Matt Seattle
Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:02:19 -0700
As I understand it - and I haven't researched this extensively - there
are 2 main versions, one is very old and much simpler than the rest,
and is from a 1600s Scottish mandour tablature book. It's recorded by
Rob MacKillop on mandour on his Greentrax album called - Flowers of
the Forest. I think it's also this version ('The Liltin') that's
played by the brass band at the Selkirk Common Riding.
The other one is the more elaborate 4-strain version in the Scots
Musical Museum, a song book to which R Burns contributed heavily. This
verson seems to be the source of the 3 which Julia quotes, and it is
occasionally sung as in the book. The melody is a bit more florid and
with a slightly wider range (down to E) than any of these 3; strain 4
is a repeat of strain 2, with the C naturals; and the original is
scored in A flat. This is also the source of the GHB versions, though
these are 'topped and tailed' and don't have C nat.
This is all just information, and needs to be checked. I wouldn't wish
to make a choice for NSP players other than suggest an 'as played by
..' or 'as sung by ...' , so maybe Ray's is the one to go with?
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