I am just catching up on all this and fascinated by all you folks on this
debate.
Rob MacKilllop's CD is on Greentrax and it is a must for anybody interested
in very old lute tunes and other Scottish material. A lot of it is lifted
from old manuscripts in the Scottish National Library in Edinburgh. I have
been in and had a look a few weeks ago. Amazing stuff in various
collections and well worth a look, some of it on a 6 line stave[one extra at
the bottom] and some in a form of ABC. Lots more lovely stuff if you have
the time to dig around. I found a version of Mary Scott from 1704 in Agnes
Hume's handwritten tune book for example.
Rob plays everything on various lutes, mandours,cittern, and 18th century
guitar. Joyous stuff.
Hope some of this is helpful.
Ken Campbell
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I haven't heard the Rob MacKillop version - is this the same as
Julia's version 1, please?
Not quite - although it's closely related.
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X:2486
T:Flowers of the Forest (The Liltin')
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
G2 GG AB de|dB AG E2 D2|G2 GG AB de| dB A>G G4||\
DE =FF EF GG|DD BA GE DD|D2 EG e2 dB|A2 AB/A/ G4||**
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The source I have (the Scots Fiddle book I mentioned previously)
states that both this and the "modern" tune are played at the Selkirk
common riding, the older one as a lament, and the modern one as a
march.
I've never been so I can't verify this (or otherwise)
Julia
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