Colonel Robertson (1)

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Theme code Index	3H565 3H562H
Also known as	Massacre of Glencoe (2) (The)
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Pipe Major Farquhar 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)
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
Artist	Biography:Boys of the Lough
Title of recording	Piper's Broken Finger (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Philo 1042
Year recorded	1976
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COLONEL ROBERTSON [1]. AKA and see "Massacre of Glencoe (2) (The)." 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). The march was composed by Pipe Major Farquhar Beaton originally as "Colonel D.M. Robertson", and was dedicated to a Colonel and commanding officer of the 48th Battalion (Highlanders), a unit raised in 1891 as part of the Canadian Militia, renamed The 48th Highlanders of Canada in 1930. Beaton was Pipe Major with the 48th from 1900-1913. The melody is still played by the unit when the commanding officer's march is called for.

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).

X:1
T:Colonel Robertson [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
K:D
a | fed A2d | BGB A2a | fed A2d | c2e e2a | 
fed A2d | BGB A2d | BGd cAe | d3 z2 :|| 
f/g/ | afd f2a | fef def | gfg ecA |1 gfg efg | 
afd f2a | fef d2A | BGd cAe | d3 z2 :|
|2 gfg e2A | dfA ece | faf d2A | BGd cAe | d3 z2 ||