Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast
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
Episodes
May 2, 2025 • 28 mins
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 ...
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April 20, 2025 • 50 mins
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 La...
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April 5, 2025 • 99 mins
Tunes:
From A Selkie's Progress:
The Traveler to the Forest, “Cha ‘n ‘eil Cailleach agam fhein” (I am Alone Since my Wife Died), The Storm Rescue, Lord Bateman, Corrienessan's Salute, Selkie's Lament, Resolve, Dundee, Clark Colven, Fa La La, Shoals of Herring, Robin Hood's Preferment (The Noble Fisherman)
Ewan MacColl: The Shoals or Herring
Berit Allison: Selkie's Lament
Arthur Knevett: Lord Bateman,
Sung Ballad by Me: Clark Colven...
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March 29, 2025 • 9 mins
Check out Droning On Episode 120 wherever you get your podcasts or Here:
https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1924252/
Here are some ways you can support the show:
You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!
Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
Checkout my Merch Store on Bag...
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March 23, 2025 • 83 mins
Tunes:
Straight and Skillern: Paddy Whack
Robert Ross: Paddy Whack
Sutherland: Paddy Whack
Gordon Mooney: Black Hen’s Egg
Alex MacKay: Black Hen’s Egg
John MacPherson Mulhollan: Paddy Whack, Jackson’s Cassock
Peacock: Paddy Whack
O’Farrell: Paddy Whack, The Black Joke
Hannam: Paddy Whack
Steele: Green Joke
Riley: While History’s Muse
Millar: Paddy Whack
Roddy Cannon: Paddy Whack (from Millar)
Ballad: Polly Oliver
Vicki Swan and Jon...
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Tunes:
Gutch, Rimbault Et. Al: Robin Hood’s Preferment
Me: Dynamic Theme, Storm Theme,
Fionnllagh MacA’Phiocar: Ghost Notes
Donald Lindsay: Invocation of the Corn Mother, Two Boats Under the Moon
Advocates Manuscript: Tune 58, 1, A Scots Measure, Jamies Reel (Oyster Wives Rant), The Britches Loose, The Island of Love, The White Jock
O’Farrell: The Shepherds Hornpipe
Walsh: Petticoat Tight, Petticoat Loose,
Fitzmaurice: Loose the B...
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February 23, 2025 • 80 mins
Tunes:
Anderson: The Mail Coach
Highlander: “Gu’n d’thug mi suil air an trupa ghlas.” “I cast an eye on the grey troop”, “Chaidh mi thun na traigh.” “I wen to the Ebb”, “Gur Trom, tom a tha mi” Sad, Sad am I,
Angus MacKay: Wha’ll be King but Charlie, Lilla’s A Lady, Lilla’s a Lady, Voulez vous danser Madamoiselle or the Portuguese, Paddy Rafferty’s With Variations, Fowler’s Rant, Lady Ellinor Campbell, No. XIII Pipe Reel, “Gur mise...
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February 8, 2025 • 80 mins
Tunes:
“Highlander” (Maybe Alexander MacKay): Biodh mid subhach (Let us Be Merry), Falb orra, ho! (Ho away she goes) and Pipe Reel (Smith of Killiechassie), Latha dhomhsa ‘s mi siubhal garbhlaich (One day as I was traversing mountains), Cha ‘n ‘eil Cailleach agam fhein (I am Alone since my wife died), Pipe Reel (The Black Hen’s Egg), Cainntearachd (As is played on the pipe!), A Jacobite Air.
If you have some thoughts about the coll...
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January 25, 2025 • 129 mins
Tunes:
Angus Cumming: Arndilly’s Reel, Sir Harry Innes’s Reel
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Thanks again Keith for using up a Friday evening chatting with me, you can
You can Keith’s Article: “Patronage of the price of the piper’s bag” here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XCrS_bwDBwLq4Ifq4oZrOCUGDoukfcB3/view?usp=sharing
You can also look at the rest of the issue of common stock it appeared in here:
https://lbps.net/j3site/index.php/common-stock/archiv...
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January 12, 2025 • 73 mins
Tunes:
Preston Howard Wilde - Good Natured Man: An Chailín Dubh Doar, King of the Cannibal Islands, Jockey to the Fair, The Ship Returns Home
Inveraray & District Pipe Band - Ascension: Mad Hornpipes,Catherine's Lament
Lowp - Drive Away Dull Care: Rusty Gully-Duns Dings A'-Wee Totum Fogg, Long Lankin
Ryan Molloy - tempered:Bourrée from Suite in E minor by J.S. Bach (BWV996) & The Return from Fingal (march) – Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn, T...
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December 28, 2024 • 90 mins
Tunes:
The Doors: The End
My Setting: Macrimmon Shall Never Return, John Charles’ Fireproof Pipes,
Kilberry(ish): Macrimmon Will Never Return, Corrienessan’s Salute, Lord Lovat’s Lament, The Pretty Dirk, Battle of Auldearn, Piper’s Warning To His Master,
Rainstorp: Jack Latine
Angus MacKay: The Pretty Dirk
Donald MacDonald: Reel of Tulloch, Brose and Butter, The Green Hillock (Tulloch Ghorum), The Cock Crowing (Cock of the North), ...
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December 21, 2024 • 78 mins
Brendan Taffee: Shady Grove
Jim Sanders/Jeremy Kingsbury: Shady Grove
John Charles Bauschatz: Spoon Carver, Reels from Eliza Ross: Nighean bhàn a' Mhuilleir (the miller's fair-haired girl), Dòmhnall Àlainn a' Tighinn (elegant Donald coming)
Jeremy Kingsbury: Angus MacKay: MacKay’s Rant, Eliza Ross: Elegant Donald is Coming
Pete Stewart: Twa Corbies, Saw Ye not my Maggy, Curds and Way
Kat Eggleston: 49 Rooms
Gordon Mooney: The Bon...
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December 14, 2024 • 53 mins
Tunes:
Simon Pfisterer: Super Mario
Dan Whelan/Crooked Penny: Saros
Air: La Femme d’Argent
Circulus: Dragon’s Dance
Bagad Brieg: Bourrée du val d'amour
Brendan Taaffe: The Eagle’s Whistle
Aaron Jonah Lewis: Egyptian Princess
Benjamin Elzerman: Idumea
James Moyar: So Treibeb Wir
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Check Out Simon’s Album here:
https://simonpfisterer.com/product/another-way-to-go-cd/
Check Out “Crooked Penny’s” album Eclipse here:
https://c...
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Links to Come, Email me if you need something, and the links still aren't here:
Tunes:
Angus MacKay: MacKay’s Rant, The Smith’s Daughter, Roryson’s Breeks, The Kilt’s My Delight, The Bride has a Bonny Thing, The Athole Plaid, Rob Roy MacGregor O, Bog An Lochan, The Minister’s Mare, The Herd of the Glen, The Muckin’ o’ Geordie’s Byre,
JS Bach: Bouree in E Minor
Ryan Canning: Double F Dilemma
My setting: Chim chim cher-ee, Paddy’s L...
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November 16, 2024 • 74 mins
Tunes:
Jeremy: Such a Parcel of Rogues in the Nation, The Surprise
Donald MacDonald: Taymouth House, My Woer be Merry, The Perewig, Bung Your Eye, Bruce of Kenaird’s Reel, Drive Home the Mainlanders, The Trippers, Dunrobin Castle, Herd of the Glen, Skye Reel, Mr. Mackinnon of Corry, Tar awa’ Wedding, The Shaggy Buck, Jamie Roy, Humours of Dublin, Cripple Malcom in the Glen,
Robert Ross: Bung Your Eye,
William Gunn: Dunrobin Castl...
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October 31, 2024 • 55 mins
Here are some ways you can support the show:
You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag
You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!
Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:
https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag
You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp:
https://jere...
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October 25, 2024 • 72 mins
Tunes:
Autorickshaw: J'entends le Moulin
Patrick Hutchinson: The Driver's March, Darby the Driver
Thompson: A Cock Laird fu' Caigie
John Bell: Little Wat ye who's coming
William Vickers: Well Dane Jack
Genevan Psalster/Tim Cummings: Genevan 65
McGibbon: She Rose and Let Me in
Glen: The Witch's Stane
Albyn's Anthology?: Twa Corbies
Atkinson: Saw ye not my Meggy
Thank you to Autorickshaw for the use of J'entends le Moulin off their A...
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October 19, 2024 • 63 mins
Tunes:
William Dixon: Adam A Bell
Lament of a Druid
Watlen: Soldier’s Dance
David Young: Tom Come Tickle Me
James Moyar: Picardy
Jeremy Kingsbury: J'ai Vu Le Loup
Special Thanks to James Moyar for recording a new take of Picardy for me to use as a background.
Check out James’ Podcast Droning On and his stellar albums. You can hear Picardy on this album:
https://heritagebagpipes.bandcamp.com/album/sunday-smallpipes-vol-iv
Sources:
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Tunes:
Kingsbury: Hey Johnny Cock up Your Beaver
John Bell: Walker Pits, Elsie Marley, My Hinny Sits O’er Late up, My Laddie,
William Litten: Off she goes
Father Son and Friends: Byker Hill
David Walker/Cork Sacred Harp: Hebrew Children
The Young Tradition: Byker Hill
Elsie Marley (John Bell’s Rhymes of the Northern Bards
Walter Rainstorp: Eley Molly
Joseph Ritson: Alice Marley
Cuthbert Sharp: Elsie Marley
Frankie Archer: Elsie...
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Tunes:
Me: Eagle’s Whistle, Mermaid Set, The Lilting Banshee, Fettercairn’s Reel
Jim Sanders: Bonaparte Crossing the Alps, St. Anne’s Reel, Red Haired Boy, Shady Grove
Robert Edwards: Fano Island Folk Song
Abe Zettek: Tulloch Gorum
Daniel Laxer: Bacon Ridge Jig
Corey Rudell: MacPhearson’s Rant, Am I born to Die?
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https://www.nps.gov/mocr/index.htm
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