Annotation:Waggle Cairn
X:1 T:Waggle Cairn, The C:William Christie (1778-1849) N:Christie was a dancing master, fiddler N:and composer from Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire. M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:Christie - Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, B:Waltzes &c. (Edinburgh, 1820, p. 29) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A E2|C(E3E3)A FA3TE4|CA3 Ec3 TB3c {Bc}d2D2|C(E3E3)A FA3TE4|1 DF3 CE3 B,2E2C2A,2:|2 FA3 Ec3 B2e2c2A2|| ce3Af3 ca3 {f}e3d|ce3Aa3 Tg3a {ga}b2B2|ce3Af3 ca3 {f}e3c|~d3e .f.e.d.c B2d2c2A2| ce3A2f2 ca3 {f}e3d|ca3 {^d}e3f g3a {ga}b3g|a3ef3c d3Be3d|.c.B.A.G .F.E.D.C B,ECA,||
WAGGLE CAIRN. Scottish, Strathspey (whole time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. "Waggle Cairn" was composed by Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, dancing master and fiddler-composer biography:William Christie (1778-1849). "On the northeastern border of the farm of Kethan, the Waggle Cairn, a heap of large white stones, still remains. But whether or not connected with the Battle of Lindnim is most unknown" [1]
- ↑ Ordnance Survey Name Book 1865-1971, Aberdeenshire vol. 63, No. 21.