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GUEST,Alex Binnie	Origins: Shoals of Herring (MacColl) (121* d)	RE: Origins: Shoals of Herring (MacColl)	19 Jan 14
Just to throw a herring among the pigeons (!!) can I suggest the McColl heard the tune first from Scots Gaelic speakers? I have spotted it in a book of pipe tunes, where it is described as a popular Gaelic song " An Sgada Sgathan". Nothing wrong in using existing tunes, Burns did it all the time!

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