City Of Savannah

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 22nd 2003 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 64 tunebooks.

Also known as The City Of Savannah.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• About Time by Stevie Dunne
• Blowing Through The Reeds by Steve Shaw And Martin Cole
• Ceol Sidhe by Micheal O HEidhin
• Come West Along The Road by Brian O'Connor
• Heatin' Up The Hall by Yankee Ingenuity
• I Will If I Can by John Carty
• Kist O' Gold by Dick Gaughan
• Regrouped by Boys Of The Lough
• Stony Steps by Matt Molloy
• The Kitchen Recordings by Sean O'Driscoll And Larry Egan
• The Surprise by Pauline Cato And Tom McConville
• The Tie That Binds by Joe Derrane
• The Tie That Binds by Various Artists
• Whistle O'er The Lave O't by Alex Green

X: 1
T: City Of Savannah
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
FG|(3ABA FA df af | ga ba gf ed |
cd ed (3cec Bc | AB GA (3FAF G^G |
(3ABA GA df af | ga ba gf ed |
cb ag (3fef Bc | (3dcd fe d2 :|
|:cd|(3efe ce ae c'e | be ^ge ae be |
(3efe ce ae c'e | be ^ge a2 f=g |
(3aba ga ea ca | (3aba fa da Aa |
(3gag Bg (3fgf Af | eA Bc d2:|

Composer : Frank Livingston
Transcription : g.m.p.

# Posted on April 22nd 2003 by gian marco

Irish Traditional?

I was wondering why this tune is in here. It didn't particularly sound Irish Traditional to me but I decided that I don't care.

I like it for what it is. Thanks.

# Posted on April 24th 2003 by Mark Cordova

City of Savannah

Matt Molloy recorded this tune, I think.

I think it was on the Stoney Steps(?) album, but I'm not sure.

# Posted on April 24th 2003 by Jeremy

City of Savannah

Matt Molloy recorded it on "Stony Steps"
Joe Derrane in "The Tie That Binds"
Brian O'Connor in "Come West Along The Road"
Frank Ferrel in "Yankee Dreams"

# Posted on April 25th 2003 by gian marco

In the 4th bar os the 2nd part the first "g" only is sharp.

# Posted on April 25th 2003 by gian marco

Matt Molloy's City of Savannah

Mark Cordoba , try this:

Source : Matt Molloy's "Stony Steps"
Transcription : g.m.p.

dB|AD FA df af|ga ba gf ed|cd ed cd Bd|~A2 ^GA =GA FG|
~A2 FA df af|gz ba gf ed|cd Bd AF GE|FA Ec d2:|f2|:
e2 ce ae c'e|be ^ge ae c'e|fe ce ac' ea|^gb e^g a2 ba|
~a3 ^ga =ge c'a|~a2 ge fd az|(3gag ~A2 (3faf ~A2|(3eae (3ABc d2:|

# Posted on April 25th 2003 by gian marco

City of Savannah

Think about the title, this is an American tune.
However, the Session is not entirely devoted to Irish tunes, so it has its place here still.
I know the tune has been Irishised by some performers but the original is a late Nineteeth century stage hornpipe like President Garfield and most of the James Hill compositions. They were written for performance in vaudeville/music halls and sound more like Tyneside hornpipes than anything else, though there are good examples from Dublin, London and the States. They would usually be performed on violin or concertina.
Key points of stage hornpipes are lots of dotting, lots of syncopations and flasshy quaver runs. Playing them in the more flattened Irish style loses a lot of the characteristics
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North

# Posted on April 27th 2003 by noelbats

City of savannah

I seem to recall this tune was named after a steamship, which may or may not have been American. Doesn't mean that the tune is. The "Graf Spee " isn't German ! I know that English concertina player Alistair Anderson recorded it, but I don't have that record any more. Anyone else any information on this ?

# Posted on April 27th 2003 by Kenny

City of savannah

p.s- - Gian Marco has the composeras one Frank Livingston - was he American ?

# Posted on April 27th 2003 by Kenny

The City Of Savannah

The City Of Savannah wasn't a steamship,it was a Confederate frigate during the American civil war.Aly Bain recorded it without the g sharp in the fourth bar,like this cd Bc A2 FG. David Meredith

# Posted on March 1st 2003 by dafydd

City of Savannah

Steve Shaw, does a great virsion of this on a harnmonica, on his CD " Blowing in the Reeds"

# Posted on February 16th 2005 by Ozark Doyle

Savannah, Georgia

The City is also 'Savannah' in Georgia in the Southeast USA, just above that popular trailer park, swamp and Disney World called 'Florida'. Savannah was a cultural centre for the South in the 19th Century and it can still hold its own...and there's damned good fishing along the Savannah River... There is a lot of beauty there if you want a change from the usual Florida holiday. While Aberystwyth is the centre of the world for some, Savannah is for others.

"Frankly my dear, I ~ " What did Rhet Butler really say?

# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan

Savannah was a place of music and dance in its time...still is...

# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan

City of Savannah

There's a great Session at Murphy's Law Pub in Savannah on Sunday nights 7:30 to 9:30. Matt Malloy has been to Savannah many times. It maybe where he got the name Stony Steps for his album.

# Posted on July 27th 2006 by teryalts

In his album Matt Malloy gives reference to Savannah as the first steamship to cross the Atlantic http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9369/Savannah.htm. Where the "City of" gets into the picture must belong to another explanation IMHO.

# Posted on July 23rd 2007 by FiddleTramp

City of Savannah

Here's where "City of" gets into the picture, hmv.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/c-savan.htm

# Posted on July 23rd 2007 by ʎɹoʇısuɐɹʇ

City of Savannah

I was brushing up on this today and would like to add the version I have known for years.

X: 1
T: City Of Savannah
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
(3FG^G|(3ABA FA dfaf|gaba gfed|cded cdBc|ABGA FE (3FG^G |
(3ABA FA dfaf|gaba gfed|cbag fABc|(3dcd fe ~d2:||
|:(3cd^d|(3efe ce aec'e|be^ge aec'e|(3efe ce aec'e|be^ge ~a2 a^g |
(3aba ga ea ~A2|(3aba fa daAf|(3gag Bg (3fgf Af |(3efe Bc ~d2:||

# Posted on June 1st 2009 by AngusF