Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on December 26th 2009 by chris stolz.
This tune has been added to 39 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Swallow's Tail (Dervish And Travelers' Version), The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Ador
e2eg eA~A2|eAfA g2ga|gedB dG~G2|BGBd g2fg|
egfg eA~A2|eAfA g3a|bagb aged|egdB A2Bd:|
e2a2 aged|B/c/d ef g2ga|gedB dG~G2|BGBd g2fg|
ea~a2 aged|B/c/d ef g3a|bagb aged|e/f/g dB A2Bd:|
Same name new tune
This is a significantly different version of the tune, one which Dervish plays on "Spirit." The Dervish version plays the tune through a couple of times one octave lower and then kicks up for the climactic section.
# Posted on December 26th 2009 by chris stolz
Someone already transcribed this version from the same source 5 years ago: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/105/comments#comment50619
And here's a similar version in Edor: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9408
# Posted on December 26th 2009 by slainte
Thanks!
Slainte-- thanks for adding that. I posted this version it because, when I found the ABCs on another version, they
a) didn't work-- a piece of code was missing
b) are nmto helpful to those who do not read ABC; dots are better.
Edor sounds amazing...too bad nobody around here plays it in that key!
chris
# Posted on January 6th 2010 by chris stolz
Cheers, Chris, for reminding me of Dervish's version of this tune. I don't have the band's recording, but have wanted to learn their version after hearing it in sessions.
I recently found basically the same version of this tune on Paddy Keenan's self-titled recording: http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/444 It's actually Paddy's brother Thomas Keenan that plays it on the recording, and I suspect that's Dervish's source of the tune.
# Posted on January 7th 2010 by slainte
The Swallow's Tail
A clip of a girl playing a very similar version: http://comhaltas.ie/music/detail/comhaltaslive_285_6_clodagh_holland
# Posted on January 7th 2010 by slainte