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ROB ROY MACGREGOR (Rob Ruadh Macghriogair). Scottish, Slow Strathspey (whole time). E Minor or E Minor ('A' and 'C' parts) & G Major ('B' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCD (Fraser): AABB'CCD (Athole). John Purser calls this tune "a classic traditional strathspey reel." See note for "Lady's Expostulation with Rob Roy" for a brief discussion of the Jacobite Scottish outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor (1671-1734).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 114. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 190, pp. 78-79. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 255.
Recorded sources : - Culburnie Records CUL 121D, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – “Fire and Grace” (2004). Redwing Music RWMCD 5410, Abby Newton – “Castles, Kirks and Caves” (2001).
See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]
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