Annotation:Yeil Yeil

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YEIL YEIL. AKA – “Yeal Yeil,” “Yell Yell.” Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDEEFF (Gow). The variant words of the title, yeil, yill, yell, yeal, yuill, etc. are forms and usages of 'ale' (i.e. beer), according to Dictionary of the Scots Language [1]. The strathspey first appeared in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, according to John Glen (1891). The "Yell Yell" printed in Gow's first collection was entered into the c. 1790-1815 music manuscript collection of John Brysson where it was also called "Salmon Tail Ges up the Water," although it is a different tune than the march/polka Salmon Tails up the Water."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; p. 68. Joshua Campbell (A Collection of New Reels & Highland Strathspeys), Glasgow, 1789; p. 10. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 232. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pp. 24-25 (appears as “Yell Yell”). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1781; p. 11.

Recorded sources: Maggie’s Music MM227 CD, Hesperus – “Colonial America” (2003). Maggie’s Music MM306, Bonnie Rideout – “A Scottish Fiddle Collection” (2005).