Four traditional Scots Gaelic airs arranged for accordion.
Full RH and LH notation, tempo directions and suggested couplers.
Suitable for self-improvers and teaching accordion.


Historical Notes:
The Boatman (Fear à Bhata) A love song from the late 19th century, written by Sìne NicFhionnlaigh (Jean Finlayson) of Tong, Lewis. It was first published in Henry Whyte's collection, ?The Celtic Lyre? in 1898.
Kishmul?s Galley (Beann a? Cheathaich) An old heroic Gaelic ballad collected by Marjory Kennedy Fraser (1857-1930). The song captures the return of the galley to the 13th Century island castle of Kisimul, the stronghold of the MacNeil's of Barra, as seen by an observer from a hilltop on the island.
The Surge Of The Sea (An Ataireachd Ard) An emigrant?s lament for their beloved island home of Lewis. Composed by Donald MacIver, born in Uig in 1857.
Crovan?s Galley (Birlinn Ghoraidh Chrobhain) A song about the journey from the Isle of Man to Islay in the second half of the 11th century of Godred Cròvan (died 1095), the Norse-Gael ruler of Dublin and King of Mann and the Isles. The song was composed by Duncan Johnstone of Islay (1881-1947).

Song List: Ain't Gonna Get No Supper Here Tonight Altamont Angelina Baker (aka Angeline the Baker) Antelope Gap Arkansas Traveler Avalon Quickstep And The Cat Came Back Barlow Knife (John Salyer) Barlow Knife (Song) Banjo Tramp Been To The East, Been To The West Big Eyed Rabbit Big John McNeil Big Scioto Bill Cheatam Billy In The Low Ground Black Eyed Suzianna (aka Susiana) Black Cat in a Briar Patch Black Hills Waltz Black Jack GroveBlackbird Says to the CrowBoatman Bob Tailed Mule Booth Shot Lincoln Bowl-a-Rama Breaking Up Christmas Briar Picker Brown Broken Down Gambler Buck Mountain Buffalo Gals (KY version in G) Buffalo Gals (Common version in G) Buffalo Gals (in A) Buckin' Dun ull at the Wagon Camp Chase Camp Meeting on the 4th of July Candy Girl Chase the Squirrel Chattanooga Cincinnati Hornpipe Cherokee Shuffle (in A) Cherokee Shuffle (in D) Chinese Breakdown Climbing the Golden Stairs Chinquapin Hunting (in A) Chinquapin Hunting (in D û Stamper) Coast Is Clear Cluck Old Hen Colored Aristocracy Cookhouse Joe Crow Little Rooster Crook Brothers Breakdown Crow Creek Cuffy Cuckoo's Nest in D Cuckoo's Nest in A (aka Richmond) Dance All Night with a Bottle in My Hand Devil Eat the Groundhog Dinah Doctor, Doctor Dogs in the Dishes Double File Dry And Dusty Drunken Hiccups Ducks on the Mill Pond Dubuque Duck River Ducks in the pond Duke of Kent's Waltz Mr. Fishar's Hornpipe (aka Fisher's Hornpipe) Durang's Hornpipe Dusty Miller Ebenezer