Annotation:Maiden Fond of Mirth

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MAIDEN FOND OF MIRTH (Nighean donn an t-sugraidh). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "This air, and "Rowing From Isla to Uist," the editor acquired from a gentleman belonging to the island of Uist, and is given exactly as sung by him" (Fraser).

Capt. Simon Fraser of Knockie

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 46, p. 16.

Recorded sources:

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