The Highlandman

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Notes

Irish variant of Scottish tune "The Highlandman Who Kissed His Mother/Grannie"

Source

Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy, "Altan"

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Highland One title Only 1 transcription Has some stepwise movement major G D 4/4 Has source text Has notes text No chords explore more...

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X:1
T:The Highlandman
R:Highland
S:Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie Kennedy, "Altan"
Z:Philippe Varlet  irtrad-l 2001-12-24
N:Irish variant of Scottish tune "The Highlandman Who Kissed His Mother/Grannie"
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:180
K:D
A2 A/2A/2A B/2c/2d ec | ABce dBGB | A2 A/2A/2A B/2c/2d eg | af{a}ge dBGB:||
K:G
cg~g2 af{a}ge | ce{a}ge dBGB | cg~g2 afgb | af{a}ge dBGB :||

This transcription was found:

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