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Roslin Castle.
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Robert Burns composed his song - 'Farewell to the Banks of Ayr' ( The gloomy night is gath'ring fast )' in 1786 to this old Air.
Played on English Concertina.
Lockdown Video #533
 
Cheers,
Dick
 
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3 hours ago, lachenal74693 said:

I first heard this 40+ years ago...

 

And as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, as far as I’ve been able to determine, the very first YouTube of a solo person playing a concertina in a self-made video was Danny Chapman (RatFace here on concertina.net) playing Roslin Castle in 2006.

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1 hour ago, David Barnert said:

...as far as I’ve been able to determine, the very first YouTube of a solo person playing a concertina in a self-made video was Danny Chapman...playing Roslin Castle in 2006.

Oh, wow, a little bit of history! That goes into the notes accompanying the tune in my ABC Tune Book! Ta!

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3 hours ago, David Barnert said:

 

And as I’ve pointed out elsewhere, as far as I’ve been able to determine, the very first YouTube of a solo person playing a concertina in a self-made video was Danny Chapman (RatFace here on concertina.net) playing Roslin Castle in 2006.

 

I forgot to include a link!

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