Annotation:Fisherman's Song for Attracting the Seals (The)

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X:1 T:Maol dònaidh T:Fisherman’s Song for attracting the Seals, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air O:”North Highland Air” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1784, No. 46, p. 7) N:MacDonald was Minister of Kilmore in Argyleshire. The volume is N:dedicated to the ‘Gentlemen of the Highland Society in London’. F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G Bdd dBA|dBA dBA|Bdd dBA|e2d e3:| |:g2f g2a|e2d e3|g2f g2a|e2d e3|a2e g2d| e2d BAG|(Bd).d (dB).A|(dB).A (dB).A|Bdd dBA|e2d e3:|]


FISHERMAN'S SONG FOR ATTRACTING THE SEALS, THE (Maol dònaidh). Scottish, Air (6/8 time). Scotland, north Highlands. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), 1992 (revised 2001); p. 5. Rev. P. McDonald (A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs), 1784; No. 46, p. 7.

Recorded sources : - Iona IR002, Ossian – "Seal Song" (1981). Virgin Records CDVE 930, Matt Malloy – "Shadows on Stone" (2003).



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