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|f_annotation='''GLENLYON'S PIPER'''. AKA and see "[[Glenlyon (1)]]." Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  The title probably refers to Glenlyon piper High MacKenzie, who is reported to have piped "A Breadalbane rant in triumph" as a postscript to Captain Robert Campbell 5th of Glenlyon's winter massacre of the Glencoe MacDonalds in 1692.  As well, it is also traditionally said the march known as "Breadalbane's" and the "Wives of the Glen," was played by Glenlyon's piper early on the morning of the fatal event to warn the Maclains.  
|f_annotation='''GLENLYON'S PIPER'''. AKA and see "[[Glenlyon (1)]]." Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.  The title probably refers to Glenlyon piper High MacKenzie, who is reported to have piped "A Breadalbane rant in triumph" as a postscript to Captain Robert Campbell 5th of Glenlyon's winter massacre of the Glencoe MacDonalds in 1692.  As well, it is also traditionally said the march known as "Breadalbane's" and the "Wives of the Glen," was played by Glenlyon's piper early on the morning of the fatal event to warn the MacDonalds.  
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|f_printed_sources=Joseph Lowe ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 5 (1844-45; p. 15.  MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 186.
|f_printed_sources=Joseph Lowe ('''Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 5 (1844-45; p. 15.  MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 186.

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GLENLYON'S PIPER. AKA and see "Glenlyon (1)." Scottish, Reel (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title probably refers to Glenlyon piper High MacKenzie, who is reported to have piped "A Breadalbane rant in triumph" as a postscript to Captain Robert Campbell 5th of Glenlyon's winter massacre of the Glencoe MacDonalds in 1692. As well, it is also traditionally said the march known as "Breadalbane's" and the "Wives of the Glen," was played by Glenlyon's piper early on the morning of the fatal event to warn the MacDonalds.


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Printed sources : - Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 5 (1844-45; p. 15. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 186.



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



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