This arrangement of the classic Scottish song, "The Campbells Are Coming," is by Frank Converse. It is in his "Analytical Banjo Method" published in New York in the year 1890. Converse wrote and arranged many pieces for banjo and wrote one of the first method books to include "guitar style" playing, where the strings are plucked with the fingers like a classical guitar. This method would eventually replace the "stroke style" popular in the minstrel shows. This piece is played in guitar style on an Eastman Whyte Laydie reproduction with Nylgut strings.

The Campbells Are Coming

This is an arrangement of "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms" by Thomas Moore, the Irish poet. It is from "Guitar Without a Master" published by the Oliver Ditson Company of Boston. Guitar music in late 19th century America comprised of Irish, Scottish, and other popular national tunes as well as classical and operatic airs. You can see the original music here: https://archive.org/details/guitarwithoutmas00bost/page/n5

Kristopher Paprocki