Annotation:Auchencruive's Welcome

AUCHENCRUIVE'S WELCOME. Scottish, March (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William Hardie, Jr. Bill Hardie, William Jr.'s grandson, says "I could only have been in my early teens when I first heard my grandfather play this march. On inquiring as to its origins he replied: 'I composed this tune for you, Bill.' It has been in my memory ever since..."

Printed source: Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 26.