X:1
T:Lowlands of Scotland, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection,
S:vol. 3, p. 163. Mid-19th century, County Cork
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=166&z=-921.8535%2C1005.5866%2C9906.4379%2C3446.5021
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
BA|GFGA BEEc|BGdG BAGF|GFGA BABd|egfd edBA|
GFGA BEEc|BGdG BAGF|GFGA BABd|egf^d e2||
ef|gfef gfed|BddA Bddf|gfef gfed|Bee^d e2 ef|
gfef gfed|BddA Bddg|bgaf gfed|Bee^d e2||
LOWLANDS OF SCOTLAND, THE. AKA and see "Ewe Reel (The)," "My Love is Far Away," "Scotch Mary." Scottish, Irish; Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Kennedy): AA'BB' (Kerr). The reel is traditionally paired with the strathspey "Highlands of Scotland (1) (The)." It appears (as "Lowlands of Scotland") in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman. although Goodman's setting is distanced from that printed in the Kerr's collection.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 115, p. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 4), c. 1880's; No. 116, p. 14. Hugh & Lisa Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers vol. 2), 2013; No. 881.
Recorded sources : - Maggie's Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout - "Scottish Fire" (2000).
