Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Tunes:

Nae Tune list or dots this time around. At least not for a while, but you can hear me introduce the tunes.

Lots of stuff from David Young, Patrick MacDonald and Donald MacDonald.

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Tunes:

William Mackie: Taste Life's Glad Moments, Robin Adair, Ye Branks and Baes of Bonny Dune, The Banks of the Dee, What ails this heart of mine, Paddy O'Rafferty

Robert Menzies: Taste Life's Glad Moments,

Smollet Holden: Aleen Aroon

O'Farrell: Paddy O'Rafferty with variations

Angus MacKay: Paddy O'Rafferty with variations

Seamus Ennis: Paddy O'Rafferty, The Reverend Brother's Jig

Big Thanks to John Dally, Stephen McNally, Pete Stewart and Adam Sanderson for helping with my attempts at salvaging my miserable pornunciations.

For an article on the "Z" or yogh letter:

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/scottish-handwriting/coaching/letter-finder/letter-yogh

Most of the tunes this week come from William Mackie's 1828 Pastoral Pipes manuscript still available on Ross's Music Page:

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/mackie-part1.pdf

here is an archived photo of Mackie's pipes:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240329181248/http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-579-671-C&scache=2u56p5txg5&searchdb=scran

Other Sources:

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1823: Taste Life’s Glad Moments from Edinburgh Chapbook

https://digital.nls.uk/chapbooks-printed-in-scotland/archive/104184666

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1793: Robin Adair from Edinburgh Musical Miscellany https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94581712

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1818: Robin Adair : The Much Admired Ballad, as sung by Mr. Philipps arranged for piano forte or harp by W. Reeve

[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015096437556](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015096437556)

For a Chapter on the History of “Robin Adair and Eileen Aroon” see:

Stories of Famous Songs vol 1_ by S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, 1901

[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002410743h](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002410743h)

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1810: Aleen Aroon from Smollet Hoden’s A Collection of Farorite Irish Airs arranged for the Harp or Pianoforte”

https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8f/IMSLP740826-PMLP1177690-smollet

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Here are some ways you can support the show:

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Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!

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You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/

You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1

You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going!

Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support

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Tunes:

Pretty incomplete tune list:

Tunes:

Cuddy’s Wedding from Vickers, Auld Lang Syne from Appomattox, Hoopers and Girders (Pete Stewart’s Setting from David Young),

Over the Hills and Far Away, Mill Mill O, Oyster Wive’s Rant, Gravel Walks, Brenda Stubberts, Mason’s Apron, Miss McLeod of Raasay, Atholl Highlanders, and many more.

Càirdeas is pretty booked up for this year actually, but be sure to get on their mailing list here:

https://www.cairdeas.org/

Here are some ways you can support the show:

You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!

Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!

Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:

https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag

You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/

You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1

You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going!

Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support

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All songs in this episode are poems by Robert Louis Stevenson set to traditional tunes:

“A Song of the Road” with Over the Hills and Far Away

“The Spaewife” with unnamed tune collected by George St. J. Bremner

“Wandering Willie” with Here Awa’ There Awa’ and Bonnie Dundee

“Over the Sea to Skye” with the Skye Boat Song

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Thanks to J.F.M. Russell, who has made his research into the music of Robert Louis Stevenson available on his website, https://sites.google.com/a/music-of-robert-louis-stevenson.org/introduction/home

You can find many tantalizing tidbits about RLS’ music manuscripts and stories about his writings. The index on his site will guide you to more information about the poems and songs I selected.

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Thanks to Jeremy Kingsbury for inviting me to guest host this episode, and for the many words of advice and encouragement in the process of recording and editing it.

Thanks to my son Ethan for his assistance and expert advice on mixing and mastering this episode.

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A Song of the Road

You can hear much more about the Over the Hills and Far Away tune in Wetootwaag’s Bagpipe and History Podcast, Season 7 Episode 10:

https://www.wetootwaag.com/s7e10

I didn’t mention it in the episode, but one of my favorite sung settings of this song is arranged by Sean Dagher on La Nef’s Sea Songs & Shanties album: (a great collection of sea shanty arrangements!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd69tvWD0xI&list=RDvd69tvWD0xI&start_radio=1

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The Spaewife

Bremner’s (unnamed) tune from a note with transcription by Fannie, Robert’s wife, in her preface to Underwoods, A Child's Garden of Verses & Underwoods, Ballads, which is from the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vailima Edition Volume VIII

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Wandering Willie

Original tune that Burns used for his Here Awa’ There Awa’, from a book RLS had in his library, The Songs of Scotland Without Words:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_songs_of_Scotland_without_words_for/pGhBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19&printsec=frontcover&dq=wandering

From (another book RLS had in his library) Gems of Scottish Song: (this is an adaptation of the tune that Burns used for his Bonnie Dundee)

Page 1 and Page 2

RLS sketched a tune for Wandering Willie in his manuscripts, and based it on this Bonnie Dundee version, and likely altered it further in the second part.

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Over the Sea to Skye

Please see Mr. Russell’s page about this song, which includes two examples of the song notated in Stevenson’s hand.

https://sites.google.com/a/music-of-robert-louis-stevenson.org/over-the-sea-to-skye/

And this note with transcription by Fannie, Robert’s wife, in her preface to Underwoods,

which is again from the Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Vailima Edition Volume VIII

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Works_of_Robert_Louis_Stevenson/t2Q4AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=spae%20wife%20brenmer&pg=PA89&printsec=frontcover

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The Peter Pauper Press music journal is what I have been using for a few years to write down tunes as I’m learning them, or compose new ones, along with descriptions and other thoughts:

https://www.peterpauper.com/products/music-journal

My bellows-blown scottish smallpipes were made by Nate Banton

https://natebanton.com/

My C chanter was made by Robert Felsburg

https://www.thequietpiper.com/

My low D whistle and C whistle were made by Rob Gandara

https://carbony.com/

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Here are some ways you can support the show:

You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!

Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!

Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:

https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag

You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/

You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1

You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going!

Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support

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Robert Bremner: Duke of Perth’s Reel, Capt. Ross’s Reel, Short Apron, Hoptoun House, Lady Hariot Hope’s Reel, The Highlandman Kiss’d His Mother, Miss Murray’s Reel, Drummore’s Rant, He Hirpl’d till her, Had the Lass till I winn at her, Cadgers of the Cannongate,

Jeremy Kingsbury Sets: Colonel MacBain’s Fancy, Brenda Stubbert’s Reel, The Gravel Walk, Highlandman Kissed His Mother & Jenny Sutton From Bannocks of Barley Meal. Paddy Cary, Jigg Poltage, Ryan’s Rant from Pay the Pipemaker. Dark-eyed one of the Night, Lady Seaforth, Dark Girl of the White Feet, Lady Mary Mackay, Mary Gray, Sweet Molly From Rowly Powly.

J. Johnson: The Lads of Boot,

William Ross: Miss Victoria Ross

Iain MacInnes: Miss Victoria Ross, Lady Doll Sinclair, A’Chubhag (The Cuckoo), McFarlane’s from Album Tryst

Anselm Lingnau: (Traditional Tune Archive) Lady Susan Stewart’s Reel

John Walsh: Susan Stewart’s Reel,

Big thank you to Iain MacInnes for his blessing to include his track from Tryst.

Tryst was published by Greentrax Label:

https://greentrax.com/product/iain-macinnes-tryst-cd/

But is available on most streaming platforms as well.

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Cover Art is a Receipt from Robert Bremner’s Shop in London courtesy of the British Museum:

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1544287001

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I played tracks from Pay the Pipemaker:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker

Bannocks of Barley Meal:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal

and Rowly Powly:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/rowly-powly

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Nearly all of the tunes this week come from Robert Bremner's 1757(ish) publication: A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002262

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1750: Lads of Boot From J Johnson's Country Dances (Via Traditional Tune Archive)

https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lads_of_Boot

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1869: Miss Victoria Ross: from William Ross's Collection of Pipe Music:

https://ceolsean.net/content/WRoss/WRoss_TOC.html

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Susan Stewart's Reel From Traditional Tune Archive:

https://tunearch.org/wiki/Lady_Susan_Stewart%27s_Reel

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1758 (I've also seen 1760): Lady Susan Stewart's Reel from John Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances Vol 2 part IV

https://archive.org/details/walsh4caledonian/

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For may Hihland Man Kissed His Mother Episode Listen here:

https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e28

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Here are some ways you can support the show:

You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!

Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!

Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:

https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag

You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp:

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/

You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1

You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going!

Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support

Thanks!

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