Annotation:Lady to Her Husband Who Was Killed at the Battle of Culloden (A)
X:1 T:Mo rùn geal òg T:My fair young love N:”An Jorram” O:”Skye” Q:”Slow” M:12/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1785, No. 164, p. 28) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G V:1 G2A TB>AB {A}G3 {E}D3|D2D TB>AA {A}B3d3|e2e e>de {e}d3 {B}A3| A2B d2d {d}e2A {A}G2E|D2E G>GG {G}e3- e2d|(e2d e>)EE TE3- E2D| c2c B>AB {B}e3- e2d|d2B A>G(d TB3 B2)A|{A}G3 TE2D E3-E3|| V:2 clef = bass G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G,|G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G, B,,2G,|C,2G, C,2G, B,,2G, F,2D,| F,2G, B,,2G, C,2G, C,2G,|B,,2C, B,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G,|G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G,| A,,2F, G,2G,, C,2G, C,2G,|G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2G, G,,2A,,|B,,3B,,3E,3E,,3||
LADY TO HER HUSBAND WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN, A. AKA - "Mo rùn geal og," "My fair young love." Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "This air, with the original Gealic words, is an impassioned expression of grief by a lady of the name of Chisholm, in Strathglass, for the fate of her husband, who was killed in Culloden, and to whom she had been but recently married. A set of this air is attempted in the collection of the Reverend Patrick MacDonald, but it will scarcely be recognized. It is, however, very generally sung, and the editor is certain ot os now chastely communicated" [Fraser]. Rev. Patrick MacDonald identifies the air as from the Isle of Skye.
