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LUDE'S SUPPER (Suipeir Tighearna Leoid). Scottish, Air. A composition of Ulster-born (d. 1653) harper Rory Dall (Blind Rory), whose last name is given variously as O'Caithean, O'Cathain, O'Cahan or O'Callen, who received the patronage of several Scottish noble families. The tune appears in Daniel Dow's (1732-1783) Collection of Ancient Scots Music and Bruce Armstong's The Highland Harp. John Gunn, in his Historical Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands, says that about the year 1650 Ruaidhri Dall Morison accompanied the Marquis of Huntly on a visit to Robertson of Lude and celebrated the event with this composition. Sanger and Kinnaird (Tree of Strings, 1992) suggest that it was not Morison who was in attendance, since he was not born until 1656, but rather the harper was Ruaidhri Dall O'Cahan. Similarly, if the date of the visit is correct it is unlikely that the Marquis of Huntly was involved as George Gordon, the second Marquis, was arrested in 1648 and executed in 1649, after which his estates were held by Argyll until 1660. See also note for "Give Me Your Hand" for more on Rory Dall.

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-'''LUDE'S SUPPER''' (Suipeir Tighearna Leoid). Scottish, Air. A composition of Ulster-born (d. 1653) harper Rory Dall (Blind Rory), whose last name is given variously as O'Caithean, O'Cathain, O'Cahan or O'Callen, who received the patronage of several Scottish noble families. The tune appears in Daniel Dow's (1732-1783) '''Collection of Ancient Scots Music''' and Bruce Armstong's ''The Highland Harp.''' John Gunn, in his '''Historical Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands''', says that about the year 1650 Ruaidhri Dall Morison accompanied the Marquis of Huntly on a visit to Robertson of Lude and celebrated the event with this composition. Sanger and Kinnaird ('''Tree of Strings''', 1992) suggest that it was not Morison who was in attendance, since he was not born until 1656, but rather the harper was Ruaidhri Dall O'Cahan. Similarly, if the date of the visit is correct it is unlikely that the Marquis of Huntly was involved as George Gordon, the second Marquis, was arrested in 1648 and executed in 1649, after which his estates were held by Argyll until 1660.  See also note for "[[Give Me Your Hand]]" for more on Rory Dall.
+'''LUDE'S SUPPER''' (Suipeir Tighearna Leoid). Scottish, Air. A composition of Ulster-born (d. 1653) harper Rory Dall (Blind Rory), whose last name is given variously as O'Caithean, O'Cathain, O'Cahan or O'Callen, who received the patronage of several Scottish noble families. The tune appears in Daniel Dow's (1732-1783) '''Collection of Ancient Scots Music''' and Bruce Armstong's '''The Highland Harp.''' John Gunn, in his '''Historical Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands''', says that about the year 1650 Ruaidhri Dall Morison accompanied the Marquis of Huntly on a visit to Robertson of Lude and celebrated the event with this composition. Sanger and Kinnaird ('''Tree of Strings''', 1992) suggest that it was not Morison who was in attendance, since he was not born until 1656, but rather the harper was Ruaidhri Dall O'Cahan. Similarly, if the date of the visit is correct it is unlikely that the Marquis of Huntly was involved as George Gordon, the second Marquis, was arrested in 1648 and executed in 1649, after which his estates were held by Argyll until 1660.  See also note for "[[Give Me Your Hand]]" for more on Rory Dall.
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