This tune was first published in 1816. The editor of the collection was sceptical that it had any great antiquity - though I am more interested by the suggestion that it was composed in the midst of the forced migration from the Highlands and Islands in the early nineteenth century. The Gaelic title means "we are not afraid."

Hò cha-n 'eil mulad oirnn (Emigrant's Adieu)

Music from the Rowallan Scottish lute manuscript, compiled between 1612 - 1628. 

29 Over The Dyke Davie

4 Current

38 Katherines Bairdie

The lute manuscript of Robert Gordon of Straloch is one of the most beautiful and interesting lute collections. More details at ScottishLute.com

09 Put On Thy Sark On Monday

04 The Day Dawis

The Sleeping Tune

The Kid on the Mountain/O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick

The Swan arranged for Mandolin, Banjo, and Bass

The Swan

Cello concerto in Em II. allegro

Telemann trumpet concerto in D 1. Adagio, Arranged for Guitar

I have been playing classical guitar for longer than I care to remember (with never enough time to devote it when I was working). I have taken up the mandolin and tenor banjo only very recently as a retirement project, playing mainly Irish and Scottish traditional music.

The Kid on the Mountain/O'Farrell's Welcome to Limerick

Richard Carver

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