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 GLENKINDIE. AKA - "Glenkindie's Reel." Scottish, Strathspey or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There is a ballad about one "Glenkindie," a harper, who has the power to induce a whole company to sleep, save for his lady-love: He harpit a fish out o saut water, Or water out o a stane, Or mild out o a maiden's breast, That bairn had never nane. To his surprise, however, the charm is turned against him by his serving-man, who also happens to be smitten by the lady, and he harps his master asleep instead (Sanger & Kinnaird, Tree of Stings, 1992).  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 53, p. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 121, p. 15. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1815; p. 62 (appears as "Glenkindie's Reel").  Recorded sources:

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