Bruce Olson wrote: > As one can see from the Irish tune index on my website (which > started as a project of trying to find out which tunes in Scots > collections were Irish) there are also lots of Irish tunes well > known in Scotland...
Indeed. I was hoping you would step in a debunk a few tunes on my list (Bruce has conducted amazing and exhaustive research which is well worth investigating at regular opportunities). GF Graham in The Popular Songs and Melodies of Scotland sounds equally dubious of the Macgill claim (for "The Black Rogue/Come Under My Plaidie/Johnny M'Gill"). I tried prefacing my list carefully, adding the word "associated" after "original", and my purpose was to take ONE collection - O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland - and demonstrate how many tunes have Scottish connections, and therefore how intermingled the two culture might be. There's no doubt that whatever the origin, "Come Under My Plaidie" has been known and played in Scotland for a long time. -- 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
