David Kilpatrick
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The Burning of Auchendoon The Burning of Auchendoon
This is a rendering of Ewan MacColl's transcription 'very freely' of the 'fragment of song' he collected called 'Auchendoon', 'Auchindoon' or the 'The Burning of Auchendoon'.
Border Marches Border Marches
A simple conflation of Scottish Border march themes played on an 'English guitar', circa 1770 (a cittern family instrument)
Black Knife Black Knife
An original instrumental in DADGAD tuning written for and played on my new Lowden S35C ziricote/cedar guitar
Barbara Allen (Bawbie Allen) Barbara Allen (Bawbie Allen)
Bell Robertson's Scottish words to Barbara Allen, from the Greig Duncan Collection, with a conflated tune
Dainty Davie Dainty Davie
This is the Border Scots song tune Dainty Davie, played on nylon string double coursed Spanish laud (flat backed lute) tuned GDgce'g'.
The Traveller's Farewell The Traveller's Farewell
A little Irish and a little English baroque influence, played on a Martin Backpacker guitar.
Ritchie Storey Ritchie Storey
A Scottish lady runs off with her footman instead of marrying the Earl of Home. He turns out to be a Northumbrian landowner - but not before worrying her. Actually, he's a Geordie secondhand coach-and-four dealer...
The Edinburgh Trained Bands' March The Edinburgh Trained Bands' March
Arrangement of a Scottish guittar duet originally published in 1758 by Bremner, played on a single short-scale (alto tuned) Tacoma Papoose guitar.
Tweedside Tweedside
Scottish air from Robert Bremner's 1758 'Instructions' for the Guitar, played on a c1765 Simpson of London wire-strung guittar.
Baron o' Brackley Baron o' Brackley
This is a NE Scottish ballad about the murder of William Gordon of Brackley by his wife's relative Inverey. The accompaniment is on mountain dulcimer.
Twa Corbies Twa Corbies
This is the 'oldest Scottish folk song' - from exactly the area where I live and work, the Scottish Borders. My arrangement is derived from Archie Fisher, Jansch and others but has a different exact melody and accompaniment.
Apologies for... No Valentine Apologies for... No Valentine
A little musical saying-sorry for anyone who forget to send that card, and would like to send this song belatedly instead...
The Snowdrops of Dunblane The Snowdrops of Dunblane
I wrote this song on March 14th 1996 and issued it anonymously. Five years after the event, I recorded it.
MacKillop's Complaynte MacKillop's Complaynte
This is an instrumental written in 18th Scottish 'guittar' tuning of GBDGBD, inspired by the work of Rob MacKillop, who rediscovered the Scottish wire-strung guittar repertoire of the 1750s.
Crazy Jane Crazy Jane
This song dates from before 1800, and was written by Matthew 'Monk' Lewis, one of the darkest and strangest Gothic writers. The tune is 'Fie! Gar Rub Her O'er Wi' Strae', Scottish traditional.
Plooman Laddies Plooman Laddies
This is a simple 4-minute guitar instrumental based on the main air to the traditional Scottish song 'Plooman' Laddies' and some variations. Steel-string Lowden 0-10 guitar.
Goodnight An' Joy Be Wi' You A' Goodnight An' Joy Be Wi' You A'
The Scots song which was sung on Old Year's Night before Auld Lang Syne was adopted
Ground Zero Ground Zero
"Weep for the innocent, sing for the hero, pray that your children never have to do the same... For you stand by a place which they once called Ground Zero, all because one God could have more than one name..."
Midnight in Paris Midnight in Paris
The first verse of this song was written a year before the death of Princess Diana. The rest was written afterwards.
Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty
A few lines on paper. Nothing more. More eerie than faery.
