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Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast

Jeremy Kingsbury

This show is (mostly) a bi-weekly podcast that explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), performed on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes, Border pipes, Lowland Pipes, Northumbrian Smallpipes and whistles. Every episodes notes include links to the historic sheet music when available. For information about my Albums go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/albums For information about Jeremy and the instruments played on the show go here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/about

Categories: Music

Listen to the last episode:

Tunes:
William Dixon: Wattys away, Dorrington (I keep saying Dorrington Lads in the Episode, or Dixon just calls it Dorrington).
Donald Lindsay and Richard Youngs: Dorrington
Iain Gelston: Rusty Gully, Cotting Burn,
Lionel Winship: Dorrington Laddie
John Rook: Dorrington Lads
Melodies Committee: Dorrington Lads
Bruce and Stoke: Dorrington Lads

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If you don’t have a copy yet you can pick up a copy of William Dixon’s Manuscript several places:
https://www.mattseattle.scot/product-page/the-master-piper-new-edition

To watch the William Dixon Homecoming Concert here:
https://youtu.be/AbAq_1zL7GU?si=8sFV42rp9dmANizq

Pick Up Donald Lindsay and Richard Youngs' Album History of Sleep Here:
https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-sleep
You can also listen to a very old conversation of Donald and I talking about Dorrington here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s4e25

For information on the Dorrington Demons:
https://lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/20/the-dorrington-demons-witches/

For the Earlier Deep Dive on Dorrington Related tunes listen here:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s8e21

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1733: Wattys away, Dorrington From William Dixon Manuscript

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2021 Cotting Burn from Iain Gelston (by Iain Gelston) From The New Shields Garland Volume 1
https://www.lulu.com/shop/iain-gelston/the-new-shields-garland/paperback/product-4dg4ev.html?page=1&pageSize=4

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1833: Dorrington Laddie from Lionel Winship Manuscript
http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/W0104400.jpg

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1840s: Dorrington Lads from the Rook Manuscript
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/archive/rja14/musicfiles/manuscripts/rook/rook_pages/126.htm

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1887: Dorington Lads from Airs and dance tunes collected and constructed by the Melodies Committee of the Newcastle Antiquarian Society, 1857-1887
http://www.farnearchive.com/farneimages/jpgs/R1106600.jpg

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1882: Dorrington Lads From Northumbrian Minstrelsy
By Bruce and Stoke
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c034406758

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1925: Dorrington Lads From William Cocks’
Tutor for the Northumberland Half-Long Bagpipes https://ceolsean.net/content/Cocks/Cocks_TOC.html

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FIN

Here are some ways you can support the show:

You can support the Podcast by joining the Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/wetootwaag

You can also take a minute to leave a review of the podcast if you listen on Itunes!
Tell your piping and history friends about the podcast!
Checkout my Merch Store on Bagpipeswag:
https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag
You can also support me by Buying my Albums on Bandcamp:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/
You can now buy physical CDs of my albums using this Kunaki link: https://kunaki.com/msales.asp?PublisherId=166528&pp=1
You can just send me an email at wetootwaag@gmail.com letting me know what you thought of the episode! Listener mail keeps me going!
Finally I have some other support options here: https://www.wetootwaag.com/support
Thanks!

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Previous episodes

219 - S 10 E 04 Dorrington Lads: William Dixon, Iain Gelston and Donald Lindsay
Sun, 08 Feb 2026

218 - S 10 E 03 2026 William Dixon Playthrough Jamie Campbell Conversation rerun
Sat, 07 Feb 2026

217 - S 10 E 02 Kilts, Bagpipers and Living History. A Chat with Isaac Walters (A Rerun from 2021)
Sun, 25 Jan 2026

216 - S 10 E 01 Abolish Ice Chippewa Valley Irish Immigration with guest musicians Mick O'Brien, Emer Mayock, Aoife Ní Bhriain (Rerun)
Sun, 11 Jan 2026