Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The) (Tune list) | |
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Format: | Engraving |
Publisher: | Edinburgh: Printed for the Author |
Author: | Simon Fraser |
Collector: | Simon Fraser |
Year of publication or Date of MS: | 1816 |
Contents
No. | Tune (English) | Tune (Gàidhlig) | Rhythm | Key |
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1 | Languor of Love (The) | Tha mi tinn leis a'Ghaol | Air | D major |
2 | Rebel War Song (The) | Eiridh na Finnacha' Gaelach Aelach | Air/March | D major |
3 | Grant of Sheuglie's Contest | Màiri Nighean Deorsa | Air | A major |
4 | Farewell Darling Youth | Soraidh slan do'n ailleagan | Air | A major |
5 | Highland Society of Scotland (The) | Comunn Rioghail Gaidhealach (An) | Strathspey | A major |
6 | Hogmanay | Soraidh leis an t-seana bhliadhna | Strathspey | A major |
7 | St. Kilda Wedding (The) | A' Bhanais Irteach | Reel | A major |
8 | Battle of Kinloch Lochy (The) | Blar Leine | Air | C minor |
9 | Cow Boy (The) | Giullan nam Bo | Air | Eb major |
10 | Traveller Benighted in Snow (The) | Siubhal an t'sneachd tre oiche | Air | Eb major |
11 | Orphan (The) | Dilleachdan (An) | Air | C minor |
12 | Loch Ruthven | Loch Ruadhainn | Strathspey | C minor |
13 | Feet Washing (The) | Oidhche ro' na phosadh (An) | Reel | C minor |
14 | Glengarry's Foxhunter | Niall Brochdair | Air | Bb major |
15 | Dunrobin Castle | Caisteal Dunrobainn | Strathspey | Bb major |
16 | Banks of Loch Ness (The) | Bruachan Loch Nis | Strathspey | G minor |
17 | Wedding Ring (The) | Port na Fainne | Reel | G minor |
18 | Chieftain's Lament (The) | Do chinneadh bhi gun cheann | Air | G minor |
19 | Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn (The) | Chaora chrom | Strathspey | G minor |
20 | I'll Break Your Head for You | Buailidh mi thu anns a' cheann | Reel | G minor |
21 | Weaver has a Daughter (The) | Tha Nighean aig a'bhreabadair | Strathspey | G minor |
22 | Goat Pen (The) | Cro Nan Gobhar | Jig | F major |
23 | Lord Reay | Mac Aoidh | Air | F major |
24 | Rob Donn Mackay the Poet | Rob Doun | Air | F major |
25 | Forest Where the Deer Resort (The) | Sud an gleann 'sam be na feidh | Strathspey | D minor |
26 | Kilchattan Wedding (The) | Calum Figheadair | Reel | D minor |
27 | Ossianic Air | Dan Ossian | Air | D minor |
28 | Ossianic Air, An | Fonn gnathaichte do bhriathraibh Oisein | Air | A major |
29 | Glengarry | Mac mhic Alastair | Strathspey | A major |
30 | Annie is My Darling | Anna t'hug me gradh dhuit | Reel | A major |
31 | Keppoch Desolate | A' Cheapach na fasach | Air | F# minor |
32 | Inveraray Castle | Caisteal Inbher-aora | Strathspey | F# minor |
33 | Dram Shell (The) | Botal dubh 's an t-slige chreachann (Am) | Reel | F# minor |
34 | I Am Asleep | Tha mi mo chadel | Air | F major |
35 | Highlands of Banffshire (The) | Braigh Bhanbh | Strathspey | F major |
36 | Merry Making (The) | A' Chridhealachd | Reel | F major |
37 | Inheritance of the Laird of McLeod | Tallamh bu ghna do Mhacleod (An) | Air | F major |
38 | Glen of Copsewood (The) | Airidh nam badan | Air | F major |
39 | Short Apron | t-Aparan goirid (An) | Air | C major |
40 | New Year's Day | Bhlian ur | Strathspey | C major |
41 | Catch and Kiss the Romp | Nach beir thu air a'bhana mhearlach | Reel | C major |
42 | What care I for the Minister? | Coma leam fein am Ministear | Jig | C major |
43 | Haggis (The) | Teigeis agus dealg innte | Reel | C major |
44 | Braes of Lochiel (The) | Braigh Loch Iall | Air | A minor |
45 | Rowing from Isla to Uist | Iomramh eadar Il' a's Uist | Air | A minor |
46 | Maiden Fond of Mirth | Nighean donn an t-sugraidh | Air | A minor |
47 | Mary young and fair | Mhàiri bhàn òg | Air | A minor |
48 | Rinettan's Daughter | Nighean bodach an Roainaitinn | Strathspey | C major |
49 | Pipe Slang (The) | Feadan glan a'phiobair | Reel | A minor |
50 | John the Shepherd of Glengarry | Iain an Cibeir | Air | Bb major |
51 | Urquhart Castle | Caisteal Urchudain | Strathspey | Bb major |
52 | Scolding Wives of Abertarff (The) | Mnathan trodach Obair-thairbh | Reel | G minor |
53 | Maid of Sutherland (The) | Nighean donn a buain nan dearcag | Air | G minor |
54 | Shealing in the Braes of Rannoch (The) | Bothan airidh ‘m braighe Raineach | Air | G minor |
55 | Dairymaid (The) | Bhanarach dhonn a' chruidh | Air | G minor |
56 | Hymn to the Saviour | Laoidh an t-Slanuighear | Air | G major |
57 | Massacre of Glencoe (The) | Mort ghlinne-comhainn | Air | G major |
58 | My Love in Secret | Mo leannan falaich | Air | G major |
59 | Lord Lovat Beheaded | Mac Shimi mor a basachadh | Air | A minor |
60 | In dispraise of whisky | Di-moladh an Uisge-bheatha | Air | G major |
61 | How Can We Abstain from Whisky | Cia mar is urra' sinn fuireach o'n Dram | Air | G major |
62 | My favourite if I could get thee | 'Stu mo luaidh na'm faighinn thu | Air | Bb major |
63 | My wife has scolded me | Throd mo bhean a's throd i rium | Air | G minor |
64 | Bonfire (The) | Tein'-aigheir air gach beann dhiubh | Strathspey | G minor |
65 | Macleod's Daughter | Nighean Thormaid | Air | G minor |
66 | Laddie I Esteem You | A' Ghille dhuinn is toigh leam thu | Air | G minor |
67 | Spot Where My Forefathers Dwelt (The) | Mo Dhuthchas | Strathspey | D major |
68 | Lovat's Restoration | Thuair M'Shimi n' oireachd | Strathspey | D major |
69 | Darling of the Uist Lasses (The) | Mac a'Bhaillidh á Uist | Reel | D major |
70 | Jet black haired youth (The) | Gille dubh ciar-dhubh (An) | Air | D major |
71 | Hamlet where my lover dwells (The) | Baile 'm beil mo leannan fein (Am) | Air | G major |
72 | Source of Spey (The) | Madhair Spea | Strathspey | E minor |
73 | Spraith of the Lowlands now Graze in the Glens (The) | Crodh laoigh nam bodach | Air | E minor |
74 | Periwig (The) | A' Phiorbhuic | Reel | G major |
75 | Small is my inclination to sleep | 'S beag mo shunnd ris a’ chadal | Air | E minor |
76 | Clanalpin Chief (The) | Roderick Dhu | Air | D minor |
77 | Balquhidder | Bochuidear | Air | F major |
78 | Well may I behold my faithful brown hair’d Maid | Gu mo slan a chi mi chailin dileas donn | Air | D minor |
79 | Ba-ba My Baby | Babà Mo Leanabh | Air | D minor |
80 | Miller Lads | Gillean ban a' mhuilleir | Strathspey | F major |
81 | Highland Troop (The) | Trupa Ghaidhealach (An) | Air | G major |
82 | Glenmoriston | Tighearna Ghlinnemoreastuinn | Strathspey | G major |
83 | Cross of Inverness (The) | Clach na Cudain | Reel | G major |
84 | My Lover Wounded | Mo ghradh fo leoin | Air | G major |
85 | Any Privation But This | Creach na ciadainn | Air | G major |
86 | Minstrel of the Macdonalds (The) | Smeorach Chlainn Domhnuill | Air | A minor |
87 | Duncan MacQueen | Donnacha Mac Shuine | Strathspey | A minor |
88 | How melancholy am I | Gur muladach a ta mi | Air | A minor |
89 | Great Glen of Scotland (The) | Gleann Mor na h-Albainn | Air | D major |
90 | General Gathering 1745 (The) | An cruinneacha' iomlan ludhair | Jig | D major |
91 | Ferintosh | Toisheacdh | Strathspey | D major |
92 | Bedding of the Bride | Bean na bàinnse | Reel | D major |
93 | Safely Landed | Fallain gun dìth thainig e | Air | D major |
94 | Death of My Friend (The) | 'Se so marbhrann mo charaid | Air | F minor |
95 | Crossing to Ireland | t-Aiseadh do dh' Eireann (An) | Air | F minor |
96 | Bonny Barbara MacPherson | Barbara Nic a' Phearsain | Air | F minor |
97 | Waes Me for Charlie | Och a’s ochan mo chàradh | Air | F minor |
98 | This Gloom on My Soul | Tha m'aigne fo ghruaim | Air | A major |
99 | Huntly's Wedding Medley | Bainnais Marc Hundhuin | Strathspey | A major |
100 | Merry May the Pair Be | Gu ma mear a charaid | Reel | A major |
101 | Poet's Grave (The) | Uaigh a' Bhaird | Air | A major |
102 | Corrimony | Coire Mhònaidh | Strathspey | A major |
103 | Beaufort Castle | Caisteal Dùnaidh | Reel | A major |
104 | Boat of my Lover (The) | Fear a' Bhàta | Air | Bb major |
105 | Cock of the North (The) | Coileach an Taobh-Tuath | Strathspey | Bb major |
106 | Fair Fa' the Minstrel | Mart dhe crodh a' Mheineirich | Reel | Bb major |
107 | Sequestered Beauty (The) | Euchdag (An) | Air | Bb major |
108 | Listen sweet girl listen | Éisd mo chaileag éisd | Air | B minor |
109 | King's Health (The) | Deoch slaint' an Righ | Air | B minor |
110 | Well may Charlie wear the Crown | Gu ma maigh thig an crùn dha Tearlach | Air | B minor |
111 | Dawted Mary | Maìri Bheadarach | Reel | B minor |
112 | Place true Love thine arm around me | Cuir a Chion Dilis Tharam do Lamh | Air | B minor |
113 | Sweet May morning | Madainn chiuin cheitein | Air | E minor |
114 | Margaret Macdonald | Mairearad nighean Dòmhnuill | Air | E minor |
115 | Lachlann with the jet black hair | Lachlann Dubh | Air | E minor |
116 | My heart is broke since thy departure | Gun bhris mo chridh' o'n dh' fhalbh thu | Air | F major |
117 | Chisholm (The) | 'S Toigh Leam Fhéin an t-Siosalach | Strathspey | F major |
118 | Kinrara | Ceanrara | Reel | F major |
119 | Marion | Mòrag | Air | D minor |
120 | Driving the Steers | Ioman nan gàmhna | Air | F major |
121 | Good Wife Admit the Wanderer | A Bhean an taigh | Air | Bb major |
122 | Rebels in Their Hiding Places (The) | Nach bochd a bhi 'm falach | Air | Bb major |
123 | Strath Errick | Strath Faraghaic | Strathspey | Bb major |
124 | Fraser Arms (The) | Ceann an fheidh | Reel | Bb major |
125 | Hard is My Fate | Nach truagh mo chàs | Air | Bb major |
126 | Each Ailment but Love | Gach Tinneas ach Gaol | Air | C major |
127 | Highland Dress and Armour | Cuir nall an eile' bheag is cur nall an armacdh | Strathspey | C major |
128 | Moy Hall | M'hoidh | Reel | C major |
129 | Fingalian Air (A) | Fonn air Dàin Féinne | Air | C major |
130 | Round with a Health to Glorious Wellington | Deoch slàinte do'n àrmailt | March | F major |
131 | Lord Lovat's Welcome | Morfhear Shimm' | Strathspey | F major |
132 | Inverness Lasses | Cailleagan a bhail mhoir | Reel | F major |
133 | Sandy is My Love | Alastair m' annsachd | Air | F major |
134 | Helen Douglas | Eilidh Dhùghlas | Air | C major |
135 | Hawthorne Tree of Cawdor | Freumh a's Craobh Taigh Challadair | Strathspey/Air | A minor |
136 | Wha'll be King but Charlie | Se'n Righ a th'againn is fearr leinn | Air | A minor |
137 | Will you run awa' wi' me | N' dean ruidh air falbh leam | Reel | C major |
138 | My Bonny Brunette | Ho! Rò! Mo nighean dònn bhoidheach | Air | E minor |
139 | Rover (The) | Ho! 'se mo rùn an t-òigear | Strathspey | E minor |
140 | Keep It Up | As a Thòiseach | Reel | E minor |
141 | Dairyman's Daughter (The) | Hoirrionn O! air nighean an àirich | Strathspey | E minor |
142 | Black Haired Nymph Forsake Me Not | Mo nighean dubh na tréig mi | Air | E minor |
143 | Culloden Day | Cuala sibh mar thachair dhuinn (An) | Strathspey | G minor |
144 | Come Along and Keep Your Promise | Teann a nall is cum do ghealladh | Strathspey | Eb major |
145 | I'll kiss the bonny lassie oh! | Air m'fhalluinn bheirinn pog dhi | Reel | Eb major |
146 | Rotha's Lament | Cumha Rotha | Air | Eb major |
147 | Stolen Breeks (The) | Brigus mhic Ruaridh | Air | Eb major |
148 | Caledonia's Wail for Niel Gow Her Favourite Minstrel | Caoidh na h-Alb airson Neill Ghobha | Strathspey | B minor |
149 | Niel Gow's Style | Staoileach Neill Gobha | Strathspey | B minor |
150 | Golden Locks | Nighean bhuidhe bhoidheach | Reel | B minor |
151 | Mary McLeod's Cronan | Cronan Mari Nighean Alastair ruaigh | Air | D major |
152 | Rosing Time Piece (A) | Iorram iomraimh | Air | D major |
153 | What pain I've endured since last year | Gur mis tha gu cràiteach o'n uiridh | Air | E minor |
154 | Cairngorum Mountain | Carn Gorm (An) | Air | G major |
155 | Strathspey | Strath Spea | Strathspey | E minor |
156 | Nuptial Knot (The) | Snaim a'phòsaidh | Jig | E minor |
157 | Thou Hast Left Me Melancholy | Dh' Fhag Thu Mi Fo Bhron | Air | D major |
158 | Belladrum House | Taigh Bhelladrum | Strathspey | D major |
159 | Deil Tak' the Breeks | O gràin air na briogaisean | Reel | D major |
160 | I Care for Nothing Now | Hò gur coma leam h-uile ni th’ ann | Air | D major |
161 | Sitting in the Stern of a Boat | Mi'm shuidh' an deireadh bàta | Air | G major |
162 | Killiechassie | Cill-a-Chasaidh | Strathspey | G major |
163 | Highland Road to Inverness | Druim Uachdair | Reel | G major |
164 | Favorite Dram (The) | Ho rò mo bhoban an dràm | Jig | G major |
165 | My Love to-day as heretofore | Mo rùn an diugh mar an dé thu | Air | G major |
166 | Tyndrum | Tigh an drom | Air | B minor |
167 | My Love is fixed upon her | Tha mo ghaol air an nighean | Air | B minor |
168 | Sportsman's Haunt | An monadh liadh | Strathspey | B minor |
169 | High Road to Fort Augustus | Coir a Ghearraigh | Reel | B minor |
170 | Beauty charming fair and young | Ribhinn àlainn eibhinn og | Air | B minor |
171 | Cottage Adjoining the Fall (The) | Bothan an Easan | Air | G major |
172 | North Hunt (The) | An t' Sealg | Strathspey | G major |
173 | Rendezvous (The) | A' Choisir | Reel | G major |
174 | My darling has deceived me | Rinn m'eudail mo mhealladh | Air | G major |
175 | Who Will Dandle My Mary? | Co a ni mire ri Màiri | Air | G major |
176 | Lady Lovat | Gaintighearna Mhic Shimi | Strathspey | D major |
177 | Bonniest Wife this side of Lord Reay's Country (The) | 'S ann agam tha bheanag is Maisiche Sùil | Air | D major |
178 | Laird of Brodie (The) | Tighearna Bhrodhi | Strathspey | D major |
179 | Sleep on till day | Caidil gu la | Air | D major |
180 | Well may my true love arrive | Slàn gun tig mo rùn a nall | Air | Eb major |
181 | Beauty of the North (The) | Mais' an Taobh Tuath | Strathspey | Eb major |
182 | Novelty (The) | Nuadhalachd | Reel | Eb major |
183 | Ancient Barons of Kelravock (The) | Barain Chulrabhaig | Air | Eb major |
184 | Jolly Companions (The) | Compaich ag òl (Na) | Air | Eb major |
185 | Hero Never Dies (A) | Cha bhàs thig air Laoch ach cadal | Air | D minor |
186 | Style of last Century (The) | seann staoileadh (An) | Strathspey | D minor |
187 | Willie's auld Trews | Sean triudh's Uillachan | Reel | D minor |
188 | Clanranald | Mac Mhic Ailein | Air | F major |
189 | Tired after an Expedition | Gur trom an deigh mo thurais mi | Air | E minor |
190 | Rob Roy MacGregor | Rob Ruadh Macghriogair | Strathspey | E minor |
191 | Prince Charles | Prionns Tearlach | Reel | E minor |
192 | Lady's Expostulation with Rob Roy (The) | Aslacha na Ban 'tighearn' | Air | G major |
193 | Fall of Fyers | Eas na Smuid | Air | C major |
194 | North Side of the Grampians | Taobh-tuath man garbh-bheann | Strathspey | C major |
195 | John O'Groat's House | Taigh Iain Ghròt | Reel | C major |
196 | My recent gift | Mo chion air an ur-ghibht | Air | C major |
197 | Cease Not to Row Brave Boys | Fhearaibh mo rùin na diultaibh iomairt | Air | C major |
198 | Recollection of that day (The) | O Chiadainn an lò | Air | C major |
199 | Dirge of Mull (The) | Crònan Muileach (An) | Air | A minor |
200 | Where are your Gods and mighty hopes | Cia iad na Dée ‘sna duile treun | Air | A minor |
201 | My Love is Gone to Sea | Chaidh mo leannan null thar sàl | Air | A minor |
202 | Prince Charles's last view of Scotland | Sealladh ma dheireadh thug Tearlach (An) | Air | G minor |
203 | Weaver's Triumph (The) | Tha bhuaidh aig an fhigheadair | Jig | Bb major |
204 | Cheerful Mary | Màiri Ghreannar | Jig | Bb major |
205 | Lady to Her Husband Who Was Killed at the Battle of Culloden (A) | Mo rùn geal og | Air | G minor |
206 | I Can’t Conceal that I Prefer You | Hò! Cha cheilinn nach tu b’fheàrr leam | Air | Bb major |
207 | Pass about the Flagon | Ho cuir nall am bodach | Strathspey | G minor |
208 | Now you're gane awa | O'n a tha thu falbh | Air | D minor |
209 | Marion the Gaberlunzie Man's Daughter | Mor Nighean a' Ghiobarlain | Air | G minor |
210 | Willy will you e'er return | Uilleachan an tig thu chaoidh | Strathspey | F major |
211 | None left at home but Wife and Bairn | Gun duin' aig a'bhaile | Air | F major |
212 | Marchioness Salute (The) | Failte na Ban mharc | Strathspey | F major |
213 | Merry Lads and Bonny Lasses | Fleasgaich og a's Caileagan | Reel | F major |
214 | Isle of Aigas (The) | Eilean Aigeis | Air | C minor |
215 | Fiery Cross (The) | Crann-Tàra (An) | Jig | Eb major |
216 | Macpherson of Strathmashy | Strath-Mhathaisidh | Strathspey | Eb major |
217 | MacDonald Lord of the Isles | Mac Dhomhnuill mòr nan Eilean | Air | C minor |
218 | Sound of War from the Glen (The) | Tha Tairm ann sa Gleann | Air | C minor |
219 | Flora Macdonald's Adieu to the Prince | Tha mi fodh ghruaim | Air | D major |
220 | Fashion which the Lasses have (The) | Fasan th' aig Caileagan (Am) | Reel | F# minor |
221 | Ancient Sports of the Glen (The) | Sealg a's Sùgradh nan gleann | Air | D major |
222 | Lord President Forbes | Tighearna Chuil Fhodair | Strathspey | F# minor |
223 | Darling (The) | Nighean donn ro'bheadarach | Strathspey | F# minor |
224 | Shepherdess (The) | Nighean nan caorach | Jig | F# minor |
225 | Rising of the year 1715 (The) | Tha tighinn fodhan Éiridh | Air | Eb major |
226 | Emigrant's Farewell | Hò cha-n 'eil mulad oirnn | Air | Eb major |
227 | Bonnie Lassie Take Advice | Mo Chailinn Og Thoir le Toigh an Aire Dhomh | Air | Eb major |
228 | Love that has undone me (The) | 'S ole a chuir a mhire ruim | Air | C minor |
229 | Malcolm of the Glen | Calum a' Ghlinne | Air | Eb major |
230 | Editor's Thanks to Mr. Nathaniel Gow (The) | Editor's Thanks to Mr. Nathaniel Gow (The) | Strathspey | Eb major |
231 | Gorthleck's Highland Plaid | Breacan ùr Fhir Ghortuileic | Strathspey | E major |
232 | Belted Plaid and Health to Wear It (The) | Am breacan ur gum meal thu e | Reel | E major |