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'''DONAL DON'''. AKA and see "[[MacGregor's March]]," "[[Rob Roy's March]]." Scottish, Air or March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Donal Don" is a Dundee song and was printed in Ford's '''Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland''' (1899–1901). Words begin:
'''DONAL DON'''. AKA and see "[[MacGregor's March]]," "[[Rob Roy's March]]." Scottish, Air or March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Donal Don" is a Dundee song and was printed in Ford's '''Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland''' (1899–1901). Words begin:
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''Wha hasna heard o’ Donal’ Don?''<br>
''Wha hasna heard o’ Donal’ Don?''<br>
''Wi’ a’ his tanterwallops on,''<br>
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''While he maks Hielan’ whisky.'' <br>
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See also Irish polka variants under the titles "[[Kit White's No. 2]]" etc.  
See also Irish polka variants under the titles "[[Kit White's No. 2]]" etc.  
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Buchan ('''101 Scottish Songs'''), 1962; p. 58.
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DONAL DON. AKA and see "MacGregor's March," "Rob Roy's March." Scottish, Air or March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Donal Don" is a Dundee song and was printed in Ford's Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland (1899–1901). Words begin:

Wha hasna heard o’ Donal’ Don?
Wi’ a’ his tanterwallops on,
For Oh! he was a lazy drone,
An’ smuggled Hielan’ whisky.

Chorus:
Hi-rum-ho for Donal’ Don,
Wi’ a’ his tanterwallops on,
And may he never lack a scone
While he maks Hielan’ whisky.

See also Irish polka variants under the titles "Kit White's No. 2" etc.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Buchan (101 Scottish Songs), 1962; p. 58.

Recorded sources: Greentrax CDTRAX206, Jock Tamson's Bairns – "May You Never Lack a Scone" (2001).




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