Annotation:Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1)

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HIGHLAND MAN THAT KISSED HIS GRANNIE [1], THE. AKA - "Highland Man Who Kissed His Granny," "Highlandman Kissed His Love." AKA and see "Around the World (1)," "Cavan Reel (The)," "Cottage in the Grove (2) (The)," "Down with the Mail,&quoCt; "Gravel Walk (The)," "Gravel Walks (The)," "Gravelled Walks to Granny (The)," "Faraway Wedding (1) (The)," "Highland Man Kiss'd His Mother (The)," "In and Out of the Harbour," "In and Out the Harbour," "Jenny Tie your Bonnet," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "Jenny Tie Your Bonnet," "Jolly Seven (The)," "Lassie) tie your Bonnet," "Lassies Tie Your Bonnets," "Lizzie's Bonnet," "Miss Kelly's," "Miss Percy's Reel," "Rambler's Rest (The)," "Stenson's No. 1," "Tailor's Thimble (2) (The)," "Tie the Bonnet," "Upstairs in a Tent (1)." Scottish, Irish; Reel. C Major ('A' part) & A Dorian ('B' part) {most versions}: D Major {Kennedy, Plain Brown Tune Book}. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow, Surenne): AABB (most versions). Related tunes are perhaps "The Jolly Seven" and "Around the World" (Cole). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (as "The Higlandman kiss'd his mother"). See also the Irish derivative reels "Gravel Walk(s)," "Maid in the Cherry Tree" and "Curragh Races [1]," and "The Highlandman [2]," a highland (the parts are sometimes reversed from the Scottish tune). Surenne, evidently finding the title a bit too risqué for early-Victorian sensibilities, edits the title down to "The Highlandman."

Source for notated version: fiddler Tommy Peoples (Donegal, Ireland) [Brody, Boys of the Lough]; a c. 1847 music manuscript by Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown Tune Book].

Printed sources: Boys of the Lough, 1977; p. 2. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; p. 10 (appears as "The Highlandman Kiss'd his Mother"). Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 135. DeVille (The Violin Player's Pastime), p. 22. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; p. 21. Howe {Musician's Omnibus), No. 2, p. 116. Huntington, 1977; p. 11. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 66, p. 18 (appears as "The Highlandman Kissed His Love"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 8, No. 2, p. 7. Levey (2nd Collection), No. 25 (appears untitled). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 105 (appears as "The Highlandman Kiss'd His Mother"). Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; p. 47. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 51 (appears as "The Highlandman Kissed His Mother"). Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; p. 37 (appears as "The Highlandman"). Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1815; p. 73 (appears as "Highlandman kiss'd his mother").

Recorded sources: Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough- "Piper's Broken Finger" (1976. Learned from Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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