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Wetootwaag's Podcast of Bagpipe Power

Wetootwaag's Podcast of Bagpipe Power

Jeremy Kingsbury

Boozhoo all.

  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    S 10 E 11 Robert Bremner's Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances Playthrough part 1

    Tunes:
    Robert Bremner: Ratha Fair, Lady Doll Sinclair's Reel, The Milkmaids of Blantyre, Miss Polly Skinner's Reel, Miss Ramsey's Reel, The Parks of Kilburnie, Kiss me Sweetly, Cameron Has Got his Wife Again, Mr. Robert Kenney's Reel, Miss Blair's Reel, I'll gae nae mair to your Town, The Fyket, Isle of Sky, Jacky Stewart's Reel, Capt. Ross's Reel, Duke Of Perth's Reel,
    Wililam Vickers: Lanox Love,
    Sutherland: Clean Peas Straw,
    Donald MacDonald: Pease Straw,
    Thomas Glen: Pease Strae,
    Abraham MacIntosh: Miss Parker's Reel,
    James Aird: The Fyket,

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    If you like the sound of my new whistles, check out Verdant Whistles here:
    https://www.irishflutestore.com/products/verdant-whistles?variant=46855357432034

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    If you want to hear Robert Bremner's Treatise on music you can listen to my reading of it here:
    https://www.wetootwaag.com/s8e2

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    The Articles I found about the Possible "Lady Doll Sinclair"
    https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Lady_Doll_Sinclair

    https://threadinburgh.scot/2023/01/04/the-thread-about-the-ninth-day-of-christmas-the-lady-behind-lady-fifes-house-well-and-brae-and-what-she-has-to-do-with-primrose/

    https://www.facebook.com/share/1CzNLUYjcC/

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    Nearly all of the tunes this week come from Robert Bremner's 1757(ish) publication: A Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances
    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002262

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    I'm hoping ot update the notes soon, but shoot me an email if you're looking for any of the other sources I didn't link yet.

    FIN

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    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
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    16 May 2026, 5:00 am
  • 50 minutes 33 seconds
    S10 E 10 Lowland and Border Pipers' Society Tune of the Month Oyster Wife's Rant

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    1869: The Black Mill From Ross’s Collection of Pipe Music by William Ross https://ceolsean.net/content/WRoss/WRoss_TOC.html

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    Black Mill Set from Cold and Raw:
    https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/cold-and-raw

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    1 May 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    S 10 E09 Dixon Playthrough Part 4 with tune from John Dally

    Tunes:
    William Dixon: Wallington, John Cudbursuns fancy, Minuat Edward the Second, an thay were my own thing,
    William Vickers: Shew Me the Way to Wallington, The Pipers maggot,
    Melodies Committee of the Newcastle Antiquarian Society: Shew me the Way to Wallington, John Cuthbertson's Fancy,
    William Cocks: Shew's The Way to Wallington, Pipers' Maggot,
    David Young: The Piper,
    John Johnson: The Piper's Maggot,
    McFadyen (Aird): Piper's Maggot,
    Hime: The Pipers Maggot,
    O'Farrell: The Pipers Maggot,
    Donald MacDonald: The Piper's Maggot
    Angus MacKay: The Pipers Maggot,
    David Glen: The Piper's Maggot,
    John Dally Playing: John Cuthbertson's Fancy
    John Giddy: Nansavallen,

    Check out the Cree Fiddlers going to Orkney Documentary Here
    The Fiddlers of James Bay: https://www.folkstreams.net/films/fiddlers-of-james-bay

    Check out John Dally's Piping here:
    https://youtube.com/@rustygulley-r3r?si=dh1yPpW-cVe4Fegx
    https://on.soundcloud.com/Vk1wTdlhIkNXnypFMH
    and his Leatherwork here:
    https://www.instagram.com/dallyleather/

    Check out Alan Kingsbury's Art here:
    https://alankingsbury.com/

    For links to Sources for tunes, download the tunebook:
    https://www.patreon.com/file?h=155908454&m=648290193

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    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

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    18 April 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 5 seconds
    S 10 E 08 Dixon Playthrough Part 3 with David Faulkner

    Tunes:
    David Faulkner & Stephen Turner: Hit Her Between the Legs, Dorrington Lads,
    William Vickers: Whipper and Girder or Ranger’s Frolick,
    Patrick MacDonald: Tune 7 (Whip her and Girde her)
    William Dixon: Hit Her Between the Legs, The Black and the Grae,
    John Peacock: The Black and the Grey,
    John Rook: Black and the Grey, Dorrington Lads (By David Faulkner)
    Bruce and Stoke: The Black and the Grey
    John Johnson: Black and All Black,

    Thanks to David Faulkner for sending in some tunes and thoughts.
    Check out his music here:
    https://soundcloud.com/user-944955873

    And Check Out the Bagpipe Society’s Website and Blowout:
    https://www.bagpipesociety.org.uk/blowout/2026/

    Sources:

    1770: Whipper and Girder or Ranger’s Frolick from William Vickers Manuscript
    http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0304500.jpg

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    1784: Tune #7 (Whip Her and Gird Her) from Patrick MacDonald’s A Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:
    https://books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=RA1-PA33#v=onepage&q&f=false

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    1733: Hit Her Between the Legs from William Dixon’s Manuscript

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    1733: The Black and the Gray from Matt Seattle’s Transcription of William Dixon’s Black and Grae
    https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/rowly-powly

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    1800ish: Black and the Grey from John Peacock’s Favorite Collection of Tunes
    http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/K0101100.jpg

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    1840ish: Black and the Gray from Rook Manuscript
    https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/rook/rook_pages/075.htm

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    1882: The Black and the Gray from Bruce and Stoke’s Northumbrian Minstrelsy
    https://archive.org/details/northumbrianmins0000jcol/page/n5/mode/2up

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    1751 Black and All Black from Johnson’s Choice Collection of Country Dances
    http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Johnson/Johnson%20Info.html

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    FIN

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    Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
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    https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/
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    4 April 2026, 4:00 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    S 10 E 07 20 Year Anniversary, 200 Episodes and 100K downloads

    Tunes:
    2006 Jeremy Kingsbury: The Gold Ring, The Whitby Runaround (by Michael Grey)
    Nicholas Sunsdahl: Piano Solo,
    Ewan Maccoll: First Time Ever I saw Your Face, Dirty Old Town
    Peggy Seeger: First Time Ever I saw Your Face
    Elvis: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
    Kingsbury: The Coolin, Dumbarton's Drums
    John Peacock: Cuckold come out of the Amery
    Robert Bremner: Struan Robertson's Rant
    J&R Glen: Struan Robertson's Rant
    David Glen: Struan Robertson's Rant
    Barry Shears: Struan Robertson (Currie), Traditional Reel III, Beaver Cove,
    Donald MacDonald: Old Rusty Gun
    Donald MacLeod: Cronin

    More Notes to come soon, or on Request. You can Find Peacok on Farne Archive, Donald MacDonald, J & R Glen, and David Glen are all available on Ceolsean.
    Check Out Barry's Website Here:
    https://capebretonpiper.com/

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    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

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    Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
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    21 March 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    S 10 E 06 Humours of Glen, O'Farrell Playthrough Part 1

    Tunes:
    O'Farrell: Humours of Glen, Daniel the Sun, Daniel the Sun, Yemen o Knock, Galloway Tom, Castle Town Hunt, Bannocks of Barley Meal
    James Oswald: Mary Scott
    William McGibbon: Mary Scot
    John Brysson: Humours of Glen,
    John Brysson/Stephen McNally: Humours of Glen
    Matt Seattle: Humours of Glen
    Neil Gow & Sons: The Humours of Glen
    Broadside Courtesy of Jack Campin: The Humours of Glen
    John Rook: Humours of Glen
    Goodman: The Humours of Glyn(n), The Humours of Glynn
    Goodman Tunes Trio ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain ) The Humours of Glynn,
    Eliza Ross: Alasdair of the Stoups, The Big Foot of the Deceitful One
    Nicolas Brown: Daniel the Sun,

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    Check out the Goodman Tunes Trio's ( Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain ) Album Here:
    https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts

    Check out Nicolas Brown's Album here:
    https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/album/good-enough-music-for-them-who-love-it

    Read Matt Seattle's Humours of Glen Common Stock article here:
    https://j3site.lbps.net/index.php/common-stock/archive-issues/369-common-stock-june-2017

    Read Jack Campin's book/website here:
    http://www.campin.me.uk/

    More Notes to come soon, or email me for links to the different settings.

    Tunebook
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-10-6-part-152449049?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

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    Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
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    https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/
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    7 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 21 minutes
    S 10 E 05 Dixon Playthrough Part 2 With a Tune from Chris Norman and David Greenberg

    Tunes:
    William Dixon: Dorrington, Have a Care of Her Johnny, Hacky Honey
    Daniel Dow: Sandy Gow's Three Pints
    John McLachlan: Sandy Gow's Three Pints,
    From David Greenberg and Chris Norman: a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey

    Big Thank You to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can stream it on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DWQdp7wKySlfzuPMVkdO0
    amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003AMICX2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US
    You can check out Chris Norman’s website here:
    https://boxwood.org/

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    1733: Dorrington, Have a Care of Her Johnny, Hacky Honey from William Dixon's Manuscript

    https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

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    1776: Strike the Bell from William Vickers' Manuscript
    http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R0310200.jpg

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    1787: Sandy Gow’s Three Pint’s [sic] From Daniel Dow’s: A Collection of Ancient Scots Music for the violin, harpsichord or German flute:
    http://web.archive.org/web/20250708073125/https://www.wirestrungharp.com/library/local_books/dow_17-25.pdf

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    1854: Sandy Gow’s Three Pints, and The Maid of Glengaresdale From John McLachlan’s The Piper’s Assistant
    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105010347

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    Hacky Honey

    Thanks to Fin Moore for chatting with me a bit about Dixon, more on this to come later, Check out Far North Retreat Here:
    https://www.facebook.com/farnorthretreats

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    Big thanks to David Greenberg and Chris Norman for allowing me to play their full track: General Reid from their album Let Me In This Ae Night the track is a set of a John Reid Piece, Garb of the old Gaul and Hacky Honey. You can and should buy their whole album, but in the mean time you can stream it on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4DWQdp7wKySlfzuPMVkdO0
    amazon music: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B003AMICX2?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US
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    Check out the Recording of Pete Stewart Competeing with Hacky Honey in 2014 here:
    https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/events-reports/competition-results-blog/343-2014-competition-results

    Watch Brighde's Performance of Hacky Honey from the 20teens here:
    https://youtu.be/Urzt_3PuFEs?si=dE4sg8bnKBhX_zT7

    Read Pete's Interview with Brighde Chaimbeul Here:
    https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/common-stock/archive-issues/138-june-2016/825-bbc-radio-2-folk-award-brighde-chaimbeul

    Listen to Brighde Chaimbeul and Nicola Benedetti play Hacky Honey here:
    https://youtu.be/OhDuTwJeE-4?si=gXx5K7SuKXXXWEmg

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    FIN

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    Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
    Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:
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    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
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    22 February 2026, 6:00 am
  • 2 hours 6 minutes
    S 10 E 04 Dorrington Lads: William Dixon, Iain Gelston and Donald Lindsay

    Tunes:
    William Dixon: Wattys away, Dorrington (I keep saying Dorrington Lads in the Episode, or Dixon just calls it Dorrington).
    Iain Gelston: Rusty Gully, Cotting Burn,
    Donald Lindsay and Richard Youngs: Dorrington
    Lionel Winship: Dorrington Laddie
    John Rook: Dorrington Lads
    Melodies Committee: Dorrington Lads
    Bruce and Stoke: Dorrington Lads

    Thanks to Iain Gelston for contributing to the show. Check out his work here:
    https://iaingelston.wordpress.com/

    Thanks to Donald Lindsay and Richard Youngs, Check out History of Sleep here:
    https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-sleep

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    8 February 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    S 10 E 03 2026 William Dixon Playthrough Jamie Campbell Conversation rerun

    Tunes:
    William Dixon: Golden Locks, My Love Comes Passing By Me, Black and the Grey

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    You can Watch Jamie’s Dixon Playthrough on Youtube:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F52UGXWQ98k&list=PLDGa4AoVJA1TGzIM85KEkOKLZKNbQNljq

    If you want to buy some Podcast Merch Get it here:
    https://www.bagpipeswag.com/product-page/wetootwaag-unisex-t

    If you don’t have a copy yet you can pick up a copy of William Dixon’s Manuscript several places:
    https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

    You can find Pete Stewart’s books here:
    http://www.hornpipemusic.co.uk/index.php

    Mr. Preston’s Hornpipe Played by Pete Stewart:
    https://youtu.be/6TXJphyjFfw

    FIN

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    7 February 2026, 5:30 am
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    S 10 E 02 Kilts, Bagpipers and Living History. A Chat with Isaac Walters (A Rerun from 2021)

    Tunes:
    Robyn Jamner: If I die at the Hands of a faceless man.
    William Dixon: The New Way to Morpeth
    James Aird: Johnny MacGill (Come under my Plaidy)
    Donald MacDonald: Buckskin Kilt, The Wren’s Death, The Kilt is my Delight, Jenny Dang the Weaver

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    Check Out Robyn Jamner (they/she) Here:
    https://www.tiktok.com/@robynjamner/video/7599064826803014942?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7599175986731566606
    https://youtube.com/@robynjamner?si=cxDy-rwXRtgWBBSH

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    News Story from Leach Lake Band of Ojibwe Chairman:
    https://lptv.org/leech-lake-tribal-chairman-concerned-with-immigration-crackdown-in-mn/

    +X+X+

    For a quick crash course on Tartan check out Hugh Cheape's Tartan: the Highland Habbit
    https://archive.org/details/tartanhighlandha0000chea/mode/2up

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    You can Find Isaac’s Website Here:
    https://sites.google.com/view/ihwaltersfactotum/home
    Instagram https://www.instagram.com/i.h.walters/

    Blarney Pilgrims Podcast Episode About Scottish Baroque Fiddling (amongst other things) with Shane Lestideau:
    https://www.blarneypilgrims.com/episodes/shane-lestideau

    We discussed the Niel McLean Portrait briefly, but I didn’t use it as the cover art for the podcast, if you want to see it you can follow this link: I thought Niel won the first Bagpipe Competition held by the Highland Society in the 1780s, but looking through Angus MacKay’s notes on the subject I’m not seeing his name.
    https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw138111/Neil-McLean

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    25 January 2026, 6:15 am
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    S 10 E 01 Abolish Ice Chippewa Valley Irish Immigration with guest musicians Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain (Rerun)

    TUNES:
    William Dixon: The New Way to Bowden (Athol Braes) (though I say Morpeth in the Podcast)
    Walker Jackson: Jackson’s Morning Brush
    Martin Freeman: One Tree Vale. I Ngleaun A Chruing
    Canon James Goodman: Jackson’s Snack, The Bright Dawn of Day
    James Aird: The Dawning of the Day
    Canon Goodman, Courtesy of Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain: Ceann Dubh Dileas (My dark-haired darling), Pádruig, Píobaire (Patrick the Piper) / Quadrille, Humours of Glynn.

    Huge Thank you to Mick, Emer and Aoife for letting my play a few tracks from their new album: More Tunes from the Goodman Manuscripts. Be sure to check it out on Bandcamp:
    https://goodmantunestrio.bandcamp.com/album/more-tunes-from-the-goodman-manuscripts

    Be sure to check out Fin Dwyer’s Outstanding Irish History Podcast for a far better discussion of the Famine in his 37 Episode Series:
    https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/podcast-introduction-to-the-great-famine-series/

    I watched several videos on the Famine, but this one was particularly good:
    When Ireland Starved:
    https://youtu.be/B_K-q4GCdWg

    Cover Art for this Episode Comes From The Illustrated London News February 13, 1847:
    https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Illustrated_London_News/1dFCAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

    You can See it on the Original release of the Episode here:
    https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e05

    This week’s episode is a companion piece to a presentation I gave for the Chippewa Valley Museum’s February Folk Arts Festival https://www.cvmuseum.com/visit/folk-arts-fest/

    The Mystery Tune from last week was Cutting Bracken (also Known as Buain na Rainich or Tha Mi Sgìth), big Thanks to those that let me know!
    Here are some links to recordings of it from Kist of Riches:
    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/32380
    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/72046
    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/88532
    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/101278
    http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/105641 (this is the version where the Fairy is complaining to be working alone).
    Here is the live 1972 Video I played a Sample from Alan Stivell:
    https://youtu.be/aJtdHmpjzxo

    1733: William Dixon’s The New Way to Bowden, I incorrectly refer to this tune as New way to Morpeth in the Podcast I think: from Matt Seattle’s book:
    https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

    1774: Walker Jackson’s Jackson’s Morning Brush:
    The book itself is not available online, but you can look at a fair transcription of the notes on Bill Black’s Website:
    http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

    1860s: Canon James Goodman’s Jackson’s Airs, Snack
    Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA):
    http://port.itma.ie/score/ITMA_5894
    Or the Original hosted Here:
    http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=6&z=-1730.7771%2C4123.5859%2C9428.2975%2C3406.3143

    To read more about James Goodman you can read here:
    http://goodman.itma.ie/
    https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/the-man-who-saved-a-feast-of-music-from-the-famine-years-1.923981
    His Obituary was Reprinted in an Early Issue of An Piobaire: An Píobaire - sraith 2, uimhir 30 (May 1986)
    https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1011&mediaId=25932
    https://www.itma.ie/features/discover/canon-james-goodman

    You can see the article about the Cork Piper’s Club in An Píobaire - sraith. 1, uimhir 1 (March 1969)
    https://pipers.ie/source/media/?galleryId=1010&mediaId=25878

    1913/4: Alexander Martin Freeman’s One Tree Vale: of I Ngleaun A Chruing (The tune appears on page 227)
    https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/text/journal-of-the-folk-song-society-no-24

    1861: Canon Goodman’s The Bright Dawn of Day
    ABC from ITMA:
    http://port.itma.ie/score/ITMA_1109
    Original:
    http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=4&z=-1312.2998%2C556.3838%2C10302.6954%2C3722.2222

    Here Is the Video of Several Irish Singers singing Fáinne Gael an Lae
    https://youtu.be/NtQeo09xOGA

    1780s: James Aird’s Dawning of the Day:
    https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87705159

    FIN

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    11 January 2026, 7:00 am
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