Annotation:Darling of the Uist Lasses (The)

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 DARLING OF THE UIST LASSES, THE (Mac a' Bhaillidh a Uist). Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. This tune "is an air peculiar to the Island of Uist. The baron bailie of a large estate was a man of considerable importance in remote times. The return of his son to his native country is celebrated by the Uist lasses, with whom he seems to have been a peculiar favourite, either as good looking or possessing some other attractive qualification. Formerly in Uist all the dancers sung their own music" (Fraser).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816/1874; No. 69, p. 25.  Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland - "Parlor Music" (2005).

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