Sweet Afton - which tune?

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 04 Jan 19 - 02:43 PM

Leeneia's MIDI posted in her message above. Please let me know if you have trouble downloading it. It's in a new directory/folder on my Website, and I may not have the permissions set right.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: leeneia
Date: 04 Jan 19 - 03:30 PM

Thanks, Joe. It seems fine. I played it and it went into Noteworthy perfectly.

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 26 Sep 21 - 06:54 PM

Here's a YouTube of an interesting version by Nickel Creek? I swear the tune sounds like "Puff the Magic Dragon." A post above says the tune was written by mandolin wizard Chris Thille.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJXDbR2zKy4

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 27 Sep 21 - 07:11 AM

As a postscript to that Burns Night in 2019, where we played the 4 tunes, one of our audience, who comes from Glasgow (or maybe Paisley??) stated very firmly that "the original tune" was best - by which he meant the Hume tune: he just wouldn't have it that that wasn't the original!!

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 27 Sep 21 - 07:35 AM

https://youtu.be/CIA44GI_3T8    Nelson Eddysings 'SweetAfton'

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: leeneia
Date: 27 Sep 21 - 11:49 AM

Thanks for the links. Joe, that's a pretty tune. The beginning of it does sound like the second line of Puff. "Little Jackie Paper..."

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
From: Jim McLean
Date: 22 Jan 22 - 12:07 PM

Just noticed this thread again and noticed Dick Gaughan was singing to the melody of The Bard of Armagh/Road and the Miles tae Dundee/Bold Robert Emmet/Streets of Laredo…….

Subject: RE: Sweet Afton - which tune?
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