Annotation:Mrs. James Campbell’s Reel

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MRS. JAMES CAMPBELL. AKA and see "Miss E. Wade’s Reel," "Mrs. Rose Faughsides." Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in Malcolm McDonald's 1797 4th collection, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. Under the title "Miss E. Wade’s Reel" the reel was included by John Pringle in his second collection (c. 1805), and as "Mrs. Rose Faughsides" it appears in John Anderson's 1820 collection.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; p. 25. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; p. 11. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 229.

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