Hunting seems to have been a popular theme for music. I remember hearing an historical recording of an old irish uillean piper who played a 'suite' of melodies of "The Foxhunt" - musically depicting all stages of the hunt, even including the barking of the dogs and the wailing of the mortally wounded fox - eerily reproduced on the pipes. The Fox Hunters slip jig and Fox Hunters reel are still some of the most common irish session tunes. trj
-----Original Message----- From: Monica Hall <[email protected]> To: David van Ooijen <[email protected]> Cc: Lutelist <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 4:20 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: The Huntes Up: meaning? Actually "The hunt's up" or "The hunt is up". i.e. up and running. Wiki gives the following jingle.... The hunt is up, the hunt is up, And it is a well nigh day; And Harry our king has gone hunting, To bring his deer to bay. Not clear which King Harry though as there were 8 of them. Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: "David van Ooijen" <[email protected]> To: "lutelist Net" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 8:26 AM Subject: [LUTE] The Huntes Up: meaning? >I can think of half a dozen meanings, and will consult the OED (once I > found my looking glass ...) to discredit some of these while finding a > few more, but is there anybody out there who has an Opinion, > Definitive Answer or otherwise Meaningful Insight to give? > > David > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [email protected] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
