Jack Campin wrote: > > ...Jimmy Shand's books of waltzes (were there three or four of > > them?)...
> I've got the first two (wre there others?) Yes; I was surprised too, but I saw them last time I was in Perth. I'm going in again this afternoon, so I'll try to buy them and report back. Funnily enough I found the first two in a charity shop in Edinburgh the other day. Here in Crieff I picked up a book called 'Eilean Fraoich - Lewis Gaelic Songs and Melodies' (1982) which has more than 150 melodies, including songs, orain luaidh (waulking songs), puirt-a-beul and orain gaoil gun urrainn (I'm guessing rowing songs?). My dad found an interesting publication for me yesterday in Dunkeld: 'Scott Skinner's Book of Selected National Songs' (1923), which I've never seen before. It's in the same series as his life story, which was presented in serial as a supplement to the People's Journal. Included is one of his songs, "The Bonnie Ann", for which he wrote the music and words. Well, let's just say he isn't famous for his songs. The People's Journal published many supplements, and I have a few. One I'm looking at just now is '100 Humorous Scottish Songs'. There's not a big difference between these and chapbooks or broadsides, and I'm sure some singers used them in the same way, as repositories for the words of songs. Musings from a pen. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
