# tune

last_modified: 2013-11-16 20:58:16.001526+00
name: Ann Caithness
notes:
  Douglas Henderson wrote "The Tartan Waistcoat" and published it in Scottish Dance Archives (September 1972, No. 2). He said: "Recommended tune:- Ann Caithness (composed Bert Brown, arranged Nan Main)."
  We have no other information yet on Bert Brown


created: 2012-10-21 12:15:47.579931+00
last_modified: 2012-10-21 12:49:14.126411+00
name: Giradet House
notes:
  Written on a paper napkin in the Irish pub in Giradet House.  Giradet House is a disused printing works in Essen, Germany, which has now been turned into a shopping centre.  As well as boutiques and an old people's home, there is an Irish pub where the EMO dancers go after their training sessions.  


last_modified: 2017-11-14 10:02:05.576592+00
name: Cumernad Hoose
notes:
  "Cumernad Hoose" is also known as "Cumbernould House", "My Lord Aboyne's Air" and "My Lord Aboyne's welcome".


last_modified: 2025-12-07 20:25:03.212867+00
name: Kilwinning Archers
notes:
  This is a duplicate of <<ddt:Miss Marston's Strathspey#1218>> and should be deleted in due course...


last_modified: 2023-09-05 09:26:36.646199+00
name: Lass o' Patie's Mill, The
notes:
  Like many traditional tunes there are several variations of the spelling (see <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lass_of_Patie%27s_Mill_(The)>>).


last_modified: 2025-12-07 20:06:08.67092+00
name: Miss Marston's Strathspey
notes:
  A common alternative name for this tune was mentioned in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4091/|issue 4091>> and the Traditional Tune Archive mentions others (<<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Miss_Marston%27s_Strathspey>>).


last_modified: 2012-04-09 22:11:08.862631+00
name: Alison Wynne Hall
notes:
  C M Hall (Katy) writes: "Alison Wynne Hall is my cousin.  The tune was written by my father, Tom Rattray Hall.   It's a fine tune, in a difficult key!"


last_modified: 2025-07-19 11:15:37.530392+00
name: Gordon the Goalie
notes:
  The information on the Book 54 CD sleeve is incorrect.  Neil Galloway has confirmed that this tune was composed by Ian Crichton not I Peterson.


last_modified: 2014-10-02 00:03:56.336779+00
name: Miss Douglas
notes:
  The tunes "Miss Douglas's Strathspey", "Miss Douglas" and "Miss Ann Douglas" are possibly identical.


last_modified: 2025-08-11 13:58:26.95885+00
name: Lady Nellie Wemyss
notes:
  Possibly corresponds to <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Nelly_Wemyss%27s_Reel>> and probably duplicated as <<ddt:Nellie Wemyss#5796>>.


last_modified: 2025-04-20 19:09:19.851711+00
name: Sheehan's Reel
notes:
  Originally incorrectly ascribed in SCDDB to Marie Fielding, but now corrected to "traditional" thanks to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3835/|issue 3835>>.


last_modified: 2026-01-18 22:57:32.452092+00
name: Doon Hingin' Tie, The
notes:
  The original production of the RSCDS Book 54 CD misattributed this tune to T Anderson. It should have been Iain Peterson.


last_modified: 2012-01-20 12:54:41.878638+00
name: Patrick George Moncrieff of Reedie
notes:
  This tune is probably the same as »Patrick George Moncrieff Esq.« as recorded by John Renton on the RSCDS book 11 CD. The association to Alexander Leburn is made on the strength of that conjecture.


last_modified: 2012-02-12 20:52:26.525864+00
name: 40 Shades of Green
notes:
  Johhny Cash was a world famous Country and Western singer who wrote the 
  music and the words which go with it for Fourty Shades of Green in the 
  1960's following a visit to Ireland.  Born 26/2/1932 died 12/9/2003.
  If you google him plenty of more information


created: 2009-11-23 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2020-01-25 22:30:51.109875+00
name: Ben Wilson's Fairwell to Troloss
notes:
  The original SCDDB entry has "Fairwell" though a web search suggests "Farewell" is more likely. This has been added as an alias.


created: 2011-07-14 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-09-07 10:19:46.433464+00
name: "Any Good Hornpipe" (author's statement)
notes:
  This can be entered in the "Tune" field when the author of a Hornpipe dance explicitly leaves the choice of a tune to the reader.


created: 2011-07-09 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-09-07 10:22:24.592303+00
name: "Any Good Reel" (author's statement)
notes:
  This can be entered in the "Tune" field when the author of a Reel explicitly leaves the choice of a tune to the reader.


created: 2011-07-09 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-09-07 10:22:50.259777+00
name: "Any Good Strathspey" (author's statement)
notes:
  This can be entered in the "Tune" field when the author of a Strathspey explicitly leaves the choice of a tune to the reader.


created: 2011-07-13 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-09-16 21:52:49.319007+00
name: "Any Suitable Medley" (author's statement)
notes:
  This can be entered in the "Tune" field when the author of a Medley explicitly leaves the choice of a tune to the reader.


created: 2011-07-13 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2014-11-05 21:44:12.534558+00
name: Shevock, The
notes:
  Music copyright © James Stevenson-Mathews

  First published in 'The Tin Woodman and other dances', Scotia Dance and Music Publishers


created: 2011-10-15 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-01-20 12:54:58.613437+00
name: Palm in the Pavement, the
notes:
  One day durng the 2002 Summer School in St. Andrews, walking to class one morning Bernie noticed the clear palm-print in the freshly laid concrete pavement.  Probably made by someone with a very similar sense of humour to his own.  That is how the tune got its name.


created: 2011-10-15 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-01-20 12:54:58.663738+00
name: Mammoth Hunter's Reel, The
notes:
  In the first part of the tune the mammoth hunter is playing his little flute, and in the second part the mammoth, attracted by the sound of the flute, is slowly and noisily coming nearer and nearer.


created: 2011-12-16 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-01-20 12:55:01.408383+00
name: Devil in the Dishwasher, The
notes:
  "This unnamed tune was being played at a dance camp, just about the time the reports began to filter out of the kitchen that all was not well with the refrigerator and the dishwasher. This of course suggested a tune name, but 'Devil in the Kitchen' was already taken, so.. ."


created: 2011-12-16 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2012-01-20 12:55:01.416122+00
name: McCornack Hall
notes:
  'In honor of former band mates Kevin and Eileen McCormack, and their tiny living room nearly filled with an upright piano, where we rehearsed numerous Scottish ball programs.


last_modified: 2013-08-06 17:42:06.55194+00
name: Mr Douglas of Springwood Park
notes:
  See issue 244 where Anselm points out that this tune was devised by Alexander Givan, and that "Cropie's Strathspey" is an alias for this tune.


created: 2011-07-09 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2013-08-19 12:00:20.162159+00
name: Golden Celebration Jig, The
notes:
  Named in the dance of this name in the 6th Carnforth Collection by Derek Haynes.  No information on where this tune was published or recorded.


created: 2013-08-20 12:01:56.348958+00
last_modified: 2013-08-20 12:01:56.348958+00
name: Jean Noble of Lossiemouth
notes:
  Composed: July 2007

  This tune was written especially for Jean Noble's winning 50th Anniversary Signature Dance: Mrs Hamilton of Eaglemount. The dance is dedicated to beloved SCD teacher, Jean Hamilton, hence the name. The deviser and namesake of the tune is also a beloved SCD teacher. (Bobby Brown)


last_modified: 2013-12-03 11:11:57.883702+00
name: Return from India
notes:
  This tune exists in two versions, one published in <<ddpub:Merrie Melodies, 1st Collection|Kerr's Collection of Merry Melodies>> and one popular in Cape Breton and published, e.g., in <<ddpub:Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes>>. The most notable difference between the two is that the A part of the Cape Breton version corresponds to the B part of the Kerr's version and vice versa.

  Most if not all of the recordings of this tune are of the Cape Breton version.


last_modified: 2014-03-19 22:37:15.758021+00
name: Lass of Ballintra, The
notes:
  For "Khaosan Reel"; the suggested tune is spelled "The Lass of Ballantrae"; it was assumed that this is the tune that was meant.


created: 2013-10-29 02:43:36.244074+00
last_modified: 2014-07-11 10:49:10.493528+00
name: Tetris Musica
notes:
  This tune will be familiar to Westerners from the Nintendo Gameboy version of the well-known <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris#Music|Tetris>> video game, to a point where people
  will think of it as »the Tetris tune«. It is based on
  a 19th-century Russian folk song called »Коробейники« (»Korobeiniki«).

  The incorrect »Kobobeiniki« romanisation occurs on the Marian Anderson CD, <<dda:Sunday Class Dance Book 1>>.


created: 2014-08-19 07:27:47.503751+00
last_modified: 2014-08-19 07:27:47.503751+00
name: God Bless the Prince of Wales
notes:
  Composed in 1862 on the occasion of the wedding of the future Edward VII to Alexandra of Denmark. See <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Bless_the_Prince_of_Wales|Wikipedia>> entry for lyrics.


created: 2014-09-16 09:35:08.221304+00
last_modified: 2014-09-16 09:35:08.221304+00
name: Nell MacMillan of Balmaha
notes:
  The reference on Ian Muir's ”SCD Vol. 3” gives “D McCallum”. Whether this is actually Duncan McCallum should be verified.
  #CHECKME


last_modified: 2014-09-16 14:49:57.815176+00
name: Blooms of Bon Accord, The
notes:
  This tune is the same as “Blooms of Bon Accord” – see J. Scott Skinner,
  _The Scottish Violinist_, p.32, where it is called “Cockers Roses”.

  Cockers Roses (without the apostrophe) is apparently a gardening company
  of considerable standing in Aberdeen. According to the company's web
  site (http://www.roses.uk.com/history.cfm) it was established in 1840,
  so it is reasonable to assume that Skinner, who came from the area, was
  familiar with it.


last_modified: 2022-12-17 21:19:22.632042+00
name: Low Down in the Broom
notes:
  Robert Burns' poem "A Red, Red Rose" aka "(Oh) My Love is like a Red, Red Rose" is sung to this tune.


created: 2014-10-06 22:47:06.00064+00
last_modified: 2014-10-06 23:24:22.008463+00
name: Ann Prior
notes:
  The tune is published with the dance "A Dance for Ann" at the <<http://bridportscottishdancers.org.uk/pages/localdances.htm|local dances>> page of the <<http://bridportscottishdancers.org.uk|Bridport Scottish Dancers>>.


last_modified: 2014-11-11 01:38:42.984128+00
name: Duchess of Buccleuch, The
notes:
  Pronounced »Buck-LOO«.

  This tune is erroneously credited to Niel Gow in RSCDS book 26 and (probably taking it from there) »Originally Ours«. It does appear in one of William Marshall's tune collections. Unlike the Gows, William
  Marshall, a contemporary of Niel's, was not especially known for pinching other people's tunes and passing them off as his own. (One wonders why Niel Gow stooped to such chicanery as he was quite capable of coming up with reasonable tunes all on his own.)

  The »Gow Collection« edited by Richard Carlin has a tune called »The Duchess of Buccleuch« which is different from this one and credited to *Nathaniel* Gow (not Niel).


last_modified: 2015-07-13 02:43:28.806648+00
name: Mrs Mary Prentice
notes:
  In Drewry's original leaflet for "By Candlelight" the tune is specified as "Mrs Mary Prentice" composed by Jim Macleod. 


created: 2013-10-31 15:14:39.724522+00
last_modified: 2018-04-10 08:46:24.63844+00
name: Letting Go
notes:
  As I worked on this tune I kept trying to let go of the little theme found in bars two and four
  but came back to it time and again. Hence the title.


last_modified: 2015-08-27 21:34:08.957119+00
name: Jacky Tar
notes:
  Related tune: "Come Ashore Jolly Tar".  If you compare the (untitled) tune printed in Book 7 to “Jacky Tar“ from *Kerr's*, you can see that this is recognisably the same tune but the parts are in a
  different order and there are variations in the RSCDS book that aren't in *Kerr's*. This whole situation probably needs careful revision.  (information supplied by Anselm Lingnau, 2015-08-27.)


created: 2010-05-30 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2015-09-05 21:11:15.695942+00
name: Freuchie March to Lords, The
notes:
  The tune was written to commemorate the success of the village cricket team.

  The composer, John Crawford, is the well known accordian tuner from Freuchie.


created: 2013-09-28 22:27:32.121045+00
last_modified: 2015-09-28 00:10:48.993886+00
name: Montreal Anniversary Jig
notes:
  This is a tune from the CD "Les Joueurs de Bon Accord" with Laura Risk, Nicolas Williams and Eric Breton.


created: 2015-08-29 12:26:07.763042+00
last_modified: 2017-03-03 21:50:22.160859+00
name: Hannah Mary Graham
notes:
  For my niece Hannah. The tune was composed for her christening in 2000.  It is a bagpipe tune and should be played slowly for the dance.


last_modified: 2015-10-30 14:24:40.863273+00
name: New High Level, The
notes:
  Often wrongly attributed to Andrew Rankine. Andrew Rankine used the A part of this tune and came
  up with a different B part; see <<ddt:New High Level#11937>>.

  The title refers to the 'New' High Level Bridge in Newcastle on Tyne. It was built between 1846 to 1849 and was the first railway bridge over the River Tyne. It was unusual in that there is a road deck below the railway track. it is 112 feet above high water mark. (Information provided by  Iain C. Gent, Linlithgow)


created: 2015-11-09 14:06:46.226472+00
last_modified: 2015-11-09 14:06:46.226472+00
name: Laird o' Marlay View, The
notes:
  The tune was composed by John Barnes in the spring of 2011. He belongs to Dublin Scottish Country Dance Club.


last_modified: 2016-05-12 21:31:55.820034+00
name: Mary Hamilton of Auchincruive
notes:
  Laird Brown has an original hand-written sheet with the same tune which only has "Mary Hamilton" as the title.

  According to the <<http://boxandfiddlearchive.weebly.com/stan-hamilton.html|Box and Fiddle archive>> and Iain Boyd's book <<http://my.strathspey.org/dd/publication/600/|All Kinds Of Everything>>, Jimmy Hamilton has composed this tune. It is named after his wife.

  Because the full names of Jimmy Hamilton and his son Stan Hamilton are both James Stanley Hamilton some tune assignments might be hard to trace back.


last_modified: 2016-07-26 00:58:54.399085+00
name: Dave Wilson - The Balmullo Blacksmith
notes:
  The tune 'The Balmullo Blacksmith' was written by Robert (Bobbie) Forsyth Crowe for David Wilson after he became the World Champion Blacksmith at the Calgary Stampede in 1986.

  David Wilson and his wife have the original melody handwritten by Bobbie Crowe up on their wall ;)

  (Information provided by Iain Masson, the grandson of David Wilson in July 2016)


created: 2016-08-22 21:07:59.109322+00
last_modified: 2016-08-22 21:07:59.109322+00
name: Theoretical Chemistry
notes:
  Tune for "Kristi's Conundrum.  

  Patti says about her tune that Kristi got her Ph.D, in theoretical chemistry (whatever that is) it seemed like a great name for a tune.  The dotted eighth-sixteenth notes may be evened out if not being played for a Scottish dance.

  The recording also uses the tune Sphere of Ink by James MacQueen of which he says:   Imagine a floating globule of black ink as if drawn from an old-fashioned inkwell, magnified in mid-air.


created: 2011-12-05 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2016-09-12 23:26:57.379493+00
name: New High Level, The
notes:
  Originally by <<ddp:Whinham, Robert>>. Andrew Rankine used the first part of his tune (see <<ddt:The New High Level#1386>>) and added a different second part.

  The title refers to the 'New' High Level Bridge in Newcastle on Tyne. It was built between 1846 to 1849 and was the first railway bridge over the River Tyne. It was unusual in that there is a road deck below the railway track. it is 112 feet above high water mark. (Information provided by  Iain C. Gent, Linlithgow)


created: 2016-09-16 19:41:52.279023+00
last_modified: 2016-09-16 19:43:16.405723+00
name: Ann's Frolics
notes:
  In memory of Ann Chambers, a delightful young Scottish country dancer from Denver, Colorado.   (C) Loretta Thompson, October 1994


created: 2016-10-03 23:57:06.620209+00
last_modified: 2016-10-04 15:47:18.66357+00
name: Oakland Rainstorm
notes:
  During a long and severe drought in California, I returned for a brief weekend visit from graduate school in Colorado. Upon waking up the next morning in Oakland, a soft rain was falling. Full of gratitude for the precious gift of water and hopeful for more, I was inspired to write this tune.  November 2014


created: 2016-10-04 21:17:14.94758+00
last_modified: 2016-10-04 21:17:14.94758+00
name: Hunter's Lodge
notes:
  2nd tune for "The Ecclefechan Rant" Joseph Killeen, The Anniversary Book, published by the Carlisle and Border Branch of the RSCDS


created: 2016-10-04 21:22:45.275855+00
last_modified: 2016-10-04 21:22:45.275855+00
name: Caldew Caffuffle
notes:
  2nd tune for Annan Welcome (32 J 3C) by Joseph Killeen, The Anniversary Book published by The Carlisle and Border Branch of the RSCDS.


created: 2016-10-04 21:25:37.559419+00
last_modified: 2016-10-04 21:27:49.22244+00
name: Bonnie Gelt Woods
notes:
  2nd tune for Joseph Killeen's dance The Aviemore Strathspey in The Anniversary Book, published by The Carlisle and Border Branch of the RSCDS..


created: 2016-10-04 21:30:44.537274+00
last_modified: 2016-10-04 21:33:08.931154+00
name: After-Thought, The
notes:
  2nd tune for Joseph Killeen's dance The Solway Reel, The Anniversary Book, published by The Carlisle and Border Branch of the RSCDS


created: 2017-01-20 03:35:56.585565+00
last_modified: 2017-01-20 03:43:33.071784+00
name: Mairi MacNaughton of Strontian
notes:
  This tune belongs to "The Strontian Trilogy", three Watzes composed by A Bruce Fordyce.
  The Strontian Trilogy comprises "Mairi MacNaughton of Strontian," "Ruby MacNaughton of 'Carm'" and "Corran Ferry."


created: 2017-02-24 22:10:51.54702+00
last_modified: 2018-10-14 00:06:21.188097+00
name: Maid of Forfar, The
notes:
  Published in the Angus SCD Book.  Probably derived from the Caledonian Companion collection of traditional Scottish tunes


created: 2017-02-24 21:58:45.228267+00
last_modified: 2017-02-24 22:02:26.502783+00
name: Montrose Dancers
notes:
  Published in the Angus SCD Book.  Probably derived from the Caledonian Companion collection of traditional Scottish tunes, perhaps under a different name.


created: 2017-02-12 13:06:42.004561+00
last_modified: 2017-02-12 13:06:42.004561+00
name: Miss Garden of Troup's Reel
notes:
  This tune doesn't seem to exist in “The Mackintosh Collections” (ed. Charles Gore) from the Highland Music Trust, and <<http://tunearch.org|tunearch.org>> doesn't know anything about it, either.


created: 2013-06-21 07:25:02.20469+00
last_modified: 2017-02-13 11:50:15.870948+00
name: Slåttesmeden
notes:
  The alias spelling is found on the CD Opus Dance, but is a typo according to James Gray.
  The other alias is the translation given in the Tweeddale Collection 4.


created: 2007-01-26 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2017-02-24 21:48:10.701263+00
name: Olwynne's Fancy
notes:
  The music is dedicated to Olwynne Taylor – pianist at Montrose for many years – in appreciation of her patience and lovely music.


created: 2017-02-24 22:01:10.741706+00
last_modified: 2017-02-24 22:01:49.663257+00
name: Flower of Forfar
notes:
  Published in the Angus SCD Book.  Probably derived from the Caledonian Companion collection of traditional Scottish tunes, perhaps with a different name


created: 2017-02-24 22:48:06.774842+00
last_modified: 2017-02-24 22:48:06.774842+00
name: Highland Lassie
notes:
  Published in the Angus SCD Book.  Probably derived from the Caledonian Companion collection of traditional Scottish tunes

  A check needs to be made if this is the same tune as the "Highland Lassie" composed by Jim Johnstone


last_modified: 2017-02-25 18:43:45.738534+00
name: Kinrara
notes:
  Was appropriated by the Gows under the title, “The Countess of Dalkeith”, and republished by the RSCDS by that name.


last_modified: 2017-02-25 19:23:45.793244+00
name: Miss Katherine Stewart Forbes of Auchmedden's Strathspey
notes:
  According to the <<http://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Miss_Katherine_Stewart_Forbes|Traditional Tune Archive>>:

  > Moyra Cowie (*The Life and Times of William Marshall*, 1999), thinks Miss Katherine was a relation
  > of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo Castle, a grandson of the 4th Laird who forfeited his entire holdings
  > after Culloden, and who was sustained for a time on the kindness of his tenantry and friends, while
  > he lived in caves disguised as a beggar. Sir William was a banker who was able to purchase the
  > forfeited estate of Achmeddan.


created: 2017-04-03 17:57:15.068341+00
last_modified: 2017-04-25 05:58:32.099673+00
name: Tanz mit Susanne, Ein
notes:
  Both this tune and its corresponding dance were written for Susanne Reichhardt, an enthusiastic dancer who joined our Canberra dancing community for several years.


created: 2016-01-01 12:52:44.277819+00
last_modified: 2017-03-17 21:11:58.758222+00
name: Lady Ryder's Strathspey
notes:
  Written February 1992, for the dance lady Ryder of Warsaw, 4 x 48 S [play AB x3]

  Brian Hamilton named the tune as above, but Helen [then Bonar] named the tune "Sue Ryder Strathspey" on the original dance description.


created: 2005-01-13 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2017-04-05 09:53:44.059106+00
name: Everything Stops for Tea
notes:
  The song "Everything Stops for Tea" written by Maurice Sigler (tune) and Al Goodheart (lyrics). It was performed by Jack Buchanan in 1935 and was available on records and featured in Buchanan's 1935 comedy film, “Come Out Of The Pantry”.


created: 2017-05-24 22:34:32.291211+00
last_modified: 2017-05-24 22:34:32.291211+00
name: Forever Yours
notes:
  Inspired by Roy and Janet, I wanted the name tune to be stately, warm, and engaging, with a bit of a twinkle. So I was delighted to exploit the James Bond reference in the dance title to slip in a little musical reference of my own.
  The second tune [Love Always] takes thematic segments of the first tune and expands them into a different, but related, direction.


created: 2017-05-24 22:34:14.899247+00
last_modified: 2017-05-24 22:44:39.184177+00
name: Love Always
notes:
  Inspired by Roy and Janet, I wanted the name tune [Forever Yours] to be stately, warm, and engaging, with a bit of a twinkle. So I was delighted to exploit the James Bond reference in the dance title to slip in a little musical reference of my own.
  The second tune [Love Always] takes thematic segments of the first tune and expands them into a different, but related, direction.


created: 2009-11-08 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2017-06-10 00:23:51.525998+00
name: Susan Worland's
notes:
  Susan Worland is a great fiddler who spent many years in the Boston area, where she fiddled up a storm at many Scottish dance events. She moved to Berkely in 2000 after marrying Michael Bentley, but still comes back every year to play and visit. After her wedding in 1999, at which were present a throng of her long-time devoted friends, this tune spontaneously appeared, emanating from Tom's accordion with a life of its own. [source: www.pixton.org]


created: 2017-06-10 21:46:25.674519+00
last_modified: 2017-06-10 21:46:25.674519+00
name: Alles Gute, liebe Leonie !
notes:
  Fot the dance "Wunderbar" devised by Helen McGinley for Leonie Lübbe when she left Dublin to return home to Germany, June 2017.


last_modified: 2017-10-09 15:40:47.165719+00
name: El Alamein
notes:
  According to the information in Jim Rae's booklet "A Dancing Tour, Vol. 2" the tune was composed by Pipe Major Wm Denholm.


last_modified: 2017-11-06 20:42:05.837897+00
name: Willie Anderson's Farewell to Dalharn
notes:
  Called “Willie Anderson's Farewell to Dalcharn” and attributed to Bill Black on the Glencraig Band's CD, <<dda:Stirling at 90>>. If anyone can advise us of the proper name and composer of the tune, let us know.


last_modified: 2017-11-07 13:31:02.889281+00
name: Alex Doig's Jig
notes:
  Alex Doig was a drummer who played with Jim MacLeod’s Dance Band in the 1970s. I don’t know who composed this tune, but I would guess that it was either Doig himself, or MacLeod’s accordionist Tommy Ford. The same composer wrote the following, which the Jim MacLeod band recorded after "Alex Doig’s" in 1977.

  Source: Post by Nigel Gatherer on June 30th 2012 to <<https://thesession.org/tunes/12135|the session>>

  *About the tune:* a leaflet of this dance stated that Tommy Ford, the lead accordionist of Jim Macleod's Band, wrote the original tune.

  The same leaflet also stated the Alex Doig was the drummer for many years with Jim Macleod's Band.


created: 2017-11-17 08:35:33.7637+00
last_modified: 2017-11-17 08:38:22.27037+00
name: Elma McCausland MBE
notes:
  Composed to acompany the dance with the same name, which was devised by Lucy Mulholland on behalf of the Belfast Branch to celebrate Elma being awarded an MBE in recognition of her years of dedicated service to Scottish County Dancing.


created: 2018-07-16 23:57:31.680595+00
last_modified: 2018-07-16 23:57:31.680595+00
name: Benrinnes
notes:
  According to <<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benrinnes_distillery|Wikipedia>>: “Benrinnes is a malt whisky distillery in Aberlour producing an eponymous whisky. It was founded in 1826, and is still active. The distillery employed a unique partial triple distillation process until 2007.”


created: 2018-07-18 17:46:08.0766+00
last_modified: 2018-08-12 13:46:28.263932+00
name: Luke Around London
notes:
  Written as the original tune for <<ddd:Luke's Life in London>> to reflect the time Luke Bradley has spent in the capital.


created: 2018-09-15 10:44:49.996406+00
last_modified: 2018-09-15 10:44:49.996406+00
name: Cam Ye By Atholl
notes:
  Probably by Niel Gow (senior) according to Anselm. Alias for Bonnie Prince Charlie according to the Traditional Tune Archive.


created: 2018-09-15 16:32:33.037982+00
last_modified: 2018-09-15 16:32:51.451269+00
name: Margaret & Norman's Golden Wedding Jig
notes:
  Written to mark the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Margaret & Norman Hill in September 2015 & danced to a tune especially commissioned by members of the Glen Orrin Dancers and composed by Marian Anderson


created: 2011-07-09 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2018-10-30 17:19:12.664996+00
name: "Any Good Jig" (author's statement)
notes:
  This can be entered in the "Tune" field when the author of a Jig explicitly leaves the choice of a tune to the reader.


created: 2018-11-13 22:55:35.242335+00
last_modified: 2018-11-14 10:26:08.619455+00
name: Legacy, The
notes:
  According to Steve Wyrick (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1574/) and Bruce Herbold (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1576/) this jig tune is different from (and long predates) a reel tune of the same name by Gordon Pattullo.

  Steve adds that the tune was published as "How Can We Abstain From Whisky"  in the Captain Simon Fraser Collection (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles, 1817) but appears as "The Legacy" in several later collections (among them Kerr's, Ryan's Mammoth Collection, Howe's).


last_modified: 2018-11-22 00:03:23.836148+00
name: Miss Anne Drummond Smith's Reel
notes:
  RSCDS Book 17 ascribes this tune to Syd Chalmers, but Finlay Forbes reports (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1394/) that this is not correct and that it was published much earlier by John Clarkson senior.

  However it may not have been composed by him, so might actually be Traditional.

  Possible duplicate of http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/2589/?


created: 2018-11-22 20:22:16.889246+00
last_modified: 2018-11-23 16:07:00.443664+00
name: Jig for Danny
notes:
  For Danielle Reinstein, inspired by a tee shirt she was wearing with birds sitting on what looked like a musical stave.


last_modified: 2018-12-06 18:40:58.737917+00
name: Cullen House
notes:
  The Glen Collection (https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813936) attributes this tune - or one of the same name - to D. Grant, presumably Donald Grant?


last_modified: 2018-12-06 19:07:41.704232+00
name: She's ower young to Marry Yet
notes:
  Although this tune is credited in some places to John Thomas Surenne, this attribution is disputed by Finlay Forbes in issue 1329 (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1329/) who suggests it is traditional.


last_modified: 2018-12-06 19:34:29.830828+00
name: Davie's Burn
notes:
  This may be a misspelling of Davie's Brae (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/376/) according to issue 1036 (http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1036/). If confirmed this entry should be deleted and its links to recordings moved to Davie's Brae.


created: 2019-01-17 00:46:52.093187+00
last_modified: 2019-01-17 00:46:52.093187+00
name: Derby Road
notes:
  Composed for the centenary of the Watford and West Herts Scottish Society  "Derby Road and so named because the composer's grandparents lived in Derby Road Watford around the time the society was founded.


last_modified: 2019-03-08 16:52:39.741277+00
name: Dance the Baby
notes:
  Although entered in SCDDB with the name Dance the Baby, it seems more likely from a web search that the correct name is Dancing the Baby (which is entered as an alias).


last_modified: 2019-03-08 16:56:56.316977+00
name: Bouncing the Baby
notes:
  This was entered as the tune for the <<ddd:Friars Reel#7401>>. However the original source for that dance actually reads "Dancing the Baby" by Andrew Rankine. So this entry may have been a mistake.


last_modified: 2019-03-08 17:09:37.308844+00
name: Barbara Stirling
notes:
  The instructions for <<ddd:The Dunblane Reel#7387>> attribute this tune to Tommy Ford (under the name Miss Barbara A. Stirling). Originally SCDDB had the composer as "unknown".


created: 2018-12-14 17:59:06.05549+00
last_modified: 2024-07-01 09:18:53.407743+00
name: Smiling Lila
notes:
  Sheet music is available via <<https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/smiling-lila.html>>


created: 2019-08-26 12:34:05.406375+00
last_modified: 2019-08-26 12:34:05.406375+00
name: à la Mode
notes:
  dedicated to Kate Fletcher formerly of the RSCDS Berkeley class, a "modal" jig to go with Kate's delicious apple pie!


created: 2019-08-26 12:56:28.132313+00
last_modified: 2019-08-26 12:56:28.132313+00
name: Eileen's Hospitality
notes:
  written 2012 for Eileen Richey in thanks for hosting us and being our tour guide on our visit to Yellowstone National Park


created: 2019-08-26 12:58:17.575028+00
last_modified: 2019-08-26 12:58:17.575028+00
name: Mark and Laura's Wedding
notes:
  written 2010 for the wedding of Mark Sturdivant and Laura Briggs, dancers from the RSCDS Reno Branch


created: 2019-08-26 14:05:54.096094+00
last_modified: 2019-08-26 14:05:54.096094+00
name: Jeff and Margaret's Jig
notes:
  composed 2018, 
  dedicated to Jeff Altman and Margaret Burnett of the RSCDS San Gabriel Valley Branch


last_modified: 2019-10-01 21:04:59.886442+00
name: Anne Marie Morrison of Borve
notes:
  There are various spelling variations of this tune, eg "Anne Marie", "Anne-Marie", "Ann-Marie", "Ann-Maree".


last_modified: 2019-11-03 23:38:28.839433+00
name: Captain Craig Brown
notes:
  For information about this tune see <<https://boxandfiddlearchive.weebly.com/captain-craig-brown.html>>.


last_modified: 2019-11-04 21:27:33.648903+00
name: Clach na Cudain
notes:
  In the description of this dance, John Drewry writes:  
  The Secretary of the Inverness branch tells me theat "Cudainn" should be speled with two ""s, but the name of the tune is spelled :Cudain" in my music books  


created: 2013-02-27 13:14:26.938296+00
last_modified: 2019-11-21 18:16:47.671185+00
name: Shine On, Harvest Moon
notes:
  The song is officially credited to Bayes and Norworth, but during the early 20th century (the song was written in 1908) songs were often sold outright, and the purchase then got the writing title. It's more likely that this song was either written by Edward Madden and Gus Edwards or Dave Stamper (the later was employed as a pianist by Bayes and Norworth at the time).


last_modified: 2019-11-22 19:46:36.727434+00
name: Ally Crocker
notes:
  There seems to be many possible aliases for this tune with variants of Allie/Ally/Alley/Aly and Crocker/Croker/Croaker.


last_modified: 2019-11-26 22:19:57.624638+00
name: 'S ioma rud tha dhidh orm
notes:
  As mentioned in <<http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1896/|issue 1896>> this tune is known both by the first line of the song ('S ioma rud tha dhidh orm) and the name of the person mentioned later on (Mor a' Cheannaich).


last_modified: 2020-01-24 23:42:49.675072+00
name: Sir David Davidson of Cantry
notes:
  The original SCDDB entry has "Cantry" and there seem to be several recordings using that. However the "Cantray" spelling seems more common in the tune websites (<<https://tunearch.org>>, <<https://thesession.org>>, <<https://john-chambers.us/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind>>) so that is added as an alias.


last_modified: 2020-01-26 22:56:48.504377+00
name: Alan Maxwell's Farewell to Balmerino
notes:
  The entry for the dance <<ddd:Farewell To Balmerino#2081>> originally referred to this tune as Alex (not Alan) Maxwell's Farewell to Balmerino. This is assumed to be a typo though its not clear if its in the published book or the original SCDDB entry for it. This typo is kept as an alias.


created: 2018-06-09 01:05:07.929713+00
last_modified: 2020-04-10 18:30:36.627183+00
name: Three Bernadettes, The
notes:
  The instructions for the <<ddd:#19944|dance of the same name>>, also by Muriel Johnstone, mention the tune as B Times Three. The recording of <<ddrec:#10034>> has it as The Three Bernadettes.


last_modified: 2020-05-09 17:55:20.913127+00
name: Athlone Jig, The
notes:
  The database previously attributed this tune to <<ddp:#1554>>. However this was questioned by <<ddp:#1526>> who writes:

  *Regarding “The Athlone Jig”, I am pretty confident that the tune is not by Angus Fitchet, since it is not included in any of the 3 volumes of his music which were published by “The National Association of Accordion and Fiddle Clubs”.  According to the foreword in Volume 3 (written by Nicol McLaren) this is a complete anthology of Angus’s compositions.  Of course, it is always possible that a lesser-known tune might have been missed, but this seems unlikely, since “The Athlone Jig” has been recorded by many well-known bands.*
   
  *I have not yet come across “The Athlone Jig” in a publication, but the same tune, in a longer form, and with some small melodic differences, was published in “The Francis Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music, Volume 3, 1927, Page 44, Tune 140” under the name “The Bridge of Athlone”, so whilst both the tune and the name have been shortened, it would seem reasonable to assume that “The Athlone Jig” is ‘Traditional’.*


last_modified: 2020-05-09 18:06:01.546223+00
name: Leaving Lismore
notes:
  The database previously attributed this tune to <<ddp:#2334>>. However this was questioned by <<ddp:#1526>> who writes:

  *It is published in the Scots Guards Pipe Music Volume 2, where it is credited to Mrs Martin Hardie; it is used as a hymn tune (for “Spirit of God, Come Dwell Within Me”) in “The Church Hymnary”, where the composer is given as Margaret Martin-Hardie, and it has several other titles, including the Gaelic “Fagail Liosmor”.  I notice it is also included in the SCD Database under <<ddt:#6879|this name>>. The MCPS licence for our CD gives the writer’s name as “Hardie”, and indicates that the tune is a “non-copyright work” in the public domain.  Many online sources also give Margaret Martin-Hardie as the composer, so whilst I am no expert, it seems likely to me that either the tune was composed by Margaret Martin-Hardie (the most commonly-held view), or that it is a traditional tune which she arranged (for which I have seen no evidence as yet).  The name “A MacLaren” (given as the composer in the SCD Database) is not commonly associated with the tune.*


created: 2020-05-22 21:31:06.298678+00
last_modified: 2020-05-22 21:31:06.298678+00
name: They Can't Take That Away From Me
notes:
  Tune (with missing composer) taken from: https://www.allcelticmusic.com/music/94397cce-f86e-102a-8020-000f1f67beb1/Note_n_Away.html 


last_modified: 2020-05-25 10:54:36.145408+00
name: Colonel Byng's Favourite
notes:
  Originally attributed in SCDDB to <<ddp:Gow, Niel>>, but book 13 and the ABC tune finder suggest <<ddp:Gow, Nathaniel>>.


last_modified: 2020-05-26 21:48:29.22798+00
name: Mrs B. Jolly
notes:
  According to a strathspey message from Steve Wyrick:
  *It's in the Bon Accord Collection, page 38. [Bert Murray's Bon Accord
  Collection: Traditional and Contemporary Scottish Fiddle Music from North
  East Scotland, copyright 1999 pub. by Taigh Na Teud Music Publishers]*


created: 2020-06-17 15:04:24.15252+00
last_modified: 2020-06-17 15:04:24.15252+00
name: Peter Dixon's Reel
notes:
  Written as the original tune for the dance “Bubbly and Cake”.  Peter is a familiar figure on the dance scene in the south of England and was celebrating his 80th birthday in 2018.


last_modified: 2020-07-10 08:14:55.097544+00
name: Pipe Major Jimmy Pryde
notes:
  In the database this was originally attributed to <<ddp:#1908>> but <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:P.M._Jimmy_Pryde|this article>> gives the composer as <<ddp:#1548>>.


last_modified: 2020-10-29 17:16:42.373571+00
name: Bonnie Strathearn
notes:
  Composed by Jacca R A Mclaren Hay, words by John Hall.

  A recording can be found online at https://raretunes.org/jenna-and-jacca-hay-2/


created: 2020-07-07 14:31:26.58173+00
last_modified: 2020-07-31 15:43:21.173403+00
name: So Much Amazing Creativity
notes:
  The title is an alternative expansion, suggested by Robb Quint, of the acronym SMAC used by the Graziani family in the production of a <<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyojdYqjbxETi1C5mFptXtg/videos|series of videos>> of two couple dances they made during the Covid lockdown. SMAC actually stands for their names: Samuele, Mattia, Alessia and Camilla.

  There is a recording of this tune available via <<https://my.strathspey.org/u/murrough/recording/>>.


created: 2010-10-13 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2020-07-31 16:28:51.386644+00
name: Lady Elizabeth Montague's Favourite
notes:
  This tune is not listed in the compilation of Mackintosh tunes at <<https://www.heallan.com/mackintosh_contents.html>>. Possibly the same as Lady Elisabeth Montague's Jig??


last_modified: 2020-07-31 19:06:10.370683+00
name: Lady Hamilton Dalrymple's Strathspey
notes:
  Originally the database attributed this tune to "traditional" but the <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Hamilton_Dalrymple|Traditional Tune Archive>> entry gives the composer as Robert Mackintosh. Along with many aliases for the name.


last_modified: 2020-09-21 12:29:13.54814+00
name: Inveruglas Reel, The
notes:
  For a wee bit of background information about the tune see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/dance/3115/| Inveruglas Water>>.


last_modified: 2020-10-10 12:23:38.643796+00
name: Mr Hamilton of Wishaw's Reel
notes:
  The original reference in <<ddpub:#474>> was given as "Washaw" but this seems likely to be a spelling mistake. The original is kept as a spelling alias.


created: 2020-11-10 17:29:16.055899+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:55:40.553385+00
name: Gin for Judith, A
notes:
  From the publication about "A Gin for Judith":

  Written for fiddler, Judith Smith, after she confused gin and jig!


created: 2020-11-10 07:38:33.924561+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 08:51:22.314388+00
name: Wee Jig, A
notes:
  From the publication: 
  A Wee Jig, written in frustration to go into a dance set when I couldn’t find a suitable tune.

  The tune is a Jig.


created: 2020-11-10 07:47:42.347087+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:02:08.47615+00
name: Ben Nevis Ceilidh, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Ben Nevis Ceilidh":

  I wrote this when we played for a Ceilidh at the Nevis Range on Anoach Mor in 2013. Re-discovered when clearing out some old sheet music.

  The tune is a Reel.


created: 2020-11-10 07:44:28.209979+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:41:54.210797+00
name: Ballinluig Nights
notes:
  From the publication about "Ballinluig Nights":

  Mid Atholl Strings meet regularly in Ballinluig. This tune is a thank you for the music and good company (and home baking) they have so generously shared with us.

  The tune is a Strathspey.


created: 2020-11-10 07:57:44.761399+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:04:32.546502+00
name: Cabin Fever
notes:
  From the publication about  "Cabin Fever":

  Cabin Fever was written during Covid19 2020 lockdown.

  The tune is a Jig.


created: 2020-11-10 08:06:08.551407+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:06:16.563435+00
name: Gazing Through the Window
notes:
  From the publication about "Gazing Through the Window":

  Gazing Through the Window was written during Covid19 2020 lockdown.

  The tune is a Strathspey.


created: 2020-11-10 08:08:26.160333+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:08:49.931822+00
name: Goodbye Old Friend
notes:
  From the publication about "Goodbye Old Friend":

  Thne tune followed an emergency visit to the dentist during lockdown.

  The tune is an Air.


created: 2020-11-10 07:52:49.57504+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:33:05.365104+00
name: Bobban-Tilter
notes:
  From the publication about "Bobban-Tilter":

  Bobban-Tilter is an old Scots saying for any bouncing, dangling object.

  The tune is a Reel.


created: 2020-11-10 07:49:30.268359+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 13:56:30.567967+00
name: Bearded Stranger, The
notes:
  Some information from the composers of the publication:

  The bearded Stranger is Seonaid's take on Roddy having grown a beard during lockdown.

  The tune is a Reel.


created: 2020-11-10 07:42:40.621044+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 08:59:39.772144+00
name: Bairnkine Winter
notes:
  From the publication about "Bairnkine Winter":

  Bairnkine is a hamlet south of Jedburgh where our artist and friend, Alan Turner, lives and works.

  The tune is a Strathspey.


created: 2020-11-10 16:59:11.174839+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:57:14.647477+00
name: Bonnie Lassies of St Andrews, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Bonnie Lassies of St Andrews":

  For the ladies on the Summer School Musicians Course 2009.


created: 2020-11-10 08:17:31.35152+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:09:17.566354+00
name: L' Accordeoniste
notes:
  From the publication about "L’ Accordeoniste (Pour Jocelyne)" and "Nos Bon Amis (Pour Joce & Chris)":

  Written for two good friends Joce and Christian who live on the outskirts of Grenoble. They have taken care of us for many years when we have attended the Meaudre Reel Scottish Country Dance weekend. Joceline plays the accordion and Christian is an exponent of the region’s traditional dance.

  The tune is a Mazurka.


created: 2020-11-10 08:20:10.209598+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:11:31.373212+00
name: Danse de Celie, La
notes:
  From the publication about "La Danse de Celie" or "Celie's Dance":

  Celie is a young dancer and the daughter of Sophie the founder of Meaudre Reel.

  The tune is a Reel.


created: 2020-11-10 08:39:51.246473+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:12:04.277039+00
name: Wire Bridge, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Wire Bridge":

  A cable suspension footbridge over the Tweed at Mertoun that we cross on another of our local walks.

  The tune is a Reel.


created: 2020-11-10 08:39:34.816442+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:28:54.042128+00
name: Up To Muirhouselaw
notes:
  From the publication about "Up to Muirhouselaw":

  One of Seonaid’s regular walks during Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

  The tune is a Strathspey.


created: 2020-11-10 08:22:15.220313+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:18:54.590232+00
name: Littledean Tower
notes:
  From the publication about "Littledean Tower":

  While researching the area around our home we discovered the ruins of 15th century tower with a very dark history.

  The tune is a Strathspey

  See <<https://www.borderarchaeology.co.uk/home/sites/littledean-tower>> for more information and some pictures on the Littledean Tower.


created: 2020-11-10 08:25:30.594293+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:22:36.483881+00
name: Logie's Lullaby
notes:
  From the publication about "Logie’s Lullaby": 

  Logie is Theresa and Pete Clark’s Cocker Spaniel, and 13 weeks old when the tune was written.

  The Tune is a slow air.


created: 2020-11-10 08:25:54.594833+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:23:23.961378+00
name: Nos Bon Amis
notes:
  From the publication about "Nos Bon Amis (Pour Joce & Chris)" and "L’ Accordeoniste (Pour Jocelyne)":

  Written for two good friends Joce and Christian who live on the outskirts of Grenoble. They have taken care of us for many years when we have attended the Meaudre Reel Scottish Country Dance weekend. Joceline plays the accordion and Christian is an exponent of the region’s traditional dance.

  This tune is a Rigadon.


created: 2020-11-10 08:28:05.302835+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:26:38.864715+00
name: Over Carter Bar
notes:
  From the publication about "Over Carter Bar":

  Traveling home from the South we cross the Border on the A68 at Carter Bar. In good weather the views are spectacular and we can see our home in the far distance.

  The tune is a Jig.


created: 2020-11-10 08:11:21.077691+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 13:57:24.135489+00
name: Jigsaw, The
notes:
  Some information from the composers of the publication:

  The Jigsaw, a way many of us passed time in the early stages of lockdown.

  The tune is a Jig.


created: 2020-11-10 08:34:53.496784+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:27:09.974668+00
name: Sandra's Tune
notes:
  From the publication about "Sandra’s Tune":

  Written for a fiddler friend from Aberfeldy who also makes excellent cakes.

  The tune is a Jig.


created: 2020-11-10 08:35:57.079598+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:27:22.670909+00
name: Those Soft Borders Hills
notes:
  From the publication about "Those Soft Border Hills":

  Celebrating the beautiful scenery of the Scottish Borders.

  The tune is a Waltz.


created: 2020-11-10 08:38:45.380313+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 09:28:22.862077+00
name: Touring the Meniscus
notes:
  From the publication about "Touring" the Meniscus: 

  A linguistic misunderstanding and a painful experience for a friend from Birmingham.

  The tune is a Reel.


created: 2020-11-10 17:22:52.797583+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:05:53.938338+00
name: Gentian Blue
notes:
  From the publication about "Gentian Blue":

  Composed after one of our annual trips to play for the Meaudre Reel group in the Vercors. Gentians grow wild in the mountains.


created: 2020-11-10 17:12:50.316264+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:54:52.746167+00
name: Duncansburgh Jig, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Duncansburgh Jig" and "The Duncansburgh Rant":

  Both tunes were written for the RSCDS dance classes in Fort William.


created: 2020-11-10 17:14:47.381255+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:54:11.390267+00
name: Duncansburgh Rant, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Duncansburgh Rant" and "The Duncansburgh Jig":

  Both tunes were written for the RSCDS dance classes in Fort William.


created: 2020-11-10 16:56:51.311053+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:56:50.227779+00
name: Betty's Garden
notes:
  From the publication about "Betty's Garden":

  Betty Winslow has been a friend since we taught together and played piano duets in Hawick. She enjoys her garden which is always full of colour.


created: 2020-11-10 17:00:32.947934+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:58:22.611098+00
name: Castle and Kirk
notes:
  From the publication about "Castle and Kirk":

  From a certain spot in Holyrood Park you get a perfect view of Duddingston Kirk with Craigmillar Castle in the background.


created: 2020-11-10 17:09:58.40773+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:01:28.339343+00
name: Diana's Summer Stravaig
notes:
  From the publication about "Diana's Summer Stravaig":

  Diana Sarran, our good friend from Lyon, likes to spend her summers in Scotland.


created: 2020-11-10 17:11:05.87907+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:02:02.040243+00
name: Dr George Winslow of Monikie
notes:
  From the publication about "Dr George Winslow of Monikie":

  George is married to Betty (of Betty’s Garden). They’re good friends and great company.


created: 2020-11-10 17:32:00.828584+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:10:49.175691+00
name: Guillemot, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Guillemot":

  I spotted this particular Guillemot sheltering in North Berwick Harbour after a very wild winter storm.


created: 2020-11-10 17:40:57.203699+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:12:17.024059+00
name: Jane's Flying Cello
notes:
  From the publication about "Jane's Flying Cello":

  For our friend Jane, a cellist, who frequently flies from the USA to attend the RSCDS Summer School Musicians Course.


created: 2020-11-10 17:44:27.145522+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:14:21.616614+00
name: Leaving Birnam
notes:
  From the publication about "Leaving Birnam":

  I started writing this tune while waiting on the platform at Birnam/Dunkeld station and continued it on the train to Edinburgh.


created: 2020-11-10 17:47:45.955548+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:16:14.269701+00
name: Trois Pucelles, Les
notes:
  From the publication about "Les Trois Pucelles" or "The Three Maidens":

  An unusual triple peak in the Vercors above Grenoble.


created: 2020-11-10 16:55:56.043211+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:56:19.581985+00
name: Asleep Aside the Tay
notes:
  From the publication about "Asleep Aside the Tay":

  This tune was written following the funeral of a good friend and wonderful fiddler, Gordon Simpson, who is buried at Tayport overlooking the River Tay.


created: 2020-11-10 16:59:51.541203+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:57:58.047145+00
name: Camusdarach
notes:
  From the publication about "Camusdarach":

  A reminder of a day spent on one of the most beautiful beaches on the West Coast of Scotland.


created: 2020-11-10 17:05:29.731636+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:58:51.710526+00
name: Collecting the Toll
notes:
  From the publication about "Collecting the Toll":

  My work desk sits at the toll collector’s window at our home in the Scottish Borders, an old toll house.


created: 2020-11-10 17:06:16.239948+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 17:59:21.9037+00
name: Creaking Gait
notes:
  From the publication about "Creaking Gait":

  The name we gave to our group of 5 friends who met on the Summer School Musicians Course at St. Andrews.


created: 2020-11-10 17:07:43.028094+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:00:18.635339+00
name: Dancer and the Artist, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Dancer and the Artist":

  Written for friends Anne and Alistair Smyth. Anne is a well known and accomplished dance teacher for the RSCDS. She encouraged me to play for her dance classes in Fort William. Alistair is a great artist whose SCD cartoons are legendary.


created: 2020-11-10 17:09:02.064523+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:01:00.407839+00
name: Dennis & Morin Orr's Trip to Scotland
notes:
  From the publication about "Dennis & Morin Orr's Trip to Scotland":

  Dennis and Morin Orr, from Canada, stayed with me while on route to the RSCDS Summer School in St Andrews in 2012.


created: 2014-10-01 23:47:59.829389+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:04:10.930959+00
name: Eric's Reel
notes:
  From the publication about "Eric's Reel":

  Original tune written for the dance of the same name by Ian Brockbank. Ian devised the dance for his beginners SCD class which met in the Eric Liddell Centre in Edinburgh.


created: 2020-11-10 17:18:29.78061+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:04:40.715938+00
name: Fields of Bow, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Fields of Bow":

  This tune was composed for a dance devised by Lyn Bryce (Melrose) for Melv Stirling on the occasion of a special birthday. Melv and his wife are long time members of the RSCDS Melrose branch. They live at Bow Farm in the Borders.


created: 2020-11-10 17:20:05.521245+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:05:15.181936+00
name: Fit Doon, Di
notes:
  From the publication about "Fit Doon, Di":

  The instruction given to fiddler, Di Jevons, as she drove us back to Birnam after an evening playing with the Mid Atholl Strings in Ballinluig Village Hall.


created: 2020-11-10 17:31:17.670927+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:07:02.164465+00
name: Gordon's Shoulders
notes:
  From the publication about "Gordon's Shoulders":

  Fiddler and friend, Gordon Simpson, used his shoulders to great effect when encouraging musicians on the Musicians Course at Summer School to get lift into the music.


created: 2020-11-10 17:38:16.590765+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:11:15.59999+00
name: In Eclipse
notes:
  From the publication about "In Eclipse":

  I thought I’d discovered a new species of duck until I realised the mallards were moulting their flight feathers.


created: 2020-11-10 17:39:17.366446+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:11:41.258933+00
name: Jan MacLean's Farewell to Inveresk
notes:
  From the publication about "Jan MacLean's Farewell to Inveresk":

  Written for good friend and box player when she moved, reluctantly, from Scotland down to Kent.


created: 2020-11-10 17:40:04.043324+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:13:21.544884+00
name: Janet's Waltz
notes:
  From the publication about "Janet's Waltz":

  A simple tune written for the wife of a fiddler friend who had returned to playing the piano.


created: 2020-11-10 17:43:42.769507+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:13:59.737242+00
name: Last Sausage Roll, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Last Sausage Roll":

  Written for fiddler, Dave Hale, who thought he’d eaten it!


created: 2020-11-10 17:45:25.882615+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:14:47.05677+00
name: Lemming Ridge ('D')
notes:
  From the publication about "Lemming Ridge ('D')":

  Written after playing for a ceilidh at the Nevis Range and named after one of the ski runs.


created: 2020-11-10 17:46:00.790349+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 18:15:29.906585+00
name: Lemming Ridge (Dm)
notes:
  From the publication about "Lemming Ridge (Dm)":

  I tried Lemming Ridge in a minor key when looking for a tune to make up a set for the dance Widdershins.


created: 2020-11-10 20:31:58.769317+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:33:43.46255+00
name: Margo's Welcome to Edinburgh
notes:
  From the publication about "Margo's Welcome to Edinburgh":

  Margo Priestley, dance teacher and former director of Summer School, gave us the biggest welcome you could imagine when we arrived at an Edinburgh Branch dance.


created: 2020-11-10 20:38:09.257077+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:38:09.257077+00
name: Memories of Lochaber
notes:
  From the publication about "Memories of Lochaber":

  Inspired by my last walk along the west coast of Lochaber at Arisaig before moving to the Borders.


created: 2017-07-16 11:53:51.456984+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:40:50.925831+00
name: Miss Gibson of Maybole
notes:
  From the publication about "Miss Gibson of Maybole":

  Written for my Niece on her 16th birthday. The tune was selected as the original for the dance “Fair Enough” in RSCDS Book 51.


created: 2020-11-10 20:49:00.549619+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:49:00.549619+00
name: Neptune's Staircase
notes:
  From the publication about "Neptune's Staircase":

  My home, when I lived in Fort William, was located beside the Caledonian Canal, at Neptune’s Staircase.


created: 2020-11-10 20:52:11.593928+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:52:11.593928+00
name: On the Tiles
notes:
  From the publication about "On the Tiles":

  Written at the turn of the year, 2013 into ’14. As well as being the festive season, Roddy was doing emergency repairs on his roof in very windy weather.


created: 2020-11-10 20:53:40.627344+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:53:40.627344+00
name: Pairt Time Fairmer
notes:
  From the publication about "Pairt Time Fairmer":

  Written for a fiddler friend who spends a lot of time helping a family member manage a farm in Aberdeenshire.


created: 2020-11-10 20:55:43.424785+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:55:43.424785+00
name: Peniel Heugh
notes:
  From the publication about "Peniel Heugh":

  A hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland close to our home. On it stands the Waterloo Monument. It also ls one of the finest viewpoints in the Borders.


created: 2020-11-10 20:57:52.335996+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:57:52.335996+00
name: Peppermint Tea
notes:
  From the publication about "Peppermint Tea":

  Written for a good friend who always requested a cup of peppermint tea at Summer School.


created: 2020-11-10 20:59:41.350702+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 20:59:41.350702+00
name: Pilgrims' Way
notes:
  From the publication about "Pilgrims' Way":

  The St Cuthbert’s Way passes close by our Border home and links Melrose with Holy Island off the Northumberland coast. A route long travelled by pilgrims.


created: 2020-11-10 21:03:04.220184+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 21:03:04.220184+00
name: Rose Window, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Rose Window":

  The tune relates to the Rose Window at Melrose Abbey.


created: 2020-11-10 21:07:08.509931+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 21:07:08.509931+00
name: Samson's Ribs
notes:
  From the publication about "Samson's Ribs":

  A striking geological feature in Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park.


created: 2020-11-10 21:15:32.269971+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 21:15:32.269971+00
name: Sutherland's Jig
notes:
  From the publication about "Sutherland's Jig":

  Bruce and Marion run ‘Sutherland’s Hair and Beauty’ in Newport on Tay. Well worth the journey for a hair cut!


created: 2020-11-10 21:16:48.379369+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 21:16:48.379369+00
name: Swirling Eddies
notes:
  From the publication about "Swirling Eddies":

  Inspired by the turbulent waters flowing through the locks of the Caledonian Canal.


created: 2020-11-10 21:20:13.494436+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 21:20:13.494436+00
name: Ten Bob Note, The
notes:
  From the publication about "The Ten Bob Note":

  Written after a fruitless search for a tune to complete the set for ‘The Cupar’s Wife’.


created: 2020-11-10 21:26:57.506104+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 21:50:29.108333+00
name: True Gentleman, A
notes:
  From the publication about "A True Gentleman":

  Written after attending the funeral of Gordon Simpson.


created: 2020-11-10 22:36:54.962415+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 22:37:50.953822+00
name: Waltz for Elisabeth
notes:
  From the publication about "Waltz for Elisabeth":

  For Elisabeth Arnoux an amazing SCD teacher and repository of RSCDS knowledge. She and her husband Jacques are good friends and live near Grenoble.


created: 2014-07-11 12:57:26.1586+00
last_modified: 2020-11-10 22:43:26.858245+00
name: Winds of Change
notes:
  From the publication about "Winds of Change":

  A reflection on the unexpected turns that life takes.


created: 2020-11-10 07:40:58.54754+00
last_modified: 2020-11-11 09:37:30.319189+00
name: Alison Baxter's Jig
notes:
  From the publication about "Alison Baxter’s Jig":

  Alison is a music teacher, pianist and choral director friend from Dunfermline.

  The tune is a Jig.

  Please note, an early version of the booklet by mistake mentioned "Alison Baxter’s Tune" in the tune information list. This will be corrected in future version.


created: 2020-11-10 08:05:00.064407+00
last_modified: 2020-11-11 09:38:36.853242+00
name: David's Fingers
notes:
  From the publication about "David’s Fingers (Open the B.... Door)":

  On route to play for a dance in Leicester, fiddler and friend, David trapped his fingers in the car door just as we were about to drive to the gig. Luckily the door flexed enough to prevent injury but David’s language was rather colourful! The tune is meant to reflect the occasion.

  The tune is a Jig.


created: 2020-11-10 17:28:14.2207+00
last_modified: 2020-11-11 11:24:17.164482+00
name: George and Jane's Trip to the Fort
notes:
  From the publication about "George and Jane's Trip to The Fort":

  Written for George and Jane Meikle after one of George’s regular visits to play for the RSCDS Class in Fort William.

  Please note, the table of contents and additional information in the book "Wind of Change" mistakenly state "George and Jane's Visit to the Fort" - clarified by the composer.


created: 2020-11-10 22:34:09.297428+00
last_modified: 2020-11-11 11:26:35.60994+00
name: Walking on the Sands
notes:
  From the publication about "Walking on the Sands":

  An annual ritual of walking along the North Beach at St Andrews on the final Saturday of Summer School.

  Please note, the table of contents and additional information in the book "Wind of Change" mistakenly state "Walking Across the Sands" - clarified by the composer.


last_modified: 2021-01-25 16:14:34.605383+00
name: Winter Morning
notes:
  Information supplied by Danielle Reinstein: the tune is indeed called “Winter Morning”, taken from the 2nd movement of Winter from The Four Seasons by Vivaldi and adapted by Martin Cairns.


last_modified: 2021-03-08 21:50:39.876405+00
name: Bill Armstrong
notes:
  SCDDB originally had the composer as unknown. The instructions for Frae Near and Far by Evelyn Ramwell attribute it to Donald Ridley.


created: 2021-03-13 21:09:27.591406+00
last_modified: 2021-03-13 21:09:27.591406+00
name: Mrs. Douglas Of Ednam
notes:
  According to entries in the John Chamber's ABC Tune Finder and notes on The Session this appears in the Athole Collection and Kerr's collection Merry Melodies.


last_modified: 2021-04-07 16:45:26.428375+00
name: Tickle my Fancy
notes:
  This entry only seems to be known in relation to <<ddd:#6601|John Drewry's dance of the same name>>. However the instructions for that dance mention three other tunes - but not one of this name. So this entry may be a mistaken addition to the database.


last_modified: 2021-04-21 20:20:29.804069+00
name: Ury Water, The
notes:
  The notes to <<ddd:Ross Meor>> in the revised edition of Book 29 say that although this tune is attributed to James Scott Skinner this is not verified.


last_modified: 2021-05-07 22:37:28.911068+00
name: Scotsman in America, The
notes:
  When given as the tune for <<ddd:Miss Bonny Parker#4436>> in <<https://www.rscdslondon.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Thistle-029-October-1966.pdf#page=3|issue 29 of The Thistle>> this is attributed to J. Blair.


last_modified: 2021-05-15 20:32:07.240013+00
name: Miss Agnes Lowden
notes:
  The tune was entered in SCDDB as "Miss Agnes Lowden" but seems more normally to be spelled "Miss Agnes Loudon" which is entered as an alias (possibly main name and alias should be switched?). John Mitchell devised separate dances using each spelling.


last_modified: 2021-05-30 10:33:35.489844+00
name: Baldy Bain's Fiddle
notes:
  This tune was probably added because of a reference from <<ddp:Skelton, Barry#352>>'s dance <<ddd:Thane of Argyle#3085>>. However although there are poetic references to "the music o' Baldy Bain's fiddle" there seems to be no evidence there is a tune with that name - only a similarly named dance using a different tune.


last_modified: 2021-06-05 11:38:44.213745+00
name: Gathering, The
notes:
  Entered as a tune for the dance <<ddd:Gathering, The#2419>> whose recommended tune is <<ddt:Rendezvous, The#1518>>. So this entry might be a mistake?


last_modified: 2021-06-24 16:38:58.167582+00
name: Nacton Hall
notes:
  Dave Hall (David I. Hall) wrote Nacton Hall, for the dance of the same name by Judy Dix. 

  Dave has confirmed that he is the composer and that there are recordings of it by him and his Band on the London Branch CD for one of their anniversaries.


last_modified: 2021-07-03 13:51:09.544085+00
name: Top of Balvenie, The
notes:
  Originally entered in SCDDB as "The Top of Belvenie" but the spelling seems to be "The Top of Balvenie". The original is left as a spelling alias.


last_modified: 2021-07-03 21:41:56.345726+00
name: Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, The
notes:
  <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2512/|Issue 2512>> says this was also published as a separate leaflet.


created: 2004-04-27 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2021-07-21 12:15:30.935693+00
name: Reel of the Transvaal Scottish, The
notes:
  According to Aad Boode (the deviser of the dance), the tune was also composed by Bill Clement also in 2002 (same year as the dance itself). 

  In October 1927, the Transvaal Scottish was affiliated to The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment).
  Bill Clement (the composer of the dance's tune) served in The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) from May 1942 to April 1947; he joined the 10th Battalion Pipe Band in January 1943 and was acting Pipe-Major from January 1946. He joined the Atholl Highlanders in October 1947. (see dance entry for more information)


last_modified: 2021-08-11 19:02:47.243159+00
name: Mrs Wilson
notes:
  See <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2601/|issue 2601>> for a discussion of this tune's name, availability and renditions.


created: 2017-03-22 12:32:33.000739+00
last_modified: 2021-09-16 08:56:44.323388+00
name: Mormaer's Reel, The
notes:
  NB originally entered in SCDDB as "Moramaer's Reel" which is taken to be a spelling mistake, but added as a spelling alias just in case.


created: 2021-09-16 11:30:27.042153+00
last_modified: 2021-09-16 11:30:27.042153+00
name: Gillie's Garters
notes:
  My parents named me ‘Gilbert’ after my mother’s father. Over the years many have shortened
  it to Gil or Gillie. So, this title has nothing to do with the lad who follows the Laird.


last_modified: 2021-09-23 17:15:17.256659+00
name: Loch of Lumgair
notes:
  Previously entered in SCDDB as "Loch of Lungair" but the correct spelling of the place name seems to be Lumgair (with M rather than N).


last_modified: 2021-09-24 09:38:57.157763+00
name: Bonnie Charlie
notes:
  Information from Finlay Forbes (by email):  
  *"Bonnie Charlie" appears as "Bonny Charlie" on Page 5 of the third part of Gow's Repository, in which it is described as "A Scotish (sic) Measure" with instruction to be played "Slowish".  In its day, it probably sounded a bit like a "Lea Rig"/"Duchess Tree" style of strathspey.*


created: 2021-10-17 09:57:18.56173+00
last_modified: 2021-10-17 10:08:09.631828+00
name: Mrs Ferguson of Raith's Delight
notes:
  According to the comments in an article in The Session (<<https://thesession.org/tunes/3057>>) this tune is by Robert Petrie. However the CD insert for the album <<dda:Joy of Sets#1082>> ascribes it to James Walker. For the moment the composer is left as unknown.


created: 2021-11-11 09:47:39.739257+00
last_modified: 2021-11-11 09:47:39.739257+00
name: Pretoria's Purple Octobers
notes:
  That time of year in Pretoria - purple Jacaranda lined streets heralding the imminent end of the academic year.


created: 2022-01-11 10:37:00.236433+00
last_modified: 2022-01-11 10:37:00.236433+00
name: Hats Off to Ponteland!
notes:
  "Caroline’s Charisma" (S) and "Hats Off to Ponteland!" (R) belong to "The Marvellous Middle School Medley"


created: 2022-04-02 18:42:49.032113+00
last_modified: 2022-04-02 18:50:20.243344+00
name: Open The Doors!
notes:
  Inspired by Morgan's poem: "For The Opening of the Scottish Parliament, 9 October 2004"

  The name of the dance is taken from the opening line and of the tune from the last. The dance is suitable for the opening of a Scottish Dance programme allowing dancers of any age or ability to join in. The music highlights the joy and optimism of the poem, with some descending musical reference to mimic Morgan's trip, "down the mile, into the heart of the city". There is occasional syncopation to interrupt the flow, suggesting the political missteps that Morgan warns against.


created: 2022-04-02 19:14:25.473724+00
last_modified: 2022-04-02 19:14:25.473724+00
name: Mercury Men
notes:
  A dance and tune for those native to Mercury on meeting their visitors from Earth in Morgan's poem, The First Men on Mercury.
  The dance is complex and involves dancers in the unconventional feature in Country dancing of couples changing sides as the dance progresses. This reflects the way that the men arriving on Mercury and the inhabitants adopt each other's language and become increasingly difficult to disentangle.
  The tune is named after the Alien's initial greeting and has a simple theme, which becomes gradually altered and more complicated. As Morgan concludes, "but nothing is ever the same, now is it?"


last_modified: 2022-04-24 11:42:10.090553+00
name: Welcome to Queen's Cross
notes:
  Thought to be a duplicate of <<ddt:Mrs Kyd's Favourite#802>> (see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2762/|issue 2762>>. This entry, and that for person #2370, should be deleted once this is confirmed.


last_modified: 2022-04-24 11:52:20.61396+00
name: Mrs Kyd's Favourite
notes:
  Also known as "Welcome to Queen's Cross" after the <<ddd:Welcome to Queen's Cross#7028|dance>> for which it was written (see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2762/|issue 2762>>).


created: 2022-07-27 17:48:44.743742+00
last_modified: 2022-07-27 17:48:44.743742+00
name: Mr Sharp of Hoddom
notes:
  Both the Traditional Tune Archive and the ABC Tune Finder have tunes with similar but not the same name. Exactly which one of those this tune is supposed to correspond to is unclear.


created: 2022-07-27 20:14:54.471987+00
last_modified: 2022-07-27 20:14:54.471987+00
name: Contradiction
notes:
  There are several alternative names for this given in <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Contradiction_Reel_(1)_(The)>>.


last_modified: 2022-08-06 16:03:13.659748+00
name: Willafjord
notes:
  According to Edwin Werner in <<http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1765/|issue 1765>> this tune is a "whalin' reel" collected by Tom Anderson (not composed by him).


created: 2022-08-21 16:53:16.546723+00
last_modified: 2022-08-21 16:53:16.546723+00
name: MacDonald's Fancy
notes:
  This could by any of “Captain MacDonald's Fancy”, ”Donald MacDonald's Fancy”, “Dr MacDonald's Fancy”, “Roddy MacDonald's Fancy”, or a different tune altogether.


created: 2022-08-21 18:30:48.71184+00
last_modified: 2022-08-21 18:30:48.71184+00
name: Eric Ferguson, E-crib Master
notes:
  Dedicated to Eric Ferguson on his retirement from decades of active service as a member of the strathspey database editing team and as author of thousands of E-cribs.


last_modified: 2022-08-22 23:39:08.789189+00
name: Itchy Fingers
notes:
  Often thought to be composed by <<ddp:Mathieson, P/M Robert#1673>> who arranged and published it, but actually composed by Rab Pinkman. See <<https://thesession.org/tunes/3931>> and also reported in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2093/|issue 2093>>.


created: 2022-10-01 12:09:05.205433+00
last_modified: 2022-10-01 12:09:05.205433+00
name: One Hundred in Fifteen
notes:
  Wouter writes "I started composing for SCD in 2003 and it took me 15 years to reach tune number 100"


created: 2022-10-01 12:13:30.254464+00
last_modified: 2022-10-01 12:15:00.43364+00
name: Joenie's Jig
notes:
  In fond memory of Johannes (Joenie) Venter, 26 May 1956 - 25 June 2021.
  For all those who loved him and will miss his presence.


last_modified: 2022-12-16 21:19:08.087182+00
name: Old Scotch Mother
notes:
  This name is the tunes first appearance in 1956 <<https://www.discogs.com/artist/5186663-Joseph-Maxwell>>; it has been released under numerous names since.


last_modified: 2022-12-26 21:18:54.556125+00
name: Mursheen Durkin
notes:
  Both name versions exist and are assigned to recordings, "Mursheen" (used more often) and "Muirsheen".


created: 2022-03-06 10:42:34.11636+00
last_modified: 2022-10-09 11:11:16.459453+00
name: And When it Rains...
notes:
  Rain is a metaphor on many levels indicating sorrow, cleansing, growth, and hope. All of these would be applicable in our world today.

  In support of peace, and dedicated to all those bullied by the tyrants of this world.


last_modified: 2022-12-10 21:26:16.744063+00
name: Push about the Jorum
notes:
  Previously, the database connected this tune to <<ddp:Gow, Niel#1518>>, but research shows it is rather a traditional tune, composer unknown.
  <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Push_about_the_Jorum_(1)>>


created: 2009-11-20 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2022-12-11 23:42:45.513585+00
name: George Carmichael's Strathspey
notes:
  Originally assigned to <<ddp:Cameron, Alan#2841>> in SCDDB. However it is listed in <<https://oldschoolbeauly.com/products/angus-cameron-of-kirriemuir>> as by <<ddp:Cameron, Angus#1646>>. See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1782/|issue 1782>>.


last_modified: 2022-11-01 17:59:01.037828+00
name: Mrs Campbell of Monzies
notes:
  This is entered in SCDDB as "Mrs Campbell of Monzies" whereas the instructions for Two to One in RSCDS Book 28 mention "Miss Campbell of Monzies’s Reel". To be checked one day...


last_modified: 2022-12-08 19:32:13.519061+00
name: Paardeburg
notes:
  Some sources suggest the composer is <<ddp:McLellan , John#11522>>, Dunoon. However, there seems to be no ultimate confirmation for it.


last_modified: 2022-12-08 19:52:05.620437+00
name: Silverton Polka, The
notes:
  From <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/2199/|issue 2199>>:
  *Believed to be traditional. Copy held in national library Edinburgh. This states:- Music published by Mozart and Allan Glasgow between 1925 and 1950. As played by Jimmy Shand arranged by Ian Macleish.*
  Peter Wyper recorded a 10'' shellac in 1915 (Regal - G 7142).


last_modified: 2022-12-09 11:22:26.513268+00
name: Streaker Hornpipe, The
notes:
  Seems to be variously known as The Streaker or The Streaker Hornpipe (<<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/828/|issue 828>>).


created: 2009-11-17 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2022-12-11 23:47:05.668486+00
name: Tony Reid
notes:
  Originally assigned to <<ddp:Cameron, Alan#2841>> in SCDDB. However the list of tunes by <<ddp:Cameron, Angus#1646>> given in <<https://oldschoolbeauly.com/products/angus-cameron-of-kirriemuir>> includes Tony Reid of Balnakilly. So this tune entry is probably a duplicate of <<ddt:Tony Reid of Balnakilly#1777>> (to be checked). Anyway this "Tony Reid" entry is now assigned to Angus Cameron. See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1782/|issue 1782>>.


last_modified: 2022-12-14 17:45:30.161191+00
name: Parks of Kilbirnie, The
notes:
  This tune is most likely a duplicate to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/2746/>> where the city name is misspelled as "Kilburnie", yet there seem to exist tune sheets with that spelling. See notes at the linked duplicate. Needs further checking.


last_modified: 2022-12-14 17:45:45.590279+00
name: Parks of Kilburnie, The
notes:
  "Kilburnie" is not an existing city name, but there are tune sheets for this exakt name. This tune however is most likely a duplicate to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/tune/2751/>> and might have been misspelled in the past, even in official publications and recordings. Needs further checking.


last_modified: 2022-12-16 14:36:15.753677+00
name: Duran Rangers
notes:
  See the <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Durham_Rangers|Traditional Tune Archive>> for a discussion of the tune's title and provenance.


last_modified: 2022-12-16 23:34:12.908233+00
name: Lichted Ha', The
notes:
  Iain Gent writes:  "I have an old photocopy of music which states attributed to Burns." Jo Pickering states in issue 617 that this tune "... appears to be a quote from Burns's poem Mary Morrison - 'Yestreen when to the trembling string the dance gaed through the lichted ha''. It is to be sung to the tune Duncan Davison."


created: 2009-08-02 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2022-12-19 16:35:18.152702+00
name: Jessie Stuart's Welcome in Dufftown
notes:
  Spelling confirmed by author 2022-12-19. All aliases are previous incorrect name entries in our database.


last_modified: 2022-12-19 22:15:56.232886+00
name: Earl of Dalkeith
notes:
  "Earl of Dalkeith" and "Dalkeith's Strathspey" are the same tune composed by Niel Gow. The former original  was written as a reel, the latter was rearranged by Dr. Herbert Wiseman as a strathspey version for RSCDS book 9. 


last_modified: 2022-12-22 13:46:36.454492+00
name: Miss McPherson Grant's Jig, of Ballindalloch
notes:
  Name as in "Marshall's First Collection"; should be our first choice for various other spellings which were added as aliases.


last_modified: 2023-01-10 22:31:49.040259+00
name: Away up in Clachan
notes:
  This tune might be a duplicate for tune 4971 <<ddt:Way up in Clachan#4971>>. Both tune names appear in waltz recordings under slightly different names.


last_modified: 2023-01-10 22:32:41.256652+00
name: Way Up in Clachan
notes:
  This tune might be a duplicate for tune 6523 <<ddt:Away up in Clachan#6523>>. Both tune names appear in waltz recordings under slightly different names.


last_modified: 2023-01-20 17:42:53.144826+00
name: Road to the Isles, The
notes:
  According to <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Road_to_the_Isles>>, "The Bens of Jura" is the original title given by its author, and "The Road to the Isles" is its most famous.


last_modified: 2023-01-21 22:30:31.336512+00
name: Life in the Finland Woods
notes:
  Carl Jularbo first recorded the tune in 1915, and it was published in a 1938 Swedish tune book "Jularbos Basta" where he was credited as composer. 


last_modified: 2023-02-26 23:04:24.919609+00
name: Dove Cot, The
notes:
  Originally entered in SCDDB as The Dovecot, the spelling in the tune websites seems to be The Dove Cot. The single word version is kept as an alias.


last_modified: 2023-03-02 08:16:54.61352+00
name: John Stephen of Chance Inn
notes:
  Roher Malton delivered some story input for this tune, see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3057/>>


last_modified: 2023-03-07 17:28:41.915992+00
name: Betty's Jig
notes:
  The notes for John Drewry's dance <<ddd:Betty's Jig>> say that "an original tune is to be composed by Robert Baird". So the "traditional" attribution currently in SCDDB may not be correct. To be checked...


last_modified: 2023-03-13 23:43:24.590456+00
name: Master Reginald MacDonald
notes:
  The original Book 25 assigns this tune to "R. MacDonald (Skye)" but both the traditional tune archive and John Chambers' tune finder give Keith Norman (or K N) MacDonald.


last_modified: 2023-03-17 13:43:46.147353+00
name: Koehler's Hornpipe
notes:
  The alternative title, *Pachelbel's Frolics*, derives from the fact that the tune bears an uncanny resemblance to Johann Pachelbel's famous *Canon in D*, from <<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachelbel's_Canon|Canon and Gigue for 3 violins and basso continuo>>. It was recorded under this title by Eileen Ivers.

  The tune occurs as an untitled hornpipe in *Köhler's Violin Repository vol.1*, in the key of C. It is often transposed to D for convenience.


created: 2023-03-19 23:24:35.940457+00
last_modified: 2023-03-19 23:24:35.940457+00
name: Ath-Dara
notes:
  Ath-Dara, a mansion in Lansdowne, Philadelphia has been turned into apartments where Jane used to live. It was built in 1901 by Seymour Eaton, an author and professor at the Drexel Institute best known for his children's book The Roosevelt Bears. Seymour named the mansion to honor his wife Mary: Ath-Dara is the Gaelic for her Irish family name, Adair.


last_modified: 2023-03-23 19:44:28.327108+00
name: Sally Gardens, The
notes:
  This tune is frequently confused with <<ddt:Down by the Sally Gardens>>, which is an Irish song, sometimes played for strathspeys, and completely different.


last_modified: 2023-04-08 11:06:36.64406+00
name: Ada Johnstone's Fancy
notes:
  Possibly a duplicate of <<ddt:#10726>>. See <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3093/|issue 3093>>.


last_modified: 2023-04-28 22:49:37.512947+00
name: Para Handy
notes:
  There is also a tune of the same name attributed to Phil Cunningham (eg on the <<ddrec:Jigs#7143|1st track>> on the CD <<dda:Double Take#918>>). It is not clear if that is an arrangement of the original Ian Gourlay tune or something completely different. See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3093/|issue 3093>>.


created: 2010-02-10 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2023-05-29 09:20:20.692942+00
name: Pipe Major Willie Gray's Farewell to the City of Glasgow Police
notes:
  May or may not be the same as <<ddt:Pipe Major William Gray's Farewell to Cowal>>, which is also purportedly by one J. MacDonald. Can somebody who is into pipe tunes check this out?
  Year of publication: 1954


created: 2021-11-23 09:11:16.334923+00
last_modified: 2023-07-19 09:23:32.43182+00
name: Banks of Loch Ness & The Wedding Ring, The
notes:
  This is a mistaken entry. The two tunes are separate and are traditional.

  To be deleted - but first to be removed from the Paris tune book publication.


last_modified: 2023-07-25 10:09:26.75229+00
name: Lady Baird's Reel
notes:
  Despite the name this is in fact **not** the tune assigned to the RSCDS dance <<ddd:Lady Baird's Reel#3589>>. See <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3201/|issue 3201>> for more details. 

  NB there are several other tunes with similar names.


created: 2023-07-25 10:07:17.58408+00
last_modified: 2023-07-25 10:12:20.332825+00
name: Lord St. Clair's Reel
notes:
  According to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3201/|issue 3201>> this is in fact the tune the RSCDS published as the "own tune" for the dance <<ddd:Lady Baird's Reel#3589>>. As mentioned in that issue there are several other tunes with "Lady Baird" in the name but none of them are the one assigned to the dance in Book 18.

  To ensure it comes up in searches "Lady Baird's Reel (own tune)" is added as an alias.


last_modified: 2023-08-11 22:21:06.952354+00
name: Scotland the Brave
notes:
  This is the famous patriotic song. The music was probably composed in the 19th century; the usual [lyrics](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Scotland_the_Brave) were written about 1950 by Clifford Leonard Clark “Cliff” Hanley.


last_modified: 2023-08-11 22:30:21.402926+00
name: Edinburgh Castle
notes:
  This may or may not be the same as <<ddt:Edinburgh Castle#15121>> by James Scott Skinner. If you have access to the Iain MacPhail recording and can verify this, please let us know.


last_modified: 2023-08-12 00:33:53.15826+00
name: Bonnie Mary of Argyle
notes:
  Following http://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/1419/ the composer of this tune was also corrected to Sidney Nelson.


created: 2023-08-12 00:37:57.741375+00
last_modified: 2023-08-12 00:37:57.741375+00
name: Orkney Waltz, An
notes:
  Deirdre Adamson notes: “The correct title for this tune, believed to have originated in Stronsay, has been lost through time.”


last_modified: 2023-08-12 16:16:07.262588+00
name: Maggie & Jock
notes:
  This might be the same as <<ddt:Maggie and Jock>> (by Felix Burns). If anyone has access to the Shand book and could send us a photograph of the tune that would be helpful.


last_modified: 2023-08-19 00:51:10.919584+00
name: Mo Dhachaidh
notes:
  This is the tune on page 12 of <<ddpub:Ceol na Fidhle, Volumes 1 & 2>>. There is a completely unrelated tune of the same name on page 22 of the same collection.


last_modified: 2023-08-25 07:49:43.416333+00
name: Lord Lovat
notes:
  This tune is not identical with  <<ddt: Lord Lovat's Lament#3428>>.  
  See <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lord_Lovat>>


last_modified: 2023-08-25 07:49:59.949854+00
name: Lord Lovat's Lament
notes:
  This tune is not the same as <<ddt: Lord Lovat#6382>>, yet sometimes it is credited with this name.  
  See <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lord_Lovat%27s_Lament>>


last_modified: 2023-08-19 00:14:46.586515+00
name: Dark Island, The
notes:
  Thanks to Iain Gent (and others) for the following information:

  This tune is considered “traditional” and used to be known variously as "Dr Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry" or “Dr. McInnes' Farewell to South Uist”. It was subsequently adapted for the 1963 BBC production called "The Dark Island", which is presumably where the Iain McLaughlin comes in that  the tune is attributed to in <<ddpub: Ceol na Fidhle Volume 1>>.

  There are various sets of words of different degrees of cheesiness and the copyright situation for these is very convoluted. See <<https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=36086|here>> for more than you ever wanted to know about the topic.

  **NB.** If you're playing this tune at an event that needs to submit a tune list to avoid GEMA (German music collection agency) fees, be sure to write this up as “Dr Mackay's Farewell to Creagorry” rather than “The Dark Island”, or they will hassle you because thanks to the BBC they'll probably think “The Dark Island” belongs to them. Chances are they will never have heard of the other title.


last_modified: 2023-08-19 01:07:25.841948+00
name: Cradle Song, The
notes:
  This shows up sometimes as <<ddt:Highland Cradle Song, The>>, but that is a completely unrelated tune.


last_modified: 2023-08-19 01:13:57.270242+00
name: Highland Cradle Song, The
notes:
  This waltz-type air is not to be confused with the 4/4 slow air tune, <<ddt:Cradle Song, The>> by James Scott Skinner, which people occasionally play for strathspeys.


last_modified: 2023-08-20 00:29:53.649415+00
name: 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar, The
notes:
  Composed in 1848 when the regiment – the “Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders” – received orders to leave Gibraltar. They were supposed to go to the West Indies (not a desirable posting due to the unhealthy climate) but eventually were posted to Canada, after an intervention by the Secretary of State, who happened to be a veteran of the regiment and the brother of its CO.


last_modified: 2023-08-20 00:59:06.584257+00
name: Bonnie Ann
notes:
  Sometimes attributed to “Daniel” Ross. Appears in William J. Ross's collection of pipe music and is also sometimes attributed to him.


last_modified: 2023-08-20 01:10:10.654228+00
name: Campbell's Farewell to Redcastle
notes:
  This is in P/M William J Ross's collection but probably (according to the Traditional Tune Archive) not actually composed by him.


last_modified: 2023-08-20 01:19:44.610887+00
name: Barren Rocks of Aden, The
notes:
  According to the <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Barren_Rocks_of_Aden_(The)|Traditional Tune Archive>>, the actual composer of this tune is in dispute. There is some evidence that it was actually composed by James Mauchline, who in the mid-19th century was with a detachment of the 78th Seaforth Highlanders that was sent to garrison Aden (in Yemen), but that Alexander McKellar – the pipe major of the Seaforths at the time – arranged it and gave it its name. McKellar, though, was apparently quite adamant that it was his own tune.


last_modified: 2023-08-20 23:13:54.069026+00
name: Kilworth Hills, The
notes:
  Said to be possibly McLennan's first composition. According to McLennan's brother, in an interview on BBC Radio Scotland, the tune is based on the Russian song, *Stenka Razin* – which McLennan had encountered when Russian warships visited the port of Leith around 1899.


last_modified: 2023-08-20 23:47:32.239072+00
name: High Road to Linton, The
notes:
  We used to attribute this tune to Nathaniel Gow, but it occurs in printed collections that predate him.


created: 2011-11-25 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2023-08-21 23:22:12.185399+00
name: Highland Wedding, The
notes:
  The current 6-part version was composed by <<ddp:Cameron, Donald>>
  under the name *Lord Breadalbane's March*, in 1856,
  according to <<https://pipetunes.ca/tunes/highland-wedding-the/|pipetunes.ca>>,
  referencing Dr William Donaldson's 2005 book, *Pipers*.
  “Ceol na Fidhle” gives it to Angus Mackay.

  In any case this is obviously a version of an old and very popular tune, <<ddt:Stumpie>>, which goes back all the way to Robert Burns and beyond.


created: 2023-10-01 19:35:00.772578+00
last_modified: 2023-10-01 19:35:00.772578+00
name: Home to Whitsome
notes:
  The notes say that this was "Written for my beautiful daughter Kirsty, who we tragically lost in June 2022. I wrote this tune to keep her memory alive and Lucy Mulholland kindly devised the dance. *I hope you enjoy it.*"


created: 2011-11-02 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2023-10-10 13:22:42.351193+00
name: Ken Allen's Clog
notes:
  This was originally entered in SCDDB as "Ken Allan's Clog", corrected to "Ken Allen's Clog" thanks to Charles Liu (October 2023).

  It seems that Ken Allen was an orangutan in San Diego Zoo who escaped several times, once by climbing over a dried out moat when its pump clogged.


last_modified: 2023-10-17 18:44:58.538747+00
name: Highland Cathedral
notes:
  A performance of the tune as a piece of classical music can be found at <<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK_FfSTBXfc>>


created: 2019-08-26 14:19:07.494125+00
last_modified: 2023-10-17 21:11:08.990767+00
name: Quindaro
notes:
  Ryan's Mammoth Collection.

  Quite possibly a duplicate of <<ddt:Qumdaro#6691>> which is also known as Quindaro. To be checked.


last_modified: 2023-10-18 11:57:28.476931+00
name: Craithes Castle
notes:
  Despite having a lower dance ID than <<ddt:#9286>> this looks like it may be a spelling mistake and a duplicate of that tune. To be checked. If they are the same the entries should merged and an spelling alias added.


last_modified: 2023-10-20 20:06:46.54308+00
name: Margaret Brown's Favourite
notes:
  <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Maggie_Brown%27s_Favorite>> considers this to be by Nathaniel Gow (previously SCDDB had Traditional). That article gives it a huge number of aliases.


last_modified: 2023-10-20 21:26:31.006984+00
name: Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow
notes:
  <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Captain_Collins>> gives both "Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow" and "The Cowboy's Jig" as aliases for a tune they give with the main name "Captain Collins".

  The Cowboy's Jig is added as an alias as that is used in <<ddrec:Milltimber Jig, The#10799>>. Of course there might be more than one tune with that name.


last_modified: 2023-10-22 10:59:19.008697+00
name: Scottish Horse, The
notes:
  The Scottish Horse was a cavalry regiment, and eventually a brigade, of (mostly expatriate) Scots raised and commanded by John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, then styled the Marquis of Tullibardine, during the Second Boer War.

  The tune was written by his wife, Katharine Marjory Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, then known as the Marchioness of Tullibardine.


created: 2013-01-02 15:44:35.755475+00
last_modified: 2023-12-05 00:53:55.419701+00
name: Miss Drummond of Megginch
notes:
  Originally entered in SCDDB as "Mrs Drummond of Megginch" it seems it ought to be "Miss Drummond of Megginch".

  Apparently commemorating Victoria Drummond. See <<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Drummond>>, <<https://www.nls.uk/learning-zone/science-and-technology/women-scientists/victoria-drummond/>> or <<https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-a-z/drummond-victoria>> for biographical details.


created: 2024-01-06 11:36:22.586151+00
last_modified: 2025-08-13 18:28:11.55534+00
name: Mickantrish
notes:
  In RSCDS Book 54 this tune is misspelled as "Mickandtrish" (with extra D). It is correct in the accompanying CD booklet.


last_modified: 2024-01-18 13:15:18.281251+00
name: Hills of West Hampstead, The
notes:
  Originally entered in SCDDB as "The Hills of Hampstead" but now corrected to "The Hills of **West** Hampstead" (as published in <<ddpub:Chord Ian!, A#1780>>).


last_modified: 2024-02-19 01:25:35.12832+00
name: Lady Louisa Gordon's Strathspey
notes:
  This tune is, in fact, by Robert Mackintosh -- even though <<ddp:Marshall, William>> wrote many tunes for other members of the Duke of Gordon's family (his day job was factor for the Duke of Gordon). There's a William Marshall tune called <<ddt:Lady Louisa Gordon's Reel>> (not strathspey) but it has nothing to do with this tune.


last_modified: 2024-03-06 22:35:37.242069+00
name: Marchmont House
notes:
  Published as “Marchmont House” in Bremner's 1757 collection; appears in John Riddell of Ayr's 1782 collection as “Lady Crawfurd's Reel”.


last_modified: 2024-03-24 10:04:10.06845+00
name: Jack's Pocket Ashtray
notes:
  From <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3490/|issue 3490>> (quoting <<https://thesession.org/tunes/6950>>): “I heard Robbie Shepherd telling the tale about Jack having a habit of nipping his ciggies and putting the tab in his pocket whilst playing in the band. He eventually set his pocket on fire.”


created: 2013-10-29 02:52:07.275104+00
last_modified: 2024-03-24 12:29:56.52314+00
name: Forrest Hill Road
notes:
  In the insert for the CD <<dda:Other Kangaroo Paw, The#1056>> this tune was misspelled as "Forest Hill Road" with only one R. It should have two (see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3492/|issue 3492>>).


created: 2024-04-01 12:27:37.737936+00
last_modified: 2024-04-01 12:27:37.737936+00
name: Sharon's Jig
notes:
  Attribution based on “J Nicolson” in <<ddr:East of Yeadon>> (on <<dda:Auld Friends Meet>> by Muriel Johnstone and Friends).


created: 2024-04-01 12:41:36.991519+00
last_modified: 2024-04-01 12:41:36.991519+00
name: Highland Blossom
notes:
  Attribution based on “K Smith” in <<ddr:Lammermuir Hills, The>> (on <<dda:Auld Friends Meet>> by Muriel Johnstone and Friends). Keith plays on the recording.


created: 2024-04-01 14:20:20.673535+00
last_modified: 2024-04-01 14:20:20.673535+00
name: Jack Paton's Hornpipe
notes:
  Composer given as “J Lindsay” on <<dda:Auld Friends Meet>>. Assigned to <<ddp:Lindsay, Jack>> on the strength of the fact that it follows <<ddt:Bonnie Glenisla>> by the same composer.


last_modified: 2024-04-05 16:50:56.253111+00
name: Doon the Burn, Davie Lad
notes:
  According to The Ottawa Journal (Ottawa, Canada) from Tuesday, December 1, 1925, <<http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46536513/|page 15>> the tune was composed by James Hook.


created: 2019-03-14 00:39:43.443995+00
last_modified: 2024-04-10 08:51:14.446971+00
name: A ways my Heart that we mun sunder
notes:
  This was originally entered in SCDDB as "Aways my Heart that we mun sunder". However <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3501/|issue 3501>> gives the correct title as "A ways my Heart that we mun sunder" which was 17th century and dialect spelling for Oh woe is my heart that we must part, a Scottish tune popular in the 1600’s and early 1700’s.

  The original SCDDB title is kept as a (mis)spelling alias.

  NB the "A" at the start of the title is for "Oh", not the indefinite article, so it belongs at the front and the title should be indexed under "A".


last_modified: 2024-04-18 21:38:03.917571+00
name: Hiking Song, The
notes:
  From the sheet music: "The Hiking Song, Calum Kennedy, dedicated to The (Scottish) Youth Hostel Association".


last_modified: 2024-04-30 22:34:59.645954+00
name: MacDonald of the Isles (alternative tune)
notes:
  This is the title used in CD insert for the lead tune in the Dewar recording of MacDonald of the Isles. That tune is actually The Road to the Isles, so this tune entry should probably be deleted.


last_modified: 2024-05-12 09:45:52.959814+00
name: Rachel Rae
notes:
  According to the Traditional Tune Archive entry <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Rachel_Rae>> this tune has a large number of alternative names. See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3533/|issue 3533>>.


last_modified: 2024-05-12 09:59:52.18625+00
name: Captain Campbell
notes:
  This was originally entered in SCDDB as "Captain Campbell" and attributed to Traditional.

  From <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3537/|issue 3537>> it is actually by Malcolm MacDonald and also known as Captain Campbell of Carphen.


last_modified: 2024-05-25 08:08:09.671063+00
name: Earl of Errol
notes:
  <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3545/|Issue 3545>> quotes tunearch.org: "Hunter (1979) says: the fifteenth Earl of Erroll… lived at Slains and at Delgatie Castle, near Turriff. He was High Constable of Scotland and a great scholar and patron of the arts."


last_modified: 2024-06-11 19:40:25.191347+00
name: Rock Valley Jig
notes:
  The version of this tune published in <<ddpub:Glasgow Branch 100th Anniversary Dances#1670>> is described in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3564/|issue 3564>> as "an unexpected variant". See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3565/|issue 3565>>.


created: 2012-10-23 22:51:07.983348+00
last_modified: 2024-06-17 08:51:19.991516+00
name: Banks of Sicily, The
notes:
  According to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3568/|issue 3568>> this is actually the name of a song with lyrics by Hamish Henderson. The tune itself is <<ddt:Farewell to the Creeks#510>> by <<ddp:P/M James R Robertson#1515>>.


last_modified: 2024-07-03 21:22:13.091966+00
name: Lady Charlotte Murray
notes:
  This tune is a reel (see <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Charlotte_Murray_(2)>>) and is not to be confused with <<ddt:Lady Charlotte Murray's Favourite Jig#2418>> which is a reel. There is also a strathspey tune of the same name.

  SCDDB originally claimed this tune was composed by Niel Gow. However the Traditional Tune Archive says its by Daniel Dow. Whereas the book <<ddpub:Old Scottish Music collected and adapted for SCD#776>> seems to ascribe it to Annie Shand. Assuming that the Traditional Tune Archive is the most reliable source this tune is now assigned to Daniel Dow.


last_modified: 2024-07-27 23:26:31.425941+00
name: Bratach Bana
notes:
  Originally SCDDB assigned this tune as "traditional" but <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3357/|issue 3357>> purports that it was by <<ddp:Elliott, George & Kennedy, Calum#12400>>. Although the entry for the tune on The Session website (<<https://thesession.org/tunes/18928>>) has some mild scepticism.

  Anselm says he doesn't buy the Kennedy/Elliott hypothesis. <<https://doricfuture.co.uk/2020/09/21/bratach-bana-whats-in-a-name/|This article>> claims that the song was “made famous” by Calum Kennedy, not that he wrote it, and <<https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/calum-kennedy/|this bio of Calum Kennedy>> names some of Kennedy's most well-known pieces but doesn't mention the song at all. The Gaelic lyrics don't sound like they were written in the 1950s, and the song is also very long and repetitive, which is what you want for a session of tartan waulking but probably not for popular entertainment. Finally, there are rumours of unrelated versions that predate the Kennedy/Elliott recording but these seem to be difficult to track down on the Internet. It seems vastly more likely that Kennedy and Elliott picked the song up somewhere and arranged it for recording, rather than coming up with it from scratch.

  This tune turns up in various places with weird and creative spellings of its name.


last_modified: 2024-09-08 20:23:29.223772+00
name: Mrs Russell of Blackhall
notes:
  This tune is a strathspey, not to be confused with <<ddt:Miss Russell of Blackhall's Reel#4828>> (which is actually a Jig).

  Originally the name was entered in SCDDB with "Russel" (one L) but it seems more generally known as "Russell".


created: 2018-03-31 11:17:23.892651+00
last_modified: 2026-03-15 21:27:15.752551+00
name: Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree
notes:
  SCDDB previously had the title as "Hugh Alexander Lowe of Three" but following <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4199/|issue 4199>> this has been corrected to "Hugh Alexander Low of Tiree".


last_modified: 2024-09-09 21:43:00.713185+00
name: Miss Russell of Blackhall's Reel
notes:
  Actually the Traditional Tune Archive lists two tunes with almost the same name, just with "Russell" vs "Russel". See <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Miss_Russell_of_Blackhall_(1)>> and <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Miss_Russell_of_Blackhall_(2)>>. So SCDDB recordings claiming to use this tune might in fact be using either of the options. To be sorted out...


last_modified: 2024-10-09 09:32:36.196266+00
name: Heather Hills
notes:
  SCDDB originally ascribed this tune to <<ddp:Fitchet, Angus#1554>> but <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3685/|issue 3685>> pointed out that this is a traditional tune - with a published arrangement by Angus Fitchet.


last_modified: 2024-10-26 11:58:12.042208+00
name: Perthshire Volunteers, The
notes:
  According to Keith MacDonald's *Skye Collection*, this tune was composed by Magdaline Stirling of Ardoch (who also wrote <<ddt:Perth Hunt|The Perth Hunt>>). We previously attributed this dance to Niel Gow, but there is no evidence for this other than the tune appearing, without composer credit, in one of Gow's collections.


created: 2022-04-29 22:11:14.484975+00
last_modified: 2024-12-08 18:43:58.729628+00
name: Memories of Jimmy Thom
notes:
  Jimmy Thom was a good friend of Ian Robertson, the composer of the tune, and farmer from Guildtown just outside Perth.

  NB Jimmy Thom's surname has previously been misspelled as "Thorn" (with RN). To reduce the chance of the tune being added again with that spelling it has been added as a (mis)spelling alias.


last_modified: 2024-11-18 11:32:01.284698+00
name: Miss Betty Hunter
notes:
  SCDDB originally attributed this tune to <<ddp:Duff, Charles#1928>> but Finlay Forbes in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3710/|issue 3710>> reports that this is wrong and it should most likely be John MacDonald (Dancing Master of Dundee).

  However SCDDB has several Person entries for John or J MacDonald (see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3143/|issue 3143>>) and it is not yet clear which one is the appropriate one who should be assigned this tune.


last_modified: 2024-11-28 19:24:25.91981+00
name: Roxburgh Quick Step
notes:
  SCDDB originally ascribed this as "Traditional" but in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3717/|issue 3717>> the composer was identified as Alexander Givan. The, rather long, full title of the tune is added as an alias.


last_modified: 2024-11-30 17:24:54.109405+00
name: Mrs Menzies of Culdare's Reel
notes:
  SCDDB formerly ascribed this tune to <<ddp:Marshall, William#1516>>, but in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3724/|issue 3724>> Finlay Forbes suggest this is a mistake. So the composer is now set to "unknown".


last_modified: 2024-12-07 15:00:42.30772+00
name: Gobbie O, The
notes:
  In the instructions to <<ddd:Provost, The>> as published in The Reel, this tune is referred to as The Gobyo. And on the CD <<dda:Jim Cameron's Scottish Dance Band Vol 1#937>> it is spelled as "The Gobie O'". These are now added as (mis)spelling aliases.


last_modified: 2024-12-11 11:15:03.478329+00
name: Hesleyside Reel, The
notes:
  Hesleyside Hall is in southern Northumberland near Bellingham, the ancestral home of the Charlton family (see Charlton Memorial Tunebook), on the banks of the North Tyne.


last_modified: 2024-12-20 23:15:15.031965+00
name: Miss Dow's Fancy
notes:
  <<ddp:Macpherson, Alan#246>> (amdmac [at] blueyonder.co.uk), deviser of <<ddd:Miss Dow's Strathspey#14351>>, writes: 

  "The composer of the tune 'Miss Dow's Fancy' was John Reid (1869-1942), a famous Angus "Dancie" from Newtyle. He taught step dancing at the early Summer Schools and his Newtyle Orchestra provided the music for the Younger Hall dances. 'Miss Dow's Fancy' was first played by John Reid's orchestra at a Dundee Branch dance in the Training College Hall on the 14th December, 1934"

  Could this be another tune of the same name?


created: 2010-10-07 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2024-12-22 17:43:14.56824+00
name: Clashmadin, The
notes:
  In the table of contents of <<ddpub:Shielburn Collection Volume 1, The#1824>> this is spelled "The Clashmaden". The page with the score has the correct title "The Clashmadin".

  This is the name of a hill near Buckie, adjacent to where the composer's parents lived.


created: 2010-10-07 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2024-12-22 17:43:48.751489+00
name: Epping Forest Scottish Association
notes:
  NB in <<ddpub:Shielburn Collection Volume 1, The#1824>> the tune is spelled "forrest". This is acknowledged by Alistair Forbes to be a mistake.


created: 2016-10-09 02:07:09.287008+00
last_modified: 2025-01-05 12:47:18.420698+00
name: Pet's Galore
notes:
  In the instructions for <<ddd:Sally's Rally#19248>> the name of this tune is given as "Pets Galore" without an apostrophe.


last_modified: 2025-01-23 16:50:59.032764+00
name: Mackintosh Hall
notes:
  Maybe a duplicate of <<ddt:McIntosh Hall#1098>>? "McIntosh" is the spelling used in <<https://scotscores.com/product/to-dance-to-1/>>. To be checked.


last_modified: 2025-01-23 16:51:02.330507+00
name: McIntosh Hall
notes:
  Maybe a duplicate of <<ddt:Mackintosh Hall#3639>>? "McIntosh" is the spelling used in <<https://scotscores.com/product/to-dance-to-1/>>. To be checked.


created: 2025-01-14 04:53:28.133773+00
last_modified: 2025-02-24 10:19:15.333517+00
name: Castle Gardens
notes:
  Written for <<ddp:Dennis, Linda Mae#10593>> who likes gardens (according to the introduction to <<https://youtu.be/BhJIlxQsV78|this youtube video>>).


created: 2025-02-24 10:17:22.625534+00
last_modified: 2025-02-24 10:17:22.625534+00
name: Tribute to Marge
notes:
  Written for <<ddp:van Nus, Marge#1385>> (according to the introduction to <<https://youtu.be/BhJIlxQsV78|this youtube video>>).


created: 2025-02-26 13:52:35.119651+00
last_modified: 2025-02-26 13:52:35.119651+00
name: Iain Lindsay's Farewell to Hungary
notes:
  A recording is available at <<https://soundcloud.com/houghmagandie/iain-lindsays-farewell-to-hungary>>.


created: 2025-03-09 21:04:23.071203+00
last_modified: 2025-03-09 21:04:23.071203+00
name: Marquis of Huntly's Welcome to Peterhead
notes:
  Spelled with "Peterheid" on the <<dda:Welcome to Manchester#1190>> CD insert but as "Peterhead" at <<https://cdln.i8.dgicloud.com/marquis-huntlys-welcome-peterhead>>.


created: 2025-03-09 16:36:47.86341+00
last_modified: 2025-03-10 21:16:55.895961+00
name: Sunny Strathspey, A
notes:
  The score in the <<ddpub:Welcome to Manchester#1860|Manchester 90th>> book has this as "A Sunny Strathspey" but the CD insert has a typo and calls it "A Summery Strathspey".


last_modified: 2025-03-23 19:24:03.034055+00
name: Major John MacLennan
notes:
  According to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3815/|issue 3815>> the full title of this dance is "Major John MacLennan, The Gordon Highlanders" which is added as an alias.


last_modified: 2025-03-23 19:29:08.593902+00
name: Gordon Highlanders
notes:
  Originally SCDDB mistakenly assigned this tune to <<ddp:McLennan, P/M George S#1699>> until corrected thanks to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3815/|issue 3815>>.

  The traditional tune archive lists two tunes with this name (<<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders_(1)>>, <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders_(2)>>). So this entry is left in case it is useful for one of those.


last_modified: 2025-03-24 15:32:24.929861+00
name: Priest's Leap, The
notes:
  Possibly a duplicate of <<ddt:Bridal Jig, The#3488>>. See <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Priest%27s_Leap_(1)_(The)>>.


last_modified: 2025-03-24 15:32:35.650788+00
name: Bridal Jig, The
notes:
  Possibly a duplicate of <<ddt:Priest's Leap, The#5930>>. See <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Priest%27s_Leap_(1)_(The)>>.


created: 2010-08-08 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2025-03-24 18:11:16.104785+00
name: James McInnes, Esq, Dandaleith
notes:
  This seems to exist as both reel and strathspey. It is not clear if these are essentially the same tune or radically different.


created: 2010-10-27 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2025-04-14 16:29:33.498048+00
name: Lovats Reel
notes:
  Originally SCDDB ascribed this as "traditional" but Ewan Galloway's Grove Collection Volume 2 CD insert gives the composer as David Gracie.


last_modified: 2025-04-28 09:51:07.617672+00
name: Geordie Hinny
notes:
  SCDDB originally attributed this to Muriel Johnstone, but according to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3843/|Issue 3843>> its an arrangment of a 19th century music hall song by <<ddp:Wilson, Joe#12610>>.


created: 2025-05-23 16:24:25.331159+00
last_modified: 2025-05-29 07:47:02.002014+00
name: CharlesReel
notes:
  NB the name of the tune deliberately has no space - as a reference to the Charleston (see <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3870/|issue 3870>>).


last_modified: 2025-05-29 08:08:28.05596+00
name: Morag Hutton's Strathspey
notes:
  SCDDB originally had this tune assigned to <<ddp:Shand, James, Junior#1611|Jimmy Shand Junior>> but <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3877/|issue 3877>> corrected this to his father, (Sir) Jimmy Shand, Senior.


last_modified: 2025-06-05 07:28:26.044504+00
name: Jessie Cruickshank
notes:
  SCDDB originally ascribed this to <<ddp:Hunter, Charlie#1722>> but in the table of contents of <<ddpub:Lorne Collection, The#1546>> it is listed under <<ddp:Hunter, Alastair C#1572>>.


last_modified: 2025-06-05 07:45:38.924835+00
name: Fiddler's Friend, The
notes:
  NB <<ddpub:Lorne Collection, The#1546>> lists both a strathspey and reel tune with this name. It is not clear if these are different enough to warrant separate SCDDB entries.


created: 2025-06-08 22:47:22.776935+00
last_modified: 2025-06-08 22:51:57.699046+00
name: Elizabeth Adams
notes:
  This tune can't obviously be found anywhere in the popular collections and may just be a misspelling of <<ddt:Elizabeth Adair>>. This is somewhat corroborated by the observation that *Elizabeth Adair* is an Angus Fitchet tune and the next tune in the set where *Elizabeth Adams* occurs is *Princess Margaret's Jig*, which is also an Angus Fitchet tune. Someone with access to the TAS “Start Dancing” CD should check this.


created: 2025-06-08 23:13:29.219714+00
last_modified: 2025-06-08 23:15:37.724673+00
name: Highland Lassie???
notes:
  This is probably one of the tunes called “Highland Lassie” in the database. Anyone in a position to check tune 4 of “The Stone of Scone” (track 10 of “Start Dancing” by TAS) is asked to look into this on our behalf.


last_modified: 2025-06-08 23:40:59.983936+00
name: Breakdown, The
notes:
  This tune is not to be confused with the vastly more well-known and popular <<ddt:Breakdown#188|traditional tune>> by the same name.


created: 2025-06-08 23:47:05.137029+00
last_modified: 2025-06-08 23:47:05.137029+00
name: Campbell of Saddell???
notes:
  This could be either <<ddt:Miss Campbell of Saddell>> or <<ddt:Miss Sophia Campbell of Saddell's Reel>> or a different tune altogether, in track 18 (“Burnt Tatties”) of <<dda:Start Dancing>> by TAS.


created: 2025-06-08 23:50:08.674744+00
last_modified: 2025-06-08 23:50:08.674744+00
name: Paps of Fochabers???
notes:
  This is possibly supposed to be <<ddt:Parks of Fochabers>>. Check track 18 (“Burnt Tatties”) of <<dda:Start Dancing>> by TAS.


last_modified: 2025-07-25 17:34:13.993604+00
name: Helen and Jimmy King of Achmelvich
notes:
  There have been some spelling variations of this tune which are still kept as aliases. The Scottish place name is "Achmelvich".


created: 2025-07-28 23:42:34.978578+00
last_modified: 2025-07-28 23:42:58.587016+00
name: Moranbank
notes:
  Not to be confused with <<ddt:Mrs Elizabeth Rutherford of Moranbank>> by <<ddp:Rutherford, Walter>>, which is an entirely different tune.


created: 2017-08-26 22:44:57.394083+00
last_modified: 2025-07-05 08:48:31.554932+00
name: McMahon's
notes:
  Probably a duplicate of <<ddt:Banshee, The#3392>>. To be merged?

  See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3912/|issue 3912>>.


last_modified: 2025-07-05 08:48:41.240703+00
name: Banshee, The
notes:
  SCCDB originally ascribed this to "traditional", but both <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Banshee_(1)_(The)>> and <<https://thesession.org/tunes/8>> attribute it to James McMahon.

  The tune has many aliases given in its entry on The Session. At least one of these  appears to be a duplicate in SCDDB (see <<ddt:McMahon's#13626>>) which ought to be merged with that entry.

  It is not clear if <<ddt:Julia McMahon#2375>> is also the same tune.

  See also <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3912/|issue 3912>>.


last_modified: 2025-07-05 16:38:15.33156+00
name: Lady Charlotte Murray's Favourite Jig
notes:
  This tune is a jig (see <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Charlotte_Murray_(1)>>) and is not to be confused with <<ddt:Lady Charlotte Murray#2582>> which is a reel. There is also a strathspey tune with a similar name (<<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Charlotte_Murray_(3)>>).

  According to the Traditional Tune Archive entry this tune has a number of other names.


last_modified: 2025-07-07 19:48:05.523192+00
name: Athole Highlanders, The
notes:
  According to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3920/|issue 3920>> this tune was referred to as The Atholl Gathering by Jimmy Shand (senior). That name is added as another alias.


created: 2021-07-03 14:53:16.356684+00
last_modified: 2025-07-15 17:02:03.269584+00
name: Ho! Tom Bombadil
notes:
  Wouter writes "I have a habit of setting to music bits of verse I encounter in the books I read.
  Here I have joined two of those, both relating to Tom Bombadil from The Lord of the Rings,
  in a bright little reel tune."


last_modified: 2025-07-17 10:40:15.915252+00
name: Sunset on the Saint Lawrence
notes:
  Composed around 1910 (according to <<https://www.accordionists.info/threads/sunset-on-the-st-lawrence.6870/>>).


last_modified: 2025-07-20 09:23:13.583878+00
name: Man from Skye, The
notes:
  According to <<https://thesession.org/tunes/3757>> this is also known as The Wee Man of Skye. So <<Wee Man from Skye, The#9178>> is very likely a duplicate (with wrong composer) and should be removed. To be checked...


created: 2025-07-14 22:36:04.298437+00
last_modified: 2026-01-18 23:04:14.426534+00
name: Judi Davidson
notes:
  The original production of the RSCDS Book 54 CD misattributed this tune to Angus Fitchet. It should have been Hugh Melvin.


last_modified: 2025-08-11 13:57:01.747418+00
name: Lady Wemyss
notes:
  NB there are two tunes of this name in the Traditional Tune Archive: <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Wemyss_(1)>> and <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Wemyss_(2)>>.


last_modified: 2025-08-11 16:49:00.60617+00
name: Rorate Coeli
notes:
  According to As mentioned in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3958/|issue 3958>> this is a duplicate of <<ddt:Traditional Scottish Air#6001>> and should be removed in due course...


last_modified: 2025-08-11 16:51:20.856171+00
name: Traditional Scottish Air
notes:
  As mentioned in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3958/|issue 3958>> this tune, not explicitly identified as such in RSCDS Book 26, is actually called Rorate Coeli. This is now added as an alias (NB there are various other spellings).


last_modified: 2025-08-13 09:38:31.548827+00
name: Morag's Spicy Rum
notes:
  SCDDB attributes this to A Nicholson/Nicolson but <<https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x46t>> ascribes it to Alasdair MacPhail.


created: 2025-07-19 11:41:02.760908+00
last_modified: 2025-08-13 17:23:28.480134+00
name: Dancing in Perthshire
notes:
  This entry refers to the wrongly named tuned for the dance of this name in Book 54. A new tune entry was created (<<ddt:Janet and John MacDonald>>) so this entry should probably be deleted.


created: 2025-07-19 11:43:46.870799+00
last_modified: 2025-08-13 17:24:57.667096+00
name: Mark and Susie's Jig
notes:
  This entry refers to the wrongly named tuned for the dance of this name in Book 54. A new tune entry was created (<<ddt:George Watt's Jig#16081>>) so this entry should probably be deleted.


last_modified: 2025-08-13 18:26:02.93013+00
name: Norven House
notes:
  In RSCDS Book 54 this tune is misspelled as "Norvern" (with extra R). It is correct in the accompanying CD booklet.


last_modified: 2025-08-29 18:01:35.782631+00
name: Lawland Lads think they are Fine, The
notes:
  SCDDB originally attributed this tune to <<ddp:Surenne, John# 1447>> - presumably as he was mentioned in Book 15. But <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3985/|Issue 3985>> points out that it was actually composed by <<ddp:Arne, Michael#12668>> and only collected by Surenne.


last_modified: 2025-09-03 10:11:39.937707+00
name: Miss Grant of Grant
notes:
  Traditional Tune Archive entry: <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Miss_Grant_of_Grant_(2)>>.

  In <<ddd:Mrs Grant's Fancy>> (RSCDS Book 9) this tune is referred to as Mrs Grant of Grant, not Miss Grant of Grant.

  NB this is different from <<ddt:Miss Grant of Grant#16123>> by <<ddp:Dow, Daniel (Donald)#1781>>.


created: 2025-09-03 10:10:39.58773+00
last_modified: 2025-09-03 10:16:27.968169+00
name: Miss Grant of Grant
notes:
  Traditional Tune Archive entry: <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Miss_Grant_(1)>> which gives the main name as just "Miss Grant" with alternative "Miss Grant of Grant".  Variously attributed to Donald Dow as either composer or collector.

  NB this is a different tune from <<ddt:Miss Grant of Grant#1186>> by <<ddp:Mackintosh, Robert#1519>>.

  The reference in <<ddd:Marklands, The>> refers to the tune as "Mrs Grant of Grant" and claims it as Traditional. The Traditional Tune Archive considers this tune as a reel whereas The Marklands is a strathspey.


last_modified: 2025-09-03 11:10:52.820691+00
name: 10th Battalion HLI Crossing the Rhine
notes:
  The name of this tune is variously given with or without the word “Battalion” or with "Brigade" instead of "Battalion" and/or with the “HLI” initialis expanded to “Highland Light Infantry”.


last_modified: 2025-09-12 16:18:16.577337+00
name: Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree
notes:
  This tune was originally entered in SCDDB with the name "Ina MacPhail" (and unknown composer). However <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3990/|issue 3990>> pointed out that it is the same tune published as "Captain Lachlan MacPhail of Tiree" by Peter MacFarquhar.

  So the tune name is now changed to the published one with "Ina MacPhail" as an alias.


created: 2016-09-12 23:37:47.16785+00
last_modified: 2025-09-13 17:02:26.646182+00
name: Jim and Helen's Jig
notes:
  The RSCDS Book 50 CD insert lists this tune as "Jim and Helen's Jig" however the printed book has it as "Jim and Helen Gray". The latter is added as an alias.


last_modified: 2026-01-14 10:03:07.168376+00
name: Bonnie Dundee
notes:
  As noted in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4124/|issue 4124>> there are two tunes named Bonnie Dundee. One in Kerr's <<ddpub:Merrie Melodies, 2nd Collection#391>> and a different one in <<ddpub:Merrie Melodies, 4th Collection#389>>.

  Currently this tune is linked to both collections which is incorrect. To be fixed...


created: 2009-11-04 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2026-01-15 18:25:44.707704+00
name: Wee Todd
notes:
  As <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4110/||issue 4110> reports that the composer of this tune is actually <<ddp:MacAulay, Angus#2877>> it is likely this is a duplicate of the tune <<ddt:Wee Tot #1789>>. If so the two entries should be merged.

  Probably any recording claiming to use "Wee Todd" should link tune #1789 which has "Wee Todd" as one of its aliases.


last_modified: 2025-09-18 23:03:42.34024+00
name: Remmerts of Herford
notes:
  Has an uncanny resemblance to the popular German song *Die Fischerin vom Bodensee* (*The Lake Constance Fisherwoman*) by Franz Winkler, 1947. According to <<https://boxandfiddlearchive.weebly.com/hamish-menzies-2020.html|The Box and Fiddle>>, the composer, who spent time in Germany on National Service in the 1950s, was influenced by that tune (which also inspired a cheesy German film musical by the same name in 1956).

  Various internet sources also give the title as "Remmerts of Hurford", "Remmerts of Hereford", "Remmerts of Hertford". Note that the title refers to Herford in eastern Westphalia, Germany
  (rather than Hereford or Hertford in the UK), where
  there was a significant presence of the British Army of the Rhine during the Cold War.  “Remmert” is a plausible German surname and in 2025, the Herford local telephone directory has four entries for various Remmerts.

  The Session entry for "Trip to Bavaria" at <<https://thesession.org/tunes/15226>> explains the use of "Hamish's Tune" due to the original name being forgotten when it was recorded by Andrew Rankine. This is also mentioned in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3997/|issue 3997>>.


created: 2025-11-03 22:15:03.493176+00
last_modified: 2025-11-03 22:17:40.386262+00
name: Cornish Floral Dance
notes:
  Moss wrote The Cornish Floral Dance in 1911, after visiting the Cornish mining town of Helston. During her stay there, she attended the town’s traditional Furry Dance, a day-long festival of dancing. On her way home, she began writing lyrics and later modified the tune as well. The original melody was retained in the chorus, with the remainder of the composition being Moss’s own invention.


last_modified: 2025-11-03 22:18:54.089754+00
name: Jarig Jetje
notes:
  Jarig Jetje is a Dutch children’s song. Jet is an ancient term for a little girl and jetje a diminutive. Jarig means celebrating your birthday. Jarig Jetje is also ‘a girl celebrating her birthday’. The tune and dance title were chosen because the dance was devised for Jetty (short for Henriëtte) Kooijman.


last_modified: 2025-11-09 14:04:00.060958+00
name: Captain Mackintosh
notes:
  We used to attribute this to <<ddp:Gow, Niel>>, but in fact he just included it in his *2nd Collection* – the tune shows up in various other 18th collections, some of which predate Gow's. The actual composer is unknown.


created: 2025-11-12 22:58:09.840946+00
last_modified: 2025-11-13 16:59:55.569164+00
name: O whistle and I'll come tae ye, my lad
notes:
  NB this is a different tune from <<ddt:Oh Whistle and I'll come tae ye#1419>>.

  Meryl Thomson gives a source for this tune in Alexander's New Scrap Book (Volume 6). There is an online scan of this book at <<https://imslp.org/wiki/Alexander%27s_New_Scrap_Book_(Various)>>. Click "View" then scroll down to page 82 of the PDF (page 79 of the original book).


last_modified: 2025-11-11 16:29:52.11581+00
name: College Hornpipe, The
notes:
  Some musicians listed this tune as "Jacky Tar" on their recordings, even though the database team couldn't find evidence that this is an actual alias to this tune. However, to be consistent with CD inlays, we have added "Jacky Tar" as an alias.
  See issue 3585 for further issues with "Jacky Tar" tunes.


last_modified: 2025-11-12 22:59:12.369656+00
name: Oh Whistle and I'll come tae ye
notes:
  This tune corresponds to <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/O_Whistle_and_I%27ll_Come_to_Ye_My_Lad>>.

  NB there is also a different tune with a similar name <<ddt:O whistle and I'll come tae ye, my lad#16143>>.


created: 2025-12-14 23:20:23.076174+00
last_modified: 2025-12-17 03:24:47.499778+00
name: Jim Henderson's Strathspey
notes:
  Tune added with the Composer and the Musician permissions  
  - Jim Henderson’s Strathspey (Karl G. Sandeman)
  - Green Grow the Rashes O’ (Robert Burns)


last_modified: 2026-02-20 16:17:20.796314+00
name: None so Pretty
notes:
  There are many different tunes called "None So Pretty". The Traditional Tune Archives lists three of them: <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/None_so_Pretty_(1)>> (jig), <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/None_so_Pretty_(2)>> (reel), <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/None_so_Pretty_(3)>> (reel).

  The recommended tune for the dance <<ddd:None so Pretty#4968>> is sometimes referred to as "None so Pretty" though, according to <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/3586/|issue 3586>> it is actually <<ddt:Johnnie in Nether Mains#819>>.

  SCDDB originally ascribed this tune entry to "unknown", but in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4178/|issue 4178>> Adrian Conrad reports that, at least in Jim MacLeod's recording (<<ddrec:None So Pretty#2971>>), this tune was actually composed by Jim MacLeod. So the composer is now set to him.

  That might possibly not be true of the recording by Frank Reid (<<ddrec:None so Pretty#1164>>).


created: 2026-03-11 23:01:18.370192+00
last_modified: 2026-03-11 23:05:05.971935+00
name: Beware the Reels of March
notes:
  "Written to celebrate Anselm Lingnau's amazing contributions to the worldwide Scottish country dancing community."

  A recording by <<ddp:Smith, Keith#3436>> and <<ddp:Latour, Anne-Laure#11775>> which features this tune can be downloaded (for a small fee)
  from <<https://keithbuchanansmith.bandcamp.com/track/beware-the-reels-of-march-5x32-bar-reel>>.


last_modified: 2026-03-19 22:30:36.999279+00
name: Down by the Sally Gardens
notes:
  This tune is frequently confused with <<ddt:Sally Gardens, The>>, which is a reel and completely different.

  The title comes from a poem by W.B. Yeats where it is spelled "Down by the Salley Gardens" with an E in Salley.


created: 2009-11-22 23:00:00+00
last_modified: 2026-03-30 21:52:39.609861+00
name: Miss Margaret McLachlan
notes:
  See <<https://tunearch.org/wiki/Miss_Margaret_McLachlan>> or <<https://thesession.org/tunes/5282>> (which give different spellings).


created: 2024-12-19 23:39:20.574384+00
last_modified: 2026-03-31 22:29:41.267911+00
name: Liz
notes:
  This tune was composed to accompany The Wyches of Cheshire and is named after the deviser of the dance, Liz Bruynooghe


created: 2026-04-01 12:50:12.796011+00
last_modified: 2026-04-01 13:02:52.721561+00
name: Darling Nelly Gray
notes:
  Tune for the song "Keep Your Feet Still, Geordie Hinny" by Joe Wilson.

  This might (or might not?) be the tune used in the Lothian Band recording of Postie's Jig just listed as "Geordie Hinny".

  See <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4163/>> for discussion of this.


created: 2010-06-01 22:00:00+00
last_modified: 2026-04-09 18:56:43.358109+00
name: General Hunt's Welcome to the Queen's Own Highlanders
notes:
  Previously SCDDB ascribed this to "Traditional" but Finlay Forbes points out in <<https://my.strathspey.org/dd/issue/4224/|issue 4224>> that it was composed by Pipe Major Andrew A. Venters.


# tuneurl

last_check: 2026-04-14 01:22:10.759284+00
last_success: 2026-04-14 01:22:10.759284+00
url:
  https://www.ottawadancescottish.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Burnt-Island-Cloud-Factory.pdf#page=2


