S6 E3 Tha Mi Sgith, Buain na Rainich, Cutting Bracken, Drummond Castle, Loch Ness With Guests Ian Crane, Jessica (@thehighlandharper) and Anna Seda (@doescellothingz)

So it turns out my worries about the historical accuracy of cutting bracken was way off.

Tunes:
David Young: New Bigging, Drummond Castle
Robert Bremner: Loch Ness
Aird: Loch Ness
Buttrey: Loch Ness
Niel Gow & Sons: Drummond Castle
Edinburgh Repository of Music: Drummond Castle
Albyn’s Anthology: Why Should I Sit and Sigh?
Roud: Sovay
Ross: Drummond Castle Reel
Donald MacDonald: The Weary Maid
Angus MacKay: Drummond Castle

Big thanks To my guest musicians on this episode. Check out Jessica, Anna and Karl on Tiktok:
Jessica: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehighlandharper
Anna: https://www.tiktok.com/@doescellothingz?lang=en
Karl: https://www.tiktok.com/@karl_folkmusic?lang=en

And Check out Ian Crane’s Music Ensemble in Cleveland:
https://www.kbbproductions.net/cleveland-celtic-ensemble.html

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Cutting Bracken:

Thanks to Jessica aka https://www.tiktok.com/@thehighlandharper for the lovely playing of Buain na Rainich on Harp: https://www.tiktok.com/@thehighlandharper/video/7039348892063878406?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7021613407767152133
Her video is worth a watch for some more details about the Gaelic lyrics of that version of the song.

Thanks to Anna Seda aka https://www.tiktok.com/@doescellothingz?lang=en
She is a stellar follow on Tiktok, and has quite a few interesting things going on if you check out her links!
https://linktr.ee/annasedacellist?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=e3808e2f-79ad-42a2-92c4-ccf93bed1c1e
For the “Crunchy Folk cello” Version of Waulking song.
https://www.tiktok.com/@doescellothingz/video/7010005230494551302?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7021613407767152133

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1734: New Bigging from David Young’s Drummond Castle Manuscript:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf

Gaelic Singing links: The Mystery Tune from last week was Cutting Bracken (also Known as Buain na Rainich or Tha Mi Sgìth), big Thanks to those that let me know!
Here are some links to recordings of it from Kist of Riches:
http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/32380
http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/72046
http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/88532
http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/101278
http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/105641 (this is the version where the Fairy is complaining to be working alone).
Here is the live 1972 Video I played a Sample from Alan Stivell:
https://youtu.be/aJtdHmpjzxo

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1734: Drummond Castle: From David Young:
It is on page 45 of the PDF:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/drummond1.pdf

1757 Robert Bremner’s Loch Ness:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105002614

1790s: Lochness from Aird:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/90484496

(I didn’t play this, but it is very similar to the above)
1802: Lord Chief Baron’s Favorite: A Fourth Book of new Strathspey Reels ... for the piano forte or harp ... Compiled and composed by Robert Mackintosh
https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Fourth_Book_of_new_Strathspey_Reels_fo/rWmtxUyTXkoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA32&printsec=frontcover

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1800: Loch Ness From the Buttrey Manuscript:
http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Buttrey/Butt001-043.pdf
This is another awesome collection to look at like Litten, you can look at the art and more information about Buttery’s Manuscript here:
https://buttreymilitarysocialtunes1800.wordpress.com/

1805: Drummond Castle (High B Setting from Selected from the works of Niel Gow & Sons)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105822164

1816: Drummond Castle Edinburgh repository of music : containing the most select English, Scottish & Irish airs, reels, strathspeys &c. arranged for the German-flute or violin
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/91461080

(I didn’t play these, but they are similar to the above) 1820: Drummond Castle (From Anderson's budget of strathspeys, reels & country dances : for the German-flute or violin
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/87783060

(I didn’t play these, but they are similar to the above) 1850s: Drummond Castle: Davie’s Caledonian Repository
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104998401

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1816: Why Should Sit and Sigh: Song Version from Albyn’s Anthology
https://archive.org/details/albynsanthologyo00camp_0/page/14/mode/1up

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Intermission to talk about awesome mail and sing another song!

Sovay, the Female Highwayman

Thanks to Karl Sinfield for the Book, check his tiktok out here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@karl_folkmusic?lang=en

Pick up his lovely book here (you can download a PDF and listen to Karl sing them there as well):
http://singyonder.co.uk/

1869: Drummond Castle Reel (From Ross’s Collection of Pipe Music)
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104973538

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Back to Drummond Castle/Weary Maid/Cutting Bracken

1838: The Weary Maid: From Donald MacDonald:
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105683012

1854: Drummond Castle: From Angus MacKay’s Piper’s Assistant
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105007113

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Ian Crane Singing Tha Ma Sgith:
https://youtu.be/vJO7uB668us
Especially if you are in Ohio check out Ian’s Group: Cleveland Celtic Ensemble which features himself on Highland Pipes, Scottish Smallpipes and Border pipes, but also Brian Bigley on Uilleann Pipes (as well as some non Pipers who I am sure are great too 😉, Seriously though Kristen Bigley tears it up on Violin and Tiffany Schaefer is great on harp.
https://www.kbbproductions.net/cleveland-celtic-ensemble.html

Check out the Recent Episode of Droning On Podcast to hear one of Ian’s friends talk about Ian, and bagpipes: https://www.heritagebagpipes.com/podcast/episode/4cf89643/048-the-johnny-karate-episode

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