Annotation:Cowal Gathering (The)
X:1 T:Cowal Gathering N:”1st Prize 1931 Competition.” C:Pipe Major John McLelland D.C.M., 8th Argylls Dunoon M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Pipe March B:Fourth Cowal Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music (1932, No. 2, p. 4) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix e2c2|A4A2B2 cA3c3d|eA3f3e d4e2d2|c4A2c2 ce3A3c|e3Ad3c BB3e3c| A4A2B2 cA3c3d|e3gfa3 d3e3f|c4A2c2 e3fd3B|A6A2 A4:| |:c2d2|e6A2 ce3 a4c2d2|e3Af3e d4e2d2|cA3c3d e4A2c2|e3Ad3c BB3|1c3d| e3Ac3 a4c2d2|e3gfa3 d4e3f|c4A2c2 e3fd3B|A6A2A4:| |2e2c2|A4A2B2 cA3c3d|e3gfa3 d4e3f|c4A2c2 e3fd3B|A6A2 A4|| e2c2|A4 A2B2 ce3A3c|e3Af3e d4e2d2|c4A2c2 ce3A3c|e3Ad3c BB3e3c| A4 A2B2 ce3A3c|e3gfa3 d3e3f|c4A2c2 e3fd3B|A6A2 A4:| |:c2d2|e3Ace3 a3Ace3|f3Ad3f e4c2d2|e3Ace3 a3Ac3d|e3Ad3c B2B6|1c3d| e3Ace3 a3Ac3d|e3gfa3 d4e3f|c4A2c2 e3fd3B|A6A2 A4:| |2e2d2|ce3e3A c4A2c2|e3gfa3 d3e3f|c4A2c2 e3fd3B|A6A2 A4||
COWAL GATHERING, THE. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 or cut time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD'. The melody was composed by John "Jock" McLellan (1875–1949), D.C.M., a poet and painter from Dunoon who was formerly Pipe-Major of the 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Higlanders during World War I. He also composed "Taking of Beaumont Hamel," "Lochanside," and "Burning Sands of Egypt." The Cowal Gathering is the largest Highland games event in the world, held every summer in the Scottish town of Dunoon, Argyll, since 1894.
