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'''PAPS OF GLENCOE, THE.''' Scottish (originally), Irish; Pipe March (4/4 time). Ireland, County Donegal. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’ (Feldman & O’Doherty): AA’BBCCDD’ (Cranford). ‘Paps’ is an obsolete English word meaning breasts, but is sometimes used to describe rounded hills. In fact, the Pap of Glencoe is a prominence near the village of Glencoe, in the area of Loch Leven. The tune, composed in the 20th century by the Scot William Lawrie, was popularized among | '''PAPS OF GLENCOE, THE.''' Scottish (originally), Irish; Pipe March (4/4 time). Ireland, County Donegal. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’ (Feldman & O’Doherty): AA’BBCCDD’ (Cranford). ‘Paps’ is an obsolete English word meaning breasts, but is sometimes used to describe rounded hills. In fact, the Pap of Glencoe is a prominence near the village of Glencoe, in the area of Loch Leven. The tune, composed in the 20th century by the Scot William Lawrie, was popularized among Ulster fiddlers by the playing of John Doherty. Pipe Major William Lawrie (or Laurie) was from Ballachulish and died on Nov. 28th, 1916, of complications from an illness suffered in World War I. He was a composer of piobaireachds, marches, strathspeys and reels, among the most famous being "Clach Iarick" (Henderson's Stone, Glencoe), "John MacDonald of Glencoe", "Captain Carswell", "Inveraray Castle", and "Lament for the late Lord Archibald Campbell." | ||
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''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald--"House Parties and 78's." Topic Records, John Doherty - "Bundle and Go" (1984).</font> | ''Recorded sources'': <font color=teal>Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald--"House Parties and 78's." Imperial S-114 (78 RPM), Pipe Major J.D. MacDonald, 1st Battn. Scots Guards (1930). Topic Records, John Doherty - "Bundle and Go" (1984. Album also issued as Green Linnet GLCD 3027).</font> | ||
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PAPS OF GLENCOE, THE. Scottish (originally), Irish; Pipe March (4/4 time). Ireland, County Donegal. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’ (Feldman & O’Doherty): AA’BBCCDD’ (Cranford). ‘Paps’ is an obsolete English word meaning breasts, but is sometimes used to describe rounded hills. In fact, the Pap of Glencoe is a prominence near the village of Glencoe, in the area of Loch Leven. The tune, composed in the 20th century by the Scot William Lawrie, was popularized among Ulster fiddlers by the playing of John Doherty. Pipe Major William Lawrie (or Laurie) was from Ballachulish and died on Nov. 28th, 1916, of complications from an illness suffered in World War I. He was a composer of piobaireachds, marches, strathspeys and reels, among the most famous being "Clach Iarick" (Henderson's Stone, Glencoe), "John MacDonald of Glencoe", "Captain Carswell", "Inveraray Castle", and "Lament for the late Lord Archibald Campbell."
Source for notated version: Donegal fiddler John Doherty [Feldman & O’Doherty], though Donegal fiddle music specialist Caoimhin Mac Aoidh suspects Doherty learned the tune from his father, Mickey; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 57, p. 24. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 87.
Recorded sources: Winston "Scotty" Fitzgerald--"House Parties and 78's." Imperial S-114 (78 RPM), Pipe Major J.D. MacDonald, 1st Battn. Scots Guards (1930). Topic Records, John Doherty - "Bundle and Go" (1984. Album also issued as Green Linnet GLCD 3027).