ALSTON HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "The Lancaster and Manchester Hornpipe." English, Scottish; Hornpipe. F Major. Standard. AABB. A clog dance. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 49. Knowles (Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 42.
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LANCASTER AND MANCHESTER HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see "Alston Hornpipe."
MISS CHARLOTTE ALSTON STEWART'S. Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. The tune appears in Duncan McKercher's Collection (Vol. III, c. 1830), David Glen's bagpipe Tutor (Book II, 1876-1901) and Barry Shears' Gathering of the Clans Collection (Halifax, 1991). Dunlay and Greenberg (1996) find the first part of the tune the same as the second part of the reel "Thailer a bha Me Sherridh is Feader a Thuair Me" (A Tailor I was Seeking and Weaver that I Got) in Ross's Collection of Pipe Music (1885). Source for notated version: Donald Angus Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 51. AMI 92, Ashley MacIssac - "Close to the Floor" (1992. Appears as "A Pipe Tune"). DAB-3, 26-1 Kinnon Beaton - "Cape Breton Fiddle 1" (1982. Appaers as "Traditional Reel"). DAB4-1985, Donald Angus Beaton - "A Musical Legacy" (1985. Appears as "Traditional Reel" after "Sheep Shanks"). GSR 076, Tracey Dares - "Crooked Lake" (1995). Ingold 2001-4, Jerry Holland and Dave MacIssac - "Lantern Burn" (1990's). Rounder 7006, Theresa MacLellan - "A Trip to Mabou Ridge" (1979. Appears as 4th tune in the "King's Reel" medley).
NEW ROAD TO ALSTON. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard. AABB. Kidson noted that Alston, at the time of his writing, was a "wild and remote district of Cumberland." The melody is from a Northumbrian piper's MS of about 1816. Knowles thinks the tune has "more of a French feel to it." Source for notated version: A Kidson MS [Knowles]. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 22. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 5.
THAILER A BHA ME SHERRIDH IS FEADER A THUAIR ME (A Tailor I Was Seeking and Weaver that I Got). Scottish, Reel. See note for "Miss Charlotte Alston Stewart's." The Gaelic title has been modernized as "Taillear a bha Mi Sireadh is Figheadair a Fhuair Mi."