Annotation:Western Isles (The)
X:1 T:Highland Reel, A T:Western Isles, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Aird – Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 B:(Glasgow, 1801, No. 179, p. 67) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D f>AA>A A>FA>A|f>aA>f e>dB<d|f>AA>A B>AF>A|a>ef>d e>dB<d:| |:f<ab>a a<f e>d|d<dee g>ef>e|f<ab>a a<fe>d|g>ef>d B>AB<d:|]
WESTERN ISLES, THE. AKA - "Highland Reel (2) (A)." AKA and see "That's How I Spent the Winter." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune appears as "A Highland Reel" in James Aird's Glasgow published Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1801). Set as a strathspey, the tune can be found in Patrick MacDonald's collection as "Sud mar chuir mi'n geamhradh tharum" (That's how I spent the winter).
