The Falls Of Divach strathspey

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X: 1
T: The Falls Of Divach
R: strathspey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A>D F>D (A<D) D2|E>A, C>A, (E<A,) A,2|A>D F>D (A<D) D2|1 (E<A,) A,>C D2-D z :|2 (E<A,) A,>C D2-D g||
f<a d>a f<a d>d|c<e A>e c<e A>g|f<a d>a f<a d>d|e<A A>c {c}d2-d>g|
f<a d>a f<a d>d|c<e A>e c<e A>c| (3def (3efg (3fga (3gfe|(3dcB (3ABc {c}d2 d z||

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The Falls Of Divach. C: Jeanie Scott Skinner.

Another tune from The Skye Collection. A strathspey attributed to "Jeanie Scott Skinner" and most likely James Scott Skinner’s first born child, apparently named "Jane Scott (Meldrum) Skinner" and born somewhere between 1869 and 1871 according to various sources. It is not known when she died. Her mother was also a "Jane" and known as Jean (née Stuart or Stewart), but wouldn’t have had the "Scott" in her name (she died in an asylum). Jeanie would have been in her teens when the tune was published in The Skye Collection (1887).

The Falls of Divach are near Drumnadrochit, and a nice place for a walk. You can watch this clip as you play the tune:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4J1Y_NWSM


Not the most spectacular of tunes, but an interesting provenance. I added the rest at the end of the first time bar to keep within metre.

After checking out J Scott Skinner’s autobiographical reminiscences, it appears that Jeanie was adopted, hence the name Meldrum. It’s possibly why there is no definite date for her birth, but there are also differing dates given for the birth of his son Manson. Though Manson’s own account of his age for his ANZAC papers would date his birth year as 1879.