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The Border Minstrel

The Border Minstrel Billy Pigg (1902-1968) Leader Records LEA 4006 (LP, mono, UK, 1971)

Recorded by Forster Charlton during informal sessions and public performances in the 1950s;
Tracks 2, 9 recorded at an Alnwick gathering;
Track 6 recorded at City Hall, Newcastle;
Compiled by Bill Leader;
Cover picture by Bill Leader;
Album design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Billy Pigg: Northumbrian small pipes;
Forster Charlton: fiddle [2];
John Doonan: piccolo [2]

Tracks

Side 1

1. The High Level Hornpipe /
   Biddleston Hornpipe /
   Carrick Hornpipe /
   I’ll Get Wedded in My Auld Claes
2. Gentle Maiden /
   The Lark in the Clear Air /
   Father O’Flynn
3. Skye Crofters /
   Dr McLeod of Alnwick /
   The Swallow’s Tail Reel /
   Mallorca (H.R.H. Duke of Windsor)
4. Madame Bonaparte /
   The Last of the Twins
5. King of the Pipers

Side 2

6. Crookit Bawbee /
   Bill Charltons Fancy
7. The Exhibition Hornpipe /
   Billy Pigg’s Hornpipe /
   The Random Jig
8. The Wild Hills o’ Wannie /
   J.R. Pigg /
   Dargai
9. Happy Hours
10. Variations on There’s Nae Guid Luck About the House /
    Holey Ha’penny

All tracks trad.except
Tracks 1bc, 3b, 6b, 7b, 8b Billy Pigg;
Tracks 1a, 7ac James Hill;
Track 8c James Scott Skinner;
Track 9 Emile Vacher