Colonel Smith's Lament

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Theme code Index	51H2H3H 2H3H2H6
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Composer/Core Source	J. Scott Skinner
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	J. Scott Skinner
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Harp and Claymore Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 148
Year of publication/Date of MS	1904
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COLONEL SMITH'S LAMENT. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Colonel George Smith Grant came into the Glenlivet distillery at Minmore in 1901, after the death of George Gordon Smith, his uncle. The Smiths detested the fact that some distilleries made their whisky with steam heated boilers. Distillers who employed such a measure should not be allowed to call their product Scotch whisky, he complained to the whisky commission, and received the legal acknowledgement that only he could call his product 'The Glenlivet,' although others could use it as a suffix. See also Skinner's tune "Glenlivet [1]."

Printed source: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 148.

X:1
T:Colonel Smith's Lament
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner - Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
A<A {A}d2 ed f2 | e>df>e ed {d}B2 | A<A d2 (ed) {d}f2 | ed Bd {B/d/}BA A2 | 
A<A {A}d2 ed f2 | edf>e ed B2 | AA d2 ed f2 | ed Bd BA A2 || 
A<A {A}f2 A<A {A}d2 | A<A f>d ed {d}B2 | A<A f2 A<A d2 | ef af ({f}e)d d2 | 
A<A {A}f2 A<A {A}d2 | A<A a>f {f}ed {d}B2 | A<A ({A}d2) (ed f2) | a>f {f}ed {B/d/}B) A2 ||