Annotation:Highlander's Farewell (4)
Tune properties and standard notation
HIGHLANDER'S FAREWELL [4]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. Traditional. The tune was in the repertoire of Grayson County, southwestern Va., fiddler Emmett Lundy and recorded by him by Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress (AFS 04939 B03). There is some similarity between this tune and the contra-dance staple "Growling Old Man and Grumbling Old Woman."
Source for notated version: Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle) [Phillips].
Printed sources: Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 112.
Recorded sources: Carryon Records 007, The Renegades - "I Need to Find." Flying Fish FF266, Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen - "Thunderhead" (1982). Marimac 9009, Andy Cahan - "Old Time Friends" (1987). Ruthie Dornfeld - "The American Cafe Orchestra" (1987). Sara Hieber - "Moving Cloud Orchestra" (1993).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]