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 GRAMIN. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the great Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Gramin was the name of a friend of the composer's, the name being the pen-name of George Gordon Ingram (1848-190?), born at Glenrinnes, Morayshire. He was a songwriter who sometimes wrote verses for Skinner's music. Skinner wrote another tune for him called "Good Bye Gramin," published in his Logie Collection (1888), when he learned of his friend's plans to emigrate to the United States. Gramin left for St. Paul, Minnesota, early in 1889, but returned to Scotland to visit sometime before the end of the century. Skinner wrote that he was looking forward to seeing him again.  Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton) [Cranford].  Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald: A Collection of Fiddle Tunes), 1997; No. 24, p. 9.  Recorded sources: Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald - "Classic Cuts" (reissue of Celtic Records CS 44). Dorian DOR-90282, Laura Risk - "The Merry Making" (2000). Howie MacDonald - "The Ceilidh Trail." Temple Records, J. Scott Skinner - "The Strathspey King" (2002).  See also listings at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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