Annotation:Orange and Blue (1)

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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."

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]