The oldest appearance of the melody Campin has seen was in a Boys’ Brigade pipe tune book from about 1911 where the title appeared as “Scotland, the Brave!!!” Charles Gore say the tune appears to date from about 1891-5, when it was published in Keith Norman Macdonald’s Gesto Collection of Highland Music under the title "Brave Scotland" and/or "Scotland for Ever.” Jack Campin believes it first appeared around the turn of the 20th century. Tune used for a polka step in the North#8209 West (England) morris dance tradition, and a march in Scotland and Shetland. AB (Wade): AA’B (Johnson): AABB (Brody): AA'BB (Reiner). AKA and see "My Bonnie Lass(ie)," "Brave Scotland," "Scotland Forever." Scottish, March (2/4 time) English, Morris Dance Tune. There were 23,000 casualties in the one day battle of Fredericksburg, VA December, 1862. Irish immigants came here to find freedom from war and tyranny and ended up killing each other here in America as the price for their freedom. Both units were flying their regimental colors which showed their Irish heritage. Their possition was assalted by the Federal Irish Brigade across an open field. A unit of Southern Irish infantry was posted behind a stone wall on the heights. At the battle of Fredericksburg, one of the saddest and most ironic events of the war took place. They won great honors at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg.
Their Regimental Colors was a Green Flag trimmed in gold edging with a Gold Harp and Erin Go Bragh on it. One of the most famous units of the Federal army was the Irish Brigade. A good percentage of the men who fought in the CW were Irish Immigrants who brought their music to the battlefieds & camps. Are you saying that Celtic fiddling was popular in the Civil War days?Ībsolutely it was. You can find lots of titles there.Īnd one more, in another 1850s flute manuscript book, there's a really nice version of "Sich a Gettin' Upstairs".Īnd more check out the list of titles of pre-Civil War sheet music at: Also, if you find a library that has a copy of Riley's Flute Melodies (2 volumes 18), it has many more tunes then Frill and a really good index.
There are, in all, about 235 tunes in the Frill collection (contact me if you want a copy). Staten Island Hornpipe (similar except C# not C natural check Ryan's or Coles) Over the Water to Charlee (alt title - Sean Bui, an Irish jig) If a body meet a body need a body cry (Coming thru the Rye) Greegs Favourite (the old jig Voulez-vous Danser from which La Bastringue was probably derived) Frill's Musick Book, Reading, August 17th, 1830", the following tunes (i.e ones that I'm familiar with today) appear and could well have been played by string band during the Civil War:Ĭhapel Hill March (a jig, that became the 4/4 Green Willis or the Raw Recruit check Emmett Lundy) Going through the index in the manuscript book of a Reading, PA fiddler, "James E. Wrangle up yer mouth parts, drag yer banjer out, tune yer ole geetar till it twangs right stout, for the snow is on the mountain and the wind is on the plain, so we''ll cut the chimny''s moanin with a livelier refrain. Patrick’s Day in the Morning (Perry’s Victory), Kelton’s Reel (Stoney Point) Waiting for the Federals (Seneca Square Dance), Haste to the Wedding, Neil Gow’s Lament, Tam’s Slow March, Arkansas Traveler, Devil’s Dream Popular: The Old Kentucky Home, Hard Times Come Again No More, The Glendy Burke, Old Folks At Home, Aura Lee, Lorena, Sweet Evalina, Cumberland Gap, The Minstral Boy, John Brown’s March, Rose Of Alabama, Goober Peas, Home Sweet Home, Yellow Rose Of Texas, Jim Along Josie, Beautiful Dreamer, Listen To The Mocking Bird, Buffalo Gals, Johnson Boys, Sweet Betsie from Pike, Nellie Bly, Ring Da Banjo, Camptown Races, Oh Susannaįiddle: Soldier’s Joy, Liberty, Angelina the Baker, Temperance Reel, Flowers of Edinburgh, Swallow Tail Jig, Irish Washer Woman, January the Eight (Battle of New Orleans), Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine, St. Garry Owen, The Girl I left Behind, Stonewall Jackson’s Way, Wait For The Wagons, Tramp Tramp Tramp, Year of Jubilo, Yankee Doodle, Battle Hymn of the Republic Patriotic:ěattle Cry of Freedom, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Just Before The Battle Mother, Marching Through Georgia, Bonnie Blue Flag, Dixie, It is by no means a complete list of period tunes, just the ones that I do. It is broken down into three categories: Patriotic, Popular and Fiddle tunes. I'm posting it here as an example of the types of tunes that were played by the men of both armies. As a starting point I put together a list of CW era tunes that I currently play. I have been asked to help form a CW string band to perform at reenactments.
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