Sue Richards wrote: > > Hi All, > Could someone send me the ABC's for "Tam Lin"? I know that it is on a couple >websites, but I don't trust what I found, and there were two different "B" parts. I >want to know which version most people play. I want to teach it at a Scottish harp >course- it sounds great on the harp. > And is it contemporary, and if so who wrote it? And is it Irish or Scottish? > Thanks for the help! > > Sue Richards > > Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To >subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
The two traditional Scottish tunes in Bertrand Bronson's 'The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads', I, #39, are those in 'The Scots Musical Museum', V, #411, (with a text of the ballad) and another, "Janet of Carterhaugh", collected by Andrew Blakie, and taken from his MS, NLS MS 1578 (without a text of the ballad). Both are simple 8 measure vocal melodies. In addition, he gives a tune from Ireland and another from the USA. Bruce Olson -- Roots of Folk: Old British Isles popular and folk songs, tunes, broadside ballads at my no-spam website - www.erols.com/olsonw or just <A href="http://www.erols.com/olsonw";> Click </a> Motto: Keep at it; muddling through always works. Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
