An Eala Bhàn jig

This is actually a slow air, in 6/8 time.
Also, the sharps are correct but the tune probably isn’t in Dmaj. I’m not smart enough to figure out the correct key.
Transcribed from this source omitting the gracenotes: http://www.celticscores.com/sheet-music/40_An_Eala_Bh%C3%A0n_%28The_Fair_Swan%29

The tune’s in A mixolydian (two sharps, resolves on A). For myself, I’d prefer G sharps in there as well, which would make it A major.

Thanks! I changed it to Amix.

Is this the origanal version of this tune? I need to know ASAP

Hear the Manran version and was figuring out how to play it in C (Am) on a concertina. Seems there is a missing high F on a 20 button though…

Not sure what the original is in this case. I’ve seen it listed in GHB notation in A in Irish pipe band collections. It sounds similar in some respects to the melody as played/sung by Julie Fowlis with the words in Scottish Gaelic, and I think her version is up a whole step in B major/mix. Whether the tune was adapted to suit the words, I have yet to ascertain. Anyways, Julie has done a beautiful job with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fV6j9ZmPfE

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What a beautiful tune! I’ve made a couple of minor adjustments to the notation of X:2, the Mànran version. I know it’s been said before, but I wish there were a way to enter a slow air in 6/8 as something other than a jig, or include a Q field in the abc to set a tempo. Q:80 feels about right…

As sung by Julie Fowlis is the original. The first setting given here is an adaptation for pipes.

Donald MacDonald of North Uist wrote it at the Somme for his sweatheart back home. The title translates as "The White Swan"