The Night We Had the Goats & The Grey Hag of Raasay

from Bannocks of Barley Meal by Jeremy Kingsbury

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Those of us in the States who do not have any Gaelic or Irish language skills tend to read the utmost of serious and profound meanings into the lyrics of Gaelic songs. Hearing the lyrics to this catchy Gaelic song translated into English cracks me up, and since I took the much longer song off this album, I decided to put this serious ear worm (and cool tune) on the album as a bit of a lark. It flows very nicely into “Grey Hag of Raasay,” which is just barely a different tune. I first saw both of these in Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans, but I think these settings are closest to Eliza Ross’s 1812 manuscript from the Isle of Raasay. I think it is likely that at least one if not several of the pipers Ross listened to on Raasay regularly played high Bs, as so many of the tunes are great for Highland Pipes with the second octave B.

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1812: The Night We Had The Goats from Elizabeth Ross’s Manuscript
1812: The Grey Hag of Raasay from Elizabeth Ross’s Manuscript
www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/cultural-heritage-collections/school-scottish-studies-archives/archive-pubs/eliza-ross-manuscript

You can check out Barry Shears book for more great and Bagpipe-friendly settings:
1991: The Night we had the Goats, and The Grey Hag of Raasay from Barry Shears’ Gathering of the Clans:
capebretonpiper.com/content/gathering-clans-collection-volume-1-0

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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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