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The Patrick McDonald Collection BOOK

Highland Vocal Airs, Country Dances or Reels of the North Highlands and Western Isles (first published 1784)...

This book gives a fascinating look at life and music in the 18th and 19th centuries. Patrick McDonald came from a very
musical and musically literate family which was unusual at this time and this music collection and that of his brother Joseph
who published the first book of written pipe music âA Complete Theory of the Scots Highland Bagpipe❠are of the greatest interest
to all researching pipe, fiddle, harp and Gaelic songs of the period. There are two introductions totalling eleven pages with
the original book which for researchers are invaluable in their descriptions of both the music and way of life at this time.He
gives reference to tunes in the collection which he remembers as being the ancient harp music played in the Highlands. The
clarsach had already fallen out of use by this time but it was still within living memory so the references are invaluable
today to harp players seeking original tunes. There is also a wealth of other fiddle, pipe and song material in this exciting
early collection. There are early versions of many well known tunes. In addition to all the original notes and introductions
Taigh na Teud was fortunate to have the help of Roderick D. Cannon, Allan MacDonald and personal notes on the book from the
William Mathesonâs own copy. These have been included to help with further research. Roderick Cannon supplied possible names
for many of the unnamed tunes in the North Highland Reels and Country Dances section.

Contents:
---- North Highland Airs ---- A' bhliadhna gus an aimsir seo, A do-ada-a do dh'fhalbh mi, A phiùrag ghaolach,
An tur a bhithinn urad, B' e sud iorram na truaigh, B' fhearr leam fhìn na làir is òigeach, Bàs Dhiarmaid o Duinn, Cha bhi
mi m' iasgair, Cha d'theid mi gu Loch Bhraoin no Ghearrloch, Chagair, chagair chagair a ghruagan, Chaidh mi là do ân Bhadtràileach,
Chi mi bean san tràigh na suidhe Chiu-ri-ruo, Dh'eirich mi moch, Gasan finealt, Ge do tha mi m' onar âs na gleannaibh, Ghoid
iad mo bhean uam an rèir, Gràidhean donn, Gur bòidheach, bòidheach an cnocan, Gur bòidheach nighean donn mo chridhe, Gur eutrom
an t-aiseag, Gur liònar gobhlan dubh fraoich ann,Gur mise tha fo mhulad,Ha-da-lolal-O, Imir fein, a Choinnich chridhe, Keapach
na fàsach Là dhomh âs mi direadh bealaich, Loch Bhraoin, Loisg iad gual io-uo,Mac Caoidh Chonasain Maol dònaidh, Mnathan Chrospuil
is Bhaile Mhuirich, Mo chailin donn òg, Mo chruinneag ghreannar, O chiadain an lò, Och o ro u, Phiùrag nan gaol, Ribhinn,
aluinn, aoibhinn òig, âS cian fada fada o ân uiridh,âS iiâ naill so dhuisg mi, âS fluich an oidhche nochd âs gur fuar i âS
lionar eubh is iolach,âS neonach le clann Dònail mi, âS e Coinneach òg a fhuair an togail âS olc a fhuair mi tùs a' gheamhraidh,âS
truagh nach eil bodaich an domhain, Sonnan mo ghaoil, Sud air m'aigne fo ghruaim, Tha ceò mòr air Meall a' mhuirich,Tha fonn
gun bhi trom, Tha mise fo mhulad,Tha mo dhaoine fluich fuar, tha mo ghràdh air a' chuan ,Tha mo ghaols' aig Dònal, Tha mo
ghruaidhean air preasadh, Tha mulad, tha mulad,tha mulad air m' inntinn, Thug na mnathan gaol do m' chodhalt, U-gu-vi-u, U-gu-vi-u,
Port na maighdinn chuain, Ugi nan gu âs mo thriall dachaidh. ----Perthshire Airs ---- A bhanarach dhonn a' chruidh, A Dhonail
ruaidh gaolaich, An cuala sibhs a' bhanais bhàn, Bhliadhna dh'eirich an iomairt, Ceud soraidh uam do ân Ailleagan, Cha cheilinn
sùgradh Uileam , Cia iad na dèe âs na dùile treun, Druimionn dubh, Ge do theid mi do m' leabaidh, 's beag mo shund ris a'
chadal, Is mòr mo mhulad, 's cha lugha m' easlaint , MacGriogair a Ruaro, Nis o rinneadh ar taghadh, O! âs mis' tha fo leòn,
Och is och mar a ta mi, Oscar's Ghost, âS fad tha mi m' ònaran, âS math an là fhuair m' eudail, âS mi air cragan na sgurra
âS mi gabhail an ràthaid, Tha ân oidhche nochd fuar, Tha gruagach san Aodan, Tha loingeas fo brèide, Tha mo chion air an ùr
ghibht, Tha mulad, tha sgìos orm. ---- Western Isle Airs ---- A cheud luan do'n ràidh, Airidh nam badan, Aisling, Alasdair
m' ansachd, Alasdair òg, A mother's lament on the death of her child, A St Kilda girl's lamentation on the death of her lover,.A
Young lady's panegyrick on her lover, Bheir mi soraidh thun a' bhaile, Caidil gu lo, Chaidh an toran mu thom, Ciod a bhiodh
tu âg iarraidh, Hithil-ùil agus Ã-hithil-O-hòrino, Mo rùn geal òg, Oran an aoig, Pòsadh peathar In bhàin, âS cianail m' aigne,
Sir Norman McLeod's Lament, âS mi ga m' iomagan a' m' leabaidh, âS toigh leam fein mo laochan Sud mar chuir mi ân geamhradh
tharum, Tha giullan agam fhin. ---- Argyllshire Airs ---- An gille dubh ciar dhubh, An reir bhruadair mi m' chadal, A Robaidh,
tha thu gòrach Cagaran O! , Callum a' ghlinne, Coir a' cheathaich, Dan dheirg, Dan fhraoich, Dan Liughair, Faoileagan Sgarba,
Gur muladach tha mi, s mi gun mhacnus, gun mhanran , Gur trom leam mo cheum, He-man-du-i-o-ro-u, Ho-rin-o-i-ri-o-ho, Nighean
an àirich Laoidh an amadain mhòir, Laoidh Ghara âs nam ban, Latha siubhail sleibh dhomh, Leam is aithearr an t-suain, M' eudal,
is m' ulaidh is m' aithir, Madainn chiuin chèitein Mairearat nion Donail, Manus, Màraidh bhàn òg, Moch madainn chèitein, Mor
nian a' Ghiobarlain, Nighean donn nan gabhar, Nochd gur faoin mo chadal domh, Ossian an dèigh nam Fion, Rinn m' eudal mo mhealladh,
âS cian âs gur fad tha mi m' thàmh, Shiubhail mi Ile 's Ceann-tire, S mithich dhomh bhi togail orm, Tearlach Stiùbhard, Tha
sgeul beag agam air Fionn, Theid, âs gun d'theid mi thairis.

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