Annotation:Ranting Highlandman (1) (The)

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RANTING HIGHLAND MAN [1], THE. AKA “Ranting Highlander (The),” “Ranting Highlandman.” AKA and see "O an ye were dead guidman," "White Cockade (1) (The)," "Highland Laddie (3) (The)," "Fiddler's Morris," "Duke of Buccleugh's Tune (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian (Gow, Young): G Mixolydian (Walsh). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Gow): AABB (Walsh, Young): AABB' (Kerr). The tune appears as “A Ranting Highland Man” in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734." It also can be found contained in James Aird's 1782 collection (p. 1), and in the [James] Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). The tune was later re-titled "The White Cockade" and has enjoyed considerable fame under that title.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository, Part 1), 1799; p. 23. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 42, p. 7. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), 1731; p. 8. David Young (Drummond Castle/Duke of Perth Manuscript), 1734; No. 35.

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