Old Woman Of The Milldust jig

This is a very old epic pipe jig. I posted after a request for ‘Trippers’, which is obviously derived from this tune. Trippers also goes under the name ‘It Is My Lame Leg That I Left Behind’

Here’s the Cape Breton version

X: 1
T: Tripper’s / It Is My Lame Leg That I Left Behind
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Amix
ABd e2A|g2d e2A|ABd e2f|g2e dBG|
ABd e2A|egd e2A|BAB GBd|g2e dBG:||
ABA a3|gfe a2|ABA a2f|g2e dBG|
ABA a3|gfe a3|g2e dBd|ege dBG:||
ABA c2A|d2B c2A|ABA c3A|d2c BAG|
ABA c2A|d2B c2A|BAB GBd|g2e dBG:||

The first part is very similar to that of Larach Alastair: https://thesession.org/tunes/6740

Yes Slainte, I agree. I reckon Larach Alasdair belongs to that group, I know there was a fourth but couldn’t put my mind to it. I’m pretty sure that the Old Wife is the ‘mother tune’ but I’ll need to do a bit ore investigating.

The similarity between The Trippers and Old Wife is obvious but is it really so much to lump them together?

This is roughly how I have the tune. I was surprised I couldnt find it here , perhaps its under a different name?
Here is a pipers setting, quite different but interesting for the variations;

X:1
T:The Old Wife Of The Mill Dust
C:Trad.
R:Jig
M:6/8
Q:1/8=132
K:A mix
L:1/32
|: {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {ag}a8 e4 | {gf}g8 f4 {g}e4d4{e}B4 | {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {ag}a8 e4 | {gf}g8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4 |
%
{g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {ag}a8 e4 | {gf}g8 d4 {g}e4f4g4 | a4g4{a}f4 {gf}g8 e4 | {Gdc}d8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4:|
|: {g}B4c4d4 {gef}e8 A4 | {ag}a8 A4 {gef}e8 A4 | {g}B4c4d4 {gef}e8 A4 | {gf}g8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4 |
%
{g}B4c4d4 {gef}e8 A4 | {gf}g8 d4 {g}e4f4g4 | a4g4{a}f4 {gf}g8 e4 | {Gdc}d8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4:
|: {gcd}c8 {e}A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {g}c4 {GdG}e8 {ag}a8 e4 | {gcd}c8 {e}A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {gBd}B8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4 |
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{gcd}c8 {e}A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {g}c4 {GdG}e8 {gf}g12 | a4g4{a}f4 {gf}g8 e4 | {Gdc}d8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4:|
|: {ag}a8 A4 {gef}e8 A4 | {ag}a8 A4 {g}e4c4{d}A4 | {ag}a8 A4 {gef}e8 A4 | {gf}g8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4 |
%
{ag}a8 A4 {gef}e8 A4 | {ag}a8 A4 {g}e4f4g4 | a4g4{a}f4 {gf}g8 e4 | {Gdc}d8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4:|
|: {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {gcd}c8 {e}A4[1 {g}e4c4{d}A4 [2 {g}e4d4B4 | {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {gf}g8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4 |
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{g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {g}c4 {GdG}e8 {g}e4f4g4 | a4g4{a}f4 {gf}g8 e4 | {Gdc}d8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4:|
|: {ag}a8 A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {ag}a8 A4 {g}e4c4{d}A4 | {ag}a8 A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {gf}g8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4 |
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{ag}a8 A4 {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 | {g}A4{d}A4{e}A4 {gf}g12 | a4g4{a}f4 {gf}g8 e4 | {Gdc}d8 e4 {g}d4B4{d}G4:|

Peter put it up a while a go.

Old Woman of the Milldust;

https://thesession.org/tunes/9365

It’s a big tune, 6 parter and the mother of a fair few other jigs.