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Description: | Already an old tune in 1770, Vickers' version is fairly different from others, particularly in strain 2. The tune itself has many similarities to Cuddle Me Cuddy in all its versions, but while Cuddle Me Cuddy is usually a one-octave tune which can be played on a simple bagpipe this exceeds the octave range. An early A minor version is in the Skene pastoral pipe manuscript, the pastoral pipe chanter having a range of up to two octaves.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:R0304403 | Go to resource |
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