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EPISODE · May 1, 2026 · 50 MIN

S10 E 10 Lowland and Border Pipers' Society Tune of the Month Oyster Wife's Rant

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

Tunes: David Young: The Drunken Wives in Pearson's Closs, Robert Bremner: Oyater Wives Rant, Lady Doll Sinclair's Reel, James Aird: The Oyster Wive's Rant, Mullindough or the Black Laddie, Angus Cumming: Haugh's of Cromdale, John Peacock: Oyster Wifes Rant Donald MacDonald: A Mulinn Dubh, The Whimsical, Jingling Johnie, The Miller's Fair Daughter, Morag is Domhnull (or Marion & Donald), The Jolly Old Gardner, John Rook: The Black Laddie, Thomas Glen: Mulinn Dubh (The Black Mill), William Gunn: Am Muilen Dubh (The black Mill) William Ross: The Black Mill LBPS Blue Book: The Oyster Wife's Rant, Jeremy Kingsbury: Oyster Wife's Rant, Be sure to Post your performance to your own instagram account and tag it #LBPS or #LBPSTOTM or post your rendition straight to the Lowland and Border Pipers' Group (Formerly LBPS Forum) https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1FZMPP8vUm/ You should also explore the growing resources at the LBPS Tune of the Month Website: https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/repertoire/tune-of-the-month/1297-may-2026-oyster-wifes-rant SOURCES +X+ 1740: The Drunken Wives in Pearson’s Closs from David Young’s A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Perform’d in Scotland at Edinburgh by Da. Young WM Image Courtesy Pete Stewart +X+ 1760s: The Oyster Wive’s Rant From Robert Bremner’s A Collection of Scots Reels or Contry Dances https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105003175 +X+ 1780: The Oyster Wive’s rant from James Aird’s A selection of Scotch, English, Irish, and foreign airs : adapted to the fife, violin or German-flute https://archive.org/details/selectionofscotc00ingl/page/2/mode/2up +X+ 1800(ish): Oyster Wifes Rant from John Peacock’s A Favourite Collection of Tunes with Variations Adapted for the Northumberland Small Pipes, Violin or Flute http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/K0101300.jpg +X+ 1828: A Mulinn Dubh from Donald MacDonald’s A Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels & Jigs Arranged for the Highland Bagpipe https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682759 +X+ 1840: The Black Laddie from John Rook’s Manuscript Multum in parvo or a Collection of old English, Scotch, Irish & Welsh Tunes. https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/rook/rook_pages/059.htm +X+ 1843: Mulinn Dubh From A New and Complete Tutor for the Great Highland Bagpipe by Thomas Glen https://ceolsean.net/content/TGlen/TGlen_TOC.html +X+ 1848: An Muilen Dubh (The black Mill) from William Gunn’s The Caledonian Repository of Music adaptes for the Bagpipes https://ceolsean.net/content/Gunn/Gunn_TOC.html +X+ 1869: The Black Mill From Ross’s Collection of Pipe Music by William Ross https://ceolsean.net/content/WRoss/WRoss_TOC.html +X+ Black Mill Set from Cold and Raw: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/cold-and-raw + 1828: The Whimsical (Fall of Foyers) from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682660 + 1828: Jingling Johnie (Kate Dalrymple) from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682737 + 1828: The Miller’s Fair Daughter from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682605 + 1828: Morag is Domhnull (or Marion & Donald) from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682682 + 1828: The Jolly old Gardener from Donald MacDonald’s Collection of Quicksteps, Strathspeys, reels and Jigs https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105682627 +X+X+ The Oyster Wife’s Rant from Lowland and Border Pipers’ Society The Blue Book; Committee Sessions Repertoire https://j3site.lbps.net/index.php/repertoire/miscellaneous-collections/379-the-blue-book-committee-sessions-repertoire +X+ Link to the Discussion of “Playing Reels to Oyster women” https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/common-stock/archive-issues/130-june-2012/690-playing-reels-to-oyster-women 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! 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