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Sheet Music for "Cailleach Ouir"Cailleach OuirCaillich Odhar (2)333333Book: David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - TheMcFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 4, p. 8)Notes: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland



CAILLICH ODHAR [2] (The Sallow-Faced Hag). Scottish, March (cut time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (and variations). Appears as in David Young's (c. 1707-c.1770) MacFarlane MS. of 1740 (as "Cailleach Ouer," attributed to him though actually only the variations are his), and in the McLean Collection of 1772 published by James Johnson in Edinburgh. David Johnson (1983) thinks the tune may perhaps be of bagpipe origin, from the 17th century.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1983; No. 28, pp. 79-80.

Recorded sources: -

See also listing at:
See the full standard notation transcription from David Young's MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740), including variation sets [1]



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