Annotation:Cainntearachd (2)

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CAINNTEARACHD [2]. Scottish, Pipe Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Graham prints a vocal (puirt à beul [1]) (mouth music) reel and a pipe setting of the same tune. Scots Gaelic words set to the tune are as below. See note for Annotation:Cainntearachd (1) for more on the form.

Theid mi null thair an abhainn,
Thig mi mall tahir an abhainn,
Theid mi null thair an abhainn,
'S fágidh mi 'n táilleir.
Nhein ho haradle,
Nahein hein haradle,
Nahein ho haradle,
Nhein haradle horo.

I'll go over the river,
I'll come over the river,
I'll go over the river,

Source for notated version: Graham & Dunn (Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1), Edinburgh, c. 1830; Nos. 26 & 27, p. 15.

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