Cradle Song (1) (The)

 CRADLE SONG [1], THE. Scottish, Slow ("Pastoral") Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Hunter, Neil): AB (S. Johnson, Skinner). Composed by the self-styled "Strathspey King," James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), and printed in his Logie Collection (1888). Originally written as a song (words are by Alexander Hastings, from Huntly, Aberdeenshire) and extremely popular when he was alive, it's inspiration was Skinner's sympathetic observations of a mother caring for her sick child in a hotel room in Forres. Sprites that guard young children enter here tonight, O'er my fevered darling watch till morning light. From our home forever went my Love away, Crossed the darling river, entered endless day. Sleep my own fair darling, I will cling to thee, Sure my cup of sorrow cannot fuller be. Printed sources: Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 106, p. 183. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 25. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; p. 14. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; p. 114. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 90, p. 122. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 1. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist); p. 36.

X:1 T:The Cradle Song [1] M:C L:1/8 R:Air S:Skinner - Harp and Claymore (1904) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A (AcBA) (e2f2) | (e4c2) z2 | (AcBA) (e2c2) | {c}B6 (c2 | (A)cBA) (e2f2) | (e4c2)A2 | {F/G/}(FEAB) {A/B/}c2 {A/c/}B2 | A6 z2 || (fdAd) (f2a2) | (e4c2)z2 | (AcBA) (e2c2) | {c}B6 z2 | (AcBA) (ef).g.a | (e4c2)A2 | {F/G/}(FEAB) {A/B/}c2{A/c/}B2 | A6 z2 ||

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