Annotation:Flowers of Caledonia (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
FLOWERS OF CALEDONIA, THE. AKA - "Flower of Caledonia." Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor (Carlin): A Dorian (Mackie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in the early 19th century music manuscript collection of Aberdeen musician William Mackie. Mackie was a Highland bagpiper and Scottish small-piper, although sections of his ms. appear to include settings for the flute and/or fiddle.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection of Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 138, p. 84
Recorded sources: