Mrs Ramsay Of Barton (reel) on The Session

One setting

X: 1
T: Mrs Ramsay Of Barton
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: D2 FD ADFD | Addc defa | D2 FD ADFD | EAAB ABce |
D2 FD ADFD | Addc defg | (3agf (3gfe fdef |1 dBAF EGFE :|2 dBAF FE E2 ||
|: d2 dB AFFF | AFBF AFFF | d2 dB ADFA | Beed egfe |
~d3e ~c3d | BBBA Bcde | fgfe dcBA |1 (3Bcd AF FE E2 :|2 (3Bcd AF EGFE ||

Five comments

Mrs Ramsey Of Barton

I picked this up from the album ‘Dual’ by Eamon Doorley, Julie Fowlis, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and Ross Martin. I’ve no idea of to origin as it’s not mentioned in the sleeve notes, so I preume it to be traditional. The name sounds Scottish but the tune sounds Irish to me.

Very similar to…

a version of "Farewell to Ireland" that I play. I’m not sure where I picked it up, it’s a bit different from the version on the Session; though there are still things in common.

Farewell to Erin: https://thesession.org/tunes/846

Mrs Ramsay Of Barnton (reel)

I have two tunes called "Mrs Ramsay Of Barnton" (note spelling), neither of them this tune. Both strathspeys, the earlier one is from the Gows in B flat, and a later one in Kerr’s (and the Atholl Collection) in E minor.