>> Anyone else know these polkas? The second one starts off a bit like >> "The Rattlin Bog/John McAlpine" but then departs. > The second was in the repertoire of the old Edinburgh Shetland Fiddlers > in the 70s. Not note for note, but the same tune. Their version was less > polka-ish, more marchy.
The first half of the tune is the same as what I know as "The March to the Battlefield". Is "The Rattlin Bog" the Irish name for it? I've heard Irish musicians play it. =================== <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> =================== Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
