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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Lambeg Drums
I stumbled upon another fife and drum tradition that I did not know about before, and it involves really big bass drums called Lambeg drums. They are played by the Protestant Scot-Irish in northern Ireland. From what I can tell the origin of the drums is a little fuzzy, but there is some connection with King William of Orange who saved the Covenanters in Ireland from persecution in the 1680s. They seem to have become more popular in their present state in the early to mid-1800s. While I still like American fife and drum better, its neat to see another fife and drum tradition, especially among the Scot-Irish whose emigrants in America did so much for the cause of liberty.
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Hm. I like Irish fife as well as American. Maybe... if the drum's were a little bigger...- no wait. Impossible! If they were bigger, they'd be trampolines, and, as everyone knows, you cannot hit a trampoline with a switch in a parade! Ye might be laughed at! The fifes are very patriotic sounding, all joking aside...
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