Jack Campin wrote:
[re Circus Tunes]
Absolutely *not* performable by lady fiddlers in tight bodices and
short skirts balanced on one shapely leg on horseback, if that's what
you're imagining.
This is most disappointing.
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Nigel Gatherer, Crieff, Scotland
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This is a nice wee tune, but it did not have a B part - anyone know it?
X:318
T:Gaelic Air
D:Wick S.C.D., The Sound of the North (1970)
O:Scotland
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A mixolydian
e|AAAB e2 dB|A2 GA BAAB|ddde d2 BA|GGGA GE DE|
g2 gf|edeg edBd|e2 ag e2 dB|A2 ed BAA:|
--
Nigel
Anyone come across this tune before?
X:317
T:Tinker's Horse, The
D:Wick S.C.D., The Sound of the North (1970)
O:Scotland
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
EF|AAAE c2 BA|BABc B2 cd|eefe c2 BA|F4 Ed cd|
eefe c2 BA|BABc B2 EF|AABc B2 AF|E4 E2:|
cd|eefe c2 BA|BABc B2 cd|eefe c2 BA|F4 Ed cd|
eefe c2
A couple more tunes from The Wick Scottish Country Dance Band - I
wonder if anyone can decipher the Gaelic for me? Addie Harper's
Hawaiian guitar has to be heard to be believed! He plays a mean tenor
banjo
X:320
T:Innis Dhombs' Ca'l Cadal
D:Wick S.C.D., The Sound of the North (1970)
O:Scotland
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 12:52:27 + (GMT), Nigel Gatherer wrote:
Anyone come across this tune before?
T:Tinker's Horse, The
snipped ABCs
Er, Nigel...sound to me like a speeded up version of MacPherson's Lament.
(Should have named the tune Fiddlewhacker's Reel)
Jeri
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This is a nice wee tune, but it did not have a B part - anyone know it?
X:318
T:Gaelic Air
D:Wick S.C.D., The Sound of the North (1970)
O:Scotland
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A mixolydian
e|AAAB e2 dB|A2 GA BAAB|ddde d2 BA|GGGA GE DE|
g2 gf|edeg edBd|e2 ag e2 dB|A2 ed BAA:|
I've
Jack suggested:
I've encountered that one before - Patrick MacDonald maybe? - and I don't
think it's got a second part. It's My Braw Highland Laddie in Kerr's
volume 1 p.47 (theirs uses more f's, yours is nearly pentatonic).
Now well known as the Wee Hieland Laddie.
Below is how I tend to
Jeri Corlew wrote:
snipped ABCs
Er, Nigel...sound to me like a speeded up version of MacPherson's
Lament. (Should have named the tune Fiddlewhacker's Reel)
Gosh, you're right. I've been playing all afternoon, and while I
thought I recognised it I certainly didn't place it. Well done, Jeri!
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 18:22:29 + (GMT), you wrote:
Jeri Corlew wrote:
snipped ABCs
Er, Nigel...sound to me like a speeded up version of MacPherson's
Lament. (Should have named the tune Fiddlewhacker's Reel)
Gosh, you're right. I've been playing all afternoon, and while I
thought I
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