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Theme code Index	5L144 5226L
Also known as	Cuir Anns a'Chiste Mhóir, Old Time Wedding Reel (3), Beaton's Last, Big Coffin Reel, Miss Cruickshank's Reel, Put Me in the Box, Put Me in the Big Chest, Put Me in the Big Casket
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 flats
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Keith Norman MacDonald
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Skye Collection (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 137
Year of publication/Date of MS	1887
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Cuir sa chiste mhóir mi
T:Miss Cruikshank's Reel
T:Put Me in the Big Chest
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald - The Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Bb
FGBd e2 (eg)|fdcB cBGB|FGBd e2 (eg)|fdcd B/B/B B2:|
(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd BGGf|(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd B/B/B B2|
gaba gfed|cBcd BGGB|FGBc defg|fdcd B/B/B B2||

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-'''CUIR SA' CHISTE MHOIR MI''' (Put Me in the Big Chest/Casket). AKA and see "[[Old Time Wedding Reel (3)]]," "[[Beaton's Last]]," "[[Big Coffin Reel]]," "[[Miss Cruickshank's Reel]]," "[[Put Me in the Box]]," and "[[Put Me in the Big Chest]]." Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major (MacDonald): A Major (Shears). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (MacDonald): AABB (Shears). Attributed to Scottish fiddler-composer William Marshall (1748-1833), who called it "[[Miss Cruikshank's Reel]]." Gaelic words to the tune go:
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-''cuir sa chiste mhoir mi''<br>
-'''s coig bonnaich fo mo cheann''<br>
-''cuir sa chiste mhine mi''<br>
-''is beag is miste mi bhith ann''<br>
-<br>
-(put me in the big chest, with five bannocks under my head, put me in<br>
-the meal chest, I will be none the worse for being there)<br>
-<br>
-''cuir sa chiste mhine mi''<br>
-''cuir sa chiste mhine mi''<br>
-''cuir sa chiste mhine mi''<br>
-''is beag is miste mi bhith ann''<br>
-<br>
-(put me in the meal chest, put me in the meal chest, put me in the meal<br>
-chest,I will be none the worse for being there).<br>
-</blockquote>
-Shears calls his version a "Cape Breton setting of a 19th century reel."
-<br>
-<br>
-''Printed sources:'' MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 137. Shears ('''Gathering of the Clans Collection''', vol. 1), 1986; p. 48 (pipe setting. Appears as "Cuir Anns a'Chiste Mhóir Mi").
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-(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd BGGf|(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd B/B/B B2|gaba gfed|
+(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd BGGf|(gab)a (gf)ed|cBcd B/B/B B2|
-cBcd BGGB|FGBc defg|fdcd B/B/B B2||
+gaba gfed|cBcd BGGB|FGBc defg|fdcd B/B/B B2||
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-'''© 1996-2010  Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.'''
-<br>
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-Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni
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