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20 Apr 11 - 08:13 AM (#3138890) Subject: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: GUEST,LDT (title is a misquote from a comedy show...points for anyone who guesses it) Anyway back to the matter in hand. I'm looking for Tunes that span the traditions. Ones that come up in many traditions. I would like to learn them so wherever type of session I go to I can play at least one tune. Only one I can think of is soldiers joy. Anyone got any others? |
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20 Apr 11 - 04:52 PM (#3139225) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: Little Robyn How about Davy nick nack? |
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20 Apr 11 - 05:18 PM (#3139245) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: michaelr Red Haired Boy comes to mind. |
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20 Apr 11 - 06:11 PM (#3139281) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: Little Robyn 100 Pipers The girl I left behind me(Blyth Camps)(Brighton Camp)(Stringybark and greenhide) Rosin the beau(Acres of clams) A ship in full sail Villikens and his Dinah(folk tune #1)(Toorali oorali oorali ay) Starry night to ramble Off she goes(Humpty Dumpty) Napoleon crossing the Rhine(Hot Asphalt) Little old log cabin(Little old sod shanty)(Dugout in Matruh) Hieland Laddie(Riding on a donkey) Kafoozalum(Sherrifmuir)(Devil's song) Ten thousand miles away(Walloping window blind) Blarney Roses(Lakes of Pontchartrain)(Stonewall of the west)(Lily of the West - almost) Camptown Races One morning in May(Patriot game)(God on our side) Cushy Butterfield(Polly Perkins)(One of the hasbeens) Darling Nellie Gray(Maggie May)(Keep your feet still Geordie Hinnie) Boys of Bluehill(Beaux of Oak Hill) Old Joe Clark Kelvin Grove(The shearin's no' for you)(Tak the buckles frae your shoon bonny lassie-o) Is that enough to keep you going for awhile? Robyn - with help from Mitch |
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20 Apr 11 - 06:20 PM (#3139289) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: Little Robyn How about Fairy Dance(Old Molly Hare)(Feathers) Red haired boy is also Little beggarman, Gilderoy, Down in the coalmine and Here come the Navvys. Robyn |
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20 Apr 11 - 06:32 PM (#3139301) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: ClaireBear One much-documented one is the six-note playground tune that is the first line of "Ring around the Rosey." |
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21 Apr 11 - 04:11 AM (#3139497) Subject: RE: Tune Req: Tradition Spanners From: GUEST,LDT I think I'm gonna have to remember what name fits with which tradition. lol! |