Also known as Angus Polka 2, Angus Polka No. 2, Cameron Men’s Polka No. 2.
There are 3 recordings of this tune.
Angus has been added to 1 tune set.
Angus has been added to 16 tunebooks.
Apologies if this is already here, but a my initial search in Tunepal gave nothing. We play it in a set following the Angus Polka https://thesession.org/tunes/1092
The first part is virtually identical to ‘The Rattlin Bog”s
https://thesession.org/tunes/583
Is it?
I’m still to be convinced by birlibirdie’s statement above…
Hmm, sounds more like Jimmy Shand to me. I have heard it before somewhere but can’t place just at the moment.
It predates Shand, Felefeber. An alternative name for it is "The Cameron Men’s Polka" because it was recorded - unnamed - by the fiddling Cameron Men in 1934. This and the other "Angus Polka" were recorded together (the other one first). The Cameron Men were brothers: Jim Cameron, William Cameron and George Cameron all played fiddle, and Stewart Cameron accompanied them on piano. Their records were also re-released under the name Honeyman’s Fiddlers. The Camerons were from the county of Angus hence, probably, the present nomenclature.
Thinking about it, it’s not correct to say - as I did above - that this tune "predates" Jimmy Shand, because his first recordings were from 1933. Shand did record the strathspey "John McAlpine" in 1945. I mention this because some people note its resemblance to "The Rattling Bog," bringing us back to birlbirdie’s and Felefeber’s posts…