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X:1 T:Shan Dol Grigrugh T:Old Donald MacGregor M:C| L:1/8 R:Air B:Robert Riddell – Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes (1794, pp. 14-15) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C A/B/|c2 TBA B2E2|G>AB>c d/c/B/A/ GB|c2 d/c/B/A/ B2E2|A>fe>d Tc>BA:|| B|c>de>^f gg a/g/f/e/|de/^f/ ge d/c/B/A/ GB|Tc>de>^f gg a/g/f/e/| A>fe>d Tc>BA||:B|d/c/B/A/ BE A/B/c/A/ BE|G/F/G/A/ Bc d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/| d/c/B/A/ BE A/B/c/A/ BE|A>f e/f/e/d/ Tc>BA:||B|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ gg a/g/f/e/| dgBg d/c/B/A/ GB|cB/A/ dc/B/ e2E2|A>fe>d Tc>BA|| |:B|c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/ c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/|G/F/G/A/ B/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/| c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/ c/E/E/E/ B/E/E/E/|A>f e/f/e/d/ Tc>BA:||B|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ gg a/g/f/e/| d/e/^f/a/ ge d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ gg a/g/f/e/| a/g/^f/g/ a/g/f/e/ c/d/c/B/ A/B/c/A/|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/^f/ g/f/g/a/ g/a/g/e/| d/e/^f/d/ e/f/g/e/ d/c/B/A/ G/A/B/G/|A/B/c/A/ B/c/d/B/ e2E2|A>fe>d Tc>BA|| |:B|cABE cABE|GABc d/c/B/A/ GB|cB/A/ BE cB/A/ BE|A>f e/f/d/e/ Tc>BA:|| B|cde^f gage|dgBg d/c/B/A/ GB|cde^f gage|aT^gae Tc>BA>B| cde^f gage|(d/g/^f/g/) (B/g/f/g/) d/c/B/A/ GB|cAdB eE E/F/G/E/|A>f e/f/d/e/ Tc>BA:|]



OLD DONALD MACGREGOR (Shan Dol Grigrugh). Scottish, Air (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCDEEFGGH. The tune is attributed to John Bruce, a fiddler from Dumfries. As a Jacobite, it was said that he was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle after the defeat of 1745 until his skill as a fiddler helped free him. Alexander Whitelaw, in The Book of Scottish Song (1842) says that Bruce composed the air called "O Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - "This Highland Tune I got from John Bruce, a remarkable Reel Fiddler in Dumfries, I never saw this set in print" [Riddell].

Printed sources : - :Robert Riddell (Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes), 1794; pp. 14-15.

Recorded sources: -



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