Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast Jeremy Kingsbury

Tunes:
Walker Jackson: Cossey’s Jigg, Jackson’s Morning Brush, Jackson’s Night Cap, Jackson’s Dream, Humours of Listivain, The maids in the Morning
Niel Gow: The Cossy Jigg
James Aird: Casseys Jig, The Humours of Listivain,
O’Farrell: The Cosey Jigg, Jerry’s Rambles,
Francis O’Neill: Jimmy O’Brien’s Jig
John Clinton: Copey’s Jigg,
John Bowie: Humours of Listivain, Pither in Enough
O’Farrell: Jerry’s Rambles, Sally McGee, Sheelina Gra Will You Be Mine,
Henry Hudson: Jolly Old Woman
Richard Levey: The Humours of Bandon
Patrick Hutchinson: Humours of Listivain
Frank Cloudy: Humours of Listivain
Many thanks to Patrick Hutchinson and Frank Cloudy for supplying me with their takes of Humours of Listivain.


Patrick and Frank both mentioned Kieran Jordan’s Sean-nós dance choreography to the tune
Kieran kindly sent me a link to a video of the dance, which begins around fifteen minutes in (with a solo slow air)
https://youtu.be/mVxeGJIaDaY?si=2y23oW2oAGoNMfkZ&t=1031


If you’d like to get a copy of the Album Frank Cloudy sent me (and I highly recommend it) send Frank an email (and $12 to claudyf@msn.com )


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I play through Many Tunes from Walker Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes.
Unfortunately it isn’t available online anywhere in facsimile form, but NPU has a transcription available here:
https://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=51&_gl=1*n8kkbi*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc5MDE0MTUwNS4xNzE2MDA4ODM2*_ga_8BBP57V9FE*MTcxNjAxMTYyNC4yLjEuMTcxNjAxMTYyOC4wLjAuMA..


Or the ABC on Bill Black’s Website here:
http://www.capeirish.com/ittl/tunefolders/30/30-table.html


Similarly I play through a couple tunes from O'Farrell's National Collection, it also Isn't available in Facsimile form anywhere, but you can see it here:
http://www.capeirish.com/ittl/tunefolders/47/47-table.html


Cossey’s Jigg

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1774: Cossey’s Jigg from Walker Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes


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1795: The Cossy Jigg from Niel Gow’s “A Collection of Strathspey Reels Vol 2 https://archive.org/details/collectionofstra00gown/page/n62/mode/1up


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1780s: Casseys Jig from James Aird’s 3rd Volume
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94563936


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1806: The Cosey Jigg from O’Farrell’s Pocket book 2
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780974


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1907: Jimmy O’Brien’s Jig from Francis O’Neill’s Dance Music of Ireland
https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Dance_Music_of_Ireland_(O%27Neill%2C_Francis)


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1840: Copey’s Jigg from John Clinton’s Gems of Ireland
https://imslp.org/wiki/Gems_of_Ireland%2C_Op.45_(Clinton%2C_John)


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1774: Jackson’s Morning Brush from Walker Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes


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1774: Jackson’s Night Cap from Walker Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes


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1774: Jackson’s Dream from Walker Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes


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Humours of Listivain

1774: Humours of Listivain from Walker Jackson


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1780s: Humours of Listivain from Aird Vol. 3
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94564176


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1789: The Humours of Listivain from John Bowie’s Collection of Strathspey’s Reels and Country Dances https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Strathspey_Reels_and_Country_Dances_(Bowie%2C_John)
Note Pither in Enough on the same page Also note that the TUNEARCH ABC has it in D Maj incorrectly


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1800: Jerry’s Rambles, from O’Farrell’s National Collection


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1800: Sally McGee from O’Farrell’s National Collection


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1806: Sheelina Gra Will you Be Mine from O’Farrell’s Pocketbook.
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780290


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1840s: Jolly Old Woman From Henry Hudson (https://sites.nd.edu/rbsc/the-citizen-and-henry-hudsons-collection-of-irish-music/ )
https://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-2/#page/10/mode/1up
https://books.google.com

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S08 E09 Exploring the Key Signatures in Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes


Tunes:
Ewan MacColl: Jamie Raeburn’s Farewell
Walker Jackson: Humours of Panteen, Jackson's Bouner Bougher (3 Ways), Jackson over the Water,Jackson’s Turret, The Figure of 3,
John Bowie: The Humours of Panteen, Pither in Enough
James Aird: Pither in Enough, Jackson Over the Water,
John Murphy: Jackson Over the Water
O’Farrell: Jackson’s Lake, Jacksons Punch Bowl, Jacksons Bottle of Punch
Sutherland: Jackson’s Lake,
Francis O’Neill: The Figure of Three


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Jamie Raeburn

1840: Jamie Raeburn as seen on a Penny Sheet
https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/view/?id=15846


1901: Jamie Raeburn’s Farewell from Robert Ford’s Vagabond Songs and Ballads of Scotland: With Many Old and Familiar Melodies Vol. 2
https://archive.org/details/vagabondsongsan00fordgoog/page/n74/mode/2up


1960: Jamie Raeburn From Ewan MacColl’s Chorus from the Gallows
https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/2011/01/ewan-maccoll-chorus-from-the-gallows-tsdl502/


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Walker Jackson

I play through Many Tunes from Walker Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes.
Unfortunately it isn’t available online anywhere in facsimile form, but NPU has a transcription available here:
https://pipers.ie/source/gallery/?galleryId=51&_gl=1*n8kkbi*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc5MDE0MTUwNS4xNzE2MDA4ODM2*_ga_8BBP57V9FE*MTcxNjAxMTYyNC4yLjEuMTcxNjAxMTYyOC4wLjAuMA..


Or the ABC on Bill Black’s Website here:
http://www.capeirish.com/ittl/tunefolders/30/30-table.html


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1774: Jackson’s Humours of Panteen from Jackson


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1789: The Humours of Panteen from John Bowie’s Collection of Strathspey’s Reels and Country Dances https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Strathspey_Reels_and_Country_Dances_(Bowie%2C_John)


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1774: Jackson’s Bouner Bougher


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Pither in Enough

1774: Pither in Enough from Walker Jackson


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1789: Pither in Enough from John Bowie’s Collection of Strathspey’s Reels and Country Dances https://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_Strathspey_Reels_and_Country_Dances_(Bowie%2C_John)


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1780s: Pither in Enough From Aird Vol 3
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94564692


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Jackson’s Over The Water

1774: Jackson’s Over The Water From Jackson


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1780s: Jackson over the Water from Aird Vol 3
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94564116


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1810: Jackson Over the Water from John Murphy’s collection of Irish Airs and Jiggs with Variations
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_collection_of_Irish_airs_and_jiggs_wit/_Up5WmARde0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA32&printsec=frontcover


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1804: Jacksons Lake from O’Farrell’s Tutor
https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=53&mediaId=5521&_gl=1*11706ep*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTc5MDE0MTUwNS4xNzE2MDA4ODM2*_ga_8BBP57V9FE*MTcxNjAwODgzNS4xLjEuMTcxNjAwODkwOS4wLjAuMA..


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1780s: Jackson Lake From Sutherland’s Manuscript:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-81-120.pdf


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1774: Jackson’s Turret from Walker Jackson


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Figure of Three

1774: The Figure of Three from Jackson


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1808: Jackson’s Punch Bowl from O’Farrell Pocket Companion #3
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc3.pdf


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1922: The Figure of Three from O’Neill’s Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Waifs_and_Strays_of_Gaelic_Melody/S3UQAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PR1&printsec=frontcover


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1808: Jackson’s Bottle of Punch from O’Farrell Pocket Companion #3
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc3.pdf


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S 08 E 08 John Peacock’s Collection Part 1 aka 5 days with a Northumbrian Small pipe Chanter


Tunes:
Peacock: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, A Mile to Ride, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet
Donald MacDonald: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town
Alexander MacKay: A mile to Ride
Niel Gow: Niel Gow’s Wife
Walker Jackson: Cummilum
James Aird: Niel Gow
James Bremner (and Frances Hopkinson): Lady Coventry’s Minuet


Special thanks to Benjamin Elzerman for the chanter and Reed!
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Clip of Alan Lomax introducing Jack Armstrong’s Playing:
https://soundcloud.com/oldtownschool/talking-northumbrian-small


Alan Lomax Recordings with Jack Armstrong:
https://archive.culturalequity.org/person/armstrong-jack


Alan Lomax Collection at Library of Congress:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/alan-lomax-manuscripts/about-this-collection/


Alan Lomax being a Creep talking to Bert Lloyd, I first heard this on the Fire Draw Near Podcast (around 35 minutes in the context for the clip starts Alan’s talking starts at 41 minutes):
https://soundcloud.com/firedrawnear/the-trees-they-do-grow-high


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Settings:


Most of the Music Comes from John Peacock’s Collection available on Ross’s Music Page:


1810: Frisky, Welcome to the Town Again, Niel Gows Wife, New Drops of Brandy, Bonny Lad, Niel Gow, Money Musk, Lady Coventry’s Minuet
From John Peacock’s “A Favourite Collection of Tunes with Variations adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes Violin or Flute
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/peacock.pdf


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1828: We’ll Gang Nae Mair to Yon Town from Donald MacDonald
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682594


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1820s: A Mile to Ride from Alexander MacKay’s “A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes, Arranged for the Piano Forte Chiefly composed by Alexander MacKay, Musician Islay”
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104488189


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1802: Niel Gow’s Wife: From Gow's Repository of the Dance Music of Scotland Part 2
https://imslp.org/wiki/Gow%27s_Repository_of_the_Dance_Music_of_Scotland_(Gow%2C_Niel)


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1774: Walker Jackson: Cummilum
http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html


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1802: Niel Gow: From Aird, Vol 5
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483464


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1780s: Lady Coventry’s Minuet with Variations from James Bremner by Frances Hopkinson
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90483464


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S 08 E07 George MacLeod's 1784 Repertoire part 2 (Patrick MacDonald's Piper)
Tunes:
William Vickers: Strike The Bell
Johnson: Simon Pure
Straight and Skillern: Stage Chace
Menzies: Taste Life’s Glad Moments
Patrick MacDonald: Tune 7 (The Goat Herd), Tune 8 (Spoigan/The Innundation), Tune 9 (The Drover Lads), Tune 10 (The Unfortunate Jock), Tune 11 (Behind the Bush in the Garden), Tune 12
Donald MacDonald: The Goat Herd
William Gunn: The Goat and Sheep Herd, The Inundation, The Drover Lads, Behind the Bush in the Garden
Angus MacKay: The Goat Herd
David Glen: The Goat Herd
Robert Ross: Spoigan
David Young: Unfortunate Jock


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1770: Strike the Bell from William Vicker’s Manuscript http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0310200.jpg


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1766: Johnson’s 24 Country dances for the Year 1766:
https://imslp.org/wiki/24_Country_Dances_for_the_Year_1766_(Various)


1775: Stag Chance from Straight and Skillern
Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favorite Country Dances:
https://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various)


1818: Taste Life’s Glad Moments from Daniel Menzies’ The Bagpipe Preceptor


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Most of the tunes this week come from Patrick Mac Donald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: https://www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection


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Patrick MacDonald’s North Highland Country Dances (George MacLeod)

1784: Tune 7 (The Goat Herd) from Patrick MacDonald
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false


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1828: The Goat Herd from Donald MacDonald
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682924


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1848: The Goat and Sheep Herd from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes
https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%2017.pdf


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1854: The Goat Herd from Angus MacKay
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105007509


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1876ish: The Goat Herd from David Glen:
https://ceolsean.net/content/DGlen/Book06/Book06%2014.pdf


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1784: Tune 8 (Spoigan/Innundation) from Patrick MacDonald
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false


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1774: Robert Ross’s Choice collection of Scots reels or country dances & strathspeys https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104997114


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1848: The Inundation from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes
https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%2029.pdf


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1784: Tune 9 (The Drover Lads) from Patrick MacDonald
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false


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1848: The Drover Lads from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes
https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%2029a.pdf


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1784: Tune 10 (Unfortunate Jock) From Patrick McDonald:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_Highland_Vocal_Airs_To_w/XCvLHYWLkFcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA34&printsec=frontcover


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1737: Unfortunate Jock from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf


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1784: Tune 11 From Patrick MacDonald
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false


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1848: Behind the Bush in the Garden from William Gunn
https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Book03/Book03%201.pdf


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1784: Tune 12 from Patrick MacDonald
https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false


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Tunes:
Barry Shears: The Hen's March over the Hill, John MacColl's Favourite
O'Farrell: The Hen's Concert
Several other tunes played by Barry Shears


Check out Barry's New Edition of Gathering of the Clans here:


https://capebretonpiper.com/content/gathering-clans-collection-volume-1-anniversary-edition


1806: The Hen’s Concert from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780134


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or my third album on Bandcamp!
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal
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