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Hebridean Fairy's Love lilt (Tha Min Sgith)

World / Ethnic/Scottish • 2007 • Alternative Title: Why should I sit and sigh

For alto (or baritone) and guitar

Title by uploader: Hebridean fairy's love song (Tha Mi sgith) arranged for Alto or Baritone and Guitar

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Hebridean Fairy's Love lilt (Tha Min Sgith): For alto (or baritone) and guitar by folklore

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6.00 USD

Seller David W Solomons

PDF, 209.6 Kb ID: SM-000165581 Upload date: 04 Jun 2012

Instrumentation	Contralto, Countertenor, Baritone, Classical guitar
Type of score	Score for two performers
Arranger	David W Solomons
Lyricist	folklore, James Hogg
Publisher	David W Solomons
Language	English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots
Difficulty	Medium
Duration	2'45
Year of composition	2012

Old and still popular folk song, also known as Hebridean fairy's love lilt.
The music is arranged here for alto or baritone voice and guitar, and I have given the melody to the guitar at one point, allowing the voice to provide a counter melody.

(The song can also be sung by a man since the legend is that it was a male fairy who fell in love with a young lady)

The original Gaelic words are anonymous (traditional)

(for the pronunciation of the Gaelic you can compare the following version from the BBC, but note that the words are different in places:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/alba/foghlam/beag_air_bheag/songs/song_02/page_05.shtml )

The wording in Lowlands Scots is by James Hogg (from his Ettrick Shepherd).

The sound sample is a live performance by David W Solomons (using the James Hogg version of the words).