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DONALD OF DUNDEE. AKA - "Young Donald is the blithest lad." Scottish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. A favorite broadside ballad. The song begins:

Young Donald is the blythest lad
That e'er made love to me;
Whene'er he's by my heart is glad,
He's aye so kind and free;
Then on his pipe he plays so sweet,
And in his plaid he looks sae neat,
It cheers my heart at eve to meet
Young Donald of Dundee.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5), Glasgow, 1797; No. 50, p. 20.

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