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Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Jeremy Kingsbury
Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
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  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 18 Tunes I Never Want to End with Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan, The Goodman Trio, Patrick Hutchinson, John Charles Bauschatz, Barry Shears, Timothy Cummings and Iain Gelston with Rachel Hales & Chloe Jones

    22/08/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
    Tunes:

    Jeremy Kingsbury Playing: Lee & Sylvia's Waltz by Gail Johnson, Manx Lullaby, Ancient Lullaby, The Star Above the Garter, The Duck, John Barbours 50th By Duncan Moore, Cotting Burn

    Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan: Mullach a' tSí

    Goodman Trio ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain): An Seanduine ag Luasgadh an Chliabháin/Cosa Buidhe Árda Dearga

    Patrick Hutchinson: Ancient Lullaby from Petrie

    John Charles Bauschatz: O Gur Duine Truagh Mi (Alas I am a Forlorne Man)

    Barry Shears: Foxhunter's Reel

    Tim Cummings: Campbell's Farewell to Red Gap,

    Iain Gelston: Eagle's Whistle, Terry Cloth, The Lairds of Ryton,Huge thank you to Gail Johnson for giving the inspiration for the tunes and inspiration for the episode. and Sean Reidy, Benjamin Elzerman and Jessica Oberle Mulhollem for suggesting tunes.

    Thanks to Patrick Hutchinson, John Charles Bauschatz, Barry Shears, Tim Cummings, Iain Gelston, the Goodman Tunes Trio and Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan for sending in tunes, or letting me play recordings.

    Check Out the Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts By Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain here:

    https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts

    Check out Mullach a' tSí by Aoife Nic Dhomhnaill & Liam Lonergan here:

    https://aoifeandliam.bandcamp.com/album/mullach-a-ts

    Check Out John Charles Bauschatz's Website here:

    https://asantobar.wordpress.com/

    Check out Barry Shears' Work here:

    https://capebretonpiper.com/

    Check out the Cairdeas Tunebook Album here:

    https://cairdeas-vermont.bandcamp.com/album/the-c-irdeas-session-tunebook-companion-recordings

    100% of album sales funds tuitions for the Cairdeas school!

    Check out the LBPS 2025 Collogue Recording here:

    https://lbps.bandcamp.com/album/2025-lowland-and-border-pipers-society-collogue-in-dunkeld-scotland

    Check out Iain Gelston's Work here:

    https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/

    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!

    Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 17 The Tunes I Taught at Càirdeas and More

    08/08/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
    Tunes:

    The Tunes I taught: Brose and Butter, Bundle and Go, Welcome Home My Dearie, Clark Colven, The Miller's Wedding, Robin Adair, New Way to Morpeth, The Pluner of the Lowlands now Grazes in the Glens,

    Yann Cariou, Tim Cummings, Jeremy Kingsbury, Ailis Sutherland, Clara Salem,

    Tunes I didn't Teach, Round two: Unfortunate Jock, Harris Dance (31), Harris Dance (32), Edward the Second Minuat, Wattie Laing, Cock-Laird fu' Cagie, Drummond Castle, I have a wife o my ain, Bonny Miller, Susan Stewart's Reel, Miss Murray's Reel,

    Tune to Learn by Ear: Welcome Home My Dearie

    Big thank you to the folks at Càirdeas and specifically to the instructors who let me use a recording of them playing:

    Yann Cariou, Tim Cummings, Ailis Sutherland and Clara Salem.

    Check out Càirdeas website 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

    Thanks!

    Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 16 Tunes I Probably didn't teach while I'm at Càirdeas

    25/07/2026 | 1h 9 mins.
    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.

    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!

    Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 15 The William Mackie Manuscript Playthrough Part 1

    11/07/2026 | 1h 1 mins.
    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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    FIN

    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!

    Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
  • Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

    S 10 E 14 On the Road Session with Rod Nevin, Jeremy Mitchell and Margaret Young

    27/06/2026 | 1h 10 mins.
    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

    Thanks!

    Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677

    Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
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About Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes, Border pipes, Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Smallpipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/about
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