Origins: My Love Is But a Lassie Yet + Dark Girl

Subject: Origins: My Love is but a Lassi & The Dark Girl
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Jun 09 - 09:56 AM

We were playing a few tunes last night & I recorded these two:

'My Love is but a Lassie Yet' & 'The Dark Girl Dressed in Blue'

Kathleen Smyth Fiddling on the Causeway Coast.

Now I had always thought of these two tunes as being Scottish, but I understand that many people claim they are from the South of England, others the North of England & yet more think of them as Irish.

Does anyone here have the answer?

Cheers
Dick

Subject: RE: Origins: My Love is but a Lassi & The Dark Girl
From: meself
Date: 02 Jun 09 - 10:04 AM

No - but your "My Love is But a Lassie Yet" is a different tune from the one I know by that title. Maybe that's why there's some disagreement - people are talking about different tunes with the same title ... Anyway - good tunes!

Subject: RE: Origins: My Love is but a Lassi & The Dark Girl
From: meself
Date: 02 Jun 09 - 10:05 AM

Doesn't that title - "My Love is ... " - come from lyrics that Burns put to the (or a) tune?

Subject: RE: Origins: My Love is but a Lassi & The Dark Gir
From: GUEST,julia
Date: 02 Jun 09 - 01:56 PM

That first tune is "Farewell to Whisky" by 18th century Scottish Fiddler Neil Gow.It is usually played as an air

There is an Irish tune called "My Love is a Lass", but I don't reacll it sounding like "My Love is bust a Lassie yet"

cheers- Julia