Annotation:Highlander's Jig
Tune properties and standard notation
HIGHLANDER'S JIG. AKA - "Highlander (The)." AKA and see "Cold Winds from Ben Wyviss," "Forest and Glen" "Graham's Brook," "Patrick's Jig." Scottish, Canadian; Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Codroy Valley, Newfoundland, fiddler Walter MacIsaac has recorded the tune under the title "Graham's Brook."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 107. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 301, p. 32.
Recorded sources: Celtic CX20, The Five MacDonald Fiddlers (c. 1957. Appears as "Forest and Glen"). IMS-WMRCI-759, Winnie Chafe - "Cape Breton Scottish Memories"(1979. Appears as "Cold Winds from Ben Wyvisss"). SLMC-1001, Sandy MacIntyre - "Cape Breton...My Land and Music" (c. 1980. 1st in "Set of Two Jigs").
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]