Some mem­bers of the Mel­bourne Scot­tish Fid­dle Club vis­it­ed the Ho­bart stu­dios of the ABC (Aus­tralian Broad­cast­ing Cor­po­ra­tion) while on our Tas­ma­nia tour in Ju­ly 2008. This set starts with the Gow tune "Stool of Re­pen­tance" by the Scot­tish mas­ter fid­dler, Niel Gow, fol­lowed by the "High Road to Lin­ton". The Stool of Re­pen­tance refers to the high chair in the Pres­by­te­ri­an church where a per­son of loose morals sat dur­ing the ser­vice as a penance, com­mon­ly for adul­tery. At the end fo the ser­vice, the per­son of­ten had to stand on the seat and re­ceive the re­buke of the min­is­ter. This joy­ful tune ob­vi­ous­ly refers to the rea­son that the per­son end­ed up on the chair....!