Fiddler Lisa MacArthur learned this tune from a tape of the late John Morris Rankin. He interpreded it as a waltz. It's a favourite of Margaree fiddler Cameron Chisholm. He had heard it from Scottish piper Sandy Boyd.

In the mid 20th centruy Pipe major Donald MacLeod produced a series of 6 books. His most famous tune, Crossing the Minch is sometimes known as McNabbs Hornpipe. Sandy brought that tune to Cape Breton as well. He had learned it from a Pipe Major MacNabb of Glasgow.

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