Season 5 Episode 3 Play Through of Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes Part 1

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February 5th, 2021

36 mins 54 secs

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Tunes:
Anderson: Mail Coach
Jackson: The Figure 3, The Cossey Jig, Pither in Enough
O’Farrell: Jackson’s Maid at the Fair, Jackson’s Punch Bowl
Angus MacKay: The Braes of Tullymet
William Dixon: Hit her between the legs
Sutherland MS: Whip her and Gird Her

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https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes

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It is Bandcamp Friday, Here are links to all the musician’s pages that have contributed to the podcast in the past year:
Hamish Napier:
https://hamishnapier.bandcamp.com/
Tim MacDonald:
https://tsmacdonald.bandcamp.com/releases
Nicholas Brown:
https://nicolasbrown.bandcamp.com/releases
Donald Lindsay:
https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/
Jarlath Henderson:
https://jarlathhenderson.bandcamp.com/
Innes Watson and Jarlath Henderson:
https://innojar.bandcamp.com/releases
Blackie O’Connell will be on the show shortly:
https://blackieoconnellcyrilodonoghue.bandcamp.com/

I played O’Farrell’s Setting for Coosey’s Jig on Season 4 Episode 5 if you’d like to listen:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s4e5

The Art for this episode comes from Rosslyn Chapel’s own website:
https://www.rosslynchapel.com/visit/things-to-do/explore-the-carvings/

1820s: Anderson’s Mail Coach from Anderson's pocket companion of the most approved Highland strathspeys, country dances, &c. for the German flute, fife, hautboy, & violin

https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105006453
I first played and discussed Hit Her Between the legs on this episode:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s4e22
For a discussion of bawdy tunes in general check out:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s4e28

1733: I am first Playing William Dixon’s Setting for Hit her Between the Legs from Matt Seattle’s book:
https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

1734: For Dummond Castle’s setting for Whip her and Gerd Her Download this file hosted by Ross’s Music Page:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf

1774: Unfortunately Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes is not available online as far as I know, but You can read it from the ABC notation on The Cape Irish site courtesy of Mr. Black:
The Settings for Cossey’s Jig, Pither in Enough and The Figure of Three can be found here:
http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/jcit/jcit_table.html

1808: O’Farrell’s Setting for Jackson’s Punch Bowl (The Figure of Three) comes from the third volume, which is not online, easily (you can download it from Ross’s Music Page: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ofarrellspc3.pdf And you can see the ABC courtesy of the Cape Irish Site:
http://www.capeirish.com/webabc/working/source.folders/ofpc/ofpc.3/ofpc.3_table.html

1806: O’Farrel’s setting for “Jackson’s Maid at the Fair” (Pither in Enough)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87780482

1854: Angus MacKay’s The Braes of Tullymet:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105007047

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