Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
The Highland Bagpipe
“THE CORONACH”
(From the Painting by R. R. Mac Ian)
The Highland Bagpipe
Its History, Literature, and Music
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE
Traditions, Superstitions, and Anecdotes
Relating to
The Instrument and Its Tunes
BY
W. L. MANSON
The tune with the river in it, the fast river and the courageous, that kens not stop nor tarry, that runs round rock and over fall with a good humour, yet no mood for anything but the way before it.—Neil Munro.
ALEXANDER GARDNER