Annotation:Jenny Carruther's
X:1 T:Jeannie Carruthers’ March M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Pipe March B:Logan's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music Book 5 (c. 1905, No. 1, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix a/f/|e>c Ag/e/|d>B Ga/f/|e/d/c/B/ A/B/c/d/|ea a/g/f/a/|e>c Ag/e/|d>B GB/d/| ea g/e/d/e/|A2 A<A:||:a/f/|e/d/c/e/ A/A/g/e/|d/c/B/c/ G/G/a/f/|e/d/c/B/ A/B/c/d/|ea ag/f/| |1e/d/c/e/ A/A/G/e/|d/c/B/c/ G/G/B/d/|ea g/e/d/e/|A2 A<A:|2e/d/c/e/ A/A/d/c/|B/d/c/e/ G/G/B/d/|ea g/e/d/e/ A2 A<A|| |:e|A/>A/A/B/ cd|e/c/d/B/ G/G/e|A/>A/A/B/ cd|ea ae/c/|1 A/>A/A/B/ cd|e/c/d/B/ G/G/B/d/| ea g/e/d/e/|A2 A<A:|2 g|f/e/d/f/ e/c/A/c/|g/e/d/B/ G/<G/B/d/|ea g/e/d/e/|A2 A<A|| |:e/a/|A/c/e/d/ c/d/e/c/|B/G/B/d/ g/G/d/B/|A/c/e/d/ c/d/e/c/|A/<A/a a e/c/|1A/c/e/d/ c/d/e/c/|B/G/B/d/ g/B/d/B/| ea g/e/d/e/|A2 A<A:|2 g|f/a/f/d/ c/e/A/c/|B/d/c/e/ B/d/G/B/|ea g/e/d/e/|A2 A<A||
JENNY CARRUTHERS. AKA - "Jeannie Carruthers' March." Scottish, Pipe March (cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC'DD'. The march was composed by John MacColl, a Scottish piper and fiddler and, according to Paul Cranford, was popularized among Cape Breton musicians by his student, Sandy Boyd, who emigrated to Cape Breton after World War II.
