X: 0
T: Contra Reel 1
K:


X: 1
P: the Flowers of Edinburgh #1
O: Oswald, c.1742
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Probably the best-known Scottish reel.
B: Oswald "Curious Collection of Scots Tunes (II)" c.1742
B: The Universal Magazine, April 1749, as "Flowers of Edinburgh".
R: reel
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: G
GE | "G"D2DE G2GA | BGBd cBAG | "D7"FGFE DEFG | AFdF E2GE || "G"D2DE G2GA |
| "G"BGBd "C"efge | "G"dcBA "D7"GFGA | "G"B2G2 G2 :: d2 | "G"g2gd gbag | "D7"f2fd fagf |
| "Em"e2ef gfed | B2e2 "(C)"e2ge || "G"dBGB d2d2 | "C"edef g2fe | "G"dcBA "D7"GFGA | "G"B2G2 G2 :|


X: 2
P: the Old Grey Cat  (the Auld Grey Cat)
R: reel
O: Kerr c.1880
B: Kerr's Merry Melodies, v.1p.28 c.1880
B: Roaring Jelly Coll.
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Edor
|:\
"Em"{^d}e2e2 E3F | GFGA BABc | "D"{^c}d2d2 D3E | FAdB AFED || "Em"{^d}e2e2 E3F |
GFGA BABc | "D"{^c}dcBA "B7"BAGF | "Em"E4 e4 :: "Em"B2e2 e3d  | Bdef gfed |
"D"A2d2 d3B | ABde fedf || "Em"e2B2 "D"g2B2 | "C"a2B2 "B7"b3a | "Am"gfed "B7"BAB^d | "Em"e4- e2z2 :|


X: 3
P: the Red-Haired Boy  (the Little Beggar Man)  (Guilderoy)
O: Scotland 1762
B: McGibbon, Scots Tunes, book III, 1762; p.70
B: James Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768
B: c.1776-1778 music copybook of fifer Thomas Nixon Jr. [1] (1762-1842), of Framingham, Connecticut
M: C|
L: 1/8
Z: Mary Lou Knack (Roaring Jelly collection)
R: reel
K: AMix
GF \
| "A"E2A2 ABcd | e2ec "D"d2cd | "A"e2A2 ABcA | "G"B2EF G2GF | "A"E2A2 ABcd |
| e2ec "D"d2cd | "A"e2a2 "E7"aged | "A"c2A2 A2 :: ef | "G"g2ef g2ef | gfec "D"d2cd |
| "A"e2A2 ABcA | "G"B2EF G2GF | "A"E2A2 ABcd | e2ec "D"d2cd | "A"e2a2 "E7"aged | "A"c2A2 A2 :|
%%text Also played in A minor (dorian)


X: 4
P: Staten Island Hornpipe
O: Aird 1782
B: RSCDS 47-7
R: hornpipe, reel
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: There are Staten Islands in Scotland and Argentina, as well as in the USA.
N: Cole p.97
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: D
|: AG | "D"FDFG A2A2 | dfed dcBA | "G"B2GB "D"A2FA | "A7"G2E2 E2AG | "D"FDFG A2A2 |
| dfed dcBA | d2d2 "A7"efge | "D"f2d2 d2 :: fg | "D"a2fa "A7"g2eg | "D"f2df "A7"ecA2 |
| "C"=c2c2 efge | "C"=c2c2 efge | "D"a2fa "A7"g2eg | "D"f2df "A7"ecA2 | "D"d2d2 "A7"efge | "D"f2d2 d2 :|