Annotation:Maids of Kintail

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MAIDS OF KINTAIL. AKA and see "Annie MacNab." Scottish, Pipe March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody also appears under titles "Amorous Black-haired Lad (The)" and "Dean cadal 's fan samhach, a chuilean a run" (Go sleep and rest easy, my darling my dear), It was apparently based on a Gaelic song, possibly the latter title, although the song appears to be lost. There is a range of mountains in the Kintail region (Northwest Highlands) of Scotland called the Five Sisters of Kintail and it is possible the 'Maids' alludes to them.

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