X:1
T:Beauties of the Ballroom
C:Traditional
S:Jerry Holland's First Collection
Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick"at"astound"dot"net> 10-31-04
M:6/8
R:Jig
N:from Master Cape Breton Fiddler, 1982
K:Amin
efe edc|BcA ^G2E|ABc TdBG|1A3 Acd:|2A3 A2|:B|c2 c' c'ba|
gea Tg2e|TcBc age|dec TB2 G|TcBc dcd|edc BAG|Afe dcB|1A3 A2:|2A3 {e}"o"a3||
|:A,B,A, A,B,D|E3 {E^F}G3|G,A,G, G,2B,|{B,C}D3 {D}E3|A,B,A, A,B,D|E3
{^FG}A3|(4G^FED {F}G2B,|1A,3 {^FG}A3:|2A,3 A,2|]
Here it is; enjoy! That "o" chord marking at the end of the 2nd line is
supposed to denote an open harmonic for the a; he indicates a slide using
the 4th finger up from the e. I'm not sure if there's a way to show that in
abc. -Steve
Eva Aralikatti wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> thanks for digging this out for me.
>
> Yes, I can handle abc, but donīt have a copy of Jerry Hollandīs books... I
> usually search via google and cranfordīs comes up if itīs there....
>
> some how the lads of leith donīt seem to fit ....
>
> I would be awfully greatful to you for a trnascribtion into abc....
>
> I just looked all over cranfordīs site- canīt find the tune though .....
>
> Eva
>
> At 21:31 31.10.2004, you wrote:
>> It's in Jerry Holland's (First) Collection. I can't remember, Eva; can you
>> handle ABC? If so I can transcribe it from the collection for you if nobody
>> else has it handy. His notes say "First published in a G minor setting as
>> The Lads of Leith in James Oswald's 'The Caledonian Pocket Companion (circa
>> 1747). Later adapted as a song by Robert Burns. The A minor setting was
>> introduced to the Cape Breton repertoire by Little Jack MacDonald."
>>
>> BTW, did you check Cranford's site at www.cranfordpub.com? They have a lot
>> of abcs online for CB tunes that I don't think get indexed by JC's. -Steve
>>
>>
>> Eva Aralikatti wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there!
>>>
>>> does anyone by any chance have the sheetmusic of "the beauties of the
>>> ballroom" of the version that Jerry Holland plays on "Master Cape Breton
>>> Fiddler"...?
>>>
>>> Iīm having a tough time figuring it out....
>>> supposedly itīs also called "the lads of leith", but both versions of that
>>> tune which found on the internet do not match Jerry Hollandīs playing at
>>> all....
>>>
>>> thanks a million!
>>>
>>> Eva
>>
>>
>> --
>> Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California
>>
>>
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