Annotation:Hereditary Hall of Macleod (The)

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 HEREDITARY HALL OF MACLEOD, THE (An tall'am by gna do Mhac Leoid). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. This tune "is a well known composition of the celebrated female bard, of the laird of Macleod, but often sung to an imperfect melody. The real air is given in this work as sung by Culduthel" (Fraser).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816/1874; No. 37, p. 13.  Recorded sources:

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