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Description: | Probably the best known of the many 'Highland Laddie' tunes, the earliest extant version of this one seems to be that published in Henry Playford's 'Scotch Tunes' as The Lass Of Leving-stone, followed by Cockleshells in the 1701 Dancing Master. Early versions are usually in F and the tune is often described as a Scotch Measure, sometimes with variations which cover a wide range and incorporate pentatonic passages. Vickers' unusual title may come from a lost song lyric.The 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:R0307201 | Go to resource |
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