I must have been tired as well--the Butterworth tune is indeed in major, and I can't think why I though differently last night! A mental flip to the Martin Carthy version, perhaps? At least my gaffe prompted you gaffers to listen up and provide the chords requested.

Carthy used a tune collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The liner notes for Shearwater state that Vaughan Williams recorded "this particular version ... from an old man in Hampshire and subsequently had great difficulty in transcribing it, so what he wrote is probably only the merest sketch of the tune." Is this the David Clemens tune sometimes mentioned?

What version did Rose base his version on that he'd have had to modify the tune for concertina? Most collected variants are in major and have a simple and common harmonic structure well within the capabilities of the Anglo.

I hardly consider an octave and a half "operatic" or even uncommon, factoring in melodic variations; certainly no special challenge.


leeneia, please post the MIDI for the Cranstone tune.