The Cooper (jig) on The Session

Also known as The Cooper O’ Stannerton Heugh, The Cooper Of Stamfordham Heugh.

One setting

X: 1
T: The Cooper
R: jig

Is this an Irish Jig?

I think I heard this tune played by an Irish piper on a radio programme. Maybe related to The Castlebar Races: https://thesession.org/tunes/1160

It’s closer to Mist On The Meadows https://thesession.org/tunes/1205.

Hang on I think I know this though. I need to have a look at some papers…

It’s in the Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1880s) as The Cooper O’ Stannerton Heugh.

I wonder if this is an ancestor of Mist On The Meadows…