Wetootwaag's Podcast Of Bagpipe Power

Tunes: William Dixon: Cuddy Claw’d Her O’Farrell: Blush of Aurora, St. Patrick’s Day, Princess Royal (Air by Carolan), Hen’s Concert, Carolan’s Farewell to Music, Fall of Paris, Quck-Step, Gobyo,The Happy Mistake, Pay the Reckoning, Carolan’s Concerto Hibernian Muse: St. Patrick’s Day Ennis: Bucks of Oranmore Order: 1806: O’Farrell’s Quick Step: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779906 1806: O’Farrell’s Gobyo: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779858 1806: O’Farrell’s Hen’s Concert: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780134 1806: O’Farrell’s Carolan’s Concerto: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87779822 1810ish:O’Farrell’s Air by Carolan (Princess Royal) http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/ofpc/ofpc.4/ofpc.4_plus/084proy.pdf 1799ish: O’Farrell’s Carolan’s Farewell to Music From the National Tutor: http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.f

Tunes: James Aird: Mucking Geordies Byre, Lads Wi the Kilts William Dixon: Hey for Newbiggin, Stool of Repentance, Minuet: Edward the Second, Over the Dyke and Till Her Laddy, David Young: Border Reel David Rowlands: Jim Harding’s Waltz Billy Pigg: Skye Crofters David Glen: Dr. Bett’s Super If you want to listen to the Dungeons and Dragons podcast I contribute music to (very) occasionally before it is off the air check it out here: https://www.thevgat.com/ I first heard Jim Harding’s Waltz from David Rowlands band back in the Myspace days, in fact I think I played it on the podcast a decade ago or so. David was kind enough to share the music with me, you can hear his playing of it as a trio with his lovely low D Swayne Border Pipes: https://soundcloud.com/dave-rowlands-2/jim-hardings-waltz 1780s James Aird’s Mucking Geordies Byre (Also known as Tam Glen on same page as Lads wi the Kilts later in the episode) https://archive.org/stream/selectionofscotc00rugg#page/n59/mode/1up Duncan Johnstone: I thought I

On this week’s Episode I drink a bit of whisky and have a chat with Isaac Walters about kilts, tartan and a bit of myth busting about the Acts of Proscription. We also chat about the value of living history interpretation in general, and the material culture of great highland bagpipers of the 1790s specifically. Tunes: William Dixon: The New Way to Morpeth James Aird: Johnny MacGill (Come under my Plaidy) Donald MacDonald: Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang the Weaver You can Find Isaac’s Website Here: https://sites.google.com/view/ihwaltersfactotum/home Instagram https://www.instagram.com/i.h.walters/ Blarney Pilgrims Podcast Episode About Scottish Baroque Fiddling (amongst other things) with Shane Lestideau: https://www.blarneypilgrims.com/episodes/shane-lestideau We discussed the Niel McLean Portrait briefly, but I didn’t use it as the cover art for the podcast, if you want to see it you can follow this link: I thought Niel won the first Bagpipe Competition held by the

TUNES: William Dixon: The New Way to Bowden (Athol Braes) (though I say Morpeth in the Podcast) Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Morning Brush Martin Freeman: One Tree Vale. I Ngleaun A Chruing Canon James Goodman: Jackson’s Snack, The Bright Dawn of Day James Aird: The Dawning of the Day Canon Goodman, Courtesy of Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain: Ceann Dubh Dileas (My dark-haired darling), Pádruig, Píobaire (Patrick the Piper) / Quadrille, Humours of Glynn. Huge Thank you to Mick, Emer and Aoife for letting my play a few tracks from their new album: More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts. Be sure to check it out on Bandcamp: https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts Be sure to check out Fin Dwyer’s Outstanding Irish History Podcast for a far better discussion of the Famine in his 37 Episode Series: https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/podcast-introduction-to-the-great-famine-series/ I watched several videos on the Famine, but this one was particularly good: When

Season 5 Episode 4 Drummond Castle Manuscript Tunes: David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript: Athol Braes, Kiss’d Yestereen, New Bigging, The Malt Man, Kick the World Before You William Napier: Braes of Athol Neil Gow & Sons: Oh as I was Kiss’d Yestreen James Rook: Oh as I was Kiss’d Yestreen William Gunn: Oh How I was Kiss’d Yestreen Donald MacDonald: Kick the Rogues Out Elizabeth Ross: You Silly Fool Here is a link to the Gordon Mooney Article on Border/Lowland Pipe Revival I was referencing. https://oddscotland.com/lowland-and-border-pipers-society-history The Art for this episode comes from the Natinol Library of Scotland, by Susan Fletcher Crawford https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/22521/drummond-castle-perthshire David Young Wrote these settings for the Duke of Perth at Drummond Castle in 1734, I have used the copies available from Ross’s Music Page, all the tunes in this episode come from the first of two PDFs on Ross’s Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/music/index.html Th

Tunes: Anderson: Mail Coach Jackson: The Figure 3, The Cossey Jig, Pither in Enough O’Farrell: Jackson’s Maid at the Fair, Jackson’s Punch Bowl Angus MacKay: The Braes of Tullymet William Dixon: Hit her between the legs Sutherland MS: Whip her and Gird Her Be Sure to Check out Oyster Wives Rant Released on Bandcamp today! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes And I’ll be Doing a bit of a get tother at 7 PM US Central time on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/3niVO7YJp It is Bandcamp Friday, Here are links to all the musician’s pages that have contributed to the podcast in the past year: Hamish Napier: https://hamishnapier.bandcamp.com/ Tim MacDonald: https://tsmacdonald.bandcamp.com/releases Nicholas Brown: https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases Donald Lindsay: https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/ Jarlath Henderson: https://jarlathhenderson.bandcamp.com/ Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson: https://innojar.bandcamp.com/releases Blackie O’Connell will be on the sho

Tunes: William Dixon: Saw ye Never a Bonny lass Vickers Manuscript: Kiss’d her under the Coverlet Fitzmaurice: Loose the Belt Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book: The Berlin Waltz Fitzmaurice’s Trip to Roslin Castle William McGibbon: Rosline Castle James Manson (David Glen): Roslin Picnic Donald MacDonald: Roslin Castle, MacPharlane’s lilt Angus MacKay: Roslin Castle O’Farrell: Pay The Reckoning (Jackson’s Bottle of Brandy, Bobbing for Eels To Sign Up for the Livestream for the Album Launch follow this link. At 7pm Friday February 5th I’m going to go live, chatting with people, listening to some tracks, playing some tunes, drinking some whisky. https://fb.me/e/3niVO7YJp To Read Mary Anne Hanway’s Letters You can find the book on Archive.org: https://archive.org/details/journeytohighlan00hanw The Passage about Roslin Castle begins on page 68: The Passage about Bagpipers at dinner begins on page 132: “they love dancing to excess, and are the best country-dancers I ever saw, and keep it up (as the phrase is) for

Tunes: James Aird: Irish Hautboy Jar and Innes: Top Gallantsail (Comp Innes Watson), John Stephen Of Chance Inn (Comp Angus Fitchet), Travers Jig (trad), Gustys Frolics (trad: Mick Dohertys Version) O’Farrell: Roys Wife of Aldivalock O’Farrell: Rothemurchus’s Rant Paul Anderson Playing: The Rothiemurchus Rant (Bremner) , Dogs Bite Chapmen (Traditional he Says) and The Fairy Dance (Nataniel Gow) From Sutherland: Haughs of Cromdale and Merry Maid’s Wedding O’Farrell: Ewe with the Crooked Horn George MacLellan: The Little Cascade Neil Gow: Lady Baird’s Strathspey Drummond Castle MS: Allastor Joseph Dales: Jenny Sutton Big thanks to Jarlath Hendersond and Innes Watson for letting me play a track off their stellar album A Moment in Time. You can buy it now on Bandcamp: https://innojar.bandcamp.com/album/a-moment-in-time-2 Paul Anderson is a remarkably talented Fiddler that has published many albums that you can stream or purchase. You can check out his website Here: https://www.paulandersonscottishfiddler.com/h

S4 E 37: Jackson’s Tweedside Season Finale! Tunes: 1828 Donald MacDonald: The Celtic Society Quickstep, The Weaver 1800s O’Farrell: Marinda 1744 John Johnson: The Skimmer 1775 Straight and Skillern: The Cave of Enchantment, The Exeter Change 1770s Thompson: Jackson’s Morning Brush 1796 Cooke: Jackson’s Bottle of Claret 1790 Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Turret 1790s Thomas Calvert: Kelso Bowling Green 1750s Robert Bremner: Tweedside (With Ryan Kirk). ++++++++++++++++ Thanks for Contributing another tune to the Podcast Ryan! Be sure to give him a follow over on youtube for some great music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jY3tVICOSthOfESS8MjNA Please get in touch with me if you have some favorites from this season of the Podcast you hope to see on the best of the Season Album (Oyster Wive’s Rant and Other popular Historic Tunes on Scottish and Irish Bagpipes). wetootwaag@gmail.com Also please consider giving me a follow over on Bandcamp to get updates about the album and listen to

Tunes: O’Farrell: Lewellynn, A Piper o’er the Meadows Straying, Black Joke John Parry: Nos Calan Matt Seattle: Christenmiss Day in the Morning My Setting?: Mill Mill o, Baloo Lammy Donald MacDonald: Bodachan a gharidh (The Jolly Old gardener) Aird: Bodachan a garidh (The Merry old gardener) Be Sure to Head over to Ryan Kirk’s Youtube Channel to catch some stellar tunes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7jY3tVICOSthOfESS8MjNA Here’s a Link to the Newgrange Winter Solstice Livestream which will begin shortly after this episode is posted and should run through till the Solstice. https://livestream.com/accounts/285324/events/9440165/player You can check out photos of past Solstices from Mayeshowe at the below link: http://www.maeshowe.co.uk/ If you want more Christmas Bagpipe Carols Check out Charlie Rutan’s Christmas Bagpipe Series on Facebook: They are a great bit of history and music, well worth a watch! https://www.facebook.com/Christmas-Bagpipes-101281248507906 1808 O’Farrell: The Black Joke With Varia

Tunes: Robert Bremner: Stadholders Minuet, Moorish Tunes, Mill Mill O, Willy was a Wanton Wag, and Black Joke. William McGibbon: Mill Mill O, Willie Was a Wanton Wag James Oswald: Burlesque on a Black Joak: Miscellaneous: Clare Dragoons, Braes a Mar Big Thanks To Ryan Kirk for the performance and write up. Head over to the Facebook page to tell him thanks! Thanks to Rob Turner for his Playing of James Oswald’s Burlesque on Black Joke. You can watch his youtube upoload of the tune, along with some stellar background information. https://youtu.be/vHFwsYbvZ-A As I said in the episode, be sure to check out the rest of his music on his Youtube channel: fiauto https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMNv7YozytBYTZHjyMGxO1A Bremner’s Guitar Tutorial settings for, Moorish Tunes, Mill Mill O, Willy was a Wanton Wag, Stadholders Minuet, and Black Joke: http://guitar-repertoire.com/musicalia/bremner-r-instructions-for-the-guitar-pdf/ Oswald: Burlesque on a Black Joak: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-mu

S4 Bandamp Friday Reminder Tunes: Straight & Skillern: The Nabob Quick late reminder that you should buy people’s music on Bandcamp today! Friday December 4th. You can Check out my favorite Bandcamp purchases by looking at my profile. (Note I don’t do most of my listening on Bandcamp so it is a pretty small list that has really only started growing with the Bandcamp Friday promotions.) https://bandcamp.com/wetootwaag Specifically the Following artists have been kind enough to share music recently on the Podcast, so Please Check them out: Nicholas Brown’s awesome album of James Aird and O’Farrell tunes on an eighteenth century Irish Bagpipe: https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/album/good-enough-music-for-them-who-love-it Donald Lindsay’s The History of Sleep. Paired with Richard Youngs on Guitar and Donald on a double octave chanter of his design this is a powerful album to listen to and think. https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-sleep And finally Hamish Napier’s stellar new offering The Woods, wh

Tunes: Robert Bremner, Loch Ness, Feg for a kiss, The Cross Well of Edinburgh & Watermen’s Rant, Open the Door to Three & Invercaul’s Reel, Straglass House. James Bremner (By Way of Francis Hopkinson), Lady Coventry’s Minuett Robert Millar: Lady Coventry’s Minuett, St. Paul’s. Misc: Wha Saw the Forty Twa Kerr: Wha’ Widna Fecht Levey: Milk the Churn/ Gliogar an Mheadair (Fig for a Kiss) Artwork for this Episode from David Allan “An Edinburgh Watercarrier with a Woman Standing at a Fountain” From the National Galleries of Scotland: https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/8392/edinburgh-watercarrier-woman-standing-fountain?search=David%20Allan&searchsetoffset=44 1757 Robert Bremner’s Loch Ness: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002614 1757 Robert Bremner’s Feg for a Kiss https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003109 Levey’s Milk the Churn (Fig for a Kiss) https://tunearch.org/wiki/GliogaranMheadair Lady Coventry’s Minuet with V

Be sure to check out the Phenomenal Video from ITMA about The Story of Jack Lattin For Their Drawing from the Well Series. https://youtu.be/V_QMFkdSFuo You can also Check Out Edwina Guckian’s Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfPuMrLhWjXydtXJnqss5QA 1750s Bremner’s The Grant’s Rant: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002999 Bremner’s The Carle he Came O’er the Craft: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002625 Bremner’s Miss Blair’s Reel: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002350 1733: William Dixon’s Manuscript is available here if you want to see the Border Pipe Setting for Jack Lattin: https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition 1780s: John Sutherland’s Setting for Jack Latone: (link to download PDF, tune is on page 34) http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf 1790s: For O’Farrell’s Setting for Jack Lattin with Va

Tunes: Bremner: Elgin, Aberdeen Or St. Paul’s, Grant’s Rant, The Carle Came over the Craft, Blue Britches, Miss Blair’s Reel, Mary Scott, Blue Britches, Cuzzle Together. McGibbon: She Rose and Let me in, Cumbernauld House, Bottom of the Punch Bowl Daniel Wright: She Rose and let me in Tune Order: Elgin… Aberdeen…Mary Scott…She Rose and Let me In….She Rose and Let me In…Cumbernauld House, Bottom of the Punch Bowl… Blue Britches, Oyster Wive’s Rant….The Carle Came o’er the Craft…Cuzzle Together… Miss Blair’s Reel Cover Art is a Receipt from Robert Bremner’s Shop in London courtesy of the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1544287001 Most of my Written Sources: 1750s To Read Bremner’s Short Treatise on Music: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87722485 Robert Bremner, “Some Thoughts on the Performance of Concert Music” Early Music (Vol. 7, No. 1. 1979) pp. 48-57. I was quite thankful to use the Grove Music Online entries on William McGibbon and Rob

Tunes: Charles and Samuel Thompson: Trip to Paris, The Breast Knot Charles and Samuel Thompson 24 Country Dances for the Year 1771: https://imslp.org/wiki/24CountryDancesfortheYear1771_(Various) Check out Jimmy’s Gift presented by the Celitc Piper’s Club on Youtube: https://youtu.be/ENzIxbMEo2c Or via the Facebook Event for More details: https://fb.me/e/3nMzSeBcY You can watch my Country Dance Presentation: “Many Thanks for your Country Dance Book”~John Askin, 1778. Concert and Chat on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/z3GiS3lFReU Or at the NAVC Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/NAVCVoyageurs/videos/2796265654027785/ To Catch Live Streaming or watch older streams follow me on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/Wetootwaag Please take advantage of the Tune Collection tab: https://www.wetootwaag.com/tunesources Also Please take a minute to leave a review of the podcast! Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen

Robert Burns: Tam O’Shanter Bremner: Jenny Nettle, What the De’il Ales you? Vickers: Deval Stick the Minister John Sutherland: Devil Stick the Minister, The Devil’s Dream William Gunn: Jenny Nettles Bland And Weller: The Fairies Revel Thompson: Love Sick Polly Padraic Ganly: The Fairy’s Bagpipe Seamus Ennis: Queen of the Fairies Cover Art from This 1775 Political Cartoon: Three noblemen dance round a tall thistle as the devil plays the bagpipes; representing Scottish influence on the British policy towards American independence. Engraving, 1775. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/kdbr6gua Robert Bremner: What the De’il Ails you? https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003032 Tam O Shanter Story: http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/tamoshanter.htm And the Lovely Youtube Animated Telling of the Poem: https://youtu.be/dkiZbpd9stw De’il Stick the Minister From Sutherland: (Download PDF Link and Tune #128): http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sut

Livestream Announcement: “Many thanks for your country dance book” -John Askin John Askin’s Borrowed Country Dance Book A livestream Discussion and Concert of tunes from likely Country Dance Music Collections Performed on bagpipes and whistles at 3:30 US Central Time on November 1st, A live stream Discussion and Concert of tunes from several Country Dance Music collection that John Askin may have borrowed From Detroit's Sampson Flemming in 1778. Performed on Various Bagpipes and Whistles by Jeremy Kingsbury Lasting More than Thirty minutes, but hopefully no longer than an Hour. You can Find it on the North American Voyageur Council Facebook page, or shared on the Podcasts Facebook page on 3:30 on Sunday. You can follow the link below to the Event: https://fb.me/e/2aR9NiWgl Likely to play tunes by Robert Bremner, John Walsh, O’Farrell, James Aird, William McGibbon, Donald MacDonald, Charles and Samuel Thompson. The Tunes I play on Whistle are both from Charles And Samuel Thompson’s “Compleat Collection of

Matt Seattle: Lady McIntosh’s Reel of O’er the Hills For A’ That Walsh: Hare in the Corn, My Ain Kind Deary, Turnbridge Frisk, Country Bumkin James Aird, Bab at the Bowster O’Farrell: Hare in the Corn, My ain kind Deary, “Handle’s Minuett” Matt Seattle’s Setting for Lady McIntosh’s Reel can be found in Geordie Syme's Paircel o Tunes https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/geordie-syme-s-parcel-o-tunes Scots Musical Museum: For a' that an' a' that https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94551444 Walsh’s Hare In the Corn: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94558008 O’Farrell’s Hare In the Corn: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780554 Walsh’s My Ain Kind Deary: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94558176 O’Farrell’s My Ain Kind Deary: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87781322 Walsh’s Turnbridge Frisk: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collect

Tunes: Cooke: Jackson’s Bottle of Claret, Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself, The Lug of the Spade (Jackson), Miss Duval’s Reel O’Farrell: Jackson’s Silver Mines Bremner: Lady MacIntosh’s Reel Logan (John McColl): Lady Mackintosh’s Reel Goodman: Box The Monkey Cooke’s Country Dances for the 1796 Season: Jackson’s Bottle of Claret, Go to the Devil and Shake Yourself, The Lug of the Spade, The Silver Mines, Miss Duval’s Reel https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/cookes-country-dances-1796/ O’Farrell: Jackson’s Silver Mines (I still haven’t found a good copy of this book, so here is a Link to the ABC of it: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Jackson%27sSilverMines Bremner’s setting for Lady MacIntosh’s Reel: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002867 Logan Collection (John McColl): Lady Mackintosh’s Reel: PDF Download from CEOL SEAN https://ceolsean.net/content/Logan/Book05/Book05%202.pdf If you care to Read through Jonah Barrington’s Personal Sketches on your own you can find