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One of the core tunes of Scottish repertoire, sometimes published (especially in older collections) with numerous variation sets. The earliest record of the tune is in David Young's Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 10), in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, sometimes called the Duke of Perth MS because of the inscription. Young also included the tune in one of his subsequent manuscript collections, The MacFarlane Manuscript, Part 2 (c. 1740, No. 101, p. 236), albeit under the title "Cuttie Spoon." John Glen (1891) finds the reel in Robert Bremner's 2nd Collection or Scots Reels or Country Dances (London, 1768, p. 108) under the title "Keelum Kallum taa fein." "Gillie Callum" retained its popularity into the next century, and J.S. Skinner, who was a dancing master as well as a celebrated violinist, taught the dance at such places as Elgin and Balmoral (where among other dances he had four children dance Gillie Callum "in a masterly style, such as has not been witnessed in this locality before").

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-|f_track=Sherburn's Breakdown.mp3
+|f_track=Gillie Callum.mp3
-|f_pdf=Sherburn_Breakdown.pdf
+|f_pdf=Gillie Callum.pdf
-|f_artwork=Johnashby.jpg
+|f_artwork=Sandyskinner.jpg
-|f_tune_name=Sherburn's Breakdown
+|f_tune_name=Gillie Callum
-|f_track_title=Sherburn's Breakdown
+|f_track_title=Gillie Callum
-|f_section=abc
+|f_section=X1
-|f_played_by=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd6YCMSbqwM Foghorn Stringband]
+|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/user-300042645 Epiton]
-|f_notes= John Ashby
+|f_notes= James Scott Skinner's brother, Alexander "Sandy" Skinner, performing a sword dance while accompanying himself on the fiddle, c. 1880's.
-|f_caption=The tune comes from the playing of Fauquier County, Virginia, fiddler John Ashby (1915-1979), a member of an old Virginia family whose roots date back to the 17th century in the state.
+|f_caption=Scottish tradition has it that it was first danced by a king of the Scots, Malcolm Canmore (O'Neill says the name is an English version of the Gaelic Callum a chinn mhoir, which "signifies as 'Callum of the big head'), in celebration of his victory at the Battle of Dunsinane in the year 1054.
-|f_source=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd6YCMSbqwM Youtube]
+|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/user-300042645/gillie-callum Soundcloud]
 |f_pix=420
 |f_picpix=200
-|f_article=[[Sherburn's Breakdown | '''Sherburn's Breakdown''']]
+|f_article=[[Gillie Callum | '''Gillie Callum''']]
-The tune comes from the playing of Fauquier County, Virginia, fiddler John Ashby (1915-1979), a member of an old Virginia family whose roots date back to the 17th century in the state. There were several musicians in his immediate family; his father and grandfather as well as several uncles played music. Ashby's band, The Free State Ramblers, was formed in the 1930's and named for a political uprising in his region of Virginia. The title "Sherburn's Breakdown" honors Sherburn Farm, a historic landmark in Fauquier County west of Warrenton and the someplace of John's branch of the Ashby family, deeded to his grandfather Nimrod Ashby around 1840. Ashby was born in three in 1915.
+One of the core tunes of Scottish repertoire, sometimes published (especially in older collections) with numerous variation sets. The earliest record of the tune is in David Young's '''Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2''' (1734, No. 10), in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, sometimes called the '''Duke of Perth MS''' because of the inscription.  Young also included the tune in one of his subsequent manuscript collections, '''The MacFarlane Manuscript, Part 2''' (c. 1740, No. 101, p. 236), albeit under the title "[[Cuttie Spoon]]." John Glen (1891) finds the reel in Robert Bremner's '''2nd Collection or Scots Reels or Country Dances''' (London, 1768, p. 108) under the title "Keelum Kallum taa fein." "Gillie Callum" retained its popularity into the next century, and J.S. Skinner, who was a dancing master as well as a celebrated violinist, taught the dance at such places as Elgin and Balmoral (where among other dances he had four children dance Gillie Callum "in a masterly style, such as has not been witnessed in this locality before").
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