Annotation:Traveller Benighted in Snow (The)
X:1 T:Traveller benighted in snow, The T:Siubhal an t-sneachd tra oidhche L:1/8 M:9/8 S:Fraser - Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands (1816, No. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Cmin g/>f/|e2 d/c/ c>BG BFB,|ecc cGc e2g|fdB bag fd (3B/c/2d/2|e>dc Gc=B c2:| E/D/|Cce Cce BFB,|Cce cGc e2g|e<ge d<bg fd (3B/c/2d/2|e>dc Gc=B c2 E/D/| Cce Cce BFB,|Cce cGc e2g|Eeg DBf B,Bd|e>fg G,C=B, C2||
TRAVELLER BENIGHTED IN SNOW, THE (Siubhal an t-sneachd tra oidhche). Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). C Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "The traveller, benighted in snow, was most pathetically described in Gaelic words, repeated by the editor's father, and the air conveys a feeling which the mind readily associates with such a bewildering occurrence, nay, even with his having perished there, See note for 'annotation:High Road to Fort Augustus (The),'" (Fraser).
