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04 Jun 00 - 04:39 PM (#238174) Subject: The water dog's hole From: GUEST,Liz the Squeak Otherwise known as the Otters' Holt or variations on that theme (the water dog being the otter). It's a lovely tune, sorry I can't reproduce it here, but I have a vague and distant memory of it being done as a lament, with words to it. Something about the hunting of the otter with otterhounds, it was a lament on the decline of both dog and otter. Probably making this up out of a drunken recollection or a dream from a former life, but what the heck, it can't hurt to ask can it?! Thanks, LTS |
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04 Jun 00 - 05:03 PM (#238180) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The water dog's hole From: Pene Azul There's a page with the tune here with a link to a MIDI. PA |
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04 Jun 00 - 05:08 PM (#238181) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The water dog's hole From: GUEST,Liz the Squeak Yes, that's the one,thanks; but it was sung at about a quarter of the speed......!!! Now, any words to it around please?? LTS
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04 Jun 00 - 05:16 PM (#238184) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The water dog's hole From: Pene Azul There's a 5+ Mb .zip of MP3s of it with other songs on this page. I haven't listened to it so I don't know if it has vocals. Still looking... PA |
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05 Apr 03 - 01:54 AM (#926546) Subject: Tune Add: THE OTTER'S HOLT From: Jim Dixon According to this page "The Otter's Holt" was written by Martin Crehan. Other sources say it's by Junior Crehan. A Dutch band called "Fling" has a very nice instrumental medley called "The Cat's Whiskers/Otter's Holt" on their album "The Blackbird" which you can find at their website here. (To play an mp3 sound sample, click here.) I recognize the tune as the same one that Andy M. Stewart used for his charming song "Take Her in Your Arms" -- which has nothing to do with otters. Here's a tune that I copied from http://www.cnnw.net/~oneil/o.html#12 X: T:Otter's Holt, The T:Poll an Madra Uisce S:irtrad-l, Ethan Hack, 10/94 D:Bothy Band: "Old Hag You Have Killed Me" N:3rd tune in the "Music in the Glen" Set N:In Bulmer and Sharpley as "the Aughdarra" M:C| K:Bm fBBA FEFB|A2 FB ABde|fBBA FEFA|B2BA B2de|fBBA FEFB|A2FB ABde|f2af effe| [1dBAF B2de:| [2dBAF B3A|:d3f a2fa|bfaf effe|d3f a2fa|bfaf e2fe|d3f a2fa|bfaf efde|fBBA FEFA| ABBA B3a:| Sorry, I haven't found any evidence of any lyrics to go with this tune -- other than Stewart's |
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05 Apr 03 - 07:12 PM (#926911) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The water dog's hole From: Malcolm Douglas See also the entries at The Fiddler's Companion: Water Dog |