Annotation:Wattie Laing (1)
X:1 T:Wattie Laing [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:David Young – “A Collection of Scotch Airs with the latest Variations” (AKA - The B:McFarlane Manuscript (c. 1741, No. 99, p. 144) F:https://rmacd.com/music/macfarlane-manuscript/collection/pdfs/wattie_laing.pdf N:The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland K:G GdBd A2 ce|GdBd GdBd|cedB ABce|dcBA GABd:| |:G/G/G gB ABce|G/G/G gB g/f/e/d/ gB|cedB ABce|dcBA GABd:| |:dGdB ABce|dGdB dGdB|ceBd ABce|dBgB GABd:| |:GBgB ABce|GBgB dBgB|egdB ABce|dcBA GABd:|
WATTIE LA(I)NG. AKA - "Cailleach an Dùdain." AKA and see "Lifting of the Linnen (The)." Scottish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by biography:David Young, 1734." It also was entered by Edinburgh fiddler and writing master Young into his MacFarlane Manuscript (c. 1740, No. 101, p. 145), compiled for his patron, Walter MacFarlan of MacFarlane.
