Tune Req: Colonel Hamilton's Delight

Subject: Colonel Hamilton's Delight
From: GUEST,mclapp
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:55 AM

I have to learn this jig for a forthcoming gig, but am unable to find it in manuscript or abc on the web or amongst my collection of tune books. Does any one have it and prepared to share it? Many thanks.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Colonel Hamilton's Delight
From: IanC
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 09:00 AM

Can't find it on the web, but - if it's any help - BruceO's site says it's also called "The New Bumpkin".

Cheers!
Ian

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Colonel Hamilton's Delight
From: Malcolm Douglas
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 09:37 AM

Andrew Kuntz's  The Fiddler's Companion,  which should always be your first port of call when looking for information on dance tunes, has the following entry for Colonel Hamilton's Delight:

"Composed by Joseph Reinagle (1762-1836) around 1783 or earlier.  Reinagle, born in Portsmouth, was the son a an Austrian father and Scottish mother and spent his childhood and young adulthood in Edinburgh, becoming leader of the orchestra in the Theatre Royal.  Later he moved to Dublin, London, and finally settled in Oxford where he taught the cello.  The tune appears in Niel Gow's Strathspey Reels, the Sharpe Manuscript, and Davie's Caledonian Repository.  Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 87, pg. 230.  Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 3, pg. 6 (appears as "Hamilton House")."

There is also a list of printed and recorded examples available at the  DanceData World-Wide-Web Interface,  which is an online database specialising in Scottish Country Dance:

Colonel Hamilton's Delight

As Hamilton House, the tune itself may be found through  J C's Tunefinder.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Colonel Hamilton's Delight
From: GUEST,mclapp
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:36 AM

Many thanks, Malcolm Douglas. I had had no joy with Fiddlers Companion or DanceData for the notation, but J C's Tunefinder came up trumps. I have never used that site before, but having entered a few other queries just to test it out, it is now firmly added to my favorites list. Thanks again for your advice.