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MACDONALD OF THE ISLES' SALUTATION. Scottish, Air (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. From Biography:Daniel Dow's 18th century publication "Ancient Scots Music". "MacDonald of the Isles is a poetic title for the MacDonalds of Sleat, the southerly part of the Isle of Skye" (Williamson).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Dow (A Collection of Ancient Scots Music), c. 1775; pp. 6-7.

Recorded sources: Flying Fish FF 358, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 1."




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