Annotation:Calum Crubach
X: 1 T: Calum Crubach R: strathspey Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> C: Niel Gow N: Gow p.144; Hunter 68; Scots Guard 177; Skye p.115; OTDT p.77; BSFC I-49, V-8; Allan's p.12 M: C L: 1/8 F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/by/Niel_Gow.abc K:ADor e|"Am"A<A e>d B<d e2|"G"d>g B>g d>g B<G|"Am"A<A e>d B<d e>g|a<e "G"g>B "Am"A3:| ^g|"Am"a<a e>a c<a e>f|"G"g<g d>g B<g d>g|"Am"a<a e>a c<a e>g|a<e "G"g>B "Am"A3|] M:C L:1/16 ^g2|"Am"aa3 e3a ca3 e3f|"G"gg6 d3g Bg3 d3g|"Am"aa3 e3a "Em"gb3 e3g|"F"ae3 "G"g3B "Am"A6|]
CALUM CRUBACH (Lame Malcolm). AKA - "Callam Breugach." AKA and see "Devil in the Kitchen (1)," "Devil Shake the Half-Breed (2)," "Gille Crùbach," "Gurren's Castle," "Miss Drummond of Perth (1)," "Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth (1)," "Mountain Reel (4)," "Our Highland Cousins," "Prince of Wales Jig (1) (The)," "Titanic Highland (The)," "Yorkshire Bite (1) (The)." Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune is traditionally played on Cape Breton in a set with "Black Mill (The)." Gaelic words set to the tune begin:
Calum crubach as a' ghleann
till a null na caoraich thugam
Calum crubach as a' ghleann
till a null na caoraich
They pleadingly decry the introduction of the Lowland shepherd and Cheviot sheep to the Highlands of Scotland, an event that led to the infamous clearances.
See note for "Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth" for more information.
