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Description: | One of the 'big' tunes, named after the Irishman Jack Lattin (1711-31) who died as a result of his exertions in winning a wager in which he danced 'from Castle Browne To Morristown'. Jack was a friend of Larry Grogan, also commemorated by a tune. The first known appearances of Jack's tune are in an Irish publication (Neal's 3rd Collection) and the Scottish Duke of Perth manuscript, both dated 1734, so the tune, probably composed in commemoration soon after his death, had already begun its travels by then. It has since entered the traditional repertoires of the Irish, Northumbrian, Border and Highland pipes, is found in Scottish, Irish and English fiddle collections, and was used by Burns for his song The Lass Of Ecclefechan. It is the foundation of many variation sets.Although there is much in common between many versions of this tune they differ in musical detail even more than in their spelling of the title. Two notable distinctions between versions are whether strains close on a supertonic or subtonic cadence (A minor or F major if the tune is in G, most having the former) and whether they have 4-bar or 8-bar strains. This version seems very much a half-way house towards the version published in the first Northumbrian Pipers' Tune Book, which probably derives from the Clough family tradition, the Clough version having an additional strain. Despite the punctuation here the 8-bar strains should be played once only.The tune forms part of 'Peacock's Tunes' a collection originally entitled 'A Favorite Collection of Tunes with Variations adapted for the Northumberland small pipes, violin or flute' and was 'Printed by W. WRIGHT at His Music Shop, High Bridge'. John Peacock's name does not appear as editor or author, but the book includes 'A Compleat Drawing of J. Peacock's New Invented Pipe Chanter', and it is accepted that, as one of the best smallpipers of his time, Peacock is responsible for the music, or most of it. - It has been plausibly argued that Wright may have contributed some of the shorter tunes. No date appears in the book, but c. 1800-1805 is generally agreed. To read more about the rest of the collection click the link below. To read more about the collection click the link below. ; Early nineteenth century tunebook, arranged and composed by John Peacock | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:K0102301 | Go to resource |
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