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Lord Moira.
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Scottish 4 part Strathspey, first published in 1810.
Played on English Concertina, Fiddle, Hammered Dulcimer & Bodhran.
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I have an ABC notation for a tune called Lord Moira's Welcome To Scotland. This apparently originates from Lancashire.

The tune is different but has similarities to suggest they may have a common origin.

X:578
T:Lord Moira's Welcome To Scotland. HSJJ.185
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:120
S:HSJ Jackson,Wyresdale,Lancs.1823
R:Strathspey
O:England
A:Lancashire
H:1823
Z:Chris Partington
K:G
G<GG<G B<dd2|cA c/B/A/G/ A>G FD|G<GG<G B<dd2|e>gf>ag4:|!
|b>ga>gf2d2|e<eg>e d>cBG|g<gb>g a>gfd|eg f/g/a/f/g2ga/b/|!
c'>ab>g a>geg|d>Bg>B c/B/A/G/ A>B|G<GG<G c<ee2|dg f/g/a/f/g2|]

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Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, John Wild said:

I have an ABC notation for a tune called Lord Moira's Welcome To Scotland. This apparently originates from Lancashire...

I have that one too (or one which is very similar). There's also a rendering of that H. S. J. Jackson version in Andy Hornby's Winders of Wyresdale, for those who have a copy of the book.

 

I found two renderings on the Traditional Tune Archive. This one is my preferred option (after a little mucking about by your 'umble servant):

X:2
T:Lord Moira
%a lightly edited tune from the Traditioal Tune Archive: https://tunearch.org/wiki/TTA
%%MIDI program 23
O:Scotland
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=120
R:Slow Strathspey
K:Fmaj
C |: F<F ~F2 (A<c) ~c2 | ~B>GA>F G>F E<C | F<F ~F2 (A<c) ~c2 |1 d>f (e/f/).g/.e/ ~f2 f>a :|2 d>f e/f/g/e/ (f/g/).a/.g/ (f<a) |]
f<fa>f (g>f)e<c | d<d~f>d c>B A<F | f<f a>f g>f e<c | d>f (e/f/).g/.e/ ~f2 (f<a) |
b>ga>f g>fd>f | (d/c/).B/.A/ fA B/A/G/F/ G>A | F<F ~F2 B<d ~d2 | c>f (e/f/).g/.e/ ~f2 (f>a) ||
|: A>Fc>F (d/c/).B/.A/ c>f | A<F c>F G>AB>d | (A>F)c>F (d/c/).B/.A/ c>f | d>f (e/f/).g/.e/ ~f2 (f>a) :|
(f<a)(f<a) (e<g) ~c2 | (d>e)f>d c>BA>F | (3.f.g.a (3.f.g.a (3.e.f.g ~c2 | d>f (e/f/).g/.e/ ~f2 f>c |
(d<b)(c<a) (B<g)(A<f) | c>BA>F G>FE>C | (3.F.G.A (3.G.A.B (3.A.B.c (3.B.c.d | c>f (a/g/).f/.e/ (g/f/).e/.d/ (c/B/).A/.G/ || 

The other TTA version is pretty similar except that those triplets in the D music are not staccato...

 

There's a somewhat similar sounding tune called Earl Morris's Farewell to Scotland'in the VMP transcription of Rev. R. Harrison's MS, Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, c.1815. (RH.368).

Edited by lachenal74693
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