Annotation:Cairistiona Chaimbel
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CAIRISTIONA CHAIMBEL (Christy Campbell). AKA and see "Miller of Drone (1) (The)" (for which authorship was claimed in 1801 by John Pringle and in 1802 by Nathanial Gow. A tune by the same name but in 6/8 time is listed in the contents of the Bodleian Manuscript (1740)--see "Miller of Drone (2) (The)). Cape Breton, Strathspey. A Major. Standard, AEae, ADae tunings (fiddle). AABB'.
Source for notated version: Carl MacKenzie (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Dunlay and Reich].
Printed sources: Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; p. 29.
Recorded sources: Topic 12TS354, John Willie Campbell- "Cape Breton Scottish Fiddle" (various artists); WRCI-1548, Carl MacKenzie- "And His Sound is Cape Breton."