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1790: Paddy Wake, Paddy Whack courtesy of Rick Lines from James Reay Manuscript

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1963: Adam Christie: Singing Erin Go Braugh

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1981: Erin Go Braugh from Dick Gaughan

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1806: Erin Go Braugh From O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion

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1810ish: Savournah Deelish

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1800 (written): Exile of Erin by Thomas Campbell

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Brian Miller’s Website article about Exile of Erin:

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1805: Gerrald Hasset’s Compliments to the Knight of Glen, Miss Ross of Rossy Castle’s Jigg, The Humours of Aberdeen, Jigg

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1791: German Waltz from John Watlen’s The Celebrated Circus Tunes Performed at Edinburgh this season, With the additions of some new reels and strathspeys set for the piano forte or violin and bass

1808: Rogara Duff (The Black Rogue), From O’Farrell Vol. 3

1810ish: The Unfortunate Rake From Smollet Holden’s Collection of Favourite Irish Airs Vol. II

1810: Mrs. Dungannon’s Jigg here from John Murphy:

1775ish: The Ladies Lesson from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances

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1790s: The Bonny Links of Aberdeen

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Big Thanks to Vicky for coming in with a song on five minutes notice!

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1775: Paddy Whack From Straight and Skillern

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1780: Paddy Whack From Robert Ross’s “Choice Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances”

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1780s: Paddy Whack From Sutherland Manuscript https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/sutherland/suth-pp-1-40.pdf

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1823,2025: Black Hen’s Egg from Alex MacKay Arranged by Gordon Mooney

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1822: Pipe Reel (The Black Hen’s Egg) and “Buair bhi’s cach na’n cadal Samhach.” “Where the rest are sound asleep” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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1804: Paddy Whack from Selection of Irish and Scots tunes, consisting of airs, marches, strathspeys, country-dances, &c. by John MacPherson Mulhollan. Edinburgh https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105813397

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1805: Paddy Whack from Peacock’s Favorite Collection of tunes https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/peacock.pdf

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1805: Paddy Whack from O’Farrell:

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1807: Paddy Whack from Collection of Highland strathspey reels by John MacFadyen Dedicated to Miss Campbell of Shawfield https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104408674

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1810: Paddy Whack From Hannam's selection of celebrated Irish melodies https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87766071

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1819: Green Joke from A New and Complete Preceptor for the German Flute by Steele (Albany, New York) https://imslp.org/wiki/A_New_and_Complete_Preceptor_for_the_German_Flute_(Various)

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1820: Paddy Whack from Riley's flute melodies, Third volume (New York) https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ab7b93e0-f959-0139-46b9-0242ac110002#/?uuid=2b1d75b0-2ae4-013a-27f9-0242ac110003

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1830: Paddy Whack from Millar’s Manuscript:

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1830: Paddy Whack from Millar’s Manuscript:

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Polly Oliver Ballad

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1860s: The Pig Under the Pot from Goodman Manuscript Volume III

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1870: Paddy Whack from Caledonian repository of music, for the great highland bag pipe Selected by Alexander Glen

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1911: Paddy Whack from Irish tunes for the Scottish and Irish war-pipes : compiled by William Walsh ; arranged by David Glen

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2025: Check out Fionnllagh MacA’Phiocar on instagram

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2001: Invocation of the Corn Mother, from Alasdair Roberts’ album (with Donald Lindsay) on Appendix Out: Travels in Constants Volume Thirteen

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2025: Two Boats Under the Moon by Donald Lindsay:

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Most of the tunes in this episode come from the Advocates Manuscript. I also read Ross Anderson’s Article about the Collection, you can read the article here:

1765: Tune 58, 1, A Scots Measure, Jamies Reel (Oyster Wives Rant), The Britches Loose, The Island of Love, The White Jock from the Advocates Manuscript

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1806ish: The Shepherds Hornpipe from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion

Check out Bannocks of Barley Meal here:

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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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1775ish: Cupid’s Frolick, Cox’s Museum, Naples Dance, Black Dance and Island of Love all from Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favourite Country Dances

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Cover Art:

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I read from Hugh Cheape’s Delightful Tartan Book, you should read it:

Sources:

1820s: Anderson’s Mail Coach from Anderson's pocket companion of the most approved Highland strathspeys, country dances, &c. for the German flute, fife, hautboy, & violin

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1815: “A ghruagach an leadain” “Nymph with the beautiful hair.” “Gu’n d’thug mi suil air an trupa ghlas.” “I cast an eye on the grey troop”, “Chaidh mi thun na traigh.” “I wen to the Ebb.” from Celtic Melodies by Robert Purdie

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1830s?: Wha’ll Be King but Charlie, Lilla’s a Lady, Voulez vous danser Madamoiselle or the Portuguese Dance from Angus MacKay’s Manuscript

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1846: Lilla’s a Lady from Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 2 (1846, p. 68)

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1822: “Gur Trom, tom a tha mi” Sad, Sad am I, “Domhnull Ban” Fair Donald.

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1833: Lady Ellinor Campbell

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1822: Lady Ellinor Campbell’s Reel

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1815: Pipe Reel, “’S tric mi smuaineach ort.” “Oft am I thinking of thee.” from Celtic Melodies by Robert Purdie

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1822: Miss Catherine Campbell Ardmore’s Strathspey from A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes Arranged for the Piano Forte Chiefly composed by Alexander MacKay

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1822: “Ge d’ tha mi gun Chrodh gun aighean” “Though I am without Cows or Querys” and “Gur mise tha suncach” “Tis me that’s Happy” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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1815: “C’ arson nach rachinn cuide riut.” “Why would I not go with you.” and Pipe Reel from Celtic Melodies by Robert Purdie

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1776: Lochail’s Real from William Vicker’s Manuscript

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If you have some thoughts about the collection of tunes, or want to send me a recording of you playing some of the tunes get in touch at [email protected]

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1822: “Biodh mid subhach.” Let us Be Merry from Celtic Melodies by “Highlander”

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1822: “Falb orra, ho!” “Ho away she goes” and Pipe Reel from Celtic Melodies by by a Highlander

See Smith of Killiechassie for No. III

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1822: Pipe Reel, “Latha dhomhsa ‘s mi siubhal garbhlaich.” “One day as I was traversing mountains.” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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1822: “Cha ‘n ‘eil Cailleach agam fhein” “I am Alone since my wife died” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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1822: Pipe Reel (The Black Hen’s Egg) and “Buair bhi’s cach na’n cadal Samhach.” “Where the rest are sound asleep” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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1822: Cainntearachd “As is played on the pipe!” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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1822: “A Jacobite Air”, “Mo Shorridh sunntach slan leibh” “My heary lively wishes to you” from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander

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Thanks again Keith for using up a Friday evening chatting with me, you can

You can Keith’s Article: “Patronage of the price of the piper’s bag” here:

Here is a paper Keith delivered to The Piobaireachd Society about eighteenth century pipemakers:

And Here is Keith’s Article about the Bagpipe “Instructor” in Glasgow: “’Sour Plums’ and a Potage of MacLeans”

Here is a link to the Piper’s Banner which serves as the thumbnail art for this episode:

You can find many of Keith’s Articles here on the Wire Strung Harp website:

If you use their Search bar and type in Sanger you will find PDFs of many of his articles, here is one such example, his Mapping out the Clarsach in Scotland which we talked about briefly:

1780: Arndilly’s Reel: This is the 21st tune in the collection, it appears on page 8 (or image 22 of 36 on the interface linked below):

1780: Sir Harry Innes’s Reel: The is tune 54, it appears on page 18 (or image 32 of 36 on the interface linked below): works well on Highland pipes

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Preston Howard Wilde - Good Natured Man: An Chailín Dubh Doar, King of the Cannibal Islands, Jockey to the Fair, The Ship Returns Home

Inveraray & District Pipe Band - Ascension: Mad Hornpipes,Catherine's Lament

Lowp - Drive Away Dull Care: Rusty Gully-Duns Dings A'-Wee Totum Fogg, Long Lankin

Ryan Molloy - tempered:Bourrée from Suite in E minor by J.S. Bach (BWV996) & The Return from Fingal (march) – Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn, The Unspoken Words (march) & An Evening on Doughmore Beach (reel) – Tara Howley

Jamie MacDonald & Christian Gamauf - The Pipe Slang: Mo Nighean Donn à Cornaig

Fraser Fifield, Piobaireachd Pipe Music:Where Rivers Meet, The MacDougall's Gathering

Iain Gelston - Soundcloud: Leshly's March, Cotting Burn

Jeremy Kingsbury – Pay The Pipemaker: John Charles’ Fireproof Pipes

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Preston Howard Wilde: Good Natured Man

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https://prestonhowardwilde.bandcamp.com/album/good-natured-man

An Chailín Dubh Doar

King of the Cannibal Islands, Jockey to the Fair

The Ship Returns Home

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Inveraray District Pipe Band: Ascension:

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https://idpb.bandcamp.com/album/ascension

Mad Hornpipes

Catherine's Lament

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Lowp:

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https://lowp.bandcamp.com/album/drive-away-dull-care

Lowp - Drive Away Dull Care - 06 Rusty Gully-Duns Dings A'-Wee Totum Fogg

Lowp - Drive Away Dull Care - 04 Long Lankin

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Ryan Molloy (With Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn and Tara Howley): tempered

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https://ryanmolloy.bandcamp.com/album/tempered

With Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn: Bourrée from Suite in E minor by J.S. Bach (BWV996) & The Return from Fingal (march)

See Tiarnán’s Website Here: https://www.tiarnan.ie/

With Tara Howley:  The Unspoken Words (march) & An Evening on Doughmore Beach (reel)

See Tara’s work on social Media: https://www.facebook.com/tarahowleymusic

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Jamie MacDonald & Christian Gamauf Pipe Slang:

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https://pipeslang.bandcamp.com/album/the-pipe-slang

Asturian

Mo Nighean Donn à Cornaig

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Fraser Fifield: Piobaireachd Pipe Music

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https://fraserfifield.bandcamp.com/album/piobaireachd-pipe-music

Improvisation on Whistle

Where Rivers Meet

The MacDougall's Gathering

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Iain Gelston’s Soundcloud Page:

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https://soundcloud.com/cut-6

See Iain’s Website here: https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/

Leshly’s March

Cotting Burn

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Jeremy Kingsbury

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John Charles’ Fireproof Pipes will likely appear at the end of Pay the Pipemaker, which you will be able to buy on December 3rdon Bandcamp.

https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/

If you would like to give money straight to me to help pay for a set of Border Pipes any donations over $7 I will send a link to a copy of the Bandcamp album when it is available.

[email protected]

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FIN

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Thank you so much to Vince Ayub for sending me the Donald MacDonald Drone Regulators and bass drone reed.

Relating to the Tone Regulators:

(Notes incomplete at this point, check back next week)

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1747: Jack Latin from Walter Rainstorp Manuscript

Chanter Pitches as heard on Jack Latin Track:

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David Fraser Indenture

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