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Auld Tunes – Woo’d An Married An A
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Here is a 9/8 jig that testifies to the centuries old desire of pipers to play tunes that don’t quite fit the instrument. The tune first appears in print around the middle of the 1700s but as a song melody is thought to be much older… read more…
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Auld Tunes – Soor Plooms o’ Galashiels
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A fine Lowland air from the early 1700s with an interesting title. The story goes that in 1337 an English raiding party were returning south and stopped near Galashiels to feast in the fruit from some plum trees… read more…
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Auld Tunes – Stumpie
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As The Traditional Tune Archive says, “The melody “Maggie Lauder” (and its many variant spellings) has had astonishing longevity from its first publications in the late 17th and early 18th centuries read more…
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Auld Tunes – Maggie Lauder
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As The Traditional Tune Archive says, “The melody “Maggie Lauder” (and its many variant spellings) has had astonishing longevity from its first publications in the late 17th and early 18th centuries read more…
