Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Original Compositions, Historic Tunes and Popular Culture of the 18th and 19th Centuries

About the show

This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes, Border pipes, Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Smallpipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums go here:

https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums

For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/about

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Episodes

  • S 09 E 23 Cogadh no Sith War or Peace Waterloo Part 3 with writings from Keith Sanger and tunes from Ailean Domhnullach and Simon Chadwick

    August 11th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  2 hrs 3 mins
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Patrick MacDonald: Coma Leam, coma leam cogadh no sith__Alike to me peace or War, The Gathering of the Clans,
    William Ross: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes,
    J&R Glen: Louden’s bonny Woods and Braes,
    Robertson & Ramsay: Loundon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes,
    Matthew Betham: Earl Moira’s Welcome to Scotland,
    David Glen: Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes “Old Gaelic Air”
    Roddy Cannon/Keith Sanger: The Mother,
    Ailean Domhnullach (Allan MacDonald): The Harlaw Brosnachadh,
    Donald MacDonald: Cogadh na Sith
    Simon Chadwick: Cogadh no Sith – War or Peace
    C.A. Malcolm: The Piper in Peace and War
    Articles Read or Referenced:

    Keith Sanger’s 2015 Post about War or Peace from Pibroch.net:
    https://pibroch.net/learning/cogadh-no-sith-or-war-or-peace/

    Listen to the George Moss and Peter Cooke interview here:
    https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/65235?l=en

    Special thanks to Alan MacDonald and Bonnie Rideout for the Use of Alan’s Performance on the Harlaw Album:
    https://youtu.be/3blkFtU0x9E?si=xtuSb06Iyoa8Lwr4
    Check out Allan’s Work here:
    https://allanmacdonald.com/
    And Bonnie Rideout’s work here:
    http://www.bonnierideout.com/
    For the Translation I used for the Battle of Harlaw Poem is here:
    https://mastodon.scot/@scotlit/112841104994359938

    Simon Chadwick’s excellent post about his work preparing for his performance of War or Peace is here:
    https://simonchadwick.net/2016/07/cogadh-no-sith-war-peace.html

    To Watch Simon’s Performance look here:
    https://youtu.be/eXZDTefKrFI?si=9S4man2MW0Id6R8b
    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 22 Looking Forward to Pipers' Gathering 2025 Part 2 With Dick Hensold, Tracy Jenkins, and Ian Kinnear

    August 2nd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  58 mins 49 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Hear Tunes from:
    Dick Hensold & Rosalind Buda, Tracy Jenkins and Ian Kinnear as well as tunes from me and many other Pipers' Gathering attendees at the sessions.

    Details coming soon:
    Register for Pipers Gathering Here:
    https://www.pipersgathering.org/

    To attend the next LBPS Tune Share session follow this link:
    (Thursday August 7) https://www.facebook.com/share/15yYkiAVJQ/

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 Bandcamp Friday Announcement

    August 1st, 2025  |  Season 9  |  22 mins 33 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Jeremy Kingsbury: Patrick MacDonald Wizard Set, Tripping Mermaid Set
    Sean Reidy: Burrito on the Floor

    You can hear tracks from my new and upcoming albums Nill and Humours of Toddy on this episode.
    You can also hear a track from Sean Reidy's Debut album "Tunes for the Soul"

    Check out Tunes for the Soul Here:
    https://seanpatrickreidy.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-for-the-soul

    And Check out my new "album" Nill Here:
    https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/nill-album-graveyard-and-alternate-takes
    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 21 Hyping Pipers' Gathering 2025 Part 1 with Eliot Grasso, Chris Gray and Shannon Heaton

    July 26th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 14 mins
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    You can hear several session sets from Pipers' Gathering Attendees and instructors as well as solo performances from
    Elliot Grasso
    Chris Gray, Jim Gray and Heather MacLeod
    Mike and Shannon Heaton
    John Charles Bauschatz
    and pretty clear performances from Session attendees including, Colleen Shanks, Ian Crane, Andy May, Patrick Hutchinson, Dan Houghton, Arbo R. Doughty, Rod Nevin, Benjamin Elzerman, Rachel Clemente and many more

    Come hang out with me at the Pipers' Gathering!
    https://www.pipersgathering.org/
    And before then you should come to the LBPS Tune Share session:
    https://www.facebook.com/share/1JCtTfZz3r/

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • Sleep To a Storm on the North Carolina Beach

    July 20th, 2025  |  Season 0  |  50 mins 53 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    No tunes, just a track of a thunder storm I recorded one night on May of 2025 on an Island in North Carolina.
    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 20 LBPS Tune Share Sessions Follow Up

    July 19th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  34 mins 10 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    James Aird: The Miller’s Rant, Quickstep of the 37th Regiment, The Wrights Rant
    William Dixon (Seattle): The Stool of Repentance
    William Vickers: Parth Inch, A Mile to Ride,
    John Peacock* Note that I say Francis Peacock in te : A Mile to Ride, Bonny Lad, Welcome to the Town Again
    Bruce and Stoke: Dorrington Lads
    Jeremy Kingsbury ? Maybe?: The Generous Fox,

    Come share some tunes and chat, July 31 at 6:30 PM US Central time:
    https://www.facebook.com/share/1DC1oAhTHt/

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 19 Zexuan Qiao Border Chanter

    July 12th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 11 mins
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    William Litten: Patrick’s Hill, Nymph, Wild Irish Man, Ashley’s Ride,
    “James Aird”: Rise Lazy Lubber, The Ranting Highlandman, I’ll Touzle your Kurchy, The Lady’s Play Thing or Gen Howe’s March, The Oyster Wives Rant, The Moon and Seven Stars, The Corporal, A Rondo, McFarlane’s Strathspey
    Colin Melville: The Lowland & Border Pipers’ Society,
    Williiam Vickers: Old Waggan Way,
    John Watlen (Miss C.D.): Miss Watson’s Favorite,
    Eliza Ross: Miss Mary ___, Unnamed Jig,
    William Dixon (Matt Seattle): Golden Locks,

    Come and hang out for a Session on Zoom at 6:30 PM
    https://www.facebook.com/share/16w3ijYUpP/

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 18 Waterloo and Peninsular War tunes part 2 With a track from Jason Rouse

    July 5th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 18 mins
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:Tunes:
    Jason Rouse: Napoleon’s Grand March
    Stables: Napoleon’s Grand March
    Angus MacKay: Up and Waur them A’ Willie, The Haughs of Cromdale,
    Robert Miller: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo, Lochiel’s March (Pibroch of Donald Dhu)
    John Gow: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo
    Donald MacLeod: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo
    John McLachlan: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo
    David Glen: The Highland Brigade at Waterloo, The Highland Brigade at Waterloo (2nd setting), Pibroch of Donald Dhu,
    Donald MacDonald: Piobaireachd Dhomnuill Duibh (Black Donald Balloch of the Isles),
    John Grant: The Gathering of the Clans,

    Readings:
    Henry John Thoroton Hildyard: Historical record of the 71st regiment Highland light infantry, from its formation in 1777, under the title of the 73rd, or McLeod's highlanders, up to the year 1876
    C.A. Malcolm: The Piper in Peace and War
    Allan MacDonald Thesis: The Relationship Between Pibroch and Gaelic Song: Its Implications on the Performance Style of the Pibroch Urlar

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    Checkout Jason's Album Heavy Metal on Bandcamp:
    https://pipingrouse.bandcamp.com/album/miotal-trom-heavy-metal

    Be sure to come check out the Zoom Tune Session Thursday at 6:30 PM US Central time:
    https://und.zoom.us/j/95809246209

    Here is the Facebook Even for the Session:
    https://www.facebook.com/share/1EHr9pYUKD/

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 17 O'Farrell Vol 3 Playthrough with Donnacha Dwyer Uilleann Pipes

    June 29th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  51 mins 40 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    O’Farrell: Delvin House, Major Graham, Love & Whiskey or Bob and Joan with Variations, Contented I am, The White Cockade, One Bottle More, Morgiana in Ireland, I had a Horse I had Nae Mair, Dunkeld Hermitage, Why Should Old Acquaintance be forgot, The Humours of Cork, A Man’s a man for a that, Jackson’s Bottle of Punch, We all take a sup in out turn, The Soldier Laddie, The Humours of Passage, Cumbernauld House, The Pausteen Feaun or the Fair Child,

    Special Appearance from National Park Service Lawnmower at Fort Necessity National Battlefield

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    Send me a tune to bagpipehistory@gmail.com for me to use on the listener submitted episode!
    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 16 Waterloo Tunes part 1 Johnny Cope and the 71st Regiment of foot

    June 17th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 11 mins
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, great highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    John Gow: Lamentation for the Fallen Heroes of Waterloo
    William Gunn: 71st Highlander’s quick step, Johnny Cope,
    Robert Miller: Johny Cope (or Fly to the Hills in the Morning)
    Thomas Glen: Johnny Cope,
    Angus MacKay: Johnny Cope,
    David Glen: Johnny Cope, DG setting for Johnny Cope,
    O’Farrell: Johnny Cope,
    Margaret Barry: Johnny Cope,
    Patrick MacDonald: A Lament (I’m wounded),

    Readings:
    Thomas Pockocke,
    Sergeant-Major Dickson,
    Victor Hugo,
    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 15 Robert Miller's 1838 Highland Bagpipe Manuscript with tune from Dàimh

    June 14th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 1 min
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, great highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Miller: Bundle and Go, The Highlandmen come over the Hill, The Plunder of the Lowlands now Grazes in the Glens, Glengary’s Strathspey, MacLeod Fencibles Quick March, The Bonniest Wife this side of Lord Reay’s Country, Gather and Go, Kiss and Come Again, The Piper he died cauld in a barn, As I was Kissd yestreen, MacLeod’s March,
    Jeremy Kingsbury: When the King Enjoys His Own Again/The World Turned Upside Down,
    Simon Fraser: The Plunder of the Lowlands now Grazes in the Glens,
    Dàimh: Harris Dance (track).
    Andy M. Stewart: Dinny The Piper
    William Ross: MacLeod’s March
    George S. MacLennan: The MacLeod’s March

    Thank you to Keith Sanger for sending me the Manuscript to look over and play from.

    Big thank you to Dàimh! Check out their album here:
    https://daimh.bandcamp.com/album/the-hebridean-sessions

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 14 Listener Submitted Special Rerun and Reminder

    June 7th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  1 hr 19 mins
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    The T-Shirt Sale I talk about in the episode was from years ago….but it’s back!
    Get a wetootwaag shirt for $15!

    https://www.bagpipeswag.com/product-page/wetootwaag-boxy-t

    Send in your own submissions to bagpipehistory@gmail.com for the new Season 9 Listener Submitted Special
    Tunes:
    Dan Nolan: Un Canadien Errant, the wandering Canadian, A La Claire Fontaine, by the clear Spring
    Jon Schurlock: Playing Highland Laddie from William Dixon
    Ryan G Kirk: Mary Scott (From Oswald)
    Jeremy Kingsbury: She Rose and Let Me In
    Dave Rowlands: 'La Bernardina' by Josquin des Pres
    Jeremy Kingsbury: The Carle He Came O’Er the Craft, Jim Harding’s Waltz (from Dave Rowlands, and Waltzish from Nicholas Konradsen)
    Charlie Rutan: Tu Scendi Dalle Stelle
    Benjamin Elzerman: Jacks Gone-a-Shearing From William Vickers/Matt Seattle
    Jeremy Kingsbury: Taladh, Bundle and Go, You Silly Fool, Mr. Mackay’s Jig, The Piper’s Maggot, Woo’ed and Married an’ a (From Donald Macdonald and Eliza Ross)
    James Moyar: Battle of Waterloo
    Jim Sanders: Napoleon Crossing the Rhine

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 13 Fitzmaurice's New Collection of Irish Tunes Vol VI and Irish Washerwoman with tunes from Rod Nevin

    May 31st, 2025  |  Season 9  |  59 mins 23 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Tunes:
    Fitzmaurice (1807): Rossy Castle, Fitzmaurice’s Trip to Roslin Castle, Miss Ann Robinson’s Jigg, Miss Duff’s Jigg, O’Falvey’s Hornpipe, Miss Smollett’s Favorite.
    From Rod Nevin: Rossy Castle, Miss Smollet’s Favorite.
    Rook (1840): Paddy O’Carrol, Irish Washerwoman,
    John Murphy (1810): Paddy O Carroll, The Irish Washerwoman
    Ravenscroft/ Chappel (1609): Oft have I Ridden upon my Grey Nag
    Playford (1651): Dargason,
    Jones (1784): Mwynen Cynwyd,
    Jackson (1774): Jackson’s Humours of Panteen,
    O’Farrell (1807): The Humour of Ballinamult,
    Goodman (1861,63): The Humours of Jug, Tumble the Jug,

    Big thank you to Rod Nevin for an incredibly quick turn around after I requested a couple bass line performances from him. Seriously, I asked and he had them to me in less than 12 hours. You Rock Rod!

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    Check Out Rod Nevin’s Website here:
    https://www.rodericknevin.com/
    Also his band’s album:
    https://fireintheglen.bandcamp.com/album/cutting-bracken

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 12 Don't Forget to send me some Tunes for the Listener Submitted Special!

    May 22nd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  4 mins 37 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Me: Irish Washerwoman
    Send me your tunes to bagpipehistory@gmail.com

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 11 Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes Nos. 1-4 revisited

    May 17th, 2025  |  Season 9  |  40 mins 46 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Fitzmaurice: A Connaught Air, Spatter the Dew, Moggy Will you Come Again, Billy O’Rourke, I’m Asleep and Don’t Wake Me, Mount the Stage, Donald Bran, Loose the Belt, Fitzmaurice’s Trip to Rosline Castle, The Munster Lassie, The Lads of Fingall, Turn the Pig from the Tea Pot, Jigg, Mrs. Garden Campbell’s Jigg, The Tore Retreat, Kick the World Before You, Fitzmaurice’s Hornpipe,

    Hamilton: Berlin Waltz
    O’Farrell: Pay the Reckoning

    For my earlier playthroughs which include a lot of concordances check out:

    No. 1: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e14
    No. 2: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e18
    No. 3: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e30
    No. 4: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s6e06

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    1807: A Connaught Air, Spatter the Dew, Moggy Will you Come Again, Billy O’Rourke, I’m Asleep and Don’t Wake Me, Mount the Stage, Donald Bran, Loose the Belt, Fitzmaurice’s Trip to Rosline Castle, The Munster Lassie, The Lads of Fingall, Turn the Pig from the Tea Pot, Jigg, Mrs. Garden Campbell’s Jigg, The Tore Retreat, Kick the World Before You, Fitzmaurice’s Hornpipe, from Fitzmaurice’s New Collection of Irish Tunes nos. 1-4
    https://books.google.com/books?id=vq4Fb5TyTK4C&newbks=0&pg=PP2#v=onepage&q&f=false

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

  • S 09 E 10 Happy Bandcamp Friday

    May 2nd, 2025  |  Season 9  |  28 mins 15 secs
    bagpipes, baroque, border music, celtic music, country dance, dance music, eighteenth century, greath highland bagpipes, history, irish bagpipes, irish history, light music, nineteenth century, performance, recorded music, scottish bagpipes, scottish history, talk show, uilleann pipes, united kingdom history

    Tunes:
    Bremner: The Carle He Came o'er the Craft, Ravenscroft's Fancy
    Skinner: The Cradle Song
    Straight and Skillern: The Morning Post
    Eliza Ross: Will You Take a Wife Donald, Dark Girl of the Sheep,
    Donald MacDonald: Tail Toddle, Keep the Country Bonny Lassie, Earl Marischal’s Reel, Old Rusty Gun, The Whimsical, Jingling Johnie, The Miller’s Fair Daughter, Marion & Donald, A Mulinn Dubh, Bodachan a Ghairdh
    Litten: Fa La La, The Nymph

    You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag