Breabach also does this on their debut album, "The Big Spree" which is one of the best first albums from any group I've heard. Their tune sets made me think it was Battlefield Band at first. This is a beautiful waltz and song, it'd be great to have sheet music posted for it.
It's a lament, and certainly not a waltz. I'm not aware of any lyrics being associated with this tune, so I don't think it's a song, eother. The "Boys Of The Lough"'s version was excellent, and I'd recommend that to you. I'll look at the sleeve notes and post the information later.
From the "Boys of The Lough" LP sleeve notes :
"This serves as a good example of the interplay between the Scottish and Irish traditions. O'Neill maintained that it was written in the 17th century by the Cavan harper Myles O'Reilly. John Glen in "Early Scottish Melodies" 1900 argues strongly and convincingly of its' Scottish origins. In the final analysis, it matters little, except as an example of the difficulty in attempting to separate completely the two traditions.
The setting we play here is a great favourite among the Scottish pipers who use it as a funeral march....a lament."
Lochaber No More
Breabach also does this on their debut album, "The Big Spree" which is one of the best first albums from any group I've heard. Their tune sets made me think it was Battlefield Band at first. This is a beautiful waltz and song, it'd be great to have sheet music posted for it.
# Posted on August 28th 2009 by Silverwolff
Don't think so.....
It's a lament, and certainly not a waltz. I'm not aware of any lyrics being associated with this tune, so I don't think it's a song, eother. The "Boys Of The Lough"'s version was excellent, and I'd recommend that to you. I'll look at the sleeve notes and post the information later.
# Posted on August 28th 2009 by Kenny
Link to Track 11.....
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/33
# Posted on August 28th 2009 by Kenny
Lochaber No More
From the "Boys of The Lough" LP sleeve notes :
"This serves as a good example of the interplay between the Scottish and Irish traditions. O'Neill maintained that it was written in the 17th century by the Cavan harper Myles O'Reilly. John Glen in "Early Scottish Melodies" 1900 argues strongly and convincingly of its' Scottish origins. In the final analysis, it matters little, except as an example of the difficulty in attempting to separate completely the two traditions.
The setting we play here is a great favourite among the Scottish pipers who use it as a funeral march....a lament."
# Posted on August 29th 2009 by Kenny