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MACDONALD'S MARCH TO THE WAR (Clann Domhnaill an Cogadh Righ Tearlach). Scottish, Jig or Pipe March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is often paired with "Bugle Horn."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 45. Scottish Pipers' Society Book of Tunes, 1912; p. 3 ([1]). Ross (Collection [of] Pipe Music), 1885; no. 420, p. 249 ([2]).

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