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Description: | This tune crops up in different versions in a few local collections and in Robert Riddell's Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes (1794), internal evidence again suggesting J Clark of Moffat as Riddell's source. It is not, as indicated in a note in the 1980 facsimile, in A minor, but in C, though the smallpipe scale with F# puts it in the Lydian mode rather than the Ionian (major) where it belongs. This is easily heard by playing it, as well as by comparing it with Riddell's version. This is the ancestor of Oh Dear! What Can The Matter Be, but in 9/8 rather than the 6/8 of the younger tune. Curiously, a lyric survives, noted by Elizabeth St. Clair c. 1775 (original in Broughton House, Kirkcudbright), which fits the 9/8 measure. -The tune forms part of a Northumbrian small piper's tune book compiled by Lionel Winship. The book is now owned by Graham Wells who has researched its origins extensively. The book is dated Feb 14th, 1833 and many tunes of local interest, including some rare or unique hornpipes and other tunes. To find out more about the collection click the link below. ; Early nineteenth century tune book compiled by Lionel Winship | Publisher: | Moat Hill, Wark, Northumberland | Rights holder: | rights holder : Graham Wells | Temporal: | start=1801;end=1840; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:W0101701 | Go to resource |
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