Annotation:Callum Breugach
X:1 T:Callum Brogach M:C L:1/8 Q:"Slow" R:Strathspey B:James Logan - The Scottish Gael; or, Celtic manners, as B:preserved among the Highlanders, vol. 2 (1831, No. III) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A|G<E-TE>G (D>EG>B)|A/A/A e>A Tc>Ae>A|G<ETE>G (D>EG>B)|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A e2| G<E-TE>G (D>EG>B)|AA/A/ Te>A c>Ae>A|G<ETE>G (D>EG>B)|c>AB>G A/A/A e>|| ^f|gTg {^fg}a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G>TB|A/B/c/d/ eA {d}cB/A/ e^Tf|gg a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ TG>B|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A Ta2| g<be<g d<gB<G|G<gA<a B<bA>B|G<E-TE>G D>EG>B|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A e|| f|g<e-Te>g Td>eTg>a|{ga}ba Tag/a/ {ga}baTa>b|g<e-e>g Td>eTg>a|{ga}baag Ta3b| g<ee>g Td>eg>a|{ga}ba Tag/a/ {ga}baa>b|g<e-e>g Td>eTg>a|{ga}b>aa>g Ta2 e|| ^f|gTg {^fg}a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G>B|A/B/c/d/ e>A {d}cB/A/ eT^f|gg a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G>B|Tc>AB>G A/A/A Ta2| g<ae<g d<gB<G|G<gA<a B<bA<B|G<E-TE>G (D>EGB)|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A e||
CALUM BREUGACH (Lying Malcolm). AKA - "Callum Brogach," "Malcom the Liar." AKA and see "Colonel MacDonald's Strathspey." Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Gow): AABCCB (Athole). "Very Old" says MacDonald. Paul Cranford notes that the word brogach, appearing variously as breugach and brougach, means 'lying' but that it can also mean 'filthy' or 'teasing' as well. Glasgow musician and editor James Aird printed the tune as "Colonel MacDonald's Strathspey." The tune was entered as an untitled reel in Book 2 (ITMA No. 121) of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894).
