
 Title of recording    Stool of Repentance"/"Lady Nelly Wemyss"/"Sorry to Part"
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Beltona BL-2446
 Year recorded    
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Lady Nelly Wemyss's Reel M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robert Bremner - Collection of Scots Reels (1757, p. 13) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix B|Tc2 e- e(f/^g/a)|cAc Te2d|Tc2e- e(e/f/=g)|BGB d2B| Tc2e- ef^g|a^gf edc|dfd cac|BGB d2:| |:(f/^g/|a)cA ecA|acA ef^g|acA ecA|BGB d2 (f/^g/| a)cA ecA|a^gf edc|dfd cac|BGB d2:|]


X:1 T:Lady Nelly Wimsey Real [sic] M:6/8 L:1/8 S:William Morris music manuscript collection (1776-1777) N:Morris was a fifer with Captain Tucker's Company, New N:Jersey's First Regiment, Hunterdon County Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D B2|c2e eae|cAc e2d|c2e efg|BGB d2B| c2e eae|cAc e2c|agf edc|BGB d2B:| |:acA ecA|acA e2c|acA ecA|BGB d2B| acA ecA|acA e2c|agf edc|BGB d2B:|]


X: 1 T:Jack Holmes Reel,aka. JMP.011 T:Lady Nellie Wemyss,aka. JMP.011 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=110 C:"14...Quick March" S:John Miller MS. Perth, 1799.(for the fife) R:.March O:Scotland A:Perth N:1 - Bar line appears to be missing, but N:photocopy very dark..Untitled in MS, except for "quick march".. H:1799 Z:vmp.C. Graebe K:D major "_No time signature given - key given as G"cde e2a |\ cAc e2d | cde efg | BGB d2B |! cde efg | agf edc | dfd cec | BGB d2 B "1":|! |: aec ecA | aec efg | aec ecA | BGB d2 B |! aec ecA | aec efg | fdf ece | BGB d2 B :|


X:2 T:Lady Nelly Wemyss's Jig M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:A Companion to the reticule (1833, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A B|:OTc2e- ega|cAc ~e2d|cde ef=g|B=GB ~d2B| ~c2e- efg|{fg}agf edc|.d.f.d .c.a.c|B=GB ~d2B:| |:acA ecA|acA efg|acA ecA|d=GB ~d2B| acA ecA|~agf edc|.d(.f.d) .c(.a.c)|B=GB ~d2BO:||


X:1 T:Lady Nelly Wemyss M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 2 (1844–1845, p. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A B|c2e- ega|cAc e2-d|cde ef=g|B=GB d2-B| c2e- efg|agf edc|dfd cac|B=GB d2-B:| |:acA ecA|acA efg|acA ecA|B=GB d2-B| acA ecA|agf edc|dfd cac|B-GB d2-B:|]


X:3 T:Lady Wemyss M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 229 (c. 1880's) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A B|cde eAa|cAc e2d|cde ef=g|B=GB d2B| cde efg|agf edc|dbd cac|B=GB d2|| |: e|aec ecA|aec efg|aec ecA|B=GB d2:|