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DRUNKEN PIPER [1], THE. AKA and see "Highland Rory (2)." English, Reel: Scottish (originally), Canadian; March (2/4 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick. A Dorian (Kennedy, Raven): A Minor (Martin): A Mixolydian (Cranford, Glen, Perlman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kennedy, Raven): AABB' (Martin, Perlman)" AABB'CCDD' (Cranford, Glen). David Glen credits the tune to Alexander MacLeod and gives the date 1862 for the composition in his c. 1876 bagpipe collection. The tune has long been a standard among many Cape Breton fiddlers and pipers. See also William Ross's pipe march "Highland Rory (2)" and the Donegal variant "March of the Meenatoiteen Bull (The)." See also the related first strain of "Reel of Kilwinning (The)."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Hilda MacPhee MacDonald (b. 1904, Selkirk, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resides in Souris) [Perlman].

Printed sources : - Corfield (Tunes from New Brunswick), 2024; p. 33. Paul Stewart Cranford (The Cape Breton Highland Collection), 2015; p. 2. David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Book 1, c. 1876; No. 25, p. 13. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 21. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 1), 1991; p. 23. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 82. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 151.

Recorded sources : - Regal-Zonophone 78 RPM MR1388, Jimmy Shand.

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Index [1].
Hear accordion player David Hutchison's recording at the Internet Archive [2] (1st tune in medley, paired with "Miss Forbes’ Farewell to Banff" and "De'il in the Kitchen").

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