S6 The Parcel of Rogues and Straight & Skillern episode with guest song by Christine Sparks

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Tunes:
Straight and Skillern: The Morning Post, The Merry Fifers (Mount Sion), the Purfleet, Oxford Ramble, Four Seasons, Black Dance, Variety is Charming, Just So in the North, The Sword Knot, Turks Head, The Happy Wedding, Cox’s Museum, Naples Dance, Bevis Mount, Paddy Wack, La Damoselle, Lord Bath’s Gate, Polly’s Fancy, The Ladies Lesson, The Sky Lark, Le Renard, Merry Thought, The Cascade, Van Rotterdam op Dort, A Parcell of Rogues in the Nation, Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, Pantheon, The Oak Tree, The Cave of Enchantment
William McGibbon: A Parcel of Rogues in the Nation
Ewan Maccoll: A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
Robert Chambers: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation!
Christine Sparks: A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

Straight and Skillern’s 204 Favorite Country Dances:
https://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various)

1775: The Morning Post

1775: The Merry Fifers (Mount Sion)

1775: The Purfleet

1775: The Oxford Ramble

1775: Four Seasons

1775: Black Dance

1775: Variety is Charming
Here is a link to the Traditional Tune Archive write up on the tune with the lyrics:
https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Variety_is_Charming
And here is a link to the Songster’s Companions which nearly derailed the episode:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Vocal_Music%2C_or_the_Songster%27s_Companion_(Various)
And the Write up about the Thomas Straight and Thomas Skillern came from Folkopedia:
https://folkopedia.info/wiki/Straight_%26_Skillern

1775: Just So in the North

1775: The Sword Knot

1775: Turks Head

1775: The Happy Wedding

1775: Cox’s Museum

Supposedly this tune is a reference to James Cox, famous clock and automaton maker who make some of the gifts to attempt to impress the Qianlong emperor. You can see some of his impressive wares here:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jcox/hd_jcox.htm

1775: Naples Dance

1775: Bevis Mount

1775: Paddy Wack

1775: La Domoselle

1775: Lord Bath’s Gate

1775: Polly’s Fancy

1775: The Ladies Lesson

1775: The Sky Lark

1775: Le Renard

1775: Merry Thought

1775: The Cascade

1775: Van Rotterdam op Dort

1775: A Parcell of Rogues in the Nation

(1746ish) A Parcel of Rogues in the Nation, from William McGibbon’s Scots Tunes Volume 2
https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/105870428

(1862) Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation, from The Songs of Scotland Prior to Burns with the Tunes Edited by Robert Chambers
https://archive.org/details/songsofscotlandp00cham_0/page/44/mode/2up?view=theater&q=parcel

A Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Recorded by Christine Sparks on her album “Robin : the Songs of Robert Burns volume 1” available now on Itunes!

RECORDED TUNES

Miss Fowler’s Delight, The Nabob, The Pantheon and The Oak Tree from my album, Pay the Pipemaker available now on Bandcamp!
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/pay-the-pipemaker

And finally, The Cave of Enchantment and Mio and the Land of Far Away recorded on my album, Bannocks of Barley Meal, Available now on Bandcamp:
https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/album/bannocks-of-barley-meal

Be sure to follow James’ Instagram to see awesome High D Highland Bagpiping!
https://www.instagram.com/heritage.bagpipes/?hl=en

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