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Theme code Index	557b6 4547bL
Also known as	Black Laddie (The), Black Mill (The), Dark Mill (The), Devil's Mills (The), Mullin Dhu (The), Oyster Wife's Rant, Oyster Wives Rant (The), Snuff in the Black Mill
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Pipe, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	2/2
History	CANADA(Maritimes/English)
Structure	AB, AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:James Aird
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch English Irish and Foreign Airs
Tune and/or Page number	No. 3, p. 3
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1803
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Tune annotations

X:1
T:Snuff in the Black Mill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:James Christie music manuscript collection (Northeast Scotland, 1730-1760)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g|edef gage|dGBG (B/c/d)BG|edef gage|dBgB A2A:|
|:g|e(AA)B e(AA)B|dGBG BdBG|e(AA)B e(AA)B|dBgB A2A:|]

X:1
T:Mullindough, or the Black Laddie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel or Strathspey
B:Aird - Aird's 6th and Last Volume of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (c. 1803, No. 3, p. 3)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Ador
g|Tedef g2 (f>e)|dG (e/d/c/B/) dGGg|{f}edef g2 f>e|dBgB [A2e2] [Ae]g|
Te>def Tg2 f>e|d>gB>g d>gB>g|Te>def gbeg|d<Bg>B A2A||
g|Te>Ae>d eAAB|dG (e/d/c/B/) dGGg|e>Ae>d eAAB|d>Bg>B A2 Ag|
e>Ae>d eAAB|dGdB dGGg|e>Ae>f g<be>g|d<gB>g A2A||

X:1
T:Black Mill, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:William Ross - Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1869, No. 166, p. 116).
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amix
a|edef g2 fe|BGdG Bcda|e>def g2 ea|BGdB AAAa|
cdef g2 fe|dgBg dgBa|e>def g2 ea|BGdB AAA||
a|eAed eAAg|BGdB dBGa|eAed eAAg|BGdB AAAa|
eAed eAAg|BGdB dBGa|edef gaeg|dgBg AAA||

X:1
T:Muileann Dubh
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:A (Minor?)
a|ede^f g2fe|dGdB dGdg|ede^f g2 fe|dBdB A2 A>a|ede^f g2fe|
dGdB dBdg|ede^f gage|dBgB A2A||
a|eAed eAAB|dGdB dGGg|eAed eAAB|dGdB A2 A>a|
eAed eAAB|dGdB dGGg|ede^f gbge|dgBg A2A||

X:2
T:Mullindhu
D:Jock Tamson's Bairns
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
A>G AB C2 BA|GC C/B,/C GC C/B,/C|A>G AB C2 BA|GC C/B,/C D3 z:|]
ADAD AD D/C/D|GCGC GC C/B,/C|A>G AB C2 BA|GC C/B,/C D3 z:|]

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