Jack Campin wrote:
>
> There is a sociologically-oriented book by an English writer on the
> contemporary British session scene where he defines a folk session
> as a regular meeting of mostly amateur musicians who get together
> to play tunes with 8-bar structures. I thought, youch, that last
> bit sure hit the spot.
>
> What exceptions are there? I can think of:
>
> - the "irregular" piobaireachd, which are often *very* irregular
> and certainly not session material (try "Grain in Hides and
> Corn in Sacks", I dare you). And isn't always clear whether
> a piobaireachd is in 8+8 or 6+6+4.
>
> - some possibly-piobaireachd-related old harp pieces, most of
> the surviving ones being Irish, of which the only popular one
> is "Give me your hand".
>
> - tunes with tailpieces derived from a song refrain, like "The
> Black Jock".
>
> - the ballad air "Lord Gregory", which is in 7-bar phrases.
>
> - a few rather obscure songs like "Fee him, father, fee him".
>
> - a few arty pieces from the early-to-mid-18th century, the
> only one commonly played nowadays being (Carolan's?) "The
> Princess Royal".
>
> Are there many more? Do we need to start a Movement for the
> Preservation of Scottish Tunes In Funny Sizes?
>
> Other places have many more - French songs come in all sorts of
> odd forms, and the English broadsides of D'Urfey's time were
> equally heterogeneous, though it's not clear how far they were
> reflecting folk tradition in this.
>
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"To hear Lanstrum pone what heart can be stony" is a line in the
song "Larry Grogan" on my website. The tune is an Irish pipe one,
and is in 2 to 10 strains of 4 measures of 6/8 time.
For old versions of the tune, other than that below, see the Irish
tunes index on my website. "Langstern's/Langstrom's poney" is the
modern title.
X:1
T:Lastrumpony
S:Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion, bk. 11, c 1760
Q:1/4=90
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
(c/2d/2ed cAd|cAe ecA|(c/2d/2)ed cAc|B=cd dBG::\
g2e fed|cde ecA|g2r fga|B=cd cBA::\
(c/2d/2)ec (d/2e/2)fd|ceb|ecA|(d/2e/2)fd (c/2d/2)ec|Bdg dBG::\
(g2e) (f2d)|c2a ecA|g2e fga|Bcd dBG::\
cec dfd|caf ecA|d/2e/2fd cac|Bge dBG::\
geg fdf|efd ecA|g3fga|BGg dBG::\
A3~c2A|~c2A cea|~A3c2A|~B2G gBG::\
(a2f) (g2e)|~f2d ecA|agf efg|BGB eBG::\
(A2e) (c2a)|(A2e)(c2a)|(A2e)(c2a)|B2g) dBG::\
(ae)c (af)d|(ae)c ecA|aef gab|Gge dBG:|]
Bruce Olson
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