CORN BUNTING. See "Tullochgorum."
GENERAL STEWART. AKA and see "Captain David Stewart 42nd Royal Highlanders, afterwards General Stewart," "Lady Muir MacKenzie," "Mrs. Muir MacKenzies." Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Mixolydian. Standard. AAB. The tune often follows "Athole Brose" in a stepdance medley on Cape Breton. Source for notated version: Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 76. ATL 8835, Dave MacIsaac & Scott MacMillan - "Live" (1993). CLM 1000, Carl MacKenzie - "Tullochgorum" (1979). JAD-1, Jackie Dunn - "Dunn to a T" (1995).
GIN I HAD A BONNIE LASS/LASSIE, LITTLE SLEEP WAD SAIR ME). AKA and see "Go About Your Business," "The North Loch." Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Mixolydian (Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich): G Dorian (Athole, Kerr). Standard. AAB (Athole, Kerr): AABB (Dunlay & Reich). The tune is usually played in G Mixolydian in Cape Breton, though occassionally the 'b' notes are flatted. Similarly, Scottish settings are generally in Dorian, though there are exceptions (such as the setting in the Gesto Collection). The tune is found by Dunlay & Greenberg first in print in Bremner's Collection (1751-1761) under the title "The North Loch." Source for notated version: Duncan MacQuarrie (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 98. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 60. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 211, pg. 23. Lowe (Collection), 1844. MacDonald (The Gesto Collection). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 190. CLM 1000, Carl MacKenzie- "Tullochgorum" (1979). Decca 14023 (78 RPM), The Inverness Serenaders (appears as "Go About Your Business"). Marquis ERAD 169, David Greenberg - "Celtic Memories" (1996). Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier- "The Dances Down Home" (1976. Appears as "Go About Your Business").
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L:1/8
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R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
K:G Minor
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f|gagd gbgd|fgfc A2Ff|gagd gbgd|Bdgd B2Gd|gagd gbgd|
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JAMIE ALLEN. AKA and see "Jimmy Allen," "Reel of Tullochgorum." English, Scottish, American; Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. USA, New England. G Major. Standard. AABB. Northumbrian musician Jamie Allen was a famous small pipes player whose name is associated with this tune. Johnson also prints the contra dance of the same name to this tune. Johnson (Twenty-Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair), Vol. 8, 1988; pg. 6. Northumbrian Pipers Tunebook, 1936 (2nd Edition, 1970). Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 109. Acorn Music, Tony Elman - "Shakin' Down the Acorns, Vol. 2" (1984).
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T:Jamie Allen
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M:C
K:G
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|:BA|G2g2g3f|e2d2c2B2|A2a2a3g|f2d2e2f2|g3ag2e2|d4B3c|d2d2 cBA2|G4 G2:|
JIMMY ALLEN. AKA and see "Jamie Allen," "Reel of Tullochgorum." English, Scottish, American, Polka or March. England, Northumberland. USA, New England. G Major. Standard. AABB. Northumbrian musician Jamie Allen was a famous small pipes player whose name is associated with this tune. English/Scottish versions are found under the "Jamie" title, American appear often as "Jimmy." Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 52. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 63.
T:Jimmy Allen
T:Jamie Allen
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
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REEL OF TULLOCHGORUM. AKA and see "Jamie Allen," "Jimmy Allen." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. See note for "Jamie Allen."
T:Reel of Tullochgorum, The
T:Jimmy Allan
B:Ian Powrie's Selection (Glasgow, n.d.)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
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TULLOCHGORUM/TULACH GORM (The Blue-Green Hill). AKA - "The Corn Bunting," "The Blue Hill," "The Green Hill." Scottish, English; Rant or Strathspey. England, Northumberland. G Mixolydian (Alburger, Athole, Cole, Emmerson, Gow, Hardie, Honeyman, Hunter, Kerr, Skinner): G Major (Peacock). Standard: F Mixolydian (Johnson). One part (Hunter): AB (Carlin/Gow, Cole, Hardie, Johnson/Emmerson, Skinner): AAB (Athole, Emmerson, Honeyman, Kerr): AA'B (Carlin - Master): AABB (Alburger): AABBCCDD (Peacock). The title means "Blue-Green Hill" in Gaelic, and port-a-beul words have been set to "Tulach Gorm." The tune and song appear to be quite old; music historian Francis Collinson finds that a tune in the Rowallan lute manuscript (c. 1612-1628) called "Ouir the Deck Davy" has a "distinct resemblance" to "Tullochgorum." The earliest record of this tune appears in David Young's Duke of Perth MS (AKA the Drummond Castle MS) of 1734; it is also found in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), and John Glen (1891) finds it in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (2nd part, pg. 16); these early versions show little of the later strathspey rhythm, at least as noted, and appear as rants. Tullochgorm is also the name of a Scottish dance of twelve steps, and was one of several taught by Cape Breton fiddler Donald "the Tailor" Beaton of South West Margaree (who was an itinerant tailor). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. "Tullochgorum" was one of the tunes Niel Gow played for Robert Burns in October, 1787, when Burns visited the fiddler at his home in Dunkeld (see also "Loch Erroch-side," "Lament for Abercairney"). In fact, it is one of the most famous tunes in the repertoire, and must be mastered by every serious strathspey player, according to Hunter (1979); Niel Gow and J. Scott Skinner "built their reputations on the performance of it." Skinner wrote a set of six famous variations on the tune, though those printed in the McGlashan Collection may be the earliest. Words were set to it by the Rev. John Skinner (1721-1807), pastor of the Episcopal Chapel at Langside near Peterhead, which begin:
**
There needsna be sae great a phrase,
Wi' dringing dull Italian lays,
I wadna' gi'e our ain Strathspeys,
For half a hundred score o' 'em.
They're douff and dowie at the best
Douff and dowie, douff and dowie,
They're douff and dowie at the best
Wi' a' the variorum:
They're douff and dowie at the best,
Their allegros and a' the rest,
They canna please a Highland taste,
Compar'd wi' Tullochgorum. (The Songs of Scotland, 1887)
**
Hunter (1979) remarks that Rev. Skinner came to the defense of Scottish folk music at a time when fashion ran to the Italian musical influence among the middle and upper classes of Scotland. Robert Burns ("Amang the trees") and Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), in "Daft Days" (in Scotland the 'daft days' are the Christmas-New Years holiday period), also joined his fight. "Daft Days" includes the following excerpt:
**
Fiddlers! your pins in temper fix
And roset weel your fiddlesticks;
But banish vile Italian tricks
Frae out your quorum;
Nor fortes wi' pianos mix----
Gie's Tullochgorum.
**
Source for notated version: Mary MacDonald, who learned her setting from fiddler Sarah (Mrs. John Angus) MacArthur of Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 15, pg. 36. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 137, pg. 84. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 226. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 3. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1966; pg. 89. Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String), 1971; No. 58, pg. 149. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 109. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 31. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 86. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), 1790; No. 289. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; Set 15, No. 1, pg. 10. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), Vol. 3, 1786; pg. 4. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 87. Peacock (Peacock's Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 38, pg. 17. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist, with six variations), pg. 26-27 {also appears in his collection Harp and Claymore}. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 158. Celtic CX 24, Alexander MacLean - "Piano Stylings of the Cape Breton Scott." CLM 1000, Carl MacKenzie - "Tullochgorum" (1979). Topic 12TS280, J. Scott Skinner (originally recorded in 1905). Topic 12TS354, Mary MacDonald - "Cape Breton Scottish Fiddle" (1978). NQD-5447, Doug MacPhee - "Cape Breton Master of the Keyboard."
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L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
B:The Athole Collection
K:G
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B<Gd<G A/B/c BA:|
G>gd>g =f<=F A2|G>gd>g B>gd>g|G>gd>g =f<=F A2|
G>gd>B ~c2 BA|G>gd>g =f<=F A2|G>gd>e !=f<c f>g|
A/g/f/e/ =fd c<=FA<a|g>d g/a/b e>gd>g||
T:Tulloch Goirm
L:1/8
M:C
S:McGlashan - Strathspey Reels
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G>gd>e f>cA>F|G>gd>e f>cf>a|g>efd cFAf|gdgb g2 de||
|:B>Gd>G c>Fc>A|B>Gd>G e>Gd>(g|g)>Gd>G c>Fc>A|B>Gd>G B2 AG:|
|:G>g a/g/f/e/ f>c d/c/B/A/|G>gd>g B>gd>g|G>g a/g/f/e/ f>c d/c/B/A/|
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G>gd>e f>c f2|e>gd>g B>gd>g|B>gd>e f>c f2|e>gd>g B2 AG|Ggdg fc f2|
G>gd>e f>cf>a|gefd cFAf|gded B/d/d e2||
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