Following Dru's mail: Digging round on the web, I found that the site [1]http://www.pipetunes.ca/displayproduct.asp?catID9&tuneID28 sta tes that Edward VIII was a piper and wrote this tune, perhaps with some help from his piping mentor, Willie Ross.
It is variously described on GHB sites as a slow air and as a Royal Salute and as a Vice-Regal Salute. There is a fairly useful biographical note PM Willie Ross here: [2]http://www.pipetunes.ca/composers.asp?pgTHtails&composerID"; b ut it seems to say nothing of him having tutored Edward VIII. Richard -- References 1. http://www.pipetunes.ca/displayproduct.asp?catID9&tuneID28 2. http://www.pipetunes.ca/composers.asp?pg%C3%9Etails&composerID To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
