Don't have the music, specifically, but we used to dance "Postie's" as a fairly intricate 3-couple set to "Black Nag" (or just about any similar tune), if memory serves. Please correct as needed.
CA --- Jerry Agin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - > To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
