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'''PIPER’S WEIRD, THE''' (Macrimmon). Scottish, Pibroch (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The title is from a poem by W. McCombie Smith of the same title, | '''PIPER’S WEIRD, THE''' (Macrimmon). Scottish, Pibroch (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The title is from a poem by W. McCombie Smith (thought to have been a school-master in the north-east of Scotland) of the same title, honoring in the famous piping family of Macrimmon. It begins:[[File:skinner.jpg|300px|thumb|left|J. Scott Skinner]] | ||
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The MacCrimmons were hereditary pipers to the MacLeods of Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. This lament is said to have been written by their piper Donald Bàn MacCrimmon, a reluctant participant in the crown forces arrayed against the Highlanders of Bonnie Prince Charlie in the rising of 1745. MacCrimmon was following the command of his laird, but had a presentiment of his death. 'Weird' is a Scots word which means a person's destiny. | |||
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Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t24.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t24.html]<br> | ||
See Skinner's handwritten notation at the Univ. of Aberdeen's Skinner site [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0173]<br> | |||
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PIPER’S WEIRD, THE (Macrimmon). Scottish, Pibroch (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The title is from a poem by W. McCombie Smith (thought to have been a school-master in the north-east of Scotland) of the same title, honoring in the famous piping family of Macrimmon. It begins:
The slogan of war is heard in the glen,
It thrills through the hearts of women and men;
The bravest go forth with broadsword and shield,
The dauntless in heart who never will yield.
I go, I go, no more to return,
My pipes’ last blast the foe long shall mourn,
A long farewell, O loved land of Skye!—
Macrimmon goes forth to conquer and die.
The MacCrimmons were hereditary pipers to the MacLeods of Dunvegan, Isle of Skye. This lament is said to have been written by their piper Donald Bàn MacCrimmon, a reluctant participant in the crown forces arrayed against the Highlanders of Bonnie Prince Charlie in the rising of 1745. MacCrimmon was following the command of his laird, but had a presentiment of his death. 'Weird' is a Scots word which means a person's destiny.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 14. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 150 (includes a variation set).
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
See Skinner's handwritten notation at the Univ. of Aberdeen's Skinner site [2]