Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl

Subject: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: GUEST,Ardgregan
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 05:12 PM

My Mother sings an old song that her Uncle Jack used to sing called The Auld Plaid Shawl. I'm just learning to fiddle and would like to get the sheet music for this old song if anybody has it. You can contact me at [e-mail]

Thanks

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: Mbo
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 05:29 PM

Oh NO! Not my "Ould Plaid Shawl"? Please don't tell me I'm a ripoff artist! The one that starts "Down bu old Kinavara, in the merry month of May..."?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: MMario
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 05:32 PM

there is one tune here

but I don't know if it's the right one.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: Pinetop Slim
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 06:26 PM

Mbo, is that a song about the Old Plaid Shawl pub in Kinvara?

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: Mbo
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 06:28 PM

No...

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: GUEST,Bruce O
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 08:10 PM

Words and music in Levy sheet music collection (Mudcat's Links). Search on 'plaid shawl'.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: Mbo
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 08:49 PM

Well don't that beat all! The song in the Levy collection has lyrics by Francis Fahy, who wrote the poem "The Ould Plaid Shawl" that I put to music. But while the general subject and the title are the same, they are completely different. Maybe he wasn't so happy with his poem version and decided on a broad adaptation for the song version. Phew! My honor remains intact! And pssssst...my version is more fun to sing!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Auld Plaid Shawl
From: wysiwyg
Date: 22 Feb 00 - 09:32 PM

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