The Mullin Dhu
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Mullin Dhu", in Gaelic "Muileann Dubh" ("The Black Mill"), is also known as<br> "The Devil's Mills" or "The Dark Mill".<br> The melody exists in air, strathspey and reel versions.<br> An early appearance of the tune, set as a reel, can be<br> found in the c. 1730-1760 music manuscript collection<br> of fiddler James Christie, Banff, Northeast Scotland,<br> under the title "Snuff in the Black Mill," suggesting<br> that 'black mill' refers to a snuff mill. James Aird (c. 1803)<br> gives the title as "Mullindough, or The Black Laddie," and<br> the exact same tune and title were copied by fifer or<br> fiddler John Fife into his 1780-1804 music copybook.<br> It was printed in<br> Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 6 (c. 1803),<br> Carlin's Gow Collection (1986) (appears as "The Mullin Du"),<br> Gow's Complete Repository, Part 3 (1806),<br> Gunn's The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes (1848),<br> Kerr's Merry Melodies, vol. 1 (c. 1880),<br> Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, book 6 (1844–1845),<br> Martin's Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 4 (1991),<br> MacDonald's The Skye Collection (1887),<br> Martin's Traditional Scottish Fiddling (2002),<br> McGlashan's A Collection of Reels (c. 1786) (appears as "The Mullin du"),<br> Perlman's The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island (1996),<br> Ross's Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1869),<br> Shears' Gathering of the Clans Collection (1986),<br> Stewart-Robertson's The Athole Collection (1884),<br> Surenne's Dance Music of Scotland (1852) and<br> Williamson's English, Welsh, Scotch and Irish Fiddle Tunes (1976).<br> I learned this from Williamson's book and from Ken Perlman at<br> Midwest Banjo Camp.<br>
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