An old Session Tune

[Alan Day]

Thanks Jim and everybody who has contributed to this memory. One of the reasons I posted it and only after one day putting it together ,I was unhappy with the progression from the finish of the tune to the restart of the tune .To me it did not seem to flow nicely unless possibly if I put a full chord as an introduction. I wondered if there was a third part that I had forgotten and suspicions were correct.

I must admit I like the speed Jim for the great run down, but if this tune is being picked up Worldwide we had better get it right.

[Jim Besser]

Al - yeah, the tune sort of needs the C part to make the turnaround work, and the progression to the end of the C part is a little tricky.  I'll try to record and post it in the next few days.

[wes williams]

A tune with the same title was recorded on 78rpm by Peter Wyper on melodeon back in 1915. Unfortunately I've not been able to locate the recording or much helpful info about it. It's described as a 'two step', so would be similar in format to the Jimmy Shand version. The late Bill Dean-Myatt (a 78rpm expert on Scots Music) attributes this and other recordings to James Braidwood alone (which could have come from the 78 labels), and this might fit Pipe Major James Braidwood (?1883 - ?1923) who composed quite a few well known tunes. Wyper and his brother Daniel had started recording commercially on self-produced cylinders from the early days of sound recording around 1904 (more info here) .

 

The Jimmy Shand recording (John Wild's PDF) was released in 1952. Bill D-M attributes this to Herbert Wiseman (1886-1966) and James Braidwood, so both credits would fit a pre-WW1 tune origin.

[aeolina]

Herbert Wiseman was the likely "arranger" rather than the composer of the tune - among his many contributions to Scottish (and UK) music were his published arrangements of Scottish dance music. A search through those books might prove fruitful. Some of Shand's records were published "under the auspices of the (Royal) Scottish Country Dance Society".

[Jim Besser]

Here's a warts-and-all recording of the 3 part version, played on a 30 button Jeffries G/D Anglo.

 

 

[Alan Day]

Well done Jim.

My memory of the A & B was not far away from the original and the C part rounds the tune off and enhances it.

I hope you all enjoy this very catchy session tune and give it a try.

Al

[Jim Besser]

On 7/19/2025 at 4:22 AM, Alan Day said:

Well done Jim.

My memory of the A & B was not far away from the original and the C part rounds the tune off and enhances it.

 

 

As always, I learned the tune by ear, so I can't claim accuracy! There's so much one can do with this tune