Annotation:Highland Lilt

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 HIGHLAND LILT. Scottish, Country Dance (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The generically-titled melody was published by John & William Neal in A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes (Dublin, 1724).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; p. 56 (appears as "The Haymakers", the name of a dance set to the tune).  Recorded sources:

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