Lament for the Children

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This, arguably the most beautiful lament, is credited to Patrick Mor MacCrimmon after he lost seven of his eight sons within a year due to smallpox brought to Skye by a visiting ship.

Judges Note 2009

Various differences in settings are possible. In particular, John MacDonald’s (and RU Brown’s) last bar of line 2 of the ground, with a G grace note on the F before high G, instead of on the E, appears only in Binneas is Borreraig and not in the other usual sources. Similarly, the high G grace note on the last B in the last bar of variation 1, instead of the GED cadence.

Kilberry’s ‘Sidelights’ contains an extensive note on different styles.

Available in:

PS Book 3, Kilberry, Binneas

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