Annotation:Captain Carswell
Tune properties and standard notation
CAPTAIN CARSWELL. Scottish, Retreat March (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. Composed by Pipe Major William Lawrie [1] (1881-1916), of the 8th Argyllshire Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He became ill while fighting with his unit in France in World War I, was invalided home, but did not recover.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Whirlie Records, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham - "Spring the Summer Long" (2002).
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings [2]