Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
| Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The) (Tune list) | |
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| Format: | Engraving |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh: Printed for the Author |
| Author: | Simon Fraser |
| Collector: | Simon Fraser |
| Year of publication or Date of MS: | 1816 |
Contents
| No. | Tune (English) | Tune (Gàidhlig) | Rhythm | Key |
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| 1 | Languor of Love (The) | Tha mi tinn leis a'Ghaol | Slow air | D major |
| 2 | Rebel War Song (The) | Eiridh na Finnacha' Gaelach Aelach | Air/March | D major |
| 3 | Grant of Sheuglie's Contest | Màiri Nighean Deorsa | Slow air | A major |
| 4 | Farewell Darling Youth | Soraidh slan do'n ailleagan | Slow air | A major |
| 5 | Highland Society of Scotland (The) | Comunn Rioghail Gaidhealach (An) | Strathspey | A major |
| 6 | Hogmanay | Soraidh leis an t-seana bhliadhna | Strathspey | A major |
| 7 | St. Kilda Wedding (The) | A' Bhanais Irteach | Reel | A major |
| 8 | Battle of Kinloch Lochy (The) | Blar Leine | Slow air | C minor |
| 9 | Cow Boy (The) | Giullan nam Bo | Slow air | Eb major |
| 10 | Traveller Benighted in Snow (The) | Siubhal an t'sneachd tre oiche | Slow air | Eb major |
| 11 | Orphan (The) | Dilleachdan (An) | Slow air | C minor |
| 12 | Loch Ruthven | Loch Ruadhainn | Strathspey | C minor |
| 13 | Feet Washing (The) | Oidhche ro' na phosadh (An) | Reel | C minor |
| 14 | Glengarry's Foxhunter | Niall Brochdair | Slow air | Bb major |
| 15 | Dunrobin Castle | Caisteal Dunrobainn | Strathspey | Bb major |
| 16 | Banks of Loch Ness (The) | Bruachan Loch Nis | Strathspey | G minor |
| 17 | Wedding Ring (The) | Port na Fainne | Reel | G minor |
| 18 | Chieftain's Lament (The) | Do chinneadh bhi gun cheann | Slow air | G minor |
| 19 | Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn (The) | Chaora chrom | Strathspey | G minor |
| 20 | I'll Break Your Head for You | Buailidh mi thu anns a' cheann | Reel | G minor |
| 21 | Weaver has a Daughter (The) | Tha Nighean aig a'bhreabadair | Strathspey | G minor |
| 22 | Goat Pen (The) | Cro Nan Gobhar | Jig | F major |
| 23 | Lord Reay | Mac Aoidh | Slow air | F major |
| 24 | Rob Donn Mackay the Poet | Rob Doun | Slow air | F major |
| 25 | Forest Where the Deer Resort (The) | Sud an gleann 'sam be na feidh | Strathspey | D minor |
| 26 | Kilchattan Wedding (The) | Calum Figheadair | Reel | D minor |
| 27 | Ossianic Air | Dan Ossian | Slow air | D minor |
| 28 | Ossianic Air, An | Fonn gnathaichte do bhriathraibh Oisein | Slow air | A major |
| 29 | Glengarry | Mac mhic Alastair | Strathspey | A major |
| 30 | Annie is My Darling | Anna t'hug me gradh dhuit | Reel | A major |