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'''HIGHLAND KING.''' Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air was turned into a song called "Ye muses nine, O lend your aid," printed in the '''Scots Nightingale''' (2nd edition, 1779). Stenhouse noted the song was printed on song sheets, "and did not appear in any regular collection until the publication of Wilson's '''St. Cecilia''' at Edinburgh in 1779. | '''HIGHLAND KING.''' Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air was turned into a song called "Ye muses nine, O lend your aid," printed in the '''Scots Nightingale''' (2nd edition, 1779). Stenhouse noted the song was printed on song sheets, "and did not appear in any regular collection until the publication of Wilson's '''St. Cecilia''' at Edinburgh in 1779. Another song called "Highland King" appears with a companion lyric, "Highland Queen," in Johnson's '''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 1''' (1787, No. 1, p. 1), set to the same tune, albeit a different one from Oswald's. The melody in the '''Museum''' was attributed to a ship's purser named 'Mr. McVicar' by Robert Burns' friend and informant, Dr. Thomas Blacklock (1721-91). | ||
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HIGHLAND KING. Scottish, Air (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air was turned into a song called "Ye muses nine, O lend your aid," printed in the Scots Nightingale (2nd edition, 1779). Stenhouse noted the song was printed on song sheets, "and did not appear in any regular collection until the publication of Wilson's St. Cecilia at Edinburgh in 1779. Another song called "Highland King" appears with a companion lyric, "Highland Queen," in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. 1 (1787, No. 1, p. 1), set to the same tune, albeit a different one from Oswald's. The melody in the Museum was attributed to a ship's purser named 'Mr. McVicar' by Robert Burns' friend and informant, Dr. Thomas Blacklock (1721-91).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11), c. 1760; p. 130.
Recorded sources: