Sheet Music: Up and Down Again

TitleUp and Down Again
Alternate titlesMad Moll
Brose and Butter
Here We Go Up
The Peacock Follows the Hen
Cuddle Me Cuddy
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeD4–D5
Time signature9/8
Tempo108 BPM
Performance time0:30
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2026-09-01
Last updated2026-09-01
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Tuesday 1 September 2026

Tune of the Day: Up and Down Again

Traditional Scottish/Irish slip jig

This tune dates back to at least 1698, when it was published as “Mad Moll” (the title of a 1611 comic play by Thomas Middleton, featuring the heroine Moll Cutpurse) in Playford's Dancing Master. Professor R.D. Cannon, in his article “English Bagpipe Music” (Folk Music Journal, 1972), suggests the progenitor of this large tune family is the Scottish jig “Up with Aley”.

The melody is better known in Scotland under the name “Brose and Butter”, with brose being an uncooked form of porridge obtained by mixing oatmeal with boiling water, milk, or stock. According to Robert Ford (Song Histories, 1900) “Brose and Butter” was a favorite air of Charles II of England during his exile.

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