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PRINCE CHARLIE'S WELCOME TO THE ISLAND OF SKYE. AKA and see "George Brabazon (2)" (2nd Air). Scottish (originally Irish, composed by O'Carolan), Air or March (2/4 or 4/4 time). D Major (Skye): G Major (Kerr). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kerr, Ross): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHII (Skye).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 3), c. 1880’s; No. 412, p. 45. Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 2), c. 1901; No. 15, p. 10. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 155. Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 276.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]




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