Annotation:Farewell to Craigie Dhu

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FAREWELL TO CRAIGIE DHU. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Craigie Dhu is the name of a house outside Dunkeld, Perthshire, where composer Dougie MacLean used to stay.

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Recorded sources: Dorian, Robin Bullock - "Green Fields: Celtic Music For Cittern & Guitar" (1994). Dunkeld DUN 002, Dougie MacLean - "Fiddle" (1984). Saydisc SDL 348, Eileen Monger - "Lilting Banshee" (1985).




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