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X:1 T:Macleod of Macleod's Chorus Song T:Luinneag Mhic Leoid M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:Fraser Collection (1816) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (3d/4c/4B/4|A2D F2A|F2E F2 (3d/c/B/|A2D F2A|E2D D2 (3d/c/B/| A2D F2A|F>(G/F/E/) F2A|d>ef F2A|[C2E2][DF][D2F2]:| |:A,|D>EF (G>FG)|AGF G>AB|(B>A)d A>G/(F/G/)|AFD E2 (D/A,/)| D>EF (G>FG)|AGF G>A z/B/|B>Ad A>G/(F/G/)|AA,D (E2 D/):||

MACLEOD OF MACLEOD'S CHORUS SONG (Luinneag Mhic Leoid). Scottish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "This is another of the genuine compositions of M'Leod's female bard, formerly mentioned, and patronimically called, Mairi nighean Alastair Ruaidh, being a lullaby to her patron Sir Roderick."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 65, p. 23.

Recorded sources : - Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX187, Jonnie Hardie - "The Captain's Collection" (1999).

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