Annotation:Over by the Islands to America we go
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OVER BY THE ISLANDS TO AMERICA WE GO ('Null air na h' eileanan dh'America gun tèid sinn). AKA - "Over the Isles to America." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also "Null thar nan eileanan" in Stewart-Robertson's Athole Collection (1884) and MacDonald's Skye Collection (1887).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 20, p. 10.
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