Annotation:Caledonian Laddie
Tune properties and standard notation
CALEDONIAN/CALEDONEAN LADDIE. AKA- "Caledonian Hornpipe." Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major (most versions): B-Flat Major (Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Farrell): AABB (Cole, Ford, Gatherer, Huntington): AA'BB (Kerr's). 21.
Source for notated version: the 1800-1802 music manuscript of ship's fiddler William Litten [Huntington].
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 116. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 115 (appears as "Caledonian Hornpipe"). Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 40. Howe, Musician's Omnibus, No. 2. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; p. 20. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 298, p. 32. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 152. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 153. White's Unique Collection, 1899; p.
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