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Annotation:Fettercairn Reel (The)
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FETTERCAIRN REEL, THE. AKA and see "Bob of Fettercairn (The)," "Newburn Lads." Scottish, Reel. The melody, with elaborations, appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript Part 2 (1734, No. 13, in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by biography:David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The manuscript is sometimes called the Duke of Perth Manuscript after its' dedicatee. Young also entered the tune into his subsequent manuscript collection, The MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740, No. 204, p. 242).
Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire, is a village north of Brechin approached by a wooded valley along which MacBeth is believed to have retreated after his defeat at Dunsinane. It was the site of Kincardine Castle, whose history goes back to the 10th century. A turreted arch commemorating the 1861 visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert survives at the entrance to the village.
