Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on May 17th 2010 by Nikita Pfister.
This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.
Also known as Cró Chinn T-Sáile, Kintail, Leaving Kintail, The MacKenzie Lullaby, Theid Mi Dhachaidh, Théid Mi Dhachaidh, Thèid Mi Dhachaidh Chrò Chinn T-Sàile.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: I Will Go Home To Kintail
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Dmix
E4G2 | A2D4 | D4C2 | E2D4 | E4G2 | A2D4 |A4G2 | E3DC2 |
E4G2 | A2D4 | B3AG2 | A2D4 | E2G4 | E2A4 | A3GE2 | D6 | D6 |
c3BA2 | d4A2 | B4A2 | GEC4 | c3BA2 | d4A2 | A4G2 | E3DC2 |
c3BA2 | d4A2 | B4A2 | GEC4 | D4D2 | E3AAG | E4G2 | E2D4 | D6 |
Not a waltz, another slow air...
This is a very old (around 1600) scottish song from Ross-shire, that I find is beautiful as a slow air, played with a rubato (I tend to lenthen the last note of every eight bar - or end of the melody bit...). Its ancientness makes for the odd number of bars (34...)
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by Nikita Pfister
lengthen.... that is...
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by Nikita Pfister
Thèid mi dhachaidh chrò Chinn t-Sàile
The full title is Thèid mi dhachaidh chrò Chinn t-Sàile, which means 'I Will Go Home To Kintail'. It's said to have been written at the Battle of Sheriffmuir during the first Jacobite uprising in 1715. Kintail is in Wester Ross, 15 miles from Skye.
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by bogman
Thèid mi dhachaidh chrò Chinn t-Sàile
I should say it's more commonly known as "I Will Go Home to Kintail". The actual gaelic title means "I Will Go Home To The Cattlefold Of Kintail"
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by bogman
Thanks for the precision of the title !
On the booklet I found it on (Orain na Rosach), it's in the "Gun urrain" chapter, songs from between 1569-1600, so I guess it's quite older than the Jacobites uprising. The story is nice : the soldier whosw supposed to have composed it was sute he coulédn^t make it back home to Kintail alone, but he finally did...
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by Nikita Pfister
correction : the soldier who's supposed to have composed it was sure he wouldn't be able to get back home alone, but he finally did it... happy ending (for once...)
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by Nikita Pfister
Karen Matheson and Angus Grant
This was done wonderfully on the 'Rob Roy' soundtrack by Karen Matheson and Angus Grant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV1FSDVup-k
Rob Roy's soundrack and film was leaps and bounds better than that other 'Scottish film' of the same year. Just look up Ailein Duinn from Rob Roy if not convinced
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by DonallDubh
nice!
# Posted on May 17th 2010 by bogman
Odd version....
I found a CD by the Scottish/South American band "Salsa Celtica" in a charity shop last week. The first track on the recording is this tune played over a samba percussion beat. The track is called "Rumba Escocia/Cro Chinn t-Saile". Very original, very clever, but I think I prefer the original.
I have a bagpipe setting of this with 4 parts, incidentally.
This is one of my favourite slow airs, since hearing accordionist Alan Clarke playing it on one of my very few visits to the Aberdeen Fiddle and Accordion Club in the early 1970s. Some tunes stick with you, and you never forget. This is one of them for me.
# Posted on May 19th 2010 by Kenny
Eerie Beauty
Ironically, Cathal McConnell listed it as 'Leaving Kintail' on his 'Long Expectant Comes at Last' album. I haven't heard any other version yet, yet it's the definitive version for me!!
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/541
'Rubato' is right; I've listen to that track on a loop to try to totally soak in that particular 'swing' but whenever I'm left to my own devices I make it too square again! Am I trying too hard?
it' s a Beauty and it's almost a pity to see it submitted in written form...elusive should it remain!
# Posted on May 19th 2010 by birlibirdie
of course 'definitive version' is a silly concept. I mean it only as a term of great appreciation. So, thanks for the link DonallDubh!
A Spanish (?) piper has submitted this other short link ‘con el arco iris de fondo’.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE20tTDq990&feature=related
…The Scots and Irish should consider exporting their rainbows, they’d make a fortune! While stocks last.
# Posted on May 19th 2010 by birlibirdie
I agree Birly... I do think you can't really write it properly without taking out the soul of that piece... that's why I'm speaking of Rubato. Maybe it should be written like Giovanna Marini's songs : without bars, just the melody line with a few rythmical cues...
but it's like that with tunes I love, I just want to pass them on... idealistic me...
# Posted on May 19th 2010 by Nikita Pfister
and it is a highly commandable gesture and still a great tune! Thanks!
# Posted on May 20th 2010 by birlibirdie