Annotation:Old Donald MacGregor

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X:1 T:Shan Dol Grigrugh T:Old Donald MacGregor M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:Robert Riddell – Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes (1794, pp. 14-15) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C A/B/|c2 TBA B2E2|G>AB>c d/c/B/A/ GB|c2 d/c/B/A/ B2E2|A>fe>d Tc>BA:|| B|c>de>^f gg a/g/f/e/|de/^f/ ge d/c/B/A/ GB|Tc>de>^f gg a/g/f/e/| A>fe>d Tc>BA||:B|d/c/B/A/ BE A/B/c/A/ BE|G/F/G/A/ Bc d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/| d/c/B/A/ BE A/B/c/A/ BE|A>f e/f/e/d/ Tc>BA:||B|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ gg a/g/f/e/| dgBg d/c/B/A/ GB|cB/A/ dc/B/ e2E2|A>fe>d Tc>BA|| |:B|c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/ c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/|G/F/G/A/ B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/| c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/ c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/|A>f e/f/e/d/ Tc>BA:||B|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ gg a/g/f/e/| d/e/^f/a/ ge d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ gg a/g/f/e/| a/g/^f/g/ a/g/f/e/ c/d/c/B/ A/B/c/A/|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ g/f/g/a/ g/a/g/e/| d/e/^f/d/ e/f/g/e/ d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/|A/B/c/A/ B/c/d/B/ e2E2|A>fe>d Tc>BA|| |:B|cABE cABE|GABc d/c/B/A/ GB|cB/A/ BE cB/A/ BE|A>f e/f/d/e/ Tc>BA:|| B|cde^f gage|dgBg d/c/B/A/ GB|cde^f gage|aT^gae Tc>BA>B| cde^f gage|(d/g/^f/g/) (B/g/f/g/) d/c/B/A/ GB|cAdB eE E/F/G/E/|A>f e/f/d/e/ Tc>BA:|]

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OLD DONALD MACGREGOR (Shan Dol Grigrugh). Scottish, Air (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCDEEFGGH. The tune is attributed to John Bruce, a fiddler from Dumfries. As a Jacobite, it was said that he was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle after the defeat of 1745 until his skill as a fiddler helped free him. Alexander Whitelaw, in The Book of Scottish Song (1842) says that Bruce composed the air called "O whistle and I'll come to you my lad."