FIELD OF BANNOCKBURN, THE. Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard. AB (Neil): AABB (Skinner). Composed by the most famous Scots fiddler, J. Scott Skinner, who published it in his "Harp and Claymore" collection in the latter part of the 19th century. The title refers to the famous victory of Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots (1274-1329), at the end of his seven year struggle with the forces of England under Edward II. Robert was by far the more skillful commander, while Edward was weak and foolish, and though the Plantagenet had twice the number of men (along with, it is rumoured, the bones of his father, Edward I, the 'Hammer of the Scots', in the forefront of his army) he fell prey to superior generalship, luck, and a final ruse by the wiley Scot. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 58, pg. 81. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist, with variations), pg. 30.
HEI TUTI TETI. AKA and see "Scots Wh'a Hae (wi' Wallace Bled)." Scottish, "Very Slow" Air. F Mixolydian (Gow/Carlin): B Flat Major (Gow/Repository): G Major (Johnson). Standard. AAB. Scotland's first popular hero was William Wallace, who fought for Scottish independence from the English, but was captured and executed. Robert (the) Bruce took up the rebellion in 1305 and, in 1314, defeated Edward II in the battle of Bannockburn and finally declared Scottish independence. Edward took his time recognising the new state, but in 1328 he acquiesced and Robert Bruce became King Robert I of Scotland. Tradition has it that this tune was played when he led his troops to the battle at Bannockburn. Robert Burns wrote words to the air, now the Scottish anthem. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 543. Gow (Complete Repository), Book 2, 1802; pg. 1. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), Vol. 10, 1992; pg. 8. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 3; No. 202, pg. 24.
T:Hei Tuti Teti
L:1/8
M:C
S:Gow - 2nd Repository
K:B_
F2 F>D (F2 B)z|{A}G2 GF G(ABc)|{Bc}d2 c>B ~B>cd>c|(B<G) ~G>F F4:|
d2 ~d>c (d2 f)z|c2 ~c>B c2 (de)|(f<d) ~c>B B<c {Bc}d>c|(B<G) ~G>F F4|
d2 d>c (d2f)z|c2 cB ~c>d(eg)|(f<d) c>B B>c {Bc}d>c|(B<G) ~G>F F4||
HEY TUTTIE TAITI. AKA - "Hey Tutti Tatti." AKA and see "Scots Wha Hae (Wi' Wallace Bled)," "Fill up your bumpers high," "Bridekirk's Hunting." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. A very old Scots air, even at the time it was used (when played slow) by Robert Burns for his song "Scots wha hae." As a vehicle for songs it also served for the Jacobite carousing song "Fill up your bumpers high," and an Annandale-collected song called "Bridekirk's Hunting." The Jacobite version (dated to 1718 through a reference to Charles XII of Sweden, who proposed at that time "an inroad against England") begins:
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Here's to the king, sir,
Ye ken wha I mean, sir,
And to every honest man
That will do't again!
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Fill, fill your bumpers high,
Drain, drain your glasses dry,
Out upon him, fye! oh, fye!
That winna do't again!
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According to Emmerson (1971) the title is supposed to imitated a trumpet, and was likley based on a trumpet motif, though not a trumpet tune (the first sylable of tutie rhymes with 'but' and the first sylable of taiti rhymes with 'gate'; it has been suggested that the stress should go on the second syllable of the words so as to mimic a trumpet sound). Tradition has it that it was played at the battle of Bannockburn in which Robert Bruce won independence for Scotland (see Robert Chambers' Scottish Songs Prior to Burns). Emmerson is concerned with the antiquity of the tune as he belives it has the character of a strathspey, and may be the earliest recorded example of that genre. He quotes Stenhouse's suggestion of a rhyme by mentioned by Fabyan from c. 1328 which appears to go to the tune, and finds a French reference from 1429 which seems to support his and traditional contention of antiquity. Purser (1992) reports that French records (perhaps those referred to by Stenhouse) give that the tune was brought to France by Scottish archers and was heard when Joan of Arc entered Oreleans, "and probably also Rheims for the coronation of the French king whose bodyguard was Scottish." The tune is still played in France. Finally, Emerson suggests "Hey Tutti Taiti" may be in fact the same tune as an early and lost "The Day Dawes" tune, though other melodies have the same title. Robert Burns wrote the following words to the tune (Scots Musical Museum, No. 130):
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Landlady count the lawin'
The day is near the dawnin'
Ye're a' blind drunk boys
And I'm but jolly fu'
Hey tuttie tatie,
How tuttie tatie,
Hey tuttie tatie,
Wha's fu' noo.
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Cog an' ye were aye fu'
Cog an' ye were aye fu'
I wad sit an' sing tae you,
An' ye were aye fu'.
(Chorus)
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Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String), 1971; No. 4, pg. 16. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion, iii), 1751.
LINLITHGOW LOCH. AKA and see "Provost Dawson's Favorite." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The tune is subtitled "Provost Dawson's Favorite" in honor of Provost Adam Dawson who lived at the old Bonnytoun House on the shores of Linlithgow Loch (Moyra Cowie, The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999). Dawson was a partner in a distillery named A & J Dawson, and a supporter of the Whig party and the Reform Act of 1832. Cowie says he is remembered for his warmth and keen sense of humor.
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Lintihgow was the site of an important royal residence, Linlithgow Palace, now in ruins. It was already a royal manor house by the time Edward I of England garrisoned it and used it as a base prior to the battle of Bannockburn. Afterwards it reverted to the Scots. James I began the transformation to a large fortified castle in in 1424, and later Mary, Queen of Scots was born there. The castle was destroyed in 1746 during the Jacobite uprising when English troops, who had occupied the castle, took up the chase for Bonnie Prince Charlie but left an unattended fire, which soon spread. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1845 Collection, pg. 25.
T:Linlithgow Loch, or Provost Dawson's Favorite
L:1/8
M:C
S:Marshall - 1845 Collection
K:D
F|D>E D<A F<DA<F|D>E D<F E2 E<F|D>E D<A F<DA<F|d/c/d/e/ f<d F2F:|
|:G|d>e f<d e<BdA|Bcd<f e2 e>f|d>e f<d e>Bd>A|G<BF<A E2 E>A|
d>efd e<Bd<A|B>c d<f e2 e>f|g>e (g/f/)e/d/ (f/e/)d/c/ d>A|G<B F>A E2E||
SCOTS WHA HAE. AKA and see "Hey Tuttie Taiti," "Fill up your bumpers high." Scottish, Air and Highland Schottische. D Major. Standard. AABB. Kidson (1915) says the tune comes from "remote antiquity;" it was said to have been played at the battle of Bannockburn. "Hey Tutti Taiti" is the air to which Robert Burns set his famous lyric "Scots Wha Hae," having been partly inspired by the French Revolution (Purser, 1992). The Burns song "Scots Wha Hae" appears in the Scots Musical Museum, No. 577. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 3; No. 202, pg. 24.
T: Scots Wha Hae
M: 3/4
L: 1/4
K: F
"C7"C | "F"C2C | "C7"C2D | "F"C2D | F3 \
| "Bb"D2D | D2C | D2E | F2G |
| "F"A2A | "A7"G2F | "Dm"F2G | "A7"A2G \
| "Dm"FD2 | "Bb"D2C | "F"C3- | "C7"C3 |
| "F"A2A | A2G | A2B | c3 \
| "C"G2G | "G7"G2F | "C"G2A | "C7"B3 |
| "F"c2A | "A7"G2F | "Dm"F2"A7"G | A3 \
| "Bb"FD2 | D2C | "F"C3- | "(C7)"C2 |]