Annotation:Orange and Blue (1)

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ORANGE AND BLUE [1]. AKA and see "Brochan Lom" (Thin Porridge). 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. 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."

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]

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