Annotation:Devil in the Kitchen (1)
X:1 T:Devil in the Kitchen [1], The T:Prince of Wales Jig, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Skinner - Harp and Claymore Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amix f |: e>A A/A/A A/A/A c>A | e>A A/A/A {a/g/f/}g2 e<a | e>A A/A/A A/A/A c>A | B>G d/c/B {a/g/f/}g2 f<g :| || a>A A/A/A e>A c>A|a>A A/A/A {a/g/f/}g2 f<g|a>A .A/.A/.A .A/.A/.A c>A| B>G d/c/B {a/g/f/}g2 f<g | a>A A/A/A e/A/A c>A | a>A A/A/A {a/g/f/}g2 f<g | a/g/f g>e e>f e>A | B>G d/c/B {a/g/f/}g2 f<g || |: {F}E>A, A,/A,/A, A,/A,/A, C>A, | E>A, A,/A,/A, {A/G/F/}G2 E<A |E>A, A,/A,/A, A,/A,/A, C>A, | B>G, D/C/B, {A/G/F/}G2 F<G :| ||a>A A/A/A e>A c>A|a>A A/A/A {a/g/f/}g2 f<g|a>A .A/.A/.A .A/.A/.A c>A|B>G d/c/B {a/g/f/}g2 f<g | a>A A/A/A e/A/A c>A | a>A A/A/A {a/g/f/}g2 f>g |a/g/f g>e f>d e>A | B>G d/c/B {a/g/f/}g2 f>g ||
DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN [1], THE. AKA and see "Calum Crubach," "Devil Shake the Half-Breed (2)," "Gurren's Castle," "Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth (1)," "Miss Drummond of Perth (1)," "Mountain Reel (4)," "Our Highland Cousins," "Prince of Wales Jig (1) (The)," "Titanic Highland (The)," "Yorkshire Bite (1)." Scottish, Shetland, Canadian, Irish; (Pipe) Reel, Fling or Strathspey. Ireland, County Donegal. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Hunter): AA'B (Skinner/Harp): AABB (Martin): AABBA'A'BB (Perlman): AABCCD (Skinner/Violinist). Composed (according to J. Scott Skinner) as a Highland pipe tune by William Ross, the Queen's Piper. The melody was arranged (and popularized) by James Scott Skinner (1843-1927) and appears as a two-part tune in his Harp and Claymore collection (1904). Skinner later expanded the melody to four parts (variations) in his Scottish Violinist; in Harp and Claymore he directs that the tune be played an octave lower the second time through. In pipe collections the tune is set as a strathspey is usually attributed to one John MacPherson and once to a Donald McPhedran (in his own collection). In Scotland the melody is often used to accompany the dance the Highland Fling. Christine Martin (2002) suggests the strathspey and reel settings of "The Devil in the Kitchen" are a perfect vehicle for the dance Scotch (or Highland) reel, which is also known as the foursome reel.
A distanced version of the "Devil in the Kitchen" is popular reel in County Donegal; the late Donegal fiddler Danny O'Donnell (1910-2001) recorded a version on his album entitled generically as "Highland Fling" (see "Devil in the Kitchen (3)"). "The Devil in the Kitchen [1]" is the vehicle for a particular dance in County Donegal, the "Highland Gaelach" (Irish Highland), which was performed by a male flanked on either side by a female.
