Annotation:Delrachnie's Rant

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 DELRACHNIE'S RANT. AKA and see "Heigh Way to Inverness," "High Way to Inverness," "Highway to Inverness," "Prince's Welcome to Inverness." Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A note in Walker (1866) says "very old." He is correct, for the melody appears in the 1770 Northumbrian music manuscript collection of William Vickers, under the title "High Way to Inverness."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 168, p. 58.  Recorded sources:

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