Tune Req: Queen of Sluts

29 Apr 01 - 02:27 PM (#451624)
Subject: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Banjo-Flower

can anyone please supply me with the music for the tune"Queen of sluts" cheers Banjo-Flower

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29 Apr 01 - 06:42 PM (#451738)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Skipjack K8

Strewth, Banj! You know how to pull 'em in! Who bears this crown?

Skipjack

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30 Apr 01 - 01:51 AM (#451916)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Bruce O.

"The Queen of Sluts" is a song (claimed from recitation), with no tune noted, in Chamber's 'The Scottish Songs'. It looks like a parody of Child #277, "The wife wrapt in wether's skin".

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30 Apr 01 - 02:06 PM (#452255)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Banjo-Flower

Skipjack have you any nominations?

Banjo-Flower

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30 Apr 01 - 02:15 PM (#452264)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Clinton Hammond

Did the Queen Of Sluts once make some tarts?

;-)

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01 May 01 - 02:20 PM (#453095)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Fretless

And is the Queen related to Eskimo Nell or Kafoozalum?

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01 May 01 - 06:15 PM (#453274)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Abby Sale

Child thinks it's more closely related to "Kempy Kay" (King Knapperty) #33 and has a number of common verses with the much later "Queen" in Campbell. He suggests that it, in turn, may be derived from "The Marriage of Sir Gawain."

"Knapperty" is a favorite of mine (I have many favorites) and can be heard as sung by Martin Carthy on Crown of Horn. I can't be sure the tune would work for "Queen" but who knows?

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01 May 01 - 07:50 PM (#453342)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Malcolm Douglas

I'm still assuming we're talking about the dance tune, not the song?

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02 May 01 - 12:07 AM (#453508)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Bruce O.

Ah, I'm not the only one lost.

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02 May 01 - 10:56 AM (#453824)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Banjo-Flower

yes Malcolm,its the dance tune i need apparently it goes very well as a set with "Buttered Peas"

Banjo-Flower

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02 May 01 - 10:57 AM (#453825)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Banjo-Flower

yes Malcolm,its the dance tune i need apparently it goes very well as a set with "Buttered Peas"

Banjo-Flower

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02 May 01 - 10:58 AM (#453827)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Banjo-Flower

oops

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02 May 01 - 11:02 AM (#453831)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Anglo

Is that related to the "Jig of Sluts"? (Or was that the Jig of Slurs… those keys are so close together on my keyboard. :-)

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03 May 01 - 03:29 AM (#454518)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: georgeward

A "Jig of sluts". Would that be a term akin to "flock of sheep" or "herd of elephants" John ?

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03 May 01 - 07:13 AM (#454591)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Skipjack K8

Of which the vernacular is 'Lap Dancing'?

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03 May 01 - 10:14 AM (#454715)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Anglo

George, I think you're confusing the two meanings of "venery."

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04 May 01 - 02:26 AM (#455475)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: wysiwyg

!!!

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04 May 01 - 02:31 AM (#455482)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: georgeward

Susan speechless ?????

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05 May 01 - 02:18 PM (#456499)
Subject: Lyr Add: QUEEN OF SLUTS
From: Anglo

First, apologies for the thread creep, and (in the light of current forum discussions about general smartass and ego-enhancing comments on a serious music thread) apologies to those who simply want an abc of the "Queen of Sluts." Here, by way of explanation of the punning above is a reference to a book I remember from some years ago: James Lipton, AN EXALTATION OF LARKS or THE VENEREAL GAME: The authentic terms of Venery.

And here, by way of atonement, is an abc for the tune in question.

(More apologies may be in order - I don't know if I need to add html line breaks to an abc file. I did add them, so if there's a problem there, all I can say is oops.)

X:1
T:QUEEN OF SLUTS
C:from Raven: 1000 English Country Dance Tunes
M:2/4
L:1/4
K:g
g d/B/|c/d/e/f/|g d/d/|c/A/A|g d/B/|c/d/e/f/|g/b/a/f/|g g:|
|:a f/d/|a g/f/|e/f/g/a/|g/f/e/d/|d/B/c/d/|e/f/g/a/|g/f/e/d/|g z:|

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05 May 01 - 02:22 PM (#456503)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Anglo

Oops again, there should have been a rest at the end of the A part.

X:1 T:Queen of Sluts C:from Raven: 1000 English Country Dance Tunes M:2/4 L:1/4 K:g g d/B/|c/d/e/f/|g d/d/|c/A/A|g d/B/|c/d/e/f/|g/b/a/f/|g z:| |:a f/d/|a g/f/|e/f/g/a/|g/f/e/d/|d/B/c/d/|e/f/g/a/|g/f/e/d/|g z:|

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05 May 01 - 02:27 PM (#456504)
Subject: Tune Add: QUEEN OF SLUTS
From: Anglo

Oops yet again. Now I see that I not only needed to add the breaks the first time, but I needed to add them again; I can't just cut and paste from one post to another. So now I'm not only contributing to the delinquency of a thread by using it to show off my intellect and wit, I'm also using it to practice html.

X:1
T:Queen of Sluts
C:from Raven: 1000 English Country Dance Tunes
M:2/4
L:1/4
K:g
g d/B/|c/d/e/f/|g d/d/|c/A/A|g d/B/|c/d/e/f/|g/b/a/f/|g z:|
|:a f/d/|a g/f/|e/f/g/a/|g/f/e/d/|d/B/c/d/|e/f/g/a/|g/f/e/d/|g z:|

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16 May 01 - 08:05 PM (#464274)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: Malcolm Douglas

Now that I've finally got hold of the tune, I see that Anglo has already taken care of it.  I may as well just add that it immediately follows Buttered Peas in Mike Raven's book, and that is possibly the reason for BanjoFlower's friends playing them together.  For what it's worth, I've put a midi of it at the  South Riding Folk Network  site:

Queen of Sluts (Midi)

Malcolm

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17 May 01 - 04:18 PM (#464976)
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Queen of sluts
From: GUEST,Banjo-Flower

many thanks to everyone who replied to this thread

cheers

Banjo-Flower

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