Dr. William Donaldson's General Published Piobaireachd Index

William Donaldson's General Published Piobaireachd Index
This index is provided courtesy of Dr. William Donaldson, who is the sole author and owner.
It may not be copied without his express persmission.

TUNES	Donald MacDonald	MacArthur/MacGregor	Gesto	Angus MacKay	Uilleam Ross	Donald MacPhee	C. S. Thomason	Glen's Ancient Piobaireachd	Glen's Edinburgh Collection	Piobaireachd Society first series	McLennan 1907	McLennan 1925	G. F. Ross	Comments
A Flame of Wrath for Squinting Peter							273-4	160-1	viii, 4				27 (SPS); 22-3 (MAOP)	Thomason's title is 'A Satire on Patrick Chaoig'. G. F. Ross's tune is 'hintoradin hiento, hodrova hioemto' and he gives it in both of his collections.
A Gathering							257; 387
Abercairney's Salute		140		76-8			145-6							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Charles MacArthur.'
Alastair Charich's March							63-4
An t-Auiltich			1-3
Beinn a Ghriann		132					288							There are links here with Gesto's Strone tune.
Beloved Scotland I leave thee gloomy		141					221	146-8
Ben Cruachan		148					216-7; 393							Thomason includes this tune twice, the second time as 'Nameless no.13'.
Black Donald's March	106-10					i, 22-24	47	18-20						Donald MacDonald says: 'Piobaireachd Dhomhnuill Duibh Black Donald Balloch of the Isles's March to the First Battle of Inverlochy 1427'.
Boisdale's Salute	56-60							68-9			5			Glen's title is 'Alaistair Mor MacDonald of Boisdale's Salute.'
Captain Donald MacKenzie's Lament							9	47-9
Castle Menzie							67-8
Catherine's Lament		139					242			v, 12
Catherine's Salute					64-65		321-2							Ross says: 'Very Old'.This is MacKay with an additional doubling, but reset in 2/4 rather than 3/4: sensibly, and with much better rhythm.
The Cave of Gold													88 (SPS); 22-3 (MAOP	G. F. Ross says 'communicated by Mr. Simon Fraser of Melbourne, Australia...'
Caugh Vic Rich Aro			32-3
Chisholm of Strathglass's Salute							187; 300; *394							Thomason has this in more than once, the first time under the title 'The MacKay's March.'
Chisholm's Salute				41-2		i, 28-9	124	23-4				10
Clan Chattan's Gathering					92-4		286; 385	66-7			8			Ross says: 'Copied from Alex. MacDonald Piper to the Late Earl of Fife.'Follows MacKay.
Clanranald's gathering to Sheriffmuir	68-70					i, 40-1	16			ii, 16-17	2			Donald MacDonald says: ' Cruinneachadh Chlaun Raonuill The Gathering of the McDonalds of Clanranald to the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 Where the Chief was Slain.'
Clanranald's Salute				96-8		ii, 23-6	249-50	75-6
Cluny MacPherson's March							230
Cluny MacPherson's Salute					60-1		258; 391
Colin MacRae of Invereenat's Lament					103		204-5							Ross notes 'There is no Doubling on any of the Variations of this Tune.Copied from Alex. MacDonald Piper to the Late Earl of Fife.'Thomason's title is 'The Lament for Duncan MacRae of Kintail.'
Corrinessan's Salute								180-1		ii, 8-9			44-5 (MAOP)	Glen calls this 'A Salute to the Corry of the Tiny Fall', and attributes it to Rory Dall MacKay.He adds in a note: 'The Urlar, Var. 1st and its Doubling is from an old MS. in possession of Dr. Charl. Bannatyne.The Taorluaths and Crunluaths have been added by the Compiler'.Glen's part 6 was published probably in 1905, so that it would pre-date the second issue of the Piobaireachd Society Collection (first series) where William Stewart says that his arrangement is the first publication of the tune.His text follows Glen, but cuts the first variation and taorluath 'up' in contradistinction to Glen.
Craigellachie	61-67			33-36			3-4	167-9		i, 12-15				Donald MacDonald says: 'Craigillachy The Grants' Gathering. Craigillachy, a Mountain in Strathspey, has been considered from Time Immemorial As a kind of rallying point of the Clan Grant.'
Davidson of Tulloch's Salute				68-71			147-8							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John Mackay. 1821.'
Dispraise of MacLeod							332
Donald Gruamach's March	13-22		21-5			i, 46-51	7-8	102-4					46 (SPS)	Donald MacDonald's title is 'Donald Gruamach of Slate's lament for the death of his elder brother'.
Drizzle on the Stone							297
Duke of Hamilton's Lament	23-9						10-12	200-202						Donald MacDonald's title: 'Lamentation for the Duke of Hamilton'.
Duntroon's Salute			25-6				351-2							Gesto calls this 'Lasan Phadrig Chiegch
Ewin of the Battles							224
Fair Honey							238
Fare thee well, Donald							362-3
Farewell to Colonel Leigh							126
Farewell to the Laird of Islay							254
Finlay's Lament							80	190-191					33 (SPS)
Fuinachair							295
G. Campbell of Calder's Salute							54							Not indexed in Thomason
Gathering of the MacDonalds of Clanranald							46
General Thomason's Salute							400							Marked, 'A. Paterson. HLI.1893'
Glengarry's Lament				31-2			149	44			2			In MacKay's Ancient Piobaireachd it says: ''Composed by Archibald Munro.'[And since this was a recent event, his literary editor James Logan characteristically withholds the date?]
Glengarry's March	30-33		41-3				13-15	105-6						Donald MacDonald says: 'Played by Glengarry's piper, at the burring of the church of Cill Chriosda in revenge of the murder of Aonghas a Chaoil of the Glengarry family by the Culloden people.'
Grain in Hides and Corn in Sacks							371
Gunn's Salute					69-72		265-6							Ross says: 'By William Gunn'.
Hail to my Country							369
Hector MacLean's Warning		134		37-8			151							MacKay's text identifies Hector as 'The Son of Allan nan Sop'.
Hector Roy McLean's Lament					106		211-12						40-1 (MAOP)	Uilleam Ross notes: 'There is no Doubling on any of the Variations of this tune.'This is by far the best version of this available, much richer, longer and more subtle setting than in MacKay.
Hey for the Old Pipes							311
His Father's Lament for Donald Mackenzie							246-7
I got a Kiss of the King's Hand				14-16			156-7	72-3			7		40-1 (MAOP)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Patrick Mor MacCrummen.1651.'
In Praise of Morag			4-6		72-4		78-9	228-30					36-7 (SPS)	Uilleam Ross says: 'Ceilearadh': musical melodious. 'Mhorag'. The name adapted by Prince Charlie when in female attire in the Highlands.'Ross follows MacKay, although the notation of the ground is closer to MacDonald.
Isobel MacKay			35-7	26-27			134	40-1		i, 10-11				Thomason gives as an alternative title 'The Battle of Maolroy'.
James VI's Salute		131					251	6-7						Glen calls this 'King James VI's Lament'.The MacArthur /MacGregor which has both a James VI's Salute and a James VI's Lament, two different tunes, should be checked against Glen.
John Garbh MacLean of Coll's Broadsword							69-70
John Garbh MacLeod of Raasay's Lament				23-25			61, 62	172-4		i, 4-7			31 (SPS); 42-3 (MAOP	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Patrick Mor MacCrummen.Soon After 1648.'Glen gives the first variation singling and doubling from Donald MacDonald's MS.
King George III's Lament				102-5		ii, 35-8	117							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John MacKay.1820.'
Kinlochmoidart's Lament (no.1)					28-32		213-5	197-9		v, 2-3				MacKay calls this 'MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart's Salute'.Ross removes a lot of the cadences in the ground, and adds an up-cut siubhal, singling and doubling to MacKay.
Lachlan MacNeill Campbell of Kintarbert's Salute							367-8
Lady Anapool's Lament							180
Lady Doyle's Salute				43-4			150			iv, 14				MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John Mackay.'
Lady MacDonald's Lament		152		137-140			199	185-7					35 (SPS)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Angus MacArthur.1790.'
Lady Margaret MacDonald's Salute		155					305-6; 339	238-9
Lament for Abercairney							344
Lament for Black Sorley	98-101						42-3							Donald MacDonald says: 'Cumhadh Dubh ShomhairleA Doleful Lament for the Death of Samuel a Celebrated Piper.'Elsewhere this tune is known as 'The Stuarts' White Banner', see below.
Lament for Captain MacDougal							364-5	216-7		iv, 15-17		2-3
Lament for Captain Wemyss Sutherland							*347							Thomason notes: 'By W. Gunn'.
Lament for Colin Roy MacKenzie							316							Willie Gray gives an alternative tone row for this tune which he says is better than Angus MacKay's in Piping and Dancing, September 1939)
Lament for Colonel Forbes							155
Lament for Donald Ban MacCrimmon					34-40		81-4	93-5						Ross uses more than one style of eallach, one of which as an obvious source for Archibald Campbell's later ugly rationalisation of this movement and reduction of it to a single unchanging form.*
Lament for Donald Cameron							143-4							By Keith Cameron
Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay		147		7-8			113-4	81-3					36-7 (MAOP)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Donald Mor MacCrummen.1649.'
Lament for Iain Ciar							317							Thomason prints the 'Salute for Iain Ciar' on the adjoining p.318, which is basically the same tune arranged a little differently.
Lament for King James having left the Crown of England and Scotland and going to France			37-8
Lament for Lachlan Mor MacLean							93-5
Lament for Lady Anapool							180
Lament for Lord MacDonald							301							This is by Prof. MacArthur
Lament for Lord Breadalbane							345-6
Lament for Lord Fred Leveson Gower							333
Lament for MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart							307-8							This is the second of the Kinlochmoidart tunes.
Lament for MacDonald's Tutor							239	4-5
Lament for MacSwan of Roaig							85-6
Lament for Mary MacLeod					104-5		269-70	192-3	iv, 16				46-7 (MAOP)	Uilleam Ross's title is 'Mary MacLeod's Lament, (The Isle of Skye Poetess).Copied from Alex. MacDonald Piper to the Late Earl of Fife.'Interestingly it includes the awful High G at the beginning of bar 15 of the doubling of the first variation. Sandy MacDonald's son, Johnny, played high A here. An interesting example of stylistic variation within a single family.The Edinburgh Collection score is marked 'as played by Colin Cameron'; the eallachs are played 'down'.
Lament for Montrose							41							This is by James MacKillop of Polmont
Lament for Patrick Og	84-88			82-3		i, 8-9	37-8	28-30		i, 8-9			48-9 (MAOP)	Donald MacDonald says: 'Cumh Pharic More Mhic CruimmennLament on the death of Patrick More McCruimmenn.'MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John Dall MacKayPiper to Gairloch.'
Lament for Prince Henry of Battenberg							112
Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar	94-7					ii, 46-7	40-1	218-9		iii, 8-9				Donald MacDonald calls this: 'Cumhadh Raoninuill mhic Aileain OigLament for Ronald MacDonald Esqr. of Morar'.
Lament for Sir James MacDonald of the Isles (attr. to Charles MacArthur)		151					353
Lament for Sir James MacDonald of the Isles (attr. To Wm. MacDonald of Vallay)							323
Lament for Sir John Garbh MacLean of Coll							127; 327	57-9
Lament for the Castle of Dunyveg							225
Lament for the Departure of King James	89-91					ii, 4	18							Donald MacDonald says: 'Suihel ShemesLament for King James' Departure in 1688'.
Lament for the Duke of Perth							319
Lament for the Earl of Antrim							233-4	175-7			4		46 (SPS); 28-9 (MAOP
Lament for the Great Supper							354							Begins the same way as the Little Supper tune, but is thereafter developed differently.
Lament for John Campbell of the Lovat Scouts									ii, 2-3					Composed by Roderick Campbell for his brother. The title continues 'Killed S. A. 20th Sept. 1901'.
Lament for the Laird of Anapool		156	38-40				108							In the published edition of the MacArthur/MacGregor the editors call this 'The Laird of Arnaboll's Lament'. In the original MS source the title is'Lord Anapole's Lament'.
Lament for the Laird of Contullich							324-5
Lament for the Little Supper							229
Lament for the Old Sword							28	12-13
Lament for Peter McCruimon (the last of the twins)									ii, 28-9					This is the composition of James Mauchline and it is quite a good tune.
Lament for the Writer							350
Lament for Young Allan							370
Leaving Kintyre							342
Lord Colin Campbell's Salute						ii, 32-4								Composed by Donald MacPhee.MacPhee adds 'Dedicated to Lord Colin Campbell in commemoration of his election as M. P. for Argyllshire. August 1878.'
Lord Lovat's Lament				141-3			198	35-6		iv, 8-9			26 (SPS)	Glen notes: 'Communicated by Mr Simon Fraser,Melbourne, Australia.'This Fraser setting is very different from the one published in the Piobaireachd Society Collection (second series).
Lord MacDonald's Lament		144
MacCrimmon will never return				17-20		ii, 1-2	162	74-5				4		MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Donald Bain MacCrummen.A.D. 1745.'and gives words as follows: 'Cha till cha till cha till mi tuille; Cha till cha till cha till mi tuille; Ged Phillias [sic] MacLeoid cha bheo MacCruimein.s'mo thruaighe mo thruaighe'
MacCrimmon's Sweetheart					77-9		208	98-9; 164-6			2		8-9 (MAOP)	Ross is similar to MacKay but re-sets the ground.Ross uses closed MacKay style fosgailte movements here.Glen prints two settings, the second developed to a duinte conclusion. Thomason's setting unequivocally shows the anacrusis, which also appears in MacDougall Gillies's Dundee MS.
MacIntosh's Banner							268						38 (SPS)	G. F. Ross calls this 'Chisholm's Lament'
MacDonald of Sunda's Lament							54
MacFarlanes' Gathering							131							Thomason says 'Leech of Glendaruel & Gillies' Version' and also 'Set by Pipe Major Gillies after Piper Leech of Glendaruel'.This is an interesting setting with the parts played alternately down and up.
MacIntosh's Lament				162-8		i, 37-9	48	31-4						MacKay's text says: 'About the year 1526'
Macintyre's Salute							262-3	63-4
Mackenzie of Applecross's Salute				135-6		ii, 48-9	160							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Angus Mackay.'
Mackenzie of Gairloch's Lament		153		110-2			158-9	206-8						MacKay's textsays: 'Composed by John Mackay, The Family Piper.'
MacKenzie of Gairloch's Salute							191
MacLean of Coll's Triumph							*327
MacLean of Lochbuie's Lament							70
MacLeod of Colbecks's Lament				149-52			163-4			v, 15-18				MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John MacKay.'
MacLeod of Gesto's Salute							340; 388							The second of these in Thomason is the second of Colin Campbell's settings of MacLeod of Gesto's Salute, i, 67-70
MacLeod of MacLeod's Lament				131-4		ii, 11-14	165-6	51-3		ii, 1-4			26-7 (MAOP)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by MacCrummen.'
MacLeod of Raasay's Salute				9-11		ii, 5-7	55	37-9						MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Angus Mackay Gearloch.'
MacLeod's Controversy				84			161						16-17 (MAOP)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Donald Mor MacCrimmenAbout the Year 1603.'
MacLeod's Rowing Tune			20-21	39-40			109-10	223-5		iii, 4-5			18-19 (MAOP)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Donald Mor Maccrummen.'Gesto's title is 'Lamentation for McLeod of Greshershish'This is corrected to 'Greshornish' in his 'Remarks'
MacLeod's Short Tune							292							Thomason calls this 'A Taunt on MacLeod'
MacNeil of Barra's March				72-3			118						35 (SPS)	G. F. Ross calls this 'MacNeil of Barra's Lament'.
MacNeill of Kintarbert's Fancy							357-8
MacRae's March		150		21-22			188-189	170-71		i, 18-19		2-3		MacKay's text says: 'A. D. 1491.' Glen gives an alternative setting of the ground from the MacArthur MS, by favour of Dr. Charles Bannatyne.
March of the Laird of Coll							*154							Not in Thomason's index
March of the MacDonalds
Mary's Lament					97-8									By W. Ross'. A perfectly adequate tune, if perhaps a little conventional in its development
Mary's Praise	73-79					i, 10-13	30-1	182-4			3		39 (SPS)	Donald MacDonald calls this: 'Moladgh Mari Marys Praise for her Gift McLauchlans March Composed by the family piper.'
Melbank's Salute					16-19		271-2	214-5						Ross's style of eallach changes with time signature.This is MacKay, except Rossplays his fosgailte opened.MacKay gives the crunluath in ordinary form.
Menzies' Salute				51-2			99-100; 101-2							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Macintyre.'
Miss Mabel Thomason's Salute							129							This is by Keith Cameron
Mrs. MacLeod of Tallisker's					66-69		284-5							Ross says: 'By Donald Roy MacCruimmon.' Ross's setting as in MacKay but with one or two individual touches.
Mrs. Smith's Salute							35	118-9						Glen says: 'Composed by John McKenzie.'
My dearest on earth give my							152-3	240-3
My King has landed in Moidart				1-4		ii, 39-42	59-60	70-1		iii, 10-13				MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John MacIntyre.1745.'
Nameless			33-5
Nameless No. 12							392
Nameless No. 8 Hiharin dro o							*387		ii, 8-9					This tune is published by Archibald Campbell in PS4, 107-8, ostensibly from Duncan Campbell's MS; the notes make no mention of the two previously published scores.
Nameless No.1							377-8
Nameless No.10							389-90
Nameless No.15							395
Nameless No.16							396
Nameless No.17 Hio tro tro							397
Nameless No.19							399
Nameless No.3							381
Nameless No.4							382-3
Nameless No.5		146					384
Parading of the MacDonalds							69; 326							Thomason's title for the first of theseis: 'MacDonald of the Isles' Salute'. It does not appear in his index.
Prince Charles's Lament				169-71			123			iv, 5				MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Captn. Malcolm MacLeod.1746.'
Queen Anne's Lament					58-60		232							Ross follows MacKay here.
Red Alister MacDonald of Glengarry's Lament			30-32				87						28-9 (SPS)	Gesto calls this 'Lamentation of Mac Vic Allister'
Rev. Dr. Norman MacLeod's Lament					62-3									By W. Ross.Piper to Her Majesty.1874.No man ever wrote and spoke in behalf of Highlanders, and Highland music, like the late Dr. Norman MacLeod, Therefore this Piobaireachd is composed to his memory by W. Ross. Piper to Her Majesty.'A little bland, but not a bad tune, a sweet unpretentious little piece. Interesting influence of Donald MacDonald on style of notation.
Salute on the Birth of Rory Mor	92-3						36	188-9					40-41 (SPS)	Donald MacDonald calls this: ''n ann air mhire tha sibhComposed by McCruimen at the birth of Roderick More Macleod in Dunvegan Castle Isle of Skye, in 1715.'
Salute to Inverary							257
Scarce of Fishing					22-27		209-210	132-5		ii, 12-15			52-3 (MAOP)	Uilleam Ross calls this 'The Fishers of Geogh Brodinn.'Note the timings of phrase endings, heavily cadenced in the style of Colin Cameron.Ross points the pendulum movement 'down';MacKay plays it 'up'.The title in the Piobaireachd Society Collection (first series) is 'Lochnell's Lament'.
Sir Ewan Cameron of Lochiel's Salute				49-50			133							Thomason calls this 'Away to your tribe Ewen', and marks it 'From Playing of K. Cameron.'
Sir James MacDonald of the Isles' Salute				99-101		ii, 26-28	71-2							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by William Macdonald Esqr. of Vallay.'
Sobieski's Salute							298-99
Sound of the Waves against the Castle of Duntroon						i, 4-7	26-7	220-2						Thomason's title is 'Duntroon's Warning'.
Struan Robertson's Salute				79-80		ii, 19	169	14
The Bard's Lament		149
The Battle of Atholl							330							McLennan 1907 has a
The Battle of Auldearn					50-52		203	236-7		v, 4-6				Ross calls this 'The Battle of Water Earn'.He follows MacKay, on the whole, but with interesting differences of detail.
The Battle of Balladruishaig							289
The Battle of Bealach nam Brog							328-9
The Battle of Doirneag							360							Thomason's index says: 'Campbell, Gathering of Clan or Battle of the Dorneag (pebbles)'
The Battle of Glenshiel							366
The Battle of Park							96; *385							Thomason prints Park no 1 on p.96 and Park no.2 on p. *386
The Battle of Sheriffmuir				63-5			89-90; 170			v, 7-9				MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Finlay Dubh MacRae.1715.'Thomason's title is 'Cheerful Scotland'.
The Battle of Strone					79-81		63; 240; 355-6							Ross's title is 'The Battle of Castle Strone'.Ross follows MacKay generally, but with slight tweaks to the variations.Thomason prints three different settings of this tune under three different titles, 'Alastair Carich's March'; 'The Battle of Castle Strone', and 'The Battle of Lochcarron Point'
The Battle of the Bridge of Perth							359	64-5
The Battle of the Pass of Crieff					75-7		255							Ross's setting is much more rhythmically precise and deft than MacKay's.
The Battle of the Red Hill		136			20-21		253							Ross's Gaelic title is 'Fear na Breacan Duibh'.Which would be 'The Man with the Black Plaid.' Ross plays MacKay style fosgailte, but MacDonald style in doubling.*This is obviously the hint which led to the adoption of the spurious fosgailte a mach by Archibald Campbell.This tune is merely the latter half of 'MacCrimmon's Sweetheart'.
The Battle of Waterloo				89-92			167-8							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John Mackay.1815.'
The Battle of Waternish							243	2-3					10-11 (MAOP)
The Bells of Perth		133		106-9		i, 42-5	73-5	77-81		ii, 5-7			54-5 (MAOP)
The Berisdale Salute					99-102		248							Ross's version is plainly irregular; it is amended by Thomason in Ceol Mor.
The Bicker							292; 343	144-5						Thomason gives both of the Bicker tunes; his title for the second is 'The Extirpation of the Tinkers by the King's Orders.'Glen's title is 'The Royal Bicker.(The Little Drinking Cup).Glen's is the 'Two Faced Englishman' tune.There seems to be little consistency in the naming of these two tunes.
The Big Spree		129					106-7	203-5					32 (SPS)
The Black Watch's Salute					47-9		256; 347							Ross says: 'By J. MacDonald 1730.'
The Blind Piper's Obstinacy							334-5			v, 10-11			46 (SPS); 50-51 (MAO
The Blue Ribbon					4-7		141-2	194-6					39 (SPS)	Thomason calls this 'The Grants' Blue Ribbon'
The Boat Tune							218; *385
The Brother's Lament		143			42-3		220							Ross follows MacKay here.
The Camerons' Gathering							32
The Carles of Sligachin							56-7
The Carles with the Breeks	102-5			5-6		ii, 17-18	45	45-6		iv, 12-13				Donald MacDonald says: 'Bodaich na 'm BrigisLord Braidalbane's MarchTo the Battle fought betwixt him and the Sinclairs of Caithness at Wick.'It's obvious that comparing MacKay's with MacDonald's settings, the former take up a good deal less space on the page than the latter: one reason, cheapening printing costs, perhaps, for MacKay adopting the course he did with his settings.One of the ways he achieved this was to indicate repeats wherever he could, whereas MacDonald always wrote out everything in full.MacKay gives words for the first line thus: 'Tha Bodaich na'm Brigan, Tha Bodaich na'm Brigan, Tha Bodaich na'm Brigan a nise ga'r fagail'
The Comely Tune							309-10
The Company's Lament					40-1		259							Ross follows MacKay here.
The Crunluath Tune							320
The Daughter's Lament		145					76-7; 302	151-3						Thomason gives the title from Donald MacDonald's MS, namely, 'The Lament for General Cleaver'.Glen gives as an alternative title 'A Lament for General Claverhouse.'
The Desperate Battle					107-10	i, 14-16	206-7	130-1						Ross notes: 'Copied from Colin Cameron Piper to the Earl of Fife.(In Logans Collection.)'This was the setting Bob Nicol played: much longer and richer than the mere sketch in MacKay.This is the only tune published by MacPhee which was also published by Uilleam Ross, so it looks as if MacPhee was deliberately avoiding Ross titles.Thomason's name for this tune is 'The Desperate BattlePerth 1395'.Glen calls the tune 'The Desperate Battle of the Birds' and adds descriptive tags to the urlar and first variation, the urlar being 'Before the Battle. The Challenge' and Var. 1 being 'After the Battle.The moans of the wounded.'
The Desperate Battle (Cachullin)							58; 112	15-17						Thomason includes this tune twice, the second time with the title 'Angus MacDonald's Assault'.
The Duke of Albany's Lament					113									Ross says: 'By W. RossPiper to Her Majesty 1884. The 1st variation of this tune may be played as a Funeral March. No Doubling to any of the variations of this tune.'This is not one of Uilleam Ross's happier outings in this field.
The Duke of Perth's March				59-60			171							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Finlay Dubh MacRae.1745.'
The Earl of Ross's March			16-19	122-4			201-2							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Donald Mor MacCrummen.About the Year 1600.'Gesto's title is 'Kiaunidize'
The Earl of Seaforth's Salute				116-8		i, 25-27	172-3	80-1				8-9		MacKay's text says: Composed by Finlay Dubh Macrae.1745.'MacKay gives words to the ground as follows: 'Slαn gu n'till fear chinn duibhSlαn gu n'till fear chinn diubhSlαn gu n'till fear chinn duibhSlαn gu n'till UillichanSlαn gu n'dithSlαn gu rigSlàn gu n'dith UillichanS'-toighleam fhein fear chinn duibhs'-toighleam fhein Uillichantha na ciadamh a muigh s'tha na ciadamh a stich s'tha na ciadamh a muigh s'toigh leam fein UillichanSlàn gu n'till fear chinn duibhSlàn gu n'till UillichanSlàn gu n'till Slàn gu rig Slàn gu n'dith Uillichan.
The Elchies Salute							51-3	162-3						Glen calls this 'The MacNab's Salute (2nd Setting)', adding in a note: 'This tune is named, Jas. Wm. Grant of Elchies's Salute, in MacDonald's MS, from which MS this setting is transcribed.'
The End of Ishberry Bridge					95-6		264; 303							Ross says: 'Copied from Duncan Campbell.Ross's title is 'Inchburny Bridge, or the Duke of Athole's Salute.'Ross plays an opened crunluath fosgailte here. Interesting tune; Campbell of Foss's ground is quite different, much more free and musical than the typical gathering/battle tune type treblings in the other scores. The online Ordnance Survey shows an Inchberry, a hamlet on the west bank of the River Spey about a mile south west of Fochabers. The New Statistical Account places it in 'the northernextremity' of the parish of Rothes, and says it belongs to the Duke of Richmond.A good example * of a tune which has one version so different in the ground as to sound like a different air. Thomason prints the Campbell of Foss version.
The End of the Great Bridge	111-115						49-50	127-9						Donald MacDonald says: 'Ceann na Drochaid MhoridhThe End of the Great BridgeComposed in midst of the Battle at Inverlochy 1427 Wherein Donald Balloch, of the Isles was Victorious over the Royal Forces.'
The End of the Little Bridge	38-47		28-30				19-21				6			Donald MacDonald calls this: 'Ceann na Drochaid big ior the Clans' Gathering composed on the last battle fought at Inverlochy in 1645'.
The Fairy Flag							244-5
The Finger Lock	7-12					ii, 15-16	6	60-2						Donald MacDonald says: 'Composed by Raonuill Mac Ailein Oig, one of the MacDonalds of Morar'.
The Frenzy of Meeting			40-1				294							Thomason gives 'Lament for Brian O' Duff' as an alternative title.Gesto calls this 'Tumilin o'Counichan'
The Frisky Lover					53-5		260-1
The Glen is Mine				157-61		ii, 8-10	128	21-2				1		MacKay's text says 'Composed by John MacCrummen.'
The Gordons' Salute			8-10	45		ii, 3	174	50						Gesto calls this 'McLeod Gesto's Gathering'
The Groat	80-83						33-4	109-10					12-13 (MAOP)	Donald MacDonald calls this: 'An Groatha The Groat Composed by McCruimen piper to McLeod of Dunvegan on the christning of Rory More the Chief's Son'.Glen calls it 'The Drunken Groat'.
The Half Finished Piobaireachd				144-5			175-6							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Patrick Og MacCrummen and John Dall Mackay.'
The Hen's March o'er the Midden							252
The Highland Society of London's Salute (John MacKay's tune)							235-6
The Highland Society of London's Salute (Ross's tune)					90-1									Ross says: 'Composed by W. Ross.Piper to Her Majesty and the Highland Society of London. July 1875.This Salute is dedicated to The Highland Society of London, to whose encouragement and assistance the Author is greatly indebted for being able to publish this Edition'. Passable tune--strong idea, good peaty flavour. MacKay style closed fosgailte.
The Highland Society of Scotland's Salute		138		146-8		i, 32-3	177							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Professor MacArthur.1790.'
The Inverness Piobaireachd					44-7		216; 312	234-5						Ross is MacKay with two additional variations, a thumb variation and siubhal not in MacKay; Ross also gives an opened fosgailte. Thomason gives the tune twice, the second time with the title 'The MacDuffs' Gathering.'This is the title it also bears in Glen.
The Isle of Mull Blue Ribbon							139-40; 275-6							Thomason's second title is 'The Tune of Strife'.
The King's Taxes							361	154-5					14-15 (MAOP)
The Laggan Salute							1-2
The Laird of Borlum's Salute							222-3	122-3
The Lament for Donald of Laggan							231			v, 1			25 (SPS); 34-5 (MAOP
The Lament for the Children					12-16		137-8	100-101		iii, 1-3			42-5 (SPS); 38-9 (MA	Uilleam Ross's setting is MacKay with occasional flickers of near Donald MacDonald.
The Lament for the Dead					8-10		65-6; 267	212-3					34 (SPS)	Uilleam Ross's setting is as in MacKay's MS with a slight tightening up of his notation.Thomason's title for this tune is 'The Rout of Bendoeg.'
The Lament for the Harp Tree				85-8			181-4	140-3		iii, 14-17			30-33 (MAOP)
The Lament for the Only Son					55-8		91-2	96-7		ii, 10-11				Ross broadly follows MacKay here, but has a variation not in the latter.
The Lament for the Union			13-16				227-8
The Lament for Viscount Dundee				74-5			195-6							Thomason calls this 'Lament for Claverhouse'.
The Little Finger Tune							280-1
The Little Spree							104-5	178-9
The MacDonalds are Simple							338
The MacDonald's Salute		137		46-8			178						20-21 (MAOP)	MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Donald Mor MacCrummen.'
The MacDougalls' Gathering		157					379-80
The MacDougalls' Salute							296
The Macfarlane's Gathering							131							Thomason says: 'Set by Pipe Major Gillies after Piper Leach of Glendaruel.'
The MacGregor's Salute				153-6		i, 30-1	179	89-90
The MacIntosh's Banner					111-12		268							Ross notes: 'By W. MacKenzie.'This is not in MacKay.This is the earliest recorded version of this tune. There's no trace of it in any of the earlier MS or printed sources, until it crops up in David Glen's MS, where the source is given as Ross.
The MacKay's Banner				119-21		ii, 20-22	121-2	84-5				5
The MacKenzies' Gathering				12-13			111
The MacLeans' Gathering							65-6; 337							The first of these in Thomason is Donald MacDonald's setting; the second, MacKay's.
The MacLeans' March		142		53-5			185-186
The MacNab's Salute				93-5		ii, 43-5		54-6
The Marquis of Argyll's Salute			26-7	61-2			197	226-7						Gesto calls this 'Marquis of Talibeardin'sSalute at Dunvegan Castle'
The Marquis of Lorne's Salute						ii, 29-31								Composed by Donald MacPhee.MacPhee adds 'Dedicated to the Most Noble the Marquis of Lorne in commemoration of his appointment as Governor General of Canada.'
The Massacre of Glencoe				28-30			97-8	42-43; 120-1					46 (SPS)	MacKay's text says: 'A. D. 1692.'Glen gives two settings, the second an edited version from Donald MacDonald's MS.
The Men Went to Drink					11-12		219	158-9			3			Ross' setting as in MacKay's MS with an added taorluath breabach movement, which does nothing for the tune.
The Menzies Pibroch								125-6						Glen says: 'Another version of this Tune is known as 'The Frasers' Salute'.
The Middling Spree							103
The Munros' Salute				81			190							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by John Dall Mackay, Gairloch.'
The Old Woman's Lullaby					32-3		44-5							Ross is the same as in MacKay
The Piper's Farewell to his Home							374-5
The Piper's Salute to his Master							277-279	113-6						Glen says: 'Communicated by Colin Cameron, Piper to the Duke of Fife.'
The Piper's Warning to his Master				125-7		i, 1-3	88	86-7;111-2					30 (SPS)	MacKay gives as an alternative title 'Piobaireachd of Dunyveg.About the year 1647'Glen has two settings, the second is from Donald MacDonald's MS edited by Glen himself.
The Pretty Dirk				80		i, 27	191							MacKay's text says: 'Composed by Patrick Oig MacCrummen.'
The Pride of Barra		135					118; 398							Thomason calls this 'MacNeill of Barra's March'.
The Prince Consort's Lament					1-3									By Wm. Ross.Piper to Her Majesty.
The Prince's Salute	1-6					i, 17-19	5	25-7		i, 1-3				Donald MacDonald says, 'Composed by John MacIntyre son of Donald MacIntyre, Braes of Raineach, piper to Menzies of that Ilk, on the Landing of his Royal Highness James Prince of Wales in Britain Anno 1715'.
The Queen's Salute					82-5									Ross says: 'By W. Ross.Piper to Her Majesty.Played for the first time on Her Majesty's 54th birthday at Balmoral Castle.' Adequate tune, but scarcely more.
The Red Hand in the MacDonalds' Arms				56-8			193-194	209-211
The Red Ribbon							226	149-50						Glen gives as an alternative title 'The Sinclairs' March'.
The Red Speckled Bull							134-6							Thomason calls this 'The Army Red Tartaned(Maolroy)'.
The Rout of Glenfruin	48-52						22	88-9		v, 13-14	8			Donald MacDonald calls this 'Ruaig Ghlenne Fruin (properly Glenn a Bhroin).The Valley of Sorrow The Rout of Glenfruin. A Desperate Engagement between the MacGregors and Colquhouns 1602In the above Glen near Loch Lomond where the latter were routed with great slaughter'.
The Rout of the Lowland Captain							282-3
The Rout of the MacPhees							331
The Sauntering							341
The Sinclairs' March							154							Not in Thomason's index.This is a pocket version of the Blue Ribbon. Indeed the ground is identical with the Red Ribbon, but the tune is developed in a different way.The Red Ribbon is by far the better tune.
The Sister's Lament	53-55						23-4							Donald MacDonald calls this: 'Cumh na Peahair The Sister's LamentAllister MacDhomnuil Ghlaish, Chief of the MacDonalds of Keppoch was cruelly Murdered in his own house With his Brother a Youth of sixteen At the Instigation of the Next in succession.Their natural Sister, frantic with Grief, Expired at their side, Swallowing their Blood.The Air was Composed on this Melancholy Event.'
The Son's Salute to his Father												6-7		This is almost certainly by G. S. McLennan; a hitherto unacknowledged original composition by this great master.
The Stuarts' White Banner							348-9	156-7		iv, 1-2			46 (SPS)	Also known as the 'Lament for Black Sorley', see above.
The Sutherlands' Gathering					86-9		39							Ross follows MacKay here.
The Sword's Lament	71-72						29							Donald MacDonald says: 'Cumh Chlaibh The Sword's Lament or the Aged Warrior's Sorrow for not being able to wield his Sword as formerly'.Thomason's title is 'The Aged Warrior's Lament'.
The Unjust Incarceration							291	231-3		iii, 6-7
The Vaunting				66-7			125			iv, 6-7				MacKay's text says: 'Composed by R. MacDonald Esqr. of Morar.'
The Waking of the Bridegroom							336	124
The Young Laird of Dungallon's Salute		154	10-13	113-5		i, 34-6	200							Gesto calls this 'McLeod Gesto's Lamentation'. The MacArthur/MacGregor calls it 'Dungallon's Lament'.
Too Long in this Condition	34-37					i, 20-21	17-18; 237	107-8					24-5 (MAOP)	Donald MacDonald says: 'Composed by Great Peter McCruimen piper to McLeod of Dunvegan Isle of Skye, after being striped of all his clothes by the English at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715'.Thomason prints two versions, the second is MacKay's.
Tulloch Ard							372-3; 382			iv, 10-11
War or Peace			6-8	128-130			132	136-9					6-7 (MAOP)	Thomason has two goes at this, saying, of the first effort, 'N.B. C. Cameron plays first two bars only once, and makes the metre 4, 4, 4, 4.'Of the second, 'After D. MacDonalds MSS. and Gesto's Canntaireachd, which practically agree.'
We will take the high road							376
Weighing from Land							241			iv, 34
Welcome Johnny Back Again							304
Young King George III's Salute							115-6	8-11					34 (SPS)	Glen calls this 'Campbell of Cawdor's Salute'.
Young Neill's Salute							315
You're Welcome, Ewin Lochiel		158					290