X:1
T:Domhnull Ban
T:Fair Donald
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"With Gaiety"
B:Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs,
B:Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, c. 1830, No. 5, p. 3)
N:"Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The editors have been
N:identified as Finlay Dunn and George Farquhar Graham
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
B|c>c d>c|c>c dA|c>c d>d|g>f eA|c>c d>c|BG {G}!fermata!g>f||
"Chorus" eA AG|A>B c>A|.A<.G .G<.E|.E<.G A>B|
c>G E2|e>d eA|.A<.G .G<.E|.E<.G Ac|B>G A||
FAIR DONALD. AKA - "Domhnull Ban" Scottish, Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air appears in the first volume of Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, published about 1830 in Edinburgh, with pieces "Selected and Arranged by a Highlander." The anonymous editor(s) are thought to be George Farquhar Graham, with some settings contributed by Finlay Dunn.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Graham & Dunn (Celtic Melodies, Being a Collection of Original Slow Highland Airs, Pipe-Reels, and Cainntearachd, vol. 1), c. 1830; No. 5, p. 3.
