Name that tune?

Subject: Name that tune?
From: GUEST,Olwyn
Date: 25 Jun 22 - 02:26 AM

Help!!!

I've been told that this place is the home of great folk knowledge; can anyone name this tune, please?

X: 1
T: ?
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: A
E| A2cA BcdB | A2cA BFFG | A2cA Bdfg | afed cA A :|
e | aece Aece | Aece fBBe | aece Aece | faed cAAe | aece Aece | Aece fBBc | AcBd cefg | afed cA A |

Thanks
Olwyn

Subject: RE: Name that tune?
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Jun 22 - 06:24 AM

https://youtu.be/e1eHRsN-XjU
I think this is a Perthshire fiddle tune called "The Doo's Nest". Dougie Maclean plays it on fiddle - the second tune in the Youtube clip above.

Subject: RE: Name that tune?
From: GUEST,Olwyn
Date: 25 Jun 22 - 07:15 AM

The reputation of mudcat cafe as "home of great folk knowledge" is clearly well-deserved.

Yes, that's the tune!

Someone suggested it might have originated on Shetland but I'm happy with Perthshire.

Would it have been collected in a tune book?

Many thanks "Guest".

Olwyn

Subject: RE: Name that tune?
From: GUEST,RA
Date: 25 Jun 22 - 01:45 PM

James MacIntosh Collection, Perth, 1930.

Subject: RE: Name that tune?
From: Helen
Date: 25 Jun 22 - 03:45 PM

Well done, Guest,RA and you answered the question within four hours!

And Guest, Olwyn, I agree about Mudcat being the "home of great folk knowledge".

The book appears to be available to download from this site:

James MacIntosh Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, Marches, etc for Violin

The video link referred to above:

"The Doo's Nest" played by Dougie MacLean

Subject: RE: Name that tune?
From: GUEST,jim bainbridge
Date: 26 Jun 22 - 06:15 AM

but don't forget the wise words

'If you know the names of all the tunes you don't know enough tunes'