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Eric Maclewis
Mull Of Kintyre
(McCartney & Laine - Capitol Records)
Mull of Kintyre
Oh, mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here
Oh, Mull of Kintyre
Far have I travelled and much have I seen
Dark distant mountains with valleys of green
Past painted deserts, the sunset's on fire
As he carries me home to the Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre
Oh, mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here
Oh, Mull of Kintyre
Sweep through the heather like deer in the glen
Carry me back to the days I knew then
Nights when we sang like a heavenly choir
Of the life and the times of the Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre...
Smiles in the sunshine and tears in the rain
Still take me back where my memories remain
Flickering embers grow higher and higher
As they carry me back to the Mull of Kintyre
Mull of Kintyre...
Co-written in 1977 by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine, members of the band The Wings, the song was released as a single on November 11, 1977.
The Mull of Kintyre (Maol Chinn Tìre) is located in Scotland and marks the end of the Kintyre Peninsula facing Ireland.
The former Beatle McCartney owned a house there (High Park Farm acquired in 1966).
Originally recorded with the local Campbeltown pipe band, the song very quickly became a hit in the United Kingdom, especially as a Christmas song.
McCartney continues to take it up on stage with various pipe bands.
The proposed notation is essentially inspired by the interpretation of the original song; the ornaments are mostly taken from that of the Campbelltown pipe band as well as the particular turn present in bar 5 of the chorus and in bar 8 of the verse, different from the song.
The chosen tempo, close to what Sir McCartney currently practises in concert, is intermediate between the original and the pipe band version.
* Listen to it on the album “Scots Wha Hae” (2nd tune) *
MULL OF KINTYRE
SLOW AIR
- score by Eric Maclewis with CelticPipes