Black Haired Nymph Forsake Me Not

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Theme code Index	3b3b51H 7b651
Also known as	Mo nighean dubh na tréig mi
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History	SCOTLAND(Highland)
Structure	AAB
Editor/Compiler	Simon Fraser
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles (The)
Tune and/or Page number	No. 142, p. 57
Year of publication/Date of MS	1816
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BLACK HAIRED NYMPH FORSAKE ME NOT (Mo nighean dubh na tréig mi). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "There are various sets of words to this air. When delicately sung it forms one of the prettiest songs belonging to the Highlands. The best words to it, the editor thinks, are by the Reverend Mr. Morrison, late Minister of Petty, in Inverness-shire, then missionary at Ambleree, in Perthshire, and addressed to a Miss Haggart, whom he afterwards married. It was extremely well sung by the editor's father. General S. Fraser, late second in command in Scotland, had a black servant who sung it so well that his master frequently called him in for that purpose when there were Highlanders present" (Fraser).

Printed source: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816/1874; No. 142, p. 57.

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