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EPISODE · Jul 11, 2026 · 1H 1M

S 10 E 15 The William Mackie Manuscript Playthrough Part 1

from Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast · host Jeremy Kingsbury

Tunes: William Mackie: Taste Life's Glad Moments, Robin Adair, Ye Branks and Baes of Bonny Dune, The Banks of the Dee, What ails this heart of mine, Paddy O'Rafferty Robert Menzies: Taste Life's Glad Moments, Smollet Holden: Aleen Aroon O'Farrell: Paddy O'Rafferty with variations Angus MacKay: Paddy O'Rafferty with variations Seamus Ennis: Paddy O'Rafferty, The Reverend Brother's Jig Big Thanks to John Dally, Stephen McNally, Pete Stewart and Adam Sanderson for helping with my attempts at salvaging my miserable pornunciations. For an article on the "Z" or yogh letter: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/scottish-handwriting/coaching/letter-finder/letter-yogh Most of the tunes this week come from William Mackie's 1828 Pastoral Pipes manuscript still available on Ross's Music Page: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/mackie-part1.pdf here is an archived photo of Mackie's pipes: https://web.archive.org/web/20240329181248/http://nms.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-579-671-C&scache=2u56p5txg5&searchdb=scran Other Sources: ====== 1823: Taste Life’s Glad Moments from Edinburgh Chapbook https://digital.nls.uk/chapbooks-printed-in-scotland/archive/104184666 +X+X+ 1793: Robin Adair from Edinburgh Musical Miscellany https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/94581712 +X+X+ 1818: Robin Adair : The Much Admired Ballad, as sung by Mr. Philipps arranged for piano forte or harp by W. Reeve [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015096437556](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015096437556) For a Chapter on the History of “Robin Adair and Eileen Aroon” see: Stories of Famous Songs vol 1_ by S. J. Adair Fitz-Gerald, 1901 [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002410743h](https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951002410743h) +X+X+ 1810: Aleen Aroon from Smollet Hoden’s A Collection of Farorite Irish Airs arranged for the Harp or Pianoforte” https://ks15.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8f/IMSLP740826-PMLP1177690-smollet +X+X+ FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/ You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at [email protected] letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! 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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