Annotation:Glasgow Highlanders
X:1 T:Glasgow Highlanders M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D OD>E F>G A2A2|A>c d>e f3a|g>e f>d e>c d>B|A>B A>F E>G F>E| D>E F>G A2A2|A>c d>e f3a|g>e f>d e>c d>B|A>g f>e d>e f>g| [A2a2][A2g2][A3f3]e|d>f e>d B4|g>e f>d e>c d>B|(3cfe (3dcB A4| [A2a2][A2g2][A3f3]e|d>f e>d B4|g>e f>d e2A2|A2 B>c d4||
GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS. AKA and see "German No. 2," "Peacock's Feather (2)," "Proinnsias Ó Maonaigh's (Barndance)," Scottish, Country Dance, Strathspey, or Schottische (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The title is that of a Scottish County Dance, actually a hybrid form, being part Foursome or Highland Reel and part country dance. The tune played for it should be a strathspey of the 'fling' type. Glasgow is Gaelic for 'green hollow.' County Donegal fiddler Proinnsias Ó Maonaigh plays the tune as a 'German' or barndance, and it is sometimes called "German No. 2" and "Proinnsias Ó Maonaigh's (Barndance)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/1/s/1sa94jzmaui0almrwakk5mh96vxlbwz/1sa94jzm.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/1/s/1sa94jzmaui0almrwakk5mh96vxlbwz/1sa94jzm.png" width="657" height="93" alt=" X: 1 T: Proinnsias Ó Maonaigh's M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: Dmaj fg|:afge ~f3e|defd B2ef|gefd e2d2|c2 (3BcB A2fg| "></div> . Father John Quinn finds a cognate to the strathspey/schottische melody in "Peacock's Feather (2)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/0/e/0ecp4n0t8he9n716guwyffcltucmb3c/0ecp4n0t.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/0/e/0ecp4n0t8he9n716guwyffcltucmb3c/0ecp4n0t.png" width="672" height="78" alt=" X: 1 T:Peacock's Feather [2], The M:4/4 L:1/8 K:D DE|:FEDF ~A3B|defd B2ef|g2fd efdB|AGFA E2DE| "></div> . He also finds the variants of tune (some quite distanced) in musicians' manuscripts from County Leitrim and Longford from the early 20th century under titles "London Schottische (1)," "Rainbow Schottische," "Malta Schottische," and "Wink the Barber Schottische."
