Annotation:MacCrimmon's Lament (2)
X:1 T:MacCrimmon's Lament [2] T:Cha tìl Mac Crimmnan M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Slow Air or March Q:"Slowly" S:Morison - Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1882) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin A | e2d e2A | e2d e<AB | d2G d2G | B2d BAA :| |: A{A}a2g a2A | a2g aAB | d2G d2G | B2d BAA :| |: {A}eA (3f/e/d/ eA (3f/e/d/ | eA (3f/e/d/ eAB | dG (3e/d/B/ dG (3e/d/B/ | dGB BAz :| |: e2 d/B/ A2 ^f/d/ | e2 d/B/ eAB | B2 e/A/ G2 e/d/ | B2 e/d/ BAz :|]
MACCRIMMON'S LAMENT [2] ("Cumha Mhic Criomain" or "Cha tìl Mac Crimman"). AKA - "Cha till mi tuille," "Never more shall I return." Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A Minor: E Dorian (MacDonald). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Martin/1988): AB (Martin/2002): AABBCCDD (Morison). The melody is a slow air for the pipes (adapted to the fiddle) and unrelated to the pibroch "MacCrimmon's Lament (1)."
