The French Collection
John French, Fiddler-Composer of Ayr, compiled a Collection of New Strathspeys, Reels etc dedicated to Mrs Boswell of Auchinleck. It was published posthumously by Gow & Shepherd in 1801, "for behoof of Mr French's widow and children", which suggests they may have been left in needy circumstances. Much of the music seems to have been composed by French himself.
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| French.pdf | 10 January 2022 | 725kB |
- A Caup o' yer tippany Kate
- Auchincruive
- Ayr Races
- Barley Broth
- Barskemming Bridge
- Countess of Louden
- Cumnock Fair
- Dunsky
- Gi' the lasses mair o't
- Girvan Water
- Glasserton House
- Good Luck
- John Barlycorn
- John French's Compts to Mr Nath. Gow
- Kirn, The
- Lady Dalrymple Hamilton's Reel
- Lady Mary Hay's Reel
- Lady Mary Lindsay's Jig
- Major Logan's Frollick
- Major Webster's Delight
- Marion Dunn
- Merry today
- Miss Ainslie's Strathspey
- Miss Balfour Whitehill's Reel
- Miss Boswell's Reel
- Miss Cuming's Reel
- Miss Georgina Mackay's Reel
- Miss Gordon of Braid's Reel
- Miss Hunter Blair's Reel
- Miss J Cumming's Reel
- Miss Jean Maxwell of Monreith's Reel
- Miss Logan, Ayr
- Miss Miller of Glenlee's Reel
- Monkton Lasses, The
- Mr A Oswald's Jig
- Mr Boswell of Auchinleck's Reel
- Mr James Boswell's Jig
- Mr Monro Binning's Strathspey
- Mr Oswald's Reel
- Mr Richd Campbell's Reel
- Mr Sloan's Reel
- Mrs Ballantine's Reel
- Mrs Blair of Blair's Reel
- Mrs Boswell of Auchinleck's Reel
- Mrs Boyd of Pinkie's Strathspey
- Mrs Campbell of Treesbank's Reel
- Mrs Fullarton of Fullarton's Strathspey
- Mrs Hamilton of Sundrum's (Junr) Reel
- Mrs Hepburn of Clerkington's Reel
- Mrs Hughe's Reel
- Mrs Kelso of Danhieth's Reel
- Mrs Muir of Caldwell's Reel
- Mrs Wm Murray of Polonaise
- My Laddie is a Sailor
- One Choppin Mair
- Parks of Eglinton, The
- Ploughman's Dance, The
- Ripe the ribs
- Send us Whisky
- Sir David Hunter Blair's new Reel
- Sugar Banks
- Sundrum House
- Weaver, The
- Ye ken what