Mr. Stewart of Ballechen’s Welcome Home
X:1 T:Mr. Stewart of Ballechen’s Welcome Home M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey Q:"Slow" C:William Shepherd B:Shepherd -- A Collection of Strathspey Reels (1793, p. 7) K:Amin E|A>A {AB}c>B AEE^F|{EF}G>DEG D/C/B,/A,/ G, E|A>A {AB}c>B AE Ec/d/|{cd}e>dcB A2AE| A>A {AB}c>B AEE^F|{EF}G>DEG D/C/B,/A,/ G, A,/B,/|C>A,D>B, E>CF>D|E>A c/B/A/^G/ A2A|| |:e|a>ba>e c>d {cd}e>c|B>Gd>B g>d e/d/c/B/|a>ba>e c>d {cd}e>c|E>A c/B/A/^G/ {G}A2 A,e| a>ba>e c>d {cd}e>c|B>dg>e d/c/B/A/ GA/B/|c>AB>^G A>EF>D|EE/F/ E/D/C/B,/ A,2A,:|]
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T:Favorite Slow Tune, A
T:Mr. Stewart of Ballechen’s Welcome Home
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 28)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
A>B (c/B/A/G/) AEEF|GDEC (D/C/B,/A,/) G,E|A>B (c/B/A/G/) A>E c>d|edcB A2A2|
A>B (c/B/A/G/) AEEF|GDEC (D/C/B,/A,/) (G,A,/B,/)|CA,DB, C>A, c>d|{cd}edcB A2 Ae||
(ag)ab a2 (AB)|c3d e2 (dc)|BG ge (d/c/B/A/) Gg|agab a2 (AB)|
(cB)cd e2 (dc)|Ec (c/B/A/G/) A2A2|(ag)gb a2 (AB)|c3d e2 (dc)|
BG ge (d/c/B/A/) (GA/B/)|cABG AEGD|EC (E/D/C/B,/) A,2A,2||