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'''BLACK DONALD''' (Domhnall Dubh). Scottish, Air and Strathspey. A Major/Mixolydian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. The air is a popular puirt-a-beul, or Gaelic mouth-music, tune from the Scottish Gaidheltachd. The words tell of a boy who marries "slightly above his station." | '''BLACK DONALD''' (Domhnall Dubh). Scottish, Air and Strathspey. A Major/Mixolydian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air is a popular puirt-a-beul, or Gaelic mouth-music, tune from the Scottish Gaidheltachd. The words tell of a boy who marries "slightly above his station." | ||
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BLACK DONALD (Domhnall Dubh). Scottish, Air and Strathspey. A Major/Mixolydian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air is a popular puirt-a-beul, or Gaelic mouth-music, tune from the Scottish Gaidheltachd. The words tell of a boy who marries "slightly above his station."
Printed source: Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), vol. 10, 1992 (revised 2001); p. 4.
Recorded source: Culburnie Records CUL102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher - "The Driven Bow" (1988). Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie - "Crosswinds" (1987).
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