Annotation:Return to Kintail

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RETURN TO KINTAIL (Theidh mi dhachaigh). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air has many variants, and the song several sets of words. It may have been composed by a wounded soldier at Sherrifmuir, fearful that he might never get back to the “cattle-fold” of Kintail, an area of Kintail encircles by hills. See also a pipe lament called “I will Return to Kintail” composed by William Ross, appearing in the Seaforth Highlanders tunebook, and Morison’s “I'll Return to Kintail.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4), 1991; p. 23 (appears as “Theid mi Dhachaigh”).

Recorded sources: Culburnie COL 113D, Aladair Fraser & Tony McManus – “Return to Kintail” (1999).