Colonel Robertson (1)

 COLONEL ROBERTSON [1]. AKA and see "The Massacre of Glencoe [2]." Scottish, Canadian; March (6/8 time). D Major (Miller & Perron, Perlman, Sweet): G Major (Sweet). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Miller & Perron, 2nd Ed.): AABB' (Miller & Perron): AABB'CC (Perlman): AA'BB'CC' (Sweet). The march was composed by Pipe Major Farquhar Beaton originally as "Colonel D.M. Robertson", and was dedicated to a Colonel and commanding officer of the 48th Battalion (Highlanders), a unit raised in 1891 as part of the Canadian Militia, renamed The 48th Highlanders of Canada in 1930. Beaton was Pipe Major with the 48th from 1900-1913. The melody is still played by the unit when the commanding officer's march is called for. Source for notated version: Jimmy Halliday (b. 1924, Eldon, Queen's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Printed sources: Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; p. 13. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 51. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 19. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 138. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964/1981; p. 40 (two versions in different keys). Recorded source: Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough - "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976).

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