The New Toon Hall/ There Cam a Young Man
The Goby O/ Rosin the Beau On Springthyme SPRCD 1002 John Watt & Davey Stewart - Shores of the Forth Four more tunes from the band - in jig time. The first, The New Toon Hall, is by band fiddler Jock Ritchie composed in celebration of the new town hall in Inverkeithing. The remaining tunes traditional Scottish and Irish favourites of Jock's - There Cam a Young Man is in volume 1 of Kerr Merry Melodies and is also known under the title of The Big Headed Man (Fear a’ Chinn Mhòir). The second, The Goby O, is known in various forms in both Scotland and Ireland and the third, Rosin the Beau, is of course well known as an Irish traditional song. The Beggar's Mantle Ceilidh Band: |