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S 9 E 04 Celtic Melodies Mail Coach and Angus MacKay's High B Manuscript

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

Tunes: Anderson: The Mail Coach Highlander: “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”, “Gur Trom, tom a tha mi” Sad, Sad am I, Angus MacKay: Wha’ll be King but Charlie, Lilla’s A Lady, Lilla’s a Lady, Voulez vous danser Madamoiselle or the Portuguese, Paddy Rafferty’s With Variations, Fowler’s Rant, Lady Ellinor Campbell, No. XIII Pipe Reel, “Gur mise tha suncach” “Tis me that’s Happy”, No. 22 Pipe Reel “Lochiel’s Awa To France” Hamilton: Lilla’s a Lady Alexander MacKay: Lady Ellinor Campbell’s Reel, Miss Catherine Campbell Ardmore’s Strathspey, Andrew O’Sullivan: Black Grouse William Vickers: Lochail’s Real Sources: Cover Art: 42nd Highlander Playing a Frenchman as a Bagpipe: https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:232077/ +X+X+ I read from Hugh Cheape’s Delightful Tartan Book, you should read it: https://archive.org/details/tartanhighlandha0000chea 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 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105006453 +X+X+ 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 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105012382 +X+X+ 1830s?: Wha’ll Be King but Charlie, Lilla’s a Lady, Voulez vous danser Madamoiselle or the Portuguese Dance from Angus MacKay’s Manuscript +X+X+ 1846: Lilla’s a Lady from Hamilton's Universal Tune Book vol. 2 (1846, p. 68) https://archive.org/details/bub_man_0d3e53b425fd9604ed8120afba639d35/page/n79/mode/2up?view=theater +X+ 1822: “Gur Trom, tom a tha mi” Sad, Sad am I, “Domhnull Ban” Fair Donald. from Celtic Melodies by a Highlander https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105012261 +X+ 1833: Lady Ellinor Campbell from Celtic Melodies (the second one) by a Highlander +X+ 1822: Lady Ellinor Campbell’s Reel from A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Slow Tunes Arranged for the Piano Forte Chiefly composed by Alexander MacKay https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104488057 +X+ 1815: Pipe Reel, “’S tric mi smuaineach ort.” “Oft am I thinking of thee.” from Celtic Melodies by Robert Purdie https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105012316 +X+ 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 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104487969 +X+ 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 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105012272 +X+ 1815: “C’ arson nach rachinn cuide riut.” “Why would I not go with you.” and Pipe Reel from Celtic Melodies by Robert Purdie https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105012371 +X+ 1776: Lochail’s Real from William Vicker’s Manuscript http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0306600.jpg +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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