Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on January 31st 2003 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 55 tunebooks.
Also known as An Oidhche Bha Na Gabhair Againn, Isla, Ther Night We Had The Goats.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Night We Had The Goats, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:dGG2 BGBd|e2eg dBAB|dGG2 BGBd|1 egdB BAA2:|2 egdB A2Bd||
|:e2eg dBBd|e2eg deg2|afge dBBd|1 egdB A2Bd:|2 egdB BAA2||
The Night We Had the Goats
I think this is one of the most important Scottish pipe tunes and popular especially among pros. Though it preserves a primitive element of the Celtic music, it is not boring to play at all.
This particular setting is mainly based on the low whistle playing of Rory Campbell with Deaf Shepherd and the piping of Finlay MacDonald, but I intentionally simplified the music, considering there are many possibilities for variations. For example, dG~G2, dG (3GGG, d2G2, etc. Play it as you like.
I personally like playing Abbey reel after this one. Please let me know if you think of any other good idea.
# Posted on January 31st 2003 by slainte
P.S. John Williams also recorded this reel on the whistle, which means the tune is not so exotic to Irish mucians, I guess.
# Posted on January 31st 2003 by slainte
This looks like a setting of a tune called Miss McGuinness (which will be posted very shortly), 'compressed' to fit into the range of the bagpipes.
# Posted on February 1st 2003 by ragaman
My favorite setting of this is John Williams's, off Steam -- playing a variety of whistles and I think some drones off his accordion. He plays Billy Brocker's into The Old Dudeen into this tune. Paul Donnelly backs him up on bodhran. Stellar track.
If you want a quick listen to it, and you see this in time, have a listen at http://www.zinalee.com/sounds/bbrockers.mp3 -- I have it up for some friends (to convince them why they should buy the album!) but will be taking it down as soon as they've heard it.
Zina
# Posted on February 1st 2003 by Zina Lee
Is actually an old Gaelic song; "Oidhche bha nan Gobhair Againn" from Puirt a beul (Mouth music) and as far as I know was traditionally used for dancing.
# Posted on February 6th 2003 by seathach
Curiouser...
Found another version, "Isla Reel" published by J & W Gow (sons of Niel), around 1795 according to Gore. ( Isla Reel is also another name for Mason's Apron btw).
# Posted on April 4th 2006 by Matt Seattle