Weaving Musical Traditions examines the journey of traditional American music that originated in Scotland in the 1600’s and traveled through Appalachia, the Ohio River Valley, and into Missouri after 1812.

Tune: “Leather Breeches”

Performed by: HK Silvey (fiddle) and Gordon McCann (guitar)

Also known as: Breeches On (The), Irish Lad (The), Irish Lad’s a Jolly Boy (The), Leather Breeches, Lord MacDonald’s Reel (4), McDonald’s Reel, Old Leather Britches (2), Oh Those Britches Full of Stitches, Reel McDonnell, Slanty Gart

Genre: Traditional

Style: Missouri Ozarks