Annotation:Lowlands of Scotland (The)
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LOWLANDS OF SCOTLAND, THE. AKA and see "My Love is Far Away," "Scotch Mary." Scottish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kennedy): AA'BB' (Kerr). The reel is traditionally paired with the strathspey "Highlands of Scotland." It appears (as "Lowlands of Scotland") in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman. although Goodman's setting is distanced from that printed in the Kerr's collection.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 115, p. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 116, p. 14.
Recorded sources: Maggie's Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout - "Scottish Fire" (2000).