Annotation:Ealaidh Ghaoil
Tune properties and standard notation
EALAIDH GHAOIL. AKA - "Air faillirinn illirinn." Scottish, Air (6/8 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Christine Martin notes that pipers call the tune "Not the 'Swan on the Lake'." She says words to the song were written by Ewan MacLaughlin (b. 1775, Fort William, Scotland), and that the melody is attributed to a Mrs. MacKenzie.
Source for notated version: fiddler Ian Kennedy (Fort William, Scotland) [Martin].
Printed sources: Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 64.
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