Annotation:Sandy is My Love
X:1 T:Alastair m’ ansachd M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air O:”A Skye Air” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1785, No. 159, p. 27) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F V:1 F>G|A2A2 {A}f>A|TG2F2 d>e|f2d2 d>c|c2-A z c>c|c2c2 {e}dc/B/|c2-F z a>g| f2 A>fc>B|A2-Dz::f>g|a2a2 ag/f/|Tg2f2c2|{c}d2 {de}f2 d>c|{d}c6| c2d2f2|Tg4 f>g|a2g2 f>c|{c}d4 f>g|a2 bagf|g2 agfe| f2 dfdc|{c}A4 ag/f/|d2 {de}f2 dc|A2c2 A>G|F2a2 gf|Tg2f2:| V:2 clef = bass z2|F,4F,2|C,2F,2z2|B,,2B,2B,,2|F,4z2|E,2F,2B,2|A,4z2| F,4F,2|F,2B,z::A,>G,|F,2A,2F,2|B,2A,2F,2|B,2B,,2B,2|F,2A,2F,2| A,2B,2A,2|B,2B,,2 A,>G,|F,2C,2A,,2|B,,2B,2 A,>G,|F,4F,,2|C,4^C,2| D,4E,2|F,2F,,2z2|B,4B,2|F,4 C>B,|A,2F,2B,2|D2F,2:|
SANDY IS MY ONLY LOVE (Alastair m' annsachd). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This is one of the editor's family stock, as sung by the original compiler, to which it is so difficult to attach incident; but the melody is often fine where the individuals may be obscure, a circumstance which, for the most part, simplifies both the style and the sentiments" (Fraser).