Tune Req: Old Ninety Eight

Subject: Old Ninety Eight
From:
Date: 13 Jan 03 - 01:17 PM

I vaguely remember that there's an old dance tune called Old 98 -- or thereabouts. I can't remember the tune -- and can't find the dots.
Can anyone help ?

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Schantieman
Date: 13 Jan 03 - 01:18 PM

Peter Bellamy song 'On Board a Ninety Eight' ?

Steve

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Bert
Date: 13 Jan 03 - 10:37 PM

Er, Old 97 is thereabouts to Old 98;-)

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Schantieman
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 05:07 AM

They gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia
On board a Ninety Eight

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: ced2
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 05:18 AM

Oh No! they didn't tip the next one off the tracks too did they?

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 07:55 AM

Oh, no, a ship-of-line sunk by a train. We have here the makings of another fine historical ballad. All aboard! Walk the plank, or whatever! Two-six, two-six!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 09:38 AM

Just as long as it's not three-five, three-five!

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Dead Horse
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 10:38 AM

Clear the decks, let the bulgine run!

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Schantieman
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 10:47 AM

There's go to be a song in here somewhere....

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From:
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 07:21 PM

No it's not the Pete Bellamy song -- I know that one -- it's a tune used, I think, for NW Morris -- thought it might be good to play after the Pete Bellamy "On board of a 98"

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Charley Noble
Date: 14 Jan 03 - 08:01 PM

Damn, and we was having so much fun!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble, enjoying a glass from a bottle of '98

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Mitch the Bass
Date: 15 Jan 03 - 07:46 AM

Old 98 is also know as Gisburn Processional. This is because when Karples (I think) recorded morris at Gisburn, Yorkshire, this is the tune they used. Is subsequently turned up as a fairly common tune at other places.

In abc notation it looks like this-

X: 1
T:Gisburn Processional
M:6/8
K:G
dc|B2B BAB|d2B BAB|c2e g2e|d2B BAB|
c2A AGA|B2G G2B|A2B A2B|A2d d2c|
B2B BAB|d2B BAB|c2e g2e|d2B BAB|
c2A AGA|B2G G2F|E2e d2c|B2G G||
Bc|d2c Bcd|e2f g2a|2a gfe|d2B Bcd|
e2e ecA|d2d dBG|c2A B2G|F2A d2c|
B2B BAB|d2B BAB|c2e g2e|d2B BAB|
c2A AGA|B2G G2F|E2e d2c|B2G G||


Mitch

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: mouldy
Date: 16 Jan 03 - 03:48 AM

The one I immediately thought of is the Old 95th, (once used as a march past by the territorial regiments of the Sherwood Foresters), used in NW Morris a lot and is also sometimes known as "John of Paris" and "Ninety Five". It's in Mally's NW book as "John of Paris", the name it is more often found under for NW Morris, and crops up quite regularly in other books too.

Andrea

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From: Mitch the Bass
Date: 16 Jan 03 - 05:29 AM

Andrea,

my mistake, I meant 95 not 98 in my earlier post about Gisburn.

Mitch

Subject: RE: Old Ninety Eight
From:
Date: 16 Jan 03 - 01:21 PM

Thanks Mitch -- I think that's the tune I vaguely remembered -- if I'm out by three well, what the hell. I think it fits nicely on the end of the "on board of a 98" song -- both by continuing the joke -- the song end "damn it, I'm too old to sing, I'm nearly 98" -- and musically. Tho as I play anglo concertina my views of what works musically may be a little excentric.
Also, my thanks to the other contributors.