Annotation:Mrs. Stewart Inverugie

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X:1 T:Mrs. Stewart, Inverugie M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D DD3 F3D dcBA F4|BE3 E3F G3AB3d|DD3 F3A dcBA F3D|Ad3 c3e dD3 d3f:| |:d3AF3A dcBA d4|eE3 E3F G3AB3c| d3AF3A defg a2g2|f3dA3G F3DF3A| d3AF3A dcBA d4|eE3 E3F G3AB3c|d3fe3c d3BA3F|GB3 A3c dD3 d3f||

MRS. STEWART--INVERUGIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Marshall): AABB' (Athole). Composed by biography:William Marshall (1748-1833). Inverugie is in Buchan, Aberdeenshire, and features an old ruined castle close to Peterhead on the River Ugie. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999) suggests that Mrs. Stewart may have been Helen Stronach, a minister’s daughter, who married William Stewart of Inverugie.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, p. 35 (appears as “Mrs. Stewart’s Strathspey—of Inverugie”). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 107.

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