Annotation:Four and Twenty Highlandmen (1)
X:1 T:Four and Twenty Highlandmen [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:David Young - The Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 45) B:https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond2.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix g|eA A/A/A edBg|eA A/A/A GABd|eA e/e/e edBg|egdB A/A/A A:| |:g|edeg abag|dgdB dgdB|edeg a/g/f/e/ gd|eBgB A/A/A A:|]
FOUR AND TWENTY HIGHLANDMEN [1]. Scottish, Reel. The melody appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript, 1734, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS, in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle, is sometimes called the "Duke of Perth MS." There are a few tunes by the name of "Four and Twenty Highlandmen." One such was the vehicle for a song in the ballad opera Devil to Pay (1731).
