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X:1 T:Callum Brogach M:C L:1/8 Q:"Slow" R:Strathspey B:James Logan - The Scottish Gael; or, Celtic manners, as B:preserved among the Highlanders, vol. 2 (1831, No. III) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A|G<E-TE>G (D>EG>B)|A/A/A e>A Tc>Ae>A|G<ETE>G (D>EG>B)|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A e2| G<E-TE>G (D>EG>B)|AA/A/ Te>A c>Ae>A|G<ETE>G (D>EG>B)|c>AB>G A/A/A e>|| ^f|gTg {^fg}a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G>TB|A/B/c/d/ eA {d}cB/A/ e^Tf|gg a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ TG>B|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A Ta2| g<be<g d<gB<G|G<gA<a B<bA>B|G<E-TE>G D>EG>B|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A e|| f|g<e-Te>g Td>eTg>a|{ga}ba Tag/a/ {ga}baTa>b|g<e-e>g Td>eTg>a|{ga}baag Ta3b| g<ee>g Td>eg>a|{ga}ba Tag/a/ {ga}baa>b|g<e-e>g Td>eTg>a|{ga}b>aa>g Ta2 e|| ^f|gTg {^fg}a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G>B|A/B/c/d/ e>A {d}cB/A/ eT^f|gg a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G>B|Tc>AB>G A/A/A Ta2| g<ae<g d<gB<G|G<gA<a B<bA<B|G<E-TE>G (D>EGB)|Tc>ATB>G A/A/A e||



CALUM BREUGACH (Lying Malcolm). AKA - "Callum Brogach," "Malcom the Liar." AKA and see "Colonel MacDonald's Strathspey." Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Gow): AABCCB (Athole, Lowe). "Very Old" say MacDonald and Lowe in their collections. Paul Cranford notes that the word brogach, appearing variously as breugach and brougach, means 'lying' but that it can also mean 'filthy' or 'teasing' as well. Glasgow musician and editor James Aird printed the tune as "Colonel MacDonald's Strathspey." The tune was entered as an untitled reel in Book 2 (ITMA No. 121) of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894).


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Printed sources : - Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1788; p. 28 (3rd ed. Appears as "Callam Brougach"). Gow (Beauties of Niel Gow, Part 2). Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 66, p. 10. Logan (The Scottish Gael, vol. 2), London, 1831; No. III. Joseph Lowe (Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 6), 1844-45; p. 19. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 110 (appears as "Calam Breugach"). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 52.

Recorded sources : - Culburnie Records CUL102c, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher - "The Driven Bow" (1988). Green Linnet SIF 1139, "Eileen Ivers" (1994. Recorded with Natalie MacMaster). Rounder 7041, Doug MacPhee. Rounder 7051, John L. MacDonald with Doug MacPhee - "Formerly of Foot Cape Road: Scottish Fiddle Music in the Classic Inverness Style" (2002). Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). Tartan Tapes CDTT1004, Karen Steven - "Heat the Hoose" (1998). Topic 12TS354, Alex Francis MacKay - "Cape Breton Scottish Fiddle" (c. 1976).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2].



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