Hi Beth.Thanks for the link...that fellow was some lilter!Interestingly,the Gower reel is also called Rickett's Hornpipe.One of few N.American tunes to cross the ocean in the opposite direction.The wassail song is lovely.It reminds me of another song,perhaps from mummering in NL or doing the Wren B'ys with the Irish crowd when I lived in Toronto.Some stories  are universal.In the 70's in Canada I met a few elderly lilters..I got the impression that it wasn't always because people couldn't afford instruments(often the case) or a local fiddler died,but an esthetic choice as well.Mr.Tanner was certainly a virtuoso.I put lilting right up there with a couple of rare but once common things:playing the bones,playing harmonica with "tonguing" technique(chords on the left,melody on the right)...singing an often bawdy ditty then step dancing to the chorus...whistling too,I guess.Singing ballads in unison while the singers hold hands in a circle(men or women,doesn't matter) is another one.Make the hair on the back of your neck stand up to hear it!

It’s great when you unleash your inner step dancer Jamie! There is an archive recording of Phil Tanner, the folk singer from the Gower peninsula in South Wales, diddling the Gower Reel where you can hear feet stepping in the background. The version that can be found online ( https://youtu.be/xqCxKtHr778?si=wnV6uGs_9Tshh9kB ) doesn’t include that, which is a shame!

It's just awesome.

Hi Strumelia...thank you(and Robin) for the positive comments.Strumelia,I think it's the mute on the fiddle bridge that's making it sound recorder/whistle-like.A happy accident,the tonal blend with the noted dulcimers.

P.S. do i hear a recorder or low whistle in there too?

Wow I ADORE this!!
Could not be more perfect. Even the fact of four stomps with four poster bed. What a great tune for a fun folk dance.
Can't tell you how very much I love it.

Jamie, what a cool tune and the stomps make it all even more fun!