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The Old Woman’s Dance

By The Tannahill Weavers

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  1. The Deil’s Awa’ Wi’ The Exciseman
    The Old Woman’s Dance
  2. Cam Ye O’er Frae France
  3. Cameron McFadyen
    The Humours Of Cork
    The Skyeman’s
  4. Gloomy Winter’s Noo Awa’
  5. Wha’ll Dance Wi’ Wattie ?
    Jack Adrift
    Pipe Major George Allan
  6. The McGregors
  7. Bonnie Was Yon Rosie Briar
  8. The Laird O’Cockpen
  9. The Irish Washerwoman
    The Cook In The Kitchen
    Miss Girdle

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Tannahill Weavers - The Old Woman’s Dance

Fantastic early recording - I think their second album. Mike Ward tells me it was one of the very first albums to feature the big pipes. Whatever the case, its a great album with a highly amusing sleeve note and some great tunes and songs. I just picked this up in mint condition for a fiver. Well chuffed I am.

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Track 5

It took me over 20 years to find out, but the 2nd tune on Track 5, listed as "Traditional" is a hornpipe by PM Donald McLeod called "Jack Adrift".
The "Irish Washerwoman" is not the well-known jig, but a piper’s hornpipe version. Piper on this album was Allan McLeod, last I heard he was in Vancouver.

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Track 5

I’ve been also searching for this title for years, thank to the previous comment I was able to find it in Donald McLeod book n. 5 purchased through the College of piping, and now I am happily playing it, it is a beautiful and briliiant tune.
Thank so much to Kenny for the information. I registered in this forum especially to thank him.

You’re very welcome, Robert. By a strange coincidence, I was in "Sandy Bell’s" pub in Edinburgh in July, and John Martin and Kevin McLeod started playing it, the first time I’ve ever heard it in a session, so the tune is making a comeback. I am curious about how the title came about, though. Does it say anything in the book ?

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Title track

The jig in the middle and end of "The Deil’s Awa’…" is the titular Old Woman’s Dance, another classic Donald MacLeod tune.

My CD has tracks 1 & 2 in a different order.

I believe Allan MacLeod did linger in Vancouver but eventually moved on to Calgary.

B#st##ds….

…."This video is private".

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Re: The Old Woman’s Dance

Happy Birthday to the "Tannahills" - celebrating 50 years as a band this year.
This is one of my favourite instrumental sets of all time [ Track #5 ] :

https://youtu.be/5D_wxliC0Yk

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Re: The Old Woman’s Dance

That is some achievement! There are some great stories about the legendary Tammies, you’ll be aware of some crackers I’m sure Kenny.