Jack Campin wrote:
It occurs in a manuscript of Lady John Scott's along with a bunch of
Scottish traditional material (some of which occurs nowhere else) -
so it seems to have been absorbed into Scottish tradition within only
a few years of its composition.
That's very interesting Jack, and
I learned this tune at the first kitchen session I ever went to in Cape
Breton.I've Buddy MacMaster play it quite often actually. I hear it
played quite frequently at dances.
Thanks for putting out the abc's for me John. I generally refuse to play
that tune, and only grudgingly admit that
I think the reason Sandy smiles when he plays it is because he thinking
about Doug MacPhee (the CB piano player) who absolutely abhors the tune.
I'm pretty sure that Sandy will play it at least once whenever he's
accompanieed by Doug just to jerk Doug's chain.
I've heard a few stories of
