Annotation:Cromdel Hill
X:1 T:Cromadail Hill T:Grant’s Rant M:C| L:1/8 B:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 179, p. 231) F:https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/cromadail_hill.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:G g|G2G2 TA>G Ag|G/G/G G2 GABG|cABG TB>A Ab|g/g/g dB d2d:| |:e/f/|gedB c>B Aa|gedB dega|TgegB c>B A/b/g/g/|gG B d2d:|]
CROMDEL HILL. AKA - "Cromdail Hill," "Cromdell Hill," "Cromdale Hill." AKA and see "Grant's Rant (4)." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody, as "Cromdel Hill," appears in the Bodleian Manuscript, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, 1740." It also was included, as "Cromdail Hill," in Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, p. 231), compiled for his patron at the time, MacFarlan of MacFarlane. However, earlier Young had entered the reel under the title "Grant's Rant (4)" in his Drummond Castle Manuscript, Part 2 (1734, No. 38). The melodies are not identical however, there are slight but noticeable differences between the 1734 and c. 1740 manuscripts, perhaps due to the honing of the melody by Young.
