January 15, 2023

S7 E01 Women of Watlen: Christian Dalrymple with Performance by James Moyar

40 minutes

Tunes:

William Vickers: Cold And Raw

Watlen: Miss C. Dalrymple: Oxford Castle, Miss Watson’s Favorite, Miss W. Dalrymple’s Fancy, Sir George Ramsay’s Lament (THANKS JAMES MOYAR!)

Watlen: What a Beaw My Granny Was, Soldiers Dance, Poney Races,

Watlen: Composed By a young Lady: L’abbe’

Watlen: By a Lady: The Finali

Watlen: By Lady Ru____en: Honarble David Ruthven’s Birthday

Eliza Ross: Dark Eyed one of the night, Dark girl of the White Feet

Donald MacDonald: Lady Seaforth’s Reel, Lady Mary Mackay’s Reel, Mary Gray, Sweet Molly

Thanks to James Moyar for playing through one of the more challenging of Miss Dalrymple’s Tunes. Check out James on the Droning On Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast/

and his recent Piper’s Dojo Conversation:

https://youtu.be/brhFlo8IJ_Y

or support him by buying some awesome Bagpipe Gear at https://www.bagpipeswag.com/

Cover image of Miss Christian Dalrymple from The National Trust of Scotland at Newhailes house:

https://www.facebook.com/NTSNewhailes/photos/a.329838043864698/1473748449473646/

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Essay on Christian Dalrymple:

https://web.archive.org/web/20201027162851/https://sites.google.com/site/newhailesnewresearch/home/christian-dalrymple

Christian’s Father’s Book:

https://books.google.com/books?id=6bM9AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Diary of Mistress Kate Dalrymple 1685-1735

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Diary_of_Mistress_Kate_Dalrymple/LXQkn02ZqTQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PP9&printsec=frontcover

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New Opening Track, Cold and Raw from William Vickers

1770s: Cold and Raw from William Vickers Manuscript (Our new Tune Opening)

http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0305000.jpg

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Watlen Tunes

1791: Oxford Castle from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Miss Watson’s Favorite from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Miss Watson’s Favorite from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Sir George Ramsay’s Lament from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: What a Beaw my Granny Was from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Soldier’s Dance from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Poney Races from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: L’abbe’ from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Finali from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

1791: Honarble David Ruthven’s Birthday from John Watlen’s Celebrated Circus Tunes

https://archive.org/details/Shand11/page/n100/mode/1up?view=theater

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Women’s Set:

Dark Eyed one of the night, Lady Seaforth’s Reel, Dark girl of the White Feet, Lady Mary Mackay’s Reel, Mary Gray, Sweet Molly

1812: Eliza Ross tunes (Dark Eyed one of the night, Dark girl of the White Feet)

https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript

1828: Donald MacDonald Tunes (the rest) from Donald MacDonald’s Dance Music Collection

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682473

Except for Sweet Molly which was not printed in the edition at NLS, you can see it at Ceol Sean: https://ceolsean.net/content/McDlight/Book01/Book01%202.pdf

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