Annotation:'S truagh a righ! mo nighean donn

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X:1 % T:'S truagh a righ! Mo nighean donn T:Alas o King! my brown haired maid Q:"Slow and Solemn" M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Air N:"Words by Donald Donn" B:MacDonald - The Gesto Collection of Highland Music (1895, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G DE G3G|BA G2G2|(3GdB d2e|d2GG z2| dd B2d2|(ed) (dB) A2|BA (3BAG DE|G2 (B/A/)G G2||


'S TRUAGH A RIGH! MO NIGHEAN DONN (Alas O King! My Brown-Haired Maid). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. This song was supposedly written by the Gaelic bard and adventurer Domhnall Donn (Brown Donald) for an illegitimate daughter, who paid him a visit while he was awaiting execution in 1691. In the song he dreams of a return to an idyllic life on the island of Mull.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Keith Norman MacDonald (The Gesto Collection of Highland Music), 1895; p. 5. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 149, p. 192.

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