I'm looking for a source for the music for Postie's Jig. I've
researched it in a variety of places, and I'm coming up with incomplete
and inconsistent results.
About half the recordings listed in Alan Paterson's DanceData database
use a lead tune called "Lassie Come and Dance with Me". Two recordings
use "Cardiff Caledonians". The rest use a variety of other tunes.
I've got the music for Cardiff Caledonians. I have not been able to
locate Lassie Come and Dance With Me either in any ABC collection or in
my own collection of printed music. The Sydney Scottish Fiddlers
website has an ABC entry for "Posties Jig" that looks incomplete to me,
and doesn't sound like what I associate with that dance. And I've got
an old recording of Postie's Jig with an unidentified lead tune that's
neither Cardiff Caledonians nor what's on the Sydney site.
The original source for the dance seems to be "Omskirk Scottish Dances
Book 5."
At this point I'm going to go ahead and use Cardiff Caledonians to lead
off a set for Postie's Jig. But my curiosity has been aroused. Can
anyone add anything to what I've found?
Jerry Agin
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