Annotation:Donald Dinnie
X:1 % T:Donald Dinnie C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/8 R:Air C:J. Scott Skinner B:Skinner - The Logie Collection (1888, p. 91) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A,<D F>D G>E F<A|f>e d>B A<F [C2E2]|A,<D F>D G>E F<A| |1 f>e d<B A<F D2:|2 f>e d<B A<c d2||g|f>ed>B A<DF<A| f>e d>B A<F [C2E2]|f>e d>B .A.D.F.A|(B>d) c<e A>c {c}d2|f>ed>B A<D F<A| f>e d>B A<F [C2E2]|(3A,DF (3AFD (3ABc (3dag|(3fed (3cdB A<F [A,2D2]||
DONALD DINNIE. Scottish, Air (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. Composed by fiddler-composer and dancing master biography:James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), with to words by "W.D.J." in praise of Highland athlete Donald Dinnie
W.D.J.'s first stanzas go:
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Ken ye muckle Donald Dinnie?
Scotia's champion athlete!
At the caber, weights an' hammer,
Never yet was Donald beat.
Likewise he can puit an' wrestle--
Ay! wi' ony in the ring;
Foot the boards at Ghillie Callum,
Hullichan, an' Highland Fling.