Annotation:Glendaruel Highlanders

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 GLENDARUEL HIGHLANDERS. AKA and see "Campbelltown Loch." Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABC. The melody was written by Pipe Major A. Fettes for the family of MacDougall-Gillies (d. 1925), a 19th century champion piper who was a native of Glendaruel, Argyll (MacDougll-Gillies won the Oban and Inverness Gold Medals in 1884 and 1885 respectively).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; p. 36. The Scots Guards Standard Settings, p. 88, No. 189.  Recorded sources: Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band - "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1978).

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