Annotation:MacDonald of the Isles March to Harlaw
X:1 T:March of Donald of the Isles to the Battle of Harlaw M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March B:John McLachlan - Piper’s Assistant (1854, No. 80, p. 46) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix a|eAA f>ed|eAA a2f|eAA Tf>ed|BGG g2f| e>AA fed|eAA a2f|gag f2e|d>BG GG:| |:B|A<Aa aea|aea aec|AAa aef|gfe d>cB| AAa aea|aea aef|gag f2e|d>BG GG:| |:a|e>AA f>AA|e>AA aAA|e>AA fAA|BGG a2f| e>AA TfAA|eAA fed|gag f>ef/g/|dGG B2G:| |:AAa aef/g/|aea a>AB AAa aef|gGd B>AG| AAa aef/g/|aAa aef|g>AA eGG|d>BG G<G:|]
MACDONALD OF THE ISLES MARCH TO HARLAW. AKA and see "Haugh's Jig," "Inverness Jig (2) (The)," "John Doherty's Jig (2)," "King Billy's March," "Lord MacDonald's March to Harlaw," "MacGregor Jig," "Mac's Fancy," "Mack's Fancy," "March of Donald Lord of the Isles to the Battle of Harlaw (1411)," "O'Reilly's," "Paddy Lyon's," "Phil's Jig," "Rover's Return (The)," "Victor's Return (The)." Scottish, Pipe March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The title commemorates the Battle of Harlaw, fought in 1411, and is popular as both a pipe and fiddle tune. Scottish and Irish versions exist (see alternate titles). It is unlikely the tune has any antiquity prior to the mid-19th century, when it was first printed in John McLachlan's Piper's Assistant (c. 1854). Rather, the title was probably a whim of the Romanticism of the era, a la Sir Walter Scott.
