Since we're pretty much off the original subject anyway (Thanks Nigel for
posting "Scott Skinner's Rocking Step;" it's a great tune and seems to me to
fit the HD rocking step perfectly), can anyone help me make sense of the
Scottish Country Dance title "The Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow?"
FWIW -
The tune you provided below is not the same as the version provided
in any of the Lomax references I have. The same tune, of course, but
your's in more "musically complex" than either of the Lomax's.
John
X:01
T:Streets of Laredo
B:
Z:
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
D|d4 c B|c2 d3 c
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
stan reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"Pickle" is still in common usage in many parts of Scotland, but now
simply means a small amount of anything, not just grain...
Hi Stan. The old Scots saying "Mony a pickle maks a muckle" for some
reason underwent a
John Erdman wrote:
FWIW -
The tune you provided below is not the same as the version provided
in any of the Lomax references I have. The same tune, of course, but
your's in more "musically complex" than either of the Lomax's.
Phillips Barry in BFSSNE, 1934, misquoted the title of "The
John Erdman wrote:
FWIW -
The tune you provided below is not the same as the version provided
in any of the Lomax references I have. The same tune, of course, but
your's in more "musically complex" than either of the Lomax's.
John
X:01
T:Streets of Laredo
B:
Z:
M:3/4
L:1/8
