Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on August 21st 2007 by xedx.
This tune has been added to 20 tunebooks.
Also known as Deil Stick The Minister, Devil Stick The Minister, Sean Triubhas Uilleachan, Seann Bhriogais Aig Uilleam, Shantruish, This Is No My Ain Hoose, This Is No My Ain Plaid, Willie's Old Trousers, Willies Auld Trews.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Willie's Auld Trews
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Emin
|:E|A/A/A AA B2GB|Tc2 BA (d/c/B/A/) GB|
A/A/A AA B2GB|Tc2 B>A GEE:|
|:f|eaec dgdB|cc d/c/B/A/ BGGB|
eaec dgdB|Tc2 BA GEE:|
Not quite sure how to categorize this one...
I don't think this tune is a strathspey, but I'm not sure how to categorize it given the choices here. Heard this tune many times played by Abby Newton's cello class during the past week at the Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School - a great tune on six cellos. You can find it on her Castles, Kirks and Caves CD. You can also find it on Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, Vol. 1: Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis.
# Posted on August 21st 2007 by xedx
Willie's Auld Trews (Devil Stick the Minister)
A rattling good tune, known as Devil Stick the Minister in The Great Northern Tune Book, where it appears in this variation:
E|A/A/A Ac B2GB | c2 BA BGGB | A/A/A Ac B2EB | c2 BA GEE :|
|: B | egec dfdB | egec dBGG | 1 egec dfdB |c2 BA BGG :|
2 afge fdec | c2BA GEE ||
I'd call it a reel.
# Posted on September 29th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
Recorded by the Battlefield Band
Also the Battlefield Band have recorded this tune, under the name of Seann Bhriogais Uilleam (Willie's Old Trousers), in his CD New Spring (1991).
# Posted on September 23rd 2010 by Eburon