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S5 E35: Season Finale Cape Breton Tunes and Eliza Ross Manuscript
From Gathering of the Clans:
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Thanks for listening to the podcast this year! Throughout January I won’t be posting full episodes, I’ll be working on my next Album, Bannocks of Barley Meal which is my best of season 5 album. Let me know if you have any favorite tunes from this season which you hope to see on the album: [email protected]
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Special Thanks once again to Barry Shears for our conversation and these excellent tunes.
While many of the tunes I play are also in Play it Like you Sing It, all the settings I was closest following are in Barry’s first book, Gathering of the Clans which you can get here:
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You can now Pick up CD copies of Pay the Pipemaker here:
If you want a Digital version you can of course pick it up on Bandcamp:
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I spend a fair amount of time talking about Ojibwe Language in this Episode, if you want to learn Hear more you can listen to My Ojibwe Podcast on all your favorite Podcast listeners, just search Ojibwemodaa podcast. Or Listen Here:
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The Tunes!
Gathering of the Clans was first published in 1991, but most if not all of the tunes (except Barry’s Original Composition Mary Jane Kelly) are at least from the late 1800s, and likely much earlier than that. You can buy Gathering of the Clans here:
1991: Brenda Stubbert
1812: The Dun Coloured Tailor From Eliza Ross’s Manuscript
1991: Go Immediately
1991: Sound of Mull
1815ish: I didn’t play it but Sound of Mull is in Celtic Melodies as Pipe Reel, slightly different key
1991: Mary Jane Kelly
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1991: The Night we had the Goats from Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans:
1812: The Night We Had The Goats from Elizabeth Ross’s Manuscript
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1991: The Grey old Lady of Raasay from Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans:
1812: The Grey Hag of Raasay from Elizabeth Ross’s Manuscript
1848ish: The Grey Old Lady of Raasay from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes
1954: James Nicolson, in the Older Style by Finlay MacRae on Practice Chanter:
Check out all of these links for Gaelic Singers approaches to the song:
1951: Peggy MacRae singing it: Cailleach Liath Rathasair
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1828: Reel of Tulloch, I’m playing my own setting, but heavily influenced by Donald MacDonald’s version and based on my chat with Barry.
You can check out Barry’s Setting for Reel of Tulloch with Crunluath variations in Play it Like you Sing it, which I was able to buy here:
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1812: The Big foot of the Deceitful One
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1775: Cave of Enchantment, Exeter Change both from Straight and Skillern’s 1775 edition:
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To Watch Mio and the Land of Far Away from 1987:
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Here are six ways you can support the show:
You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGA
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S5 E35: Season Finale Cape Breton Tunes and Eliza Ross Manuscript
From Gathering of the Clans:
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Thanks for listening to the podcast this year! Throughout January I won’t be posting full episodes, I’ll be working on my next Album, Bannocks of Barley Meal which is my best of season 5 album. Let me know if you have any favorite tunes from this season which you hope to see on the album: [email protected]
+X+X+X+X+
Special Thanks once again to Barry Shears for our conversation and these excellent tunes.
While many of the tunes I play are also in Play it Like you Sing It, all the settings I was closest following are in Barry’s first book, Gathering of the Clans which you can get here:
+X+X+X+
You can now Pick up CD copies of Pay the Pipemaker here:
If you want a Digital version you can of course pick it up on Bandcamp:
+X+
I spend a fair amount of time talking about Ojibwe Language in this Episode, if you want to learn Hear more you can listen to My Ojibwe Podcast on all your favorite Podcast listeners, just search Ojibwemodaa podcast. Or Listen Here:
+X+X+X+
The Tunes!
Gathering of the Clans was first published in 1991, but most if not all of the tunes (except Barry’s Original Composition Mary Jane Kelly) are at least from the late 1800s, and likely much earlier than that. You can buy Gathering of the Clans here:
1991: Brenda Stubbert
1812: The Dun Coloured Tailor From Eliza Ross’s Manuscript
1991: Go Immediately
1991: Sound of Mull
1815ish: I didn’t play it but Sound of Mull is in Celtic Melodies as Pipe Reel, slightly different key
1991: Mary Jane Kelly
+X+X+X+
1991: The Night we had the Goats from Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans:
1812: The Night We Had The Goats from Elizabeth Ross’s Manuscript
+X+X+
1991: The Grey old Lady of Raasay from Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans:
1812: The Grey Hag of Raasay from Elizabeth Ross’s Manuscript
1848ish: The Grey Old Lady of Raasay from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music Adapted for the Bagpipes
1954: James Nicolson, in the Older Style by Finlay MacRae on Practice Chanter:
Check out all of these links for Gaelic Singers approaches to the song:
1951: Peggy MacRae singing it: Cailleach Liath Rathasair
+X+X+X+X+X+
1828: Reel of Tulloch, I’m playing my own setting, but heavily influenced by Donald MacDonald’s version and based on my chat with Barry.
You can check out Barry’s Setting for Reel of Tulloch with Crunluath variations in Play it Like you Sing it, which I was able to buy here:
+X+X+X+
1812: The Big foot of the Deceitful One
+X+X+X+
1775: Cave of Enchantment, Exeter Change both from Straight and Skillern’s 1775 edition:
+X+X+X+
To Watch Mio and the Land of Far Away from 1987:
+X+X+X+
Here are six ways you can support the show:
You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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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