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BALL THAT WAS IN OBAN, THE. Scottish, Pipe Reel (whole time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "The Ball that was in Oban" is also a puert-a-beul (mouth music) song (see "Cape Breton Gaelic Folklore Collection": Tape No: 148, Item On Tape: A 11, St. Francis Xavier University).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: William Ross (Ross's Collection of Pipe Music), 1869; No. 210, p. 128.

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