Annotation:Poor Freddy's Gone to Balmacaan
X:1 T:Poor Freddy’s Gone to Balmacaan C:J. Scott Skinner M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B:J. Scott Skinner – Miller o’ Hirn Collection (1881, p. 30) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F#min C2|FF3 (c3B) (A3G)F3^d|e3Bc3A BG3 .E2.E2|FF3 c3B A3G F2^e2|f3cd3B cA3 F2:| ^e2|f3cd3B cA3 F3^d|e3Bc3A BG3 E3^e|f3c{c}d3B cf3c3B|A3F{F}G3E {F}F4- F3c| f3d3B cf3Ff3|e3Bc3A GB3 Ee3|(3f2g2a2 (3g2f2^e2 (3f2=e2d2 (3c2B2A2|(3d2c2B2 (3B2A2G2 F4 [C2F2]||
POOR FREDDY'S GONE TO BALMACAAN. Scottish, Air and Strathspey (whole time). F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Poor Freddy's Gone to Balmacaan" is a strathspey composed by wikipedia:James_Scott_Skinner (1843-1927) who set it to words by R. Grant entitled "Puir Freddy's Gaen to Balmacaan" which tell of missing a favorite dog. Grant's poem begins:
Puir Freddy's gaen to Balmacaan,
To hunt the rabbits o'er the lan,
But gin he come safe back again,
He'll never win awa again.
Chorus:
O gin he wou'd come back again,
Like prodigal return again,
Nae rabbit, hare, nor otter hunt,
Should part me and my dog again.
O, sair I miss my Freddy noo,
For dogs like him are unco few;
Sae friskey aye, and true as steel,
And troth he kent I liked him weel.
