Annotation:Highland Watch (1) (The)
X:1 T:Highland Watch [1], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Slow Air B:Dow - Ancient Scots Music (c. 1775, p. 42) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin B/A/|GE T(ED/)E/ GEEE|GDD>B, {A,}D2(D>E)|GE TE(D/E/) GEEE|G>ABG TE3E| G>AB>G A>GB>G|EDG>(B, {A,}D2) (D>E)|D>EG>A BAG<Te|d<BTA>G E2E:| |:a|geTe>d geee|gdTd>B {B}d2 (d>e)|geTe>d ge e(g/e/)|dBTA>G E2-E>d| e>Bd>A B>GA<B|GEG>B, {B,}D2 (D>E)|D>EG>A TB>AG<e|dBTA>G E2-E:|]
HIGHLAND WATCH [1], THE (NOW THE 42nd REGT. OR ROYAL HIGHLANDERS). Scottish, March or Strathspey (whole or cut time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB: AABB (Dow, White). The 42nd Royal Highland Regiment is better-known as the famous Black Watch, first raised in 1739 under John, the Earl of Crawford. O'Farrell directs: "Very Slow." As "42nd Highland Regiment" the strathspey was printed in William Bradbury Ryan's Ryan's Mammoth Collection (Boston, 1883). "Highland Watch" was entered into vol. 4 of the large music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper and Church of Ireland Cleric Wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist) (1828-1896), probably obtained from O'Farrell's collection.
