ROWING FROM ISLA TO UIST (Iomramh eadar Il'a a's Uist). Scottish, Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Johnson): AA'B (Fraser). "The editor conceives the boat songs among the most interesting and expressive of the airs peculiar to the Highlands; they are composed in a regular measure, to keep time with the rowers" (Fraser).
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1816; No. 45, p. 16. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1992 (revised 2001); p. 14. Patrick McDonald (A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs), 1784; No. 18, p. 3.
Recorded sources: - Blix Street Records G2-10031, Connemara - "Siren Song" (1995). Culburnie Records, Alasdair Fraser - "Tullochgorum" (2005). Iona IR001, Ossian - "St. Kilda Wedding" (1978). Redwing Music RWMCD 5410, Abby Newton – “Castles, Kirks and Caves” (2001). Alison Melville - "She's Sweetest when She's Naked" (2005).
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