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27 Feb 00 - 09:52 PM (#185952) Subject: mrs.mac leod of rathspey From: GUEST,d mc leod@home |
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27 Feb 00 - 09:58 PM (#185956) Subject: RE: mrs.mac leod of rathspey From: Sorcha ????????????????? More info? |
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27 Feb 00 - 10:46 PM (#185978) Subject: RE: mrs.mac leod of rathspey From: Malcolm Douglas Would that be the Scottish reel Miss McLeod of Raasay? If you go to "JC's ABC Tune Finder", Here and type in "miss mcleod", you'll get a whole bunch of references; ABC format, GIF, MIDI etc. "miss macleod" will get you a few Irish versions. It also turns up as an American tune, Have You Ever Seen The Devil Uncle Joe (and other names.) A very useful resource; bookmark it! Malcolm |
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27 Feb 00 - 11:03 PM (#185984) Subject: RE: mrs.mac leod of rathspey From: Malcolm Douglas Oh, I should have said don't type in the inverted commas! Malcolm |
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28 Feb 00 - 02:57 AM (#186053) Subject: RE: mrs.mac leod of rathspey From: GUEST,Murray on Saltspring The original (and to me correct) title is "Mrs. MacLeod of Raasay, often found as "Mrs. McLeod" and (usually Irish, but the general way in America) "Miss McLeod"--in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903), 263 (#1418; in the truncated Klassen edition, p. 134), it's "Miss Mcleod's Reel, with the two strains in reverse order. [They should go d d' lsld' m mr m etc. followed by drmf s mr m mr m etc.] Attributed by some to Sir Alex. Macdonald. In Niel Gow's Fifth Collection, 1809, "communicated" to Nathaniel Gow by Mr MacLeod of Raasay as "an original Isle of Skye Reel". Well-known as a puirt-a-beul (mouth music) tune, i.e. with nonsensical Gaelic words. (It's been attrib. to MacLeod of Raasay himself, BTW. Raasay is a wee island between Skye and the Scottish mainland. |