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The Mermaid Set

from Bannocks of Barley Meal by Jeremy Kingsbury

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The tunes are: “The Mermaid Song,” “Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals,” “Spoigan,” “Joseph McDonald's Jig,” “Lord Reay's Jig,” and “The Goatherd.”

This set is made up of tunes from Patrick MacDonald's 1784 Collection of Highland Vocal Airs. Many of his tunes are untitled, but the reprinted edition includes notes to several certain or possible titles.

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1784: The tunes are: The Mermaid Song, Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals, Spoigan, Joseph McDonald's Jig, Tune 6 & 7 (Lord Reay's Jig, and The Goatherd) from Patrick MacDonald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs:
books.google.com/books?id=XCvLHYWLkFcC&newbks=0&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false
The reprinted edition with the tune names in the notes can be found here: www.scotlandsmusic.com/Product/SM-V7M9GD/the-patrick-mcdonald-collection

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from Bannocks of Barley Meal, released June 3, 2022

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Jeremy Kingsbury Grand Forks, North Dakota

I host a bi-weekly bagpipe and history podcast which explores the likely repertoire eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers.
I've played Highland pipes and uilleann pipes since the nineties. My albums are an opportunity for me to keep the tunes and songs I have most enjoyed from creating the podcast.

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