Colonel Robertson (1)

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 Theme code Index    3H565 3H562H
 Also known as    Massacre of Glencoe (2) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:L. Beaton
 Region    Scotland, Canada
 Genre/Style    Cape Breton/PEI, Scottish
 Meter/Rhythm    March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AABB'
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Ralph Sweet
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Fifer's Delight (The)
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 40
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1963
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COLONEL ROBERTSON [1]. AKA and see "The Massacre of Glencoe [2]." Scottish, Canadian; March (6/8 time). D Major (Miller & Perron, Perlman, Sweet): G Major (Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Miller & Perron, 2nd Ed.): AABB' (Miller & Perron): AABB'CC (Perlman): AA'BB'CC' (Sweet). Composed by L. Beaton and dedicated to a Colonel of the Toronto Highlanders, a battalion of the Canadian Army.

Source for notated version: Jimmy Halliday (b. 1924, Eldon, Queen's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].

Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; p. 13. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 51. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 19. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 138. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 40 (two versions in different keys).

Recorded source: Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough - "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976).


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T:Colonel Robertson [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
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