The Lass o' Gowrie
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Lass o' Gowrie" is a march (2/4 time) or reel from Lowland Scotland and<br> Northumberland, England. It is usually played in C major or D major.<br> Bayard states that it is a very well known tune in the British Isles,<br> descended from an air used as a reel, strathspey, and song melody and<br> known usually by one of the alternate titles. Perlman (1996) remarks<br> that it is "basically a simplified variant of the strathspey 'Loch Erroch<br> Side'." In southwestern Pennsylvania it was one of several tunes to which<br> the title "The Rocky Road to Dublin" became attached. Irish musicians know<br> it as the polka "The Lakes of Sligo". Williamson (1976) remarks that<br> Dunsinane Castle (of MacBeth fame) overlooks the Carse of Gowrie (a carse<br> is a fertile plain near a river).<br> The title "Lass o' Gowrie" comes from lyrics set to the melody by<br> Caroline Oliphant of Gask (1766-1845), whose father joined the Jacobite<br> rebellion of Bonny Prince Charlie in 1745.<br> It was printed in William Ross's Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1869),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 4 (1880's), Williamson's English, Welsh,<br> Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes (1976) and Perlman's The Fiddle Music of<br> Prince Edward Island (1996).<br> This version is from Williamson. He plays it in a medley with "The<br> Flowers of Edinburgh" and "The East Neuk o' Fife".<br>
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