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'''A MHISG A CHUR AN NOLIG OIRN''' (Christmas Carousing). | '''A MHISG A CHUR AN NOLIG OIRN''' (Christmas Carousing). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The Gaelic title is translated as ‘Christmas Carousing’. The word ‘carousing’ derives from the Danes. A rouse was a large glass that was filled with an alcoholic beverage for drinking a health; the drinking of the health by the assembled company formed a carouse. There could be no carouse unless the glasses were emptied (Hackwood, 1909). | ||
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Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. | ''Source for notated version'': | ||
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''Printed sources'': MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; pg. 14. | |||
The Gaelic title is translated as ‘Christmas Carousing’. The word ‘carousing’ derives from the Danes. A rouse was a large glass that was filled with an alcoholic beverage for drinking a health; the drinking of the health by the assembled company formed a carouse. There could be no carouse unless the glasses were emptied (Hackwood, 1909). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 14. | <br> | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal> Seaforth Collection. Flying Fish FF 299, Battlefield Band ‑ "There's a Buzz" (1982. Appears as "Christmas Carousal"). Green Linnet GLCD1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts 1987-1996.” Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – “Ronan Martin” (2008).</font> | |||
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*See also listings at: | *See also listings at: | ||
**Alan Snyder’s [[http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2.html Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index]] | **Alan Snyder’s [[http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2.html Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index]] | ||
**Jane Keefer’s [[http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m07.htm#Mhiacha Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources]] | **Jane Keefer’s [[http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m07.htm#Mhiacha Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources]] | ||
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Tune properties and standard notation
A MHISG A CHUR AN NOLIG OIRN (Christmas Carousing). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The Gaelic title is translated as ‘Christmas Carousing’. The word ‘carousing’ derives from the Danes. A rouse was a large glass that was filled with an alcoholic beverage for drinking a health; the drinking of the health by the assembled company formed a carouse. There could be no carouse unless the glasses were emptied (Hackwood, 1909).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 14.
Recorded sources: Seaforth Collection. Flying Fish FF 299, Battlefield Band ‑ "There's a Buzz" (1982. Appears as "Christmas Carousal"). Green Linnet GLCD1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts 1987-1996.” Wildcat Records WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – “Ronan Martin” (2008).
- See also listings at:
- Alan Snyder’s [Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index]
- Jane Keefer’s [Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources]