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Description: | Another 'big' tune with versions for Scottish and Irish fiddle and pipes, though it is safe to say that the original was a Scottish fiddle tune, with an early and very full version (22 strains) by David Young in the MacFarlane manuscript, 1740. Caper Fey is an anglicisation of the Gaelic title which means The Deer's Antlers. Vickers' other title is unique to him - perhaps Mr Salvin was a fiddling acquaintance? In Ireland it is a pipers' and fiddlers' favourite as Rakish Paddy, its Scottish origins forgotten. Vickers' version is a good local variant. It most resembles the version published by Bremner, but has some fine individual touches.This tune forms part of the The William Vickers' manuscript, dated 1770. The Index to the manuscript shows that part of the book is now missing, but the very substantial surviving part contains 580 tunes, or 'Country Dances' as the author calls them. It is not easy to pinpoint Vickers's location as his name is not uncommon, but he may be the William Vickers who shows up in genealogical records as an 'Officer of Exise' [sic] in Newcastle. It is fairly safe to assume that the collection was made in North East England because although it contains a lot of Scottish and English tunes it has local material which is not found in other sources. ; 18th century tune book compiled by William Vickers | Rights holder: | rights holder : Society of Antiquaries | Temporal: | start=1761;end=1800; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:R0300401 | Go to resource |
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