Behind Yon HillsClick on the tune title to see or modify Behind Yon Hills's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Behind Yon Hills
X:1
T:Behind Yon Hills
N:”Very Old”
N:A penciled note in John Glen's copy of Mackay's collection reads "Nanny G"
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Air?
B:Alexander Mackay – A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes…
B:Chiefly composed by Alexander Mackay, Musician Islay (c. 1822, p. 6)
B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487947
N:Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lady Elinor Campbell of Islay and Shawfield.
N:Mackay was born c. 1775 and was a fiddler-composer from Islay. Many of his
N:tune titles are reflect Islay settings.
N:Printed in Glasgow by J. MacFadyen, 30 Wilson St.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
GA|B2E2 BcBA|G2E2E2 DE|G3A BABd|e2A2A2 GA|
B2g2B2 AG|AGAB g3f|eged BABd|e2E2E2:|
|:GA|d3e dBde|g2d2d2 gf|e3f gfga|{a}b2e2e2 dc|
B2g2B2 AG|AGAB g3f|eged BABd|e2E2E2:|]