Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on August 20th 2010 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as Lovely Nancy.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Charlie Stewart
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
dBd g3| efg dBG | BGG dBG | FGA ABc |
dBd g3| efg dBG | cde dBG |1 FEF G2 B :|2 FEF G2 A ||
BGG dGG | eGG dGG | BGG dBG | FGA ABc |
BGG dGG | eGG d2 c | BAG AGA |1 BGG G2 A :|2 BGG G3 ||
Gan Ainm - anyone recognise it ?
First jig in a set of 3 from a cassette tape of a recording of students of the "West Clare School of Music", made in 1993. Searched here on some of the "abc" fragments but couldn't find it - does anyone recognise it ?
# Posted on August 20th 2010 by Kenny
Could be this jig
I have tried to find a match in G with tunepal with no success. So I have tried in A, and I have got this as first choice:
X:165
T:Charlie Stewart
C:anon.
O:Ireland
B:Francis O'NeilL:"The Dance Music of Ireland" (1907) no. 165
R:Double jig
Z:Transcribed by Frank Nordberg - http://www.musicaviva.com
F:http://www.musicaviva.com/abc/tunes/ireland/oneill-1001/oneill-1001-0165.abc
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
d|cee Ace|dfa ecA|def ecA|GBB B2d|dee efg|agf ecA|(f/g/a).f ecA|BAA A2:|
|:d|cAA eAA|(f/g/a).f ecA|cAA eAA|GBB B2d|cAA eAA|(f/g/a).f ecA|agf eac|B
AA A2:|
W:
W:
W:From Musica Viva - http://www.musicaviva.com
W:the Internet center for free sheet music downloads.
It looks very much like an advanced version of the proposed tuned. I suspect that it was transposed and simplified for educational reasons ...
Note that the 2nd choice from TunePal is :
X:5134
T:Charlie Mack's
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:Amaj
|:cee a2e|faf ecA|def ecA|GBB B2e|
cee a2e|faf ecA|def ecA|BAA A3:|
|:cAA eAA|fAA eAA|cAA eAA|GBB B2e|
cAA eAA|fef efg|agf eAc|BAA A3:|
Very similar too ...
Emmanuel
# Posted on August 22nd 2010 by Emmanuel Delahaye
Lovely Nancy
Kenny, I found one online ABC collection which identifies the A major setting of this exact tune as "Lovely Nancy":
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/djfoster/Tunebooks/MESS2.abc
The Charlie Stewart / Charlie Mack's variant is in Ryan's / Cole's under the title "Prince Charles". Also listed as "Prince Charles [2]" in the Fiddler's Companion.
I suspect these A settings started out as piping tunes in A Mix that were later prettified. The change to G is common enough when these A tunes move west to the next island.
The |cAA eAA| etc. figure also reminds me of The Tripper's that I posted here a few months ago, and that you (Kenny) and I discussed at the time. But I suppose it's a common enough figure not to make any assumptions.
# Posted on September 2nd 2010 by Rumgut