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'''ORANGE AND BLUE [1].''' AKA and see "[[Brochan Lom]]" (Thin Porridge), "[[Katy Jones’]]," "[[Kitty Jones]]," "[[Kitty Jones’]]," "[[Orange & Blue Highland (The)]]," "[[Orange and Blue Highland Fling]]." Scottish, Shetlands, English; Highland Schottische or Strathspey; Irish, Fling. A Major (Skinner): D Major (Kennedy, Kerr, Raven, Sweet): C Major (Gow, Hardie, Hunter, Lowe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hardie, Kerr, Skinner, Sweet): AA'BB' (Kennedy, Raven). Known throughout the Shetlands as well as Scotland both as the Highland Fling/Schottische "Orange and Blue" and "Brochan Lom," the latter also as ''puirt a beul'' (mouth music). The Scottish country dance Orange and Blue, of East Lothian, was one of the relatively few either wholly or in part in strathspey tempo (Flett & Flett, 1964). See also the Welsh variant "[[Allt-y-Caethiwed]]." | '''ORANGE AND BLUE [1].''' AKA and see "[[Brochan Lom]]" (Thin Porridge), "[[Katy Jones’]]," "[[Kitty Jones]]," "[[Kitty Jones’]]," "[[Orange & Blue Highland (The)]]," "[[Orange and Blue Highland Fling]]." Scottish, Shetlands, English; Highland Schottische or Strathspey; Irish, Fling. A Major (Skinner): D Major (Kennedy, Kerr, Raven, Sweet): C Major (Gow, Hardie, Hunter, Lowe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hardie, Kerr, Skinner, Sweet): AA'BB' (Kennedy, Raven). Known throughout the Shetlands as well as Scotland both as the Highland Fling/Schottische "Orange and Blue" and "Brochan Lom," the latter also as ''puirt a beul'' (mouth music). The Scottish country dance Orange and Blue, of East Lothian, was one of the relatively few either wholly or in part in strathspey tempo (Flett & Flett, 1964). See also the Welsh variant "[[Allt-y-Caethiwed]]." | ||
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It has been suggested that the title refers to the traditional colors of the Ulster Protestants (Orangemen) and Scotsmen (Blue), the traditional color of the Liberal Party (orange) and Conservatives (blue), or the Orange and True Blue Masonic Lodge. | |||
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ORANGE AND BLUE [1]. AKA and see "Brochan Lom" (Thin Porridge), "Katy Jones’," "Kitty Jones," "Kitty Jones’," "Orange & Blue Highland (The)," "Orange and Blue Highland Fling." Scottish, Shetlands, English; Highland Schottische or Strathspey; Irish, Fling. A Major (Skinner): D Major (Kennedy, Kerr, Raven, Sweet): C Major (Gow, Hardie, Hunter, Lowe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Hardie, Kerr, Skinner, Sweet): AA'BB' (Kennedy, Raven). Known throughout the Shetlands as well as Scotland both as the Highland Fling/Schottische "Orange and Blue" and "Brochan Lom," the latter also as puirt a beul (mouth music). The Scottish country dance Orange and Blue, of East Lothian, was one of the relatively few either wholly or in part in strathspey tempo (Flett & Flett, 1964). See also the Welsh variant "Allt-y-Caethiwed."
It has been suggested that the title refers to the traditional colors of the Ulster Protestants (Orangemen) and Scotsmen (Blue), the traditional color of the Liberal Party (orange) and Conservatives (blue), or the Orange and True Blue Masonic Lodge.
Source for notated version: Bill Hardie (Scotland) [Hunter]; Bill Hardie states, "In its present form it has been handed down from my grand-uncle, Charles Hardie (1849-1893), via my grandfather, and his nephew, the late William Cheyne, to whom I am indebted for impressing it on my memory."
Printed sources: Gow (Complete Repository). Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; p. 34. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 354. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 19. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880’s; No. 13, p. 20. Lowe (A Collection of Reels & Strathspeys), 1844. Moffat (Dance Music of the North), 1908; No. 43, p. 18. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 177. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), 1900; pp. 20-21 (with three variations by Skinner). Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; p. 69.
Recorded sources: "The Caledonian Companion" (1975). "Bob Smith's Ideal Band, Better than an Orchestra" (1977).
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]