Phil - it was made in Word 97, so you open maybe with Winword [I expect].
But (sigh) it might be better if I just heed Nigel and put it in here as an
ordinary message.
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MACFARLAN Oâ THE SPROTTS (Afore that Iâd be tyraneest as I this file hae
been)
G. Bruce Thomson
Greig FSNE cxlv, 1. 4x8 lines + varied 4-line cho.
Kerrâs Cornkisters 36 (+ m., by Willie Kemp) [âMcFarlane oâ the Sprots
oâ Burnieboosieâ]
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Air by Neil Gow (âthe youngerâ) â to words by James Hogg. Originally a
reel, titled Lady Ann Carnegie's Favourite.
Captain White
Jig
Matthew SCD Music (1954), 13 [from Kerr]
Greenholm
Jig
A 6/8 set of âBelieve Me if all those Endearing Young Charmsâ.
Bonnets oâ Blue
Jig
Kerrâs Merry Melodies II.34; RSCDS 10, 9 (D)
Miss Margaret Brownâs Favourite (now Lady Camden)
slow 6/8, by Nathaniel Gow
Niel Gowâs Coll.
A. Shand OSM (1932), 21 (G); Manson (1853), I.65; [Maggie Brownâs Jig]
Kerrâs Merry Melodies 34; II.33 (G).
[This is usually called Maggie Brown these days.]
Red Red Rose, The (1)
Strathspey
Kerrâs Merry Melodies III.6 (D)
Red Red Rose (2)
Scots Jig
Kerrâs Merry Melodies II.34 (D)
Orange and blue (1)
6/8 Jig
Kerrâs Merry Melodies II. 35 (A); Skye (1887) 121 (C); Cox MS., 16;
Manson (1853), I.17 [marked "English air"]; perhaps the jig version is
English, the schottische the (characteristic) Scottish version.
Orange and Blue (2)
Highland Schottische
Skinner SV 20 (A) [with variations]; Kerrâs Mod Album 6 (D); Kerrâs
Merry Melodies 4; SGSS 170 # 314.
An old Gaelic puirt-a-beul, Brochan lom (hence used for the dance âThe
Hebridean Weaving Liltâ); the nonsense words refer to thin gruel (sowans),
or âplain porridgeâ.
Age and composer unknown. Scots words exist, also of a nonsensical
character: âThe broon cooâs gotten oot and eaten aâ the cornâ, etc.
Lady Mackenzie of Coul
Reel
Gowâs coll., whence A. Shand OSM (1932), 28. [Lady McKenzie of Couls
Strathspey] Cox MS., 116
Black Dance, The
Reel
J. Campbell, 58
RSCDS 12, 10 (F)
R. Bride's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1769
Rose Tree, The (1)
2/4 Scots Measure
Kerrâs Modern Album 19 (D); Kerrâs Cal. Coll. 29 (D)
Rose Tree, The (2)
Waltz
Allanâs Reels 43 (Bf)
Rakes of Mallow
Irish, 2/4
Kerrâs Merry Melodies III.41 (G); Kerrâs Cal. Coll. 16 (A); Gem CD 17
(G)
Words: nonsense jungle, âSandyâs Millâ.
Soldierâs Joy, The
Reel/Scots Measure (D)
Joshua Campbellâs Reels [Glasgow, J. Aird, 1778], 56; McGlashanâs Scots
Measures [Edin., N. Stewart, 1781]. Cox MS., 17; last 8 bars, ibid. 178; Gem
CD 19; Kerrâs Reels 6; Kerrâs Mod. Album 3; Robertson Athole Coll. (1884),
150; Skye (1887) 38. RSCDS 2, 6 [the dance of this name there printed is
âstill performed in the West of Scotland. Another called âJackey Tarâ,
danced in Perthshire, is very much like it.â]
Words to air: â"I am a son of Marsâ (Burns, Jolly Beggars).
In one of the EFDSS Community Dance Manuals; RSCDS book; Scandinavian
Dance
Music, 2nd ser., as Hornfiffen. Included on a limited ed. LP of English
trad. music put out in 1965 by Reg Hall & Bob Davenport (as played by a
Norfolk band). American recordings: Uncle Dave Macon (Vocalion 14887 -
1924), Fidlinâ John Carson (Okeh 45011 - 1926), Gid Tannerâs Skillet Lickers
(1934 recording, reissued on County 514), Hobart Smith (Folk-Legacy FSA-17);
also on two anthologies, Mountain Music of Kentucky (Folkways FA 2317) and
Traditional Music from Grayson and Carroll Counties (Folkways FS 3811).
[English Dance & Song Summer 1970.]. Several sets in Bayard, Dance to the
Fiddle (1982). JCR 56 .];: The Soldier's Joy; AMM 32. Single sheet song with
music, c. 1760, BUCEM, âWhen the shrill trumpet sounds on highâ. Also with
music in Vocal Music, or the Songsterâs Companion, c. 1778.
Iâll gang nae mair to yon toun
Reel
[SMM #458. ] Kerrâs MM II 21 (F); [Iâll Go no More to Yon Town] Gow
Rep 28 (F); [Eight men of Moidart, The] (PR) SGSS 187 # 350; (R) RSCDS 3,
10 (F); Robertson Athole Coll. (1884), 205 (F); [Iâll gae nae mair to your
town] Bremner, 6; Manson (1853), I.126. [Iâll go no more to yon town] Cox
MS., 84. Surenne DMS 57. [I'll goe nae mair to your Town] CPC 10, 15; JCR
17; AA1 #35; JBR.
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