English
1906 / Scottish tunes
Cattle Call
Scottish traditional song · voice · 1906 field-call score · melody and words
A short musical call learned from dairymaids near Abernethy, on the Perth and Fife border, around 1870. Mrs. Mellis sang it for Anne Geddes Gilchrist in 1905; the original notation includes the words and complete tune.
Playable score
A playable single-line score based on a published source of the same tune.
Transcription reference: online score
The complete printed melody is transcribed from the source below, preserving its pitches, rhythms and short bars. Lyrics are omitted; no harmony is added. The numeric playback tempo is editorial. The alternating 3/4 and 4/4 meters are retained; breath marks are omitted.
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Source and rights
IMSLP marks this historical issue public domain. Anne Geddes Gilchrist, who noted the tune, died in 1954. This facsimile contains no modern arrangement or recording.