S6 The Parcel of Rogues and Straight & Skillern episode with guest song by Christine Sparks
Tunes: Straight and Skillern: The Morning Post, The Merry Fifers (Mount Sion), the Purfleet, Oxford Ramble, Four Seasons, Black Dance, Variety is Charming, Just So in the North, The Sword Knot, Turks Head, The Happy Wedding, Cox’s Museum, Naples Dance, Bevis Mount, Paddy Wack, La Damoselle, Lord Bath’s Gate, Polly’s Fancy, The Ladies Lesson, The Sky Lark, Le Renard, Merry Thought, The Cascade, Van Rotterdam op Dort, A Parcell of Rogues in the Nation, Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree, The Cave of Enchantment William McGibbon: A Parcel of Rogues in the Nation Ewan Maccoll: A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Robert Chambers: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation! Christine Sparks: A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favorite Country Dances: https://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various) 1775: The Morning Post 1775: The Merry Fifers (Mount Sion) 1775: The Purfleet 1775: The Oxford Ramble 1775: Four Seasons 1775: Black Dance 1775: Variety is Charming Here is a link to the Traditional Tune Archive write up on the tune with the lyrics: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Variety_is_Charming And here is a link to the Songster’s Companions which nearly derailed the episode: https://imslp.org/wiki/Vocal_Music%2C_or_the_Songster%27s_Companion_(Various) And the Write up about the Thomas Straight and Thomas Skillern came from Folkopedia: https://folkopedia.info/wiki/Straight_%26_Skillern 1775: Just So in the North 1775: The Sword Knot 1775: Turks Head 1775: The Happy Wedding 1775: Cox’s Museum Supposedly this tune is a reference to James Cox, famous clock and automaton maker who make some of the gifts to attempt to impress the Qianlong emperor. You can see some of his impressive wares here: https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jcox/hd_jcox.htm 1775: Naples Dance 1775: Bevis Mount 1775: Paddy Wack 1775: La Domoselle 1775: Lord Bath’s Gate 1775: Polly’s Fancy 1775: The Ladies Lesson 1775: The Sky Lark 1775: Le Renard 1775: Merry Thought 1775: The Cascade 1775: Van Rotterdam op Dort 1775: A Parcell of Rogues in the Nation (1746ish) A Parcel of Rogues in the Nation, from William McGibbon’s Scots Tunes Volume 2 https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105870428 (1862) Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation, from The Songs of Scotland Prior to Burns with the Tunes Edited by Robert Chambers https://archive.org/details/songsofscotlandp00cham_0/page/44/mode/2up?view=theater&q=parcel A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Recorded by Christine Sparks on her album “Robin : the Songs of Robert Burns volume 1” available now on Itunes! RECORDED TUNES Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, The Pantheon and The Oak Tree from my album, Pay the Pipemaker available now on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker And finally, The Cave of Enchantment and Mio and the Land of Far Away recorded on my album, Bannocks of Barley Meal, Available now on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal Be sure to follow James’ Instagram to see awesome High D Highland Bagpiping! https://www.instagram.com/heritage.bagpipes/?hl=en FIN Here are some ways you can support the show: You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes! Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast! Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag You can also support me by Buying my First Album on Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/oyster-wives-rant-a-year-of-historic-tunes or my second album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker or my third album on Bandcamp! https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1 You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going! Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support Thanks! Listen on Itunes/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wetootwaags-bagpipe-and-history-podcast/id129776677 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5QxzqrSm0pu6v8y8pLsv5j?si=QLiG0L1pT1eu7B5_FDmgGASupport Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast