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X:1 T:Duke of Roxburgh’s Farewell to the Black Mount Forest C:Angus MacKay (1853) M:C| L:1/8 R:Pipe Quickstep B:Alexander Glen – “Caledonian Repository of Music for the Great B:Highland Bagpipe” (1860, No. 46, p. 38) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix a2|A>AAB c2 BA|cAce g2 ea|e2 af ecAB|c2 BB B2g2| GAAB c2 B<A|cAce g2 e<a|e2 af ecBA|c2 A A A2:| |:g2|a2 da e2 ce|fefg a2 gf|e2 af ecAB|c2 BB B2g2| |1a2 da e2 ce|fefg a2 gf|e2 af ecAB|c2A A A2:| |2 GAAB c2 BA|cAce g2 ea|e2 af ecAc|c2 A A A2||

DUKE OF ROXBURGHE'S FAREWELL TO THE BLACKMOUNT FOREST. Scottish, March (whole or cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (Glen): AA'BB'CC'DD' (Cranford). The "Duke of Roxburghe's Farewell to the Blackmount Forest" was composed by piper Angus MacKay, one of his last recorded pieces, composed in 1853.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Cranford (The Cape Breton Highland Collection), 2015; No. 77, p. 40. Alexander Glen (Caledonian Repository of Music for the Great Highland Bagpipe), 1860; No. 46, p. 38.

Recorded sources : - Columbia 33SX 1075, The Regimental Band and The Massed Pipers of the Scots Guards - "Bearskin and Tartan" (1959). Greentrax CDTRAX 131, Eilidh Shaw - "Heepirumbo" (1998).Dan Hughie MacEachern - "The Land of my Love."

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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