Annotation:MacKinnon's Rant

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MACKINNON'S RANT. AKA and see "Thro' the warld wou'd I gang wi' the Lad that loves me (2)." Canadian, Rant or Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian (Dunlay/MacMaster, Dunlay/Gillis, Perlman): A Mixolydian (Dunlay/MacDonald). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Dunlay/MacDonald): AAB (Dunlay/MacMaster, Dunlay/Gillis, Perlman). Paul Cranford suggests that "MacKinnon's Rant" is related to the strathspey "Craig o' Barns/Craig of Barns (The)," while John Shaw (in the booklet to Topic 12TS354) attributed it to the 18th century Scottish composer Biography:Robert Mackintosh. In the William Christie Collection (1820) the melody is printed under the title "Thro' the warld wou'd I gang wi' the Lad that loves me (2)."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; p. 62. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; p. 44. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 89.

Recorded sources : - Culburnie Records CUL 102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher - "The Driven Bow" (1988. From the playing of Buddy MacMaster). Decca 14024 (78 RPM), Alex Gillis- "The Inverness Serenaders" (c. 1930's). DMP 6-27, Doug MacPhee- "Cape Breton Piano II" (1979. Appears as "Traditional Reel"). Sea-Cape Music ACR4-12940, Buddy MacMaster - "Judique on the Floor" (1989. Appears as "Traditional Reel"). Topic 12TS354, Mary MacDonald- "Cape Breton Scottish Fiddle" (1978. Appears as "Untitled" after "Crubach"). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (appears as "The Craig of Barns Reel"). WRCI-4772, Unity Gain U-1002, Dave MacIsaac - "Celtic Guitar" (1986. Appears after "The Mystery).

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

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