On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Anthony Robb <[1]anth...@robbpipes.com> wrote:
The matter of real importance and certainty, of course, is that it has survived in various forms and is a cracking tune. Agreed, Anthony! And thanks for reminding us about Phil Ranson. At the time (1984-5) I was a recent economic migrant to Northumberland, Phil invited me to join his ceilidh band on guitar and fiddle. I am fascinated by the 'soup' that accompanies traditional tunes, the lore which has its own reality but is different from 'facts'. It is not inconceivable that Shield composed the Morpeth Rant; I have seen no evidence that convinces me he did; and does it matter? -- References 1. mailto:anth...@robbpipes.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html