X:1
T:Ho Mo Chaileagan
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 12)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g2d BdB|d2A Bde|g2d BdB|d2B ABe|
g2d BdB|d2A Bde|f2d e2B|d2B ABe:|
|:f2de2B|d2A Bde|f2d e2B|d2B ABe|
f2d e2B|d2A Bde|fga efg|{e}d2B ABe:|
HO MO CHAILEAGAN. AKA - "Hey My Wee Lassies." Scottish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Ho Mo Chaileagan" was printed in Islay fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Mackay's A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes, the dating of which has not been determined. Charles Gore gives a date of c. 1802, while John Glen dates it to c. 1822 (which seems likely). J. Murdoch Henderson found a watermark on the volume he examined that pointed to a date of c. 1832. Mackay composed a number of tunes in the collection, and marked others as "Old" or "Very Old", but "Ho Mo Chaileagan" is unattributed and unremarked upon.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Charles Gore (A Fiddler's Book Of Scottish Jigs from the 18th & 19th Century), 1997; No. 12. Alexander Mackay (A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes), c. 1822; p. 12.
Recorded sources : - Greentrax CDTRAX206, Jock Tamson's Bairns - "May You Never Lack a Scone" (2001). Ryan McKasson & Eric McDonald - "Harbor".
