X:1 T:Highlandman Kiss'd his Mother, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Robert Bremner - Collection of Scots Reels, Country Dances (1757, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C cg-ge gcge|cg-ge dBGB|cg-ge gcge|a^fge dBGB:| |:ceAe ceAe|ceAe (d/c/B/A/) GB|ceAe ceAg|a^fge dBGB:|]
HIGHLANDMAN KISSED HIS MOTHER (THE). Scottish, Reel. C Major (Bremner, Lowe): G Major. (Aird): A Mixolydian (McLachlan). Standad tuning (fiddle). AAB (Lowe): AABB (Bremner).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 91, p. 32. Bremner (Collection of Scots Reels, Country Dances), 1757; p. 10. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 2), 1844–1845; p. 15. John McLachlan (Piper’s Assistant), 1854; No. 91, p. 53.
Recorded sources : - Saydisc CDSDL 372, Bonnie Shaljean – “Farewell to Lough Neaghe” (recorded 198?). Saydisc CDSDL449, Bonnie Shaljean - "Traditional Dance Music of Britain & Ireland" (2018).
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