Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
Original Compositions, Historic Tunes and Popular Culture of the 18th and 19th Centuries
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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+X+
Checkout Jason's Album Heavy Metal on Bandcamp:
https://pipingrouse.bandcamp.com/album/miotal-trom-heavy-metalBe sure to come check out the Zoom Tune Session Thursday at 6:30 PM US Central time:
https://und.zoom.us/j/95809246209Here 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
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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+X+X+
Send me a tune to bagpipehistory@gmail.com for me to use on the listener submitted episode!
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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,
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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 MarchThank 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-sessionsYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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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 RhineYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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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-brackenYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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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.comYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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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 ReckoningFor 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+X+X+
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=falseYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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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 NymphYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
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S 09 E 09 Paddy Whack Revisited, Erin Go Braugh and Fitzmaurice Volume V
April 20th, 2025 | Season 9 | 50 mins 16 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 Reay (Courtesy of Rick Lines): Paddy “Wake”, Paddy Whack,
Adam Christie: Erin Go Braugh
O’Farrell: Erin Go Braugh
Hannam: Savournah Deelish
Thomas Campbell (poem): Exile of Erin
Fitzmaurice: Gerrald Hasset’s Compliments to the Knight of Glen, Miss Ross of Rossy Castle’s Jigg, The Humours of Aberdeen, Jigg
From Rowly Powly: German Waltz, Rogara Duff (the Black Rogue), The Unfortunate Rake, Mrs. Dungannon’s Jigg, The Ladies Lesson
John Anderson: The Bonny Links of Aberdeen
Jeremy Kingsbury: The Foul links of AberdeenYou can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag