It's my arrangement for Border pipes of a fiddle composition by Nathaniel Gow (originally in Bb and with a larger range), and never a song to my knowledge. I recorded it on Out of the Flames; it has a personal association for me with Sharon Goodacre, late wife of Julian Goodacre of Peebles, and no, it is not characteristic of Border pipe repertoire, if by that we mean the variation sets of the Dixon-Peacock line of transmission, which (to me) represent the "Golden Thread" of Border piping, which (to me) encompasses open- and closed-end chanters.
I once gave Jim Richmond a copy of this arrangement and he included it in the said tutor, with no acknowledgement of his direct source. On 3/12/09, Richard Evans <rich...@evansweb.co.uk> wrote: > I taught this tune at the recent LBPS weekend at Melrose, having found it in > the NPS Border Bagpipe Tutor. > There were several comments on the unusual nature of the tune compared to > most of the Borders repertoire. > I have always assumed it was associated with a song, but can anybody > provide any background to the tune? > Thanks > Richard > -- > Richard Evans > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
