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'''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 | '''A MHISG A CHUR AN NOLIG OIRN''' (Christmas Carousing). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). 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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Revision as of 13:38, 1 April 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
A MHISG A CHUR AN NOLIG OIRN (Christmas Carousing). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). 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; p. 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