BALMORAL HIGHLANDERS. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. AABBCCDD. The melody, composed by Angus Mackay of Raasay, was included in one of J. Scott Skinner's concert sets (1921) called "Warblings From the Hill's." Mackay's father, John MacKay of Raasay, had been among the last of the pupils at the famous ancient piping college of the MacCrimmons at Boreraig. The younger Mackay wrote, while still in his early twenties, a book called A Collection of Ancient Piobaireachd, or Highland Pipe Music; a piper's bible for many decades after its appearance in 1838. The word Balmoral is said to mean "the house of the laird," the root being the Gaelic baile, a homestead or, later, village (Matthews, 1972). See note on "Balmoral Castle" for more on Balmoral. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 1, 1991; pg. 37.