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X:1 T:Callam Shiarghlas M:C L:1/8 R:March B:Gow - 3rd Collection of Niel Gow's Reels, 3rd ed., p. 25 (orig. 1792) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F (a/g/)|fF {B}AG/F/ E(GG) a/g/|fFAc f2 {g}fe/d/|cF {B}AG/F/ E(GG)A|DE/F/ CD/E/ {E}F2F:|| c|Tf>g af {g}fe/d/ cc|Tf>g a/g/a/b/|{b}g2 c>c|(f/e/).f/.g/ (f/g/)a/b/ adda|gc (e/f/g/)e/ {e}Tf2 fc| Tf>g {f/g/}a>f {g}fe/d/ cc|Tf>g (a/g/)a/b/ {a}Tg2 c>c|Tf/e/f/g/ (f/g/)a/b/ (a/g/)f/e/ (d/e/)f/a/|gc (e/f/g/)e/ {e}Tf2 f||

CALLAM SHIARGHLAS. AKA and see "Grim Malcolm." Scottish, March (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow). The Gows note it is "An Old Highland Tune". Aird published the tune in his Selection, vol. 4 (1796) as "Grim Malcolm."

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 534. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1792; p. 25 (3rd ed.). Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pp. 124-125.

Recorded sources: -Puirt a Baroque - "Kinloch's Fancy" (1997).

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