abcusers-digest wrote: > > abcusers-digest Friday, March 22 2002 Volume 01 : Number 657 > > Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:12:03 +0100 > From: "Henrik Norbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [abcusers] OT: Battle of Aughrim > > > But I get the impression that the Battle of Aughrim, strictly speaking, > > consists of a set of tunes, of which this is only part. > > The Chieftains play a selection on their #4 album which consists > of various marches, laments, etc, connected with this battle. One > of them is this one: > > X:9 > T:Return from Fingal, The > R:march > H:This tune is supposed to have been played by Brian Boru's > H:troops on the return from the Battle of Clontarf. > Z:id:hn-march-9 > M:2/4 > L:1/8 > K:Edor > B/A/G/F/ E/F/G/A/|B/A/G/F/ E>B|A/G/F/A/ dA|BA B/c/d| > B/A/G/F/ E/F/G/A/|B/A/G/F/ E>B|A/G/F/A/ dA|FE E2:| > |:fe ed/c/|BA d>A|BA dA|BA B/c/d/e/| > fe ed/c/|BA d>B|A/G/F/A/ dA|FE E2:| > > The last tune of the set is the one from my collection that > someone else also posted. > > I don't have abc's for any of the other tunes. > > Henrik Norbeck, Stockholm, Sweden > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.swipnet.se/hnorbeck/ My home page > http://home.swipnet.se/hnorbeck/abcmus/ Abcmus ABC program > http://home.swipnet.se/hnorbeck/abc.htm >1000 abc tunes > http://surf.to/blackthorn Irish trad music band > http://www.rfod.se/folklink/ Links to Swedish music
I recognize the above tune, and have played it in the past 7-8 yr, but do not believe I have ever heard the nane "The Return From Fingal". Does the tune go by any other names? Phil Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Seattle WA USA To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
