Annotation:Piper's Weird (The)

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PIPER’S WEIRD, THE (Macrimmon). Scottish, Pibroch (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The title is from a poem by W. McCombie Smith of the same title, honouring in the famous piping family of Macrimmon. It begins:

J. Scott Skinner

The slogan of war is heard in the glen,
It thrills through the hearts of women and men;
The bravest go forth with broadsword and shield,
The dauntless in heart who never will yield.
I go, I go, no more to return,
My pipes’ last blast the foe long shall mourn,
A long farewell, O loved land of Skye!—
Macrimmon goes forth to conquer and die.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 14. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 150 (includes a variation set).

Recorded sources:

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