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Thread #19113 Message #4133002
Posted By: Levana Taylor
20-Jan-22 - 02:12 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Brimbledon Fair / Young Ramble-Away
Subject: RE: Origins: Brimbledon Fair / Young Ramble-Away
@Guest (11:04 AM) Which version??? ... Because I enjoy analyzing, here's chords of three quite different guitar accompaniments from my library.
Waterson:Carthy (vocals: Norma, guitar: Martin) have a version that starts "As I was going to Bucklington Fair." Martin's chords, first verse only -- you transcribe the variations:
T:Rambleaway N:As recorded by Waterson:Carthy on "Common Tongue" M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=60 K:Gmaj "G" d | B2 G/2G/2 | G F G | B c "C" d | e2 g/2g/2 | e d B | "G" d e d | w:As I was a-go-ing to Buck-ling-ton Fair In his fine scar-let ja-cket and B G G | G2 "C" z/2 d/2 | e2 f | "D" g a g | f d e | f2 z/2 f/2 | w:ev-ry-thing rare E-nough to 'tice all the young girls that day When f f f | "G" g f e | d B G | "C" (e d c) | "G" B G F | G2 z | w:they set their eyes on young Ram-ble-a-way__ Ram-ble-a-way "C" d d e | "G" B2 d | "C" e f e | "G" d B d | c B "D" A | "G" G2 || w:Ram-ble-a-way When they set their eyes on young Ram-ble-a-way
Here's Gordon Bok's, a different melody:
T:Ramble Away N:As recorded by Gordon Bok on "A Rogue's Gallery of Songs for 12-String" M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=48 K:F#min c | "F#m" c>c f | "A" e c B | A>B c | "Bm" B2 z | z2 A/2B/2 w:As I was a-wal-king down Bir-ming-ham Street In my "A" c f f | e c B | "F#m" A B c | "Bm" B2 z | z2 z/2 B/2 | w:new scar-let ja-cket all neat and com-plete The "A" c c c | (c<B) A | "C#m" G G>F | G2 z | z2 c/2c/2 w:young girls all smiled_ as they passed me by Say-ing "A" c2 c/2c/2 | c/2c/2 B "E" A | E F>G | "F#m" F3 | z2 || w:one to a-no-ther there goes Ram-ble-a-way
Pete Harris has much the same melody as Gordon Bok but an entirely different accompaniment:
T:Rambleaway N:As recorded by Pete Harris on "The Widow's Promise" M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=40 K:Dmin "A" z/2 G/2 | "Dm" A>A "Am" d | "F" c<AG | "Bb" F>GA | "C" G z z2 | z2 z F/2G/2 | w:As I was a-wal-king down Bir-ming-ham Street In my "Dm" A A "Am" d | "F" c<A G | "Bb" FG>A | "C" G z z2 | z2 z z/2 G/2 | w:new scar-let ja-cket so neat and com-plete The "Dm" A>B A | "F" (A<F) z/2 D/2 | D "Bb" E>F | "A" E2 z2 | z2 z z/2 G/2 | w:girls they all said_ as I passed them by Are "Dm" A>A "Am" B | "F" A G A | "C" C D>E | "Dm" D2 z | "F" z3 | "C" z3 | "Dm" z3 | "Am" z3 | "A" z2 :| w:you the young man they call Ram-ble-a-way?