Annotation:Warrior o’ Persie (The)

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WARRIOR O’ PERSIE, THE. Scottish, Slow Air and Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Composed by biography:J. Scott Skinner [1], dedicated to “W. McCombie Smith, F.S.A., Schoolhouse, Persie, by Blairgowrie.” William McCombie Smith was an author, among other things, whose works include Memoir of the Families of M’Combie and Thomas (1890) and The Romance of Poaching in the Highlands (1904). Smith also prolifically wrote about and participated in Highland Games, where he competed as a heavy athlete, although his performance has been described as “mediocre”. In fact he was far outshadowed by his brother-in-law, Donald Dinnie, called the greatest Highland champion in history, who took home a reputed 10,000 prizes and victories in his long career that included wrestling tours and appearances as a strongman. It does Smith no credit that he is recorded as having “never missed an opportunity for criticizing Donald.”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 18. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; p. 11 (includes a second strain variation).

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