Annotation:Glen of Copsewood (The)
X:1 T:Araidh nam badan T:Glen of Copsewood M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:”Brisk” B:Patrick MacDonald – “Collection of Highland Vocal Airs” (Edinburgh, 1784, No. 185, p. 32) 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 d|d>GG G>AB|d>ed B>AG|TB>AA ABd|{d}e3g3| dBA GAB|d>ed TBAG|TB>AA ABd|{d}e3d3:| |:deg ggg|a>ba geg|e>dd d>eg|{g}a3 g2a| b>gg a>ee|g>dd e>gg|B>AA ABd|1 {d}e3g3:|2{d}e3 d2||
GLEN OF COPSEWOOD, THE (Airidh nam badan). AKA - "Glen of Thickets (The)." Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major (Aird): F Major (Fraser). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Aird): AABB' (Fraser). "The editor acquired this beautiful melody from his father, but cannot trace any anecdote regarding it. He, however, thinks it originated in the district of Glenmoriston, where there is a sweet spot, which still bears the Gaelic name of it, and marches with the property on which Mr. Fraser of Culduthel, so often mentioned, then lived. It certainly bears the marks of his style" (Fraser).
