Annotation:Kiss the Lass Ye Like Best (2)

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X:1 T:Kiss the Lass ye like best [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Bremner - Scots Reels (1757) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D d | A/A/A TFA BEEd | A/A/A TFA Ddfd | (e/f/g) (f/g/a) eEEF | A/A/A T(B>B) ADD :| |: (f/g/) | a>baf beef | abaf defd | (e/f/g) (f/g/a) eEEF | A/A/A T(f>e) dDD :|



KISS THE LASS YE LIKE BEST [2]. AKA and see "Black Puddings," "Ruidhle na Maragan Dubh" (Reel of the Black Puddings). Scottish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than MacDonald's (Skye) "Kiss the Lass Ye Like the Best (1)." The melody appears in the (James ) Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), but John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (p. 54). The melody has been recorded by a few Cape Breton fiddlers, including Cape Breton/Boston fiddler Bill Lamey (1914-1991). MacDonald's Athole Collection (1884) gives the tune under the title "Ruidhle na Maragan Dubh" (Reel of the Black Puddings).


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Printed sources : - Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 54. William Christie (Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Hornpipes, Waltzes &c.), Edinburgh, 1820; p. 33. Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 86, p. 26. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1956; p. 5. Robert Mackintosh (A Fourth Collection of New Strathspey Reels, also some Famous old Reels), 1804; p. 18. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 179 (appears as "Kiss the Lass").

Recorded sources : - Rodeo RO 155 (78 RPM), Dan Rory MacDonald (1956). Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland - "Parlor Music" (2005).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]



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