Annotation:Arran Boat (The)

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 HIGHLAND BOAT SONG. AKA and see "Arran Boat (The)." Scottish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor (Lerwick): E Dorian (Gatherer). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody was printed, as "The Arran Boat Song", around 1875 in James Kerr's first Merry Melodies volume.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 28. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; p. 80. Maver (Maver's Collection of Genuine Scottish Melodies), 1885.  Recorded sources: Highway SHY 7011, John and Phil Cunningham - "Against the Storm" (appears as "The Arran Boat").

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