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'''WILLIE STAYS LANG AT THE FAIR.''' AKA and see "Jockie/[[Jockey Stays Lang at the Fair]]." Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. [[biography:Robert Riddell]] of Glenriddell, in whose 1794 collection this tune appears, credits one set of variations to J. Clark of Moffat, who was perhaps his source for the tune. Clark is credited throughout the volume with variation sets, and may possible have been a teacher or playing companion of Riddell's. | '''WILLIE STAYS LANG AT THE FAIR.''' AKA and see "Jockie/[[Jockey Stays Lang at the Fair]]." Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. [[biography:Robert Riddell]] of Glenriddell, in whose 1794 collection this tune appears, credits one set of variations to J. Clark of Moffat, who was perhaps his source for the tune. Clark is credited throughout the volume with variation sets, and may possible have been a teacher or playing companion of Riddell's. Northumbrian piper John Peacock gave the tune as "[[Jockey Stays Lang at the Fair]]" in his c. 1805 collection. | ||
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WILLIE STAYS LANG AT THE FAIR. AKA and see "Jockie/Jockey Stays Lang at the Fair." Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDDEEFF. biography:Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, in whose 1794 collection this tune appears, credits one set of variations to J. Clark of Moffat, who was perhaps his source for the tune. Clark is credited throughout the volume with variation sets, and may possible have been a teacher or playing companion of Riddell's. Northumbrian piper John Peacock gave the tune as "Jockey Stays Lang at the Fair" in his c. 1805 collection.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Mooney (Tutor for the Cauld Wind Bagpipes), p. 32. Riddell (Collection of Scotch Galwegian Border Tunes), 1794; p.
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