Annotation:Hardie Knute
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HARDIE KNUTE. AKA - "Battle of Largs (The)," "Hardy Knute." Scottish, Air. Standard tuning (fiddle). The title relates to an invasion of Scotland by Haco, king of Norway, in 1263. The poem "Hardy-knute" is supposed to have been composed by Elizabeth Halket, second daughter of Sir Charles Halket of Pitfirrane, about the year 1702.
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Printed sources: Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book V), 1760; p. 31.
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