Jack Campin wrote: > This one seems never to have made it into a book; at least it isn't > in Charlie Gore's index.
None of the single sheets or four-page publications are in Gore. As wonderful as Gore is, there's so much that isn't listed. Skinner also published tunes in two- or three-tune sets which aren't listed. If I remember correctly, well-known tunes such as "The Spey in Spate" can't be found in Gore. The Gow-published sheets of this kind are numerous, and I've had a look at a great many in Perth - there's some fine stuff there, and some intriguing titles: The Wooden Walls (or "All Hands Oot at Work") The Mole Catcher's Daughter Ramah Droog (this one predating Burgess's Clockwork Orange) The Divel Among the Taylors (sic) Peas and Beans (by Nath Gow, composed on hearing two women calling these articles in the streets of Edinburgh) Galloping Dreary Dun The Ridicule The Honny Moon Six New Tunes...by Thomas Crichton, teacher of the Tambarine (that's a job I'd like to have!) One very interesting sheet is "Largo's Fairy Dance" which turns out to be a suite of two tunes: "The Fairies Advancing" - a slow march - and "The Fairy Dance", both composed by Nathaniel Gow for the Fife Hunt in about 1802. Another sheet has "America," a very old reel to which is appended this comment: "This old reel suits well as a medley with The Gallant Hope* and Nathaniel Gow could not help availing himself of it as the guns of the castle were firing in honour of the Ratification of the American Treaty at the moment he was finishing this publication. March 17th 1815." The sheets date from about 1798 up to about 1819. -- Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/gatherer/ Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
