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Special Thanks to Pete Stewart, Rob Turner and Simon Chadwick for being On the Episode this week.

Pete Stewart has some great videos uploaded to his Youtube Channel:

Rob Turner has glorioius renditions of many tunes from the same collections I have to rip apart and adjust to play, hear them how they were intended by subscribing to Rob’s Youtube page:

Simon Chadwick also is a must follow on Youtube:

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1690s: Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe: You can buy a lovely print of Thomas Marsden’s “A Collection of Original Lancashire Hornpipes” as part of Pete Stewart’s Book, “Three Extraordinary Collections”:

Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe Played by Pete Stewart:

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1805: Mount the Stage: From Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes No 2:

1805: Donald Bran: From Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes No 2:

1805: Fitzmaurice’s Trip to Rosline Castle: From Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes No 2:

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1748: Petticoat Tight: from Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances:

1748: Petticoat Loose: from Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances:

1805: Loose the Belt: From Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes No 2:

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1778: Petticoat Loose: From Thomas Nixon Jr’s Music Book

For More information on The Nixon Manuscript see here:

Exploring the manuscript is not particularly easy, you have to use two websites to browse by tune title.

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I didn’t play these settings but you can look at them if you want:

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1805: I’m Asleep and Don’t Wake Me: From Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes No 2:

1720s: Cha mi ma chattle: Musick for Allan Ramsay's collection of 71 Scots songs (Set by Stuart):

You can Buy Paddy Keenan’s Na Keen Affair Album to listen to the entirety of Johnny’s Song for the Avalon here:

1740s Past One O’Clock: Wright’s Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances both Old and New:

1750s Cold Frosty Morning: William McGibbon’s Tune 119 in Volume IV

Many Thanks to Rob Turner for his excellent playing of Oswald’s Cold Frostie Morning:

1806: Past One O’Clock: O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion:

1900 (1792) Lament of A Druid: From Charlotte Milligan-Fox

1792: Tá Mé Mo Chodladh (I’m Asleep Don’t Waken Me): From Edward Bunting’s live notes of Hugh Higgins’playing:

You Can Watch Simon’s Performance here:

Willie Clancy Playing Tá mé mo chodladh, nár dhúisce mé can be listened to here:

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I didn’t play these settings or they aren’t Tunes but here are links for your convenience:

1733 The Words from Charles Coffey’s Irish Ballad Opera, “The Beggar’s Wedding” Air X:

1748 Past One O’Clock (Scottish Section) It is in Thurmoth’s Twelve Scotch and Twelve Irish Airs:

1762: Cold Frosty Morning: Francis Peacock’s Fifty Favorite Scotch Airs:

1840: I Am Asleep and Don’t Waken Me: From Edward Bunting’s The ancient music of Ireland

For More information I recommend the Following Tune Annotation Pages from Traditional Tune Archive:

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