Annotation:Darling (1) (The)

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 DARLING, THE (Nighean donn ro'bheadarach). Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "This is the air of one of the favourite sprightly songs of Mr. Fraser of Culduthel, so oftened named. It would have been sooner noticed, were it not for the difficulty of finding melodies suited to this uncommon key. It makes an admirable medley with No. 217 ('MacDonald, Lord of the Isles')" {Fraser}.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 223, p. 91. Köhlers’ Violin Repository, Part Third, 1881-1885; p. 230. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 129.  Recorded sources:

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