Annotation:Culloden Well

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X:1 % T:Culloden Well C:William Morrison M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:William Morrison - Collection of Highland Music (c. 1813, pp. 2-3) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Cmix E2|:C2c2=B2c2 e3c Tc4 =Bc|dB3TB4 =AB d3ef3g|.G2.c2=.B2.c2 .e.d3.d3.a| Tg2f2e2d2 e3cd3=B|C2c2=B2c2 e3c Tc4=Bc|dB3 TB4 =AB d3ef3g| G2c2=B2c2 e3cc2a2|g3fe2d2 ec3Tc2||d2|e3fTg2b2 a2f2 f4 =ef| dB3 TB4=AB d3ef2g2|e3fg2b2 a3fg2a2|g3fe2d2 ec3Tc2d2| e3fTg2b2 a3fg3e|.d2.B2.f2.B2 Td3ef2_a2|.g2.b2.e2.g2 .f2.b2.d2.f2|e2c2B2A2 G2F2E2D2||

CULLODEN WELL. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. C Minor (Morrison): C Mixolydian (Cape Breton). Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Morrison, appearing in his c. 1813 collection (Inverness, Scotland), originally in the key of C minor. The tune was played by Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm in the mixolydian mode, and it has become a popular strathspey on the island [Paul Stewart Cranford]. Little is known about Morrison, who was born in Culloden, by Inverness, around 1780 and lived beyond the year 1825. Culloden Well, or the Clootie Well of Balloch as it is also known (also St. Mary's Well, Tobar na Coille and Well of the Wood), is a holy well in which a strip of cloth is dipped into the water, then tied on a nearby branch while a prayer of supplication is said to the patron saint. The practice is thought to stem from the pagan practice of leaving votive offerings to the spirits of natural places.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 73, p. 30.

Recorded sources: -

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1].