Annotation:More n'ighean ghiberlain
X:1 T:Mòr nian a’ Ghiobarlain M:C L:1/8 R:Air O:”Argyleshire Air” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1785, No. 137, p. 21) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin V:1 A2 A>B e2 {e}d>B|A2 A>G TB>AA>B|{B}d2 d>c TB2 A>G|E2 G>A {A}G>E E2| D>EG>A G2 G>g|e2 g>^f e>d B2|d>eg>^f {f}e2 dc|TBA{A}e>d TB>A A2:| V:2 clef = bass A,2A,,2C,2 D,>E,|F,2D,2E,2A,,2|G,,2B,,>A,, G,,2B,,2|C,2B,,2C,2C,2| B,,2C,2B,,2G,,2|C,2B,,2C,2G,,2|B,,2G,,2C,2z2|D,2C,D, E,2A,,2:|
MORE N'IGHEAN GHIBERLAIN. AKA - "Mòr nighean a' ghiobarlain." AKA and see "Gaberlunzie's Daughter (The)." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Appears in one of James Oswald's 1742 collections entitled Curious Scots Tunes. The song (with tune) was also collected by Elizabeth Jane Ross (1789-1875) from singers on the island of Raasay around 1812, and appears in her manuscript collection [1]. Ross played the piano and the harp, and reportedly was an excellent amateur musician. As a ward of Lord Moira, she traveled to India with her sister, where she married Sir Charles D'Oyly, baronet, who worked for the East India Company. He was a talented painter, and their home at Patna in Bihar became a focal point of artistic activity for the expatriate community.
