Annotation:Kiss the Lass Ye Like Best (2)

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KISS THE LASS YE LIKE BEST [2]. AKA and see "Black Puddings," "Ruidhle na Maragan Dubh" (Reel of the Black Puddings). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than MacDonald's (Skye) "Kiss the Lass Ye Like the Best (1)." The melody appears in the (James ) Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), but John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 54). The melody has been recorded by a few Cape Breton fiddlers, including Cape Breton/Boston fiddler Bill Lamey (1914-1991). MacDonald's Athole Collection gives the tune under the title "Ruidhle na Maragan Dubh" (Reel of the Black Puddings).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 54. Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 86, p. 26. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 5. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 179 (appears as "Kiss the Lass").

Recorded sources: Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland - "Parlor Music" (2005).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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