Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

S4E22: Hoop her and Gird Her

August 29th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 39 secs

bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, ghb, great highland bagpipes, highland, history, hit her between the legs, hoop her and gird her, irish music, music, pastoral pipes, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, union pipes

Tunes:
Dixon: Hit Her Between the Legs
Geoghegean: Jigg call’d Whip her & Gird Her
Gow: Hoop Her and Gird Her
O’Farrell: Bridget my Treasure
(I made a slight update to my discussion of Hit her between the Legs, sorry if it triggers a confusing double download)

S4E20 Edward Bunting Revisited, Bonny Portmore, Have You Seen My Valentine with guest Simon Chadwick

August 15th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 12 secs

bagpipes, border pipes, celtic, edward bunting, eighteenth century, eighteenth century music, gaelic, harp, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, simon chadwick, storm, uilleann pipes, whistle, wire harp

Tunes:
Bunting: Have you Seen my Valentine? The Chanter’s Tune, Chorus Jig (reel), Bonny Portmore
Neil Gow: Drummond Castle,
Donald MacDonald: The Weary Maid
William Dixon: Jack Lattin
Played from memory likely off Chieftains album: Summertime Summertime, Hugar mu fean

S4E19: Love and a Pipe, Highland Harry Back Again, with guests Ryan Behnke and Unwelcome Visitors

August 8th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  27 mins 28 secs

bagpipebinky, bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, o'farrell, robert burns, ryan behnke, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, unwelcome visitors, whistle

Tunes:
O’Farrell: Love and a Pipe Duet, Humours of Ardmore
Donald MacDonald, Highland Harry Back Again
Angus MacKay: Highland Harry Back Again
Robert Burns: My Harry was a Gallant Gay
Guest Track from Unwelcome Visitors: Young Tom Ennis, Jimmy Neary’s, The White Petticoat.

S4 E18: Over the Water to Charlie, Greig’s Pipes, John Walsh Dance Music

July 31st, 2020  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 10 secs

bagpipe, bagpiper, caledonia, caledonian pocket companion, country dance, country dance music, eighteenth century, folk music, ghb, great highland bagpipes, irish history, irish music, jacobite, james oswald, john walsh, music, music history, o'farrell, ofarrell, outlander, scotland, scottish history, scottish music, tunes, uilleann, uilleann pipes, weekly podcast, wetootwaag, whistle

John Walsh: The Puff, The Laundry (Hot Pot), Hot Stick
James Oswald: Over the Water to Charlie
Angus MacKay: Over the Water to Charlie, Greig’s Pipes
O’Farrell: Shaun Buee, Greig’s Pipes

S4 E17 A Rock and a Wi Pickle Tow, Harp Tunes with Special Guest performance by Simon Chadwick Introduction Edward Bunting and William McGibbon collection

July 25th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 50 secs

a rock and a wi pickle tow, bagpipes, celtic music, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, gaelic harp, great highland bagpipes, harp, history, irish music, jacobite, jacobite rebellion, james oswald, kitty tirrell, music, musician, o'farrell, old tunes, scottish music, simon chadwick, uilleann, uilleann pipes, whistle

Tunes:
Donald MacDonald: Dogs Bite Chapmen, The Rock and the wee Pickle Tow
James Oswald, A Rock and a wi Pickle Tow
William McGibbon, A Rock and a wi Pickle Tow, If E’er you do Well it’s a Wonder
Edward Bunting, John O’Reily the Active, Kitty Tirrell (Courtesy of Simon Chadwick)
O’Farrell: Kitty Tirrell

S 4 E 15 When The King Enjoys His Own again the World will be Turned Upside Down

July 11th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  38 mins 51 secs

american revolution, bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, jacobite, jacobite rebellion, music, nineteenth century, reel, return from fingal, revolutionary, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle, yorktown

From O’Farrell: Moll in the Wad, The Bard’s Legacy
From Donald MacDonald: The Perewig, Cuir’s Chiste Moir Me & c.
Other: Return from Fingal, The king will enjoy his own again/the world turned upside down

Season 4 Episode 13: Robin Power’s Fancy, My Woer Be Merry, Sir J.M. Mackenzie’s Reel, Earl Marischal Reel, Hills of Glenorchy, Humours of Last Night.

June 27th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  34 mins 27 secs

bagpipes, celtic, donald macdonald, eighteenth century, georgian, history, ireland, irish music, isle of skye, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, victorian, whistle

O’Farrell Tunes: Robin Power’s Fancy and Humours of Last Night.
Angus Mackay Tunes: Sir J.M. Mackenzie’s Reel, Hills of Glenorchy
Donald MacDonald Tunes: My Woer be Merry, Earl Marischal Reel

Episode 7: Cairngorms and Hamish Napier

May 20th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 49 secs

bagpipes, cairngorms, celtic, corrie fee, eighteenth century, hamish napier, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, rosebank house, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle

Cairngorm Piping Grand Portage Ceol Mor

Historic Tune From James Aird: Braes of Angus

Hamish Napier: The May Fly

Woods: The Tree of Life/Lightning

Woods: The Highest Willows

Me: Michael McDonald’s Jig

Season 4 Episode 6 The Pretty Dirk, The Pretty Sporran, Skye Reel, Sheeling o Guira

May 11th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  37 mins 14 secs

angus mckay, bagpipes, ceol mor, dirk, highland pipes, irish music, james aird, maccrimmon, o'farrell, scottish music, smallpipes, sporran, uilleann pipes

The Pretty Dirk By Pipe Major William MacLean Recorded in 1953. Recording and more information available at : http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/51272/1
Check out Alt Pibroch too! I said it was .net in the episode I think, but it is actually http://www.altpibroch.com/
Original Composition: The Pretty Sporran
Angus McKay Tune: Skye Reel
Aird Tune: Shilling O’Gairey
O’Farrell Tune: Sheeling O Guira with New Variations

Season 4 Episode 5 Bog an Lochan, Carolan's Concerto, Glasgow City Police, Noran Keeshna, Coosey Jig

May 4th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  26 mins 16 secs

bagpipes, celtic, eighteenth century, history, ireland, irish music, music, nineteenth century, scotland, scottish, scottish music, uilleann pipes, whistle

Highland Pipes: Bog an Lochan (Angus MacKay 19th Century Tune)
Glasgow City Police (modern tune
Uilleann Pipes:
O'Carolan's Concerto (Eighteenth Century)
Noran Keeshna and Coosey Jig (From O'Farrell's Pocket Companion Early 19th Century)