highland airs and quicksteps mairi mhin mheal-shuileach ... · jane fraser morison book 1, c.1882...

Jane Fraser Morison Book 1, c.1882

Mairi Mhin mheal-shuileach dhuIn moderate time

Highland Music Trust

HIGHLAND AIRS AND QUICKSTEPS

Mary - gentle and dark-eyed

Cuir a chinn dileasSlowly

Turn round thy faithful head

Un-named airSlowly

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Ann Gille dubh ciar dubhSlowly


Lad with the jet black hair

Chunnaic mi on damh donn 's na heildean

In moderate timeI saw the brown stag on the hills

Feasgar ciuinRather slow Lovely evening

2


MonaltrieIn moderate time


Och! mar tha miSlowly

How sad am I

Gu ma slan a chi miRather slow

May I see you happy

Mairi BhoidheachRather slow

Beautiful Mary

3


Thanig on Gille dubh an raoir na bhaile soIn moderate time

Last night came the dark haired youth to my village


Cha'n iognadh na gilleanSlowly

No wonder young men

Breacan Mairi HuisteanIn moderate time

Mary Huistean's Plaid

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Fir a bhata (1st tune)In rowing time

The Boatman


Fir a bhata (2nd tune)In rowing time The Boatman

Mairi dhonn

In moderate timeBrown haired Mary

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Jane Fraser Morison Book 1, c.1882Nionag a chuil duinn nach fhan dhu

BrisklyWait for me, brown haired maiden

Ho! Ro! gum b'aoibhinn leamBriskly

Ho! Ro! How pleasant to me

Duke of Atholl's March

QUICKSTEPS

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Se mo chas chrubachHighland Music Trust

My lame leg has kept me behind

Tha mi sgith I am weary

Theid mi dhachaidh a chro Cheanntaille I'll return to Kintail

Note: This tune is nowadays usually played with the Fs sharp.

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Miss Forbes's Farewell to Banff

Jane Fraser Morison Book 1, c.1882 Highland Music Trust

Loch Duich

'S fheudar dhomh fhein a bhi falbh 'Tis time to go home

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Fingal's Cave


Quickstep (name not known)

Quickstep

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Highlander's Farewell to WaterlooSlowly


Garry Hills

10

Cha til MacCrimman


MacCrimmon's Lament

Miss Shaw's Favourite

11


Farewell to DundeeSlow


Highland Laddie

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Gillie Callum (Niel Gow's Varn.)


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Jane Fraser Morison Book 2 1882

Faillirinn 'illirinnSlow


Ho! Ro! Mo nighean donn bhoideachSlow My pretty young girl

S' coma leam fhein cogadh no sithSlow

War or peace I care not which

Mo run bhan dileasIn moderate time

My fair and faithful dear one

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Mo robairneach gaolachRather slow


My dear clever lad

The hymn of the foolish manSlow

Ancient 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4.

Oisean an deigh na Feinne

SlowOssian alone, the last of the Fingalians (Very Old)

Mo ghille guanachRather slow My thoughtless lad

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Hi lo ro! hog eileBriskly


Tha mo bhreacan fluich fo'n dileRather slow My plaid is wet with rain

Agus ho "Morag" *Briskly

* "Morag", the name by which, for security, Prince Charles Edward was spoken of by his West Highland followers

Mo nigheanag dhonnIn moderate time

My little brown girl

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Tha mise cho muladachSlowly

I am so sorrowful


Ho ro an clo dubh

Briskly

Tha tighiun fodham eiridhSlowly

I think of risingSong of the time of the "45"

MagnusSlow

A very old Air

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Mairi bhan ogSlowly


Fair young Mary

Calum a ghlinneBriskly

Malcolm of the Glen

Dan DeirgSlow

Very old

'Null air na h'eileanan dh'America gun teid sinnSlow, or ad lib

Over by the islands to America we go

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An nochd gur faoin mo chodal dhomh


Tonight sleep has forsaken me

Bean nan gobhar The woman with the goats

A cho-dhalta mo ruin! seachainn an dun! Dear Foster brother avoid the tower*

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Sung by a prisoner to his young foster brother, the chief, to warn him of danger. Kindly contributed (and also [Campbell of Duntroon's Welcome]) by Miss McLeod of McLeod, and interesting as having been given to her many years ago by "The Stuart Princes", the grabdchildren of Prince Charles Edward.

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Jane Fraser Morison Book 2 1882Miss Graham of Inchbrakie

Rather slow


Macgregor o' Ruari (Old)Slow

Bha mi 'n duilRather slow

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Campbell of Duntroon's Welcome


Airidh nan badanRather slow

Mrs Mackinnon CorryIn dancing time Composed by Alexander Lord Macdonald, AD 1796

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Hill o ro, Hill o ro* (Old)


*Celtic song of the Infant Seaforth in Eilean Donan Castle, Kintail, composed by his nurse

Till an crodh a Dhonna chaidh!Briskly

Turn back the cows Duncan

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Duntulm Quickstep

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A Quickstep


The Braes of Mar

23


Soldier's Return


Theid mi leam fhein I shall wander alone

1.

2.

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The Barren Rocks of Aden


Laoidh an amadain mhoir

Gillean an fheilidh

Slowly Lads in the Kilts

25


The Marchioness of Tullibardine


1.

2.

Joy be with my Love

26


A cho-dhalta mo ruin


Pipe set

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Catherine Ogie


The Banks of the Lomond

Mor nighean a ghiobarlain Marion the beggar's daughter

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highland airs and quicksteps mairi mhin mheal-shuileach ... · jane fraser morison book 1, c.1882...

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