[scots-l] Re: Maids of Arrochar

2002-11-28 Thread David Francis
Thanks for the information, especially the attribution to John MacDonald of Dundee. Interesting that before making the enquiry we were messing around with an arrangement that wove the tune around Scotland's alternative national anthem, 'Hermless' by Michael Marra - of Dundee. Yours from the

[scots-l] Re: Maids of Arrochar

2002-11-22 Thread Nigel Gatherer
In article 000901c291bb$f46903b0$a6ae989e@computername, David Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any information about the tune 'The Maids of Arrochar'? I see it listed on Nigel's ABC site (as a jig, but I've only heard it as a slow 6/8) as coming from the Gow collection,