I'm with ya' Ron. Why the pipe tune connection seems to be important here I have no idea. I love trad and folk but I also love jazz and everything doesn't originate with ditties from the old world.
Eubie was great even in his old age and if anyone rememebers he and Gregory Hines together they will remember the love and admiration in both of their eyes for the other. Eubie's time was long but we lost Hines far too soon.......both a dancer extraordinaire and a pretty fair musicologist.