Margaret's

waltz

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on May 20th 2003 by LH.

This tune has been added to 201 tunebooks.

Also known as Margaret's.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 12 Little Devils by The Pack
• 19P by Dennis Botzer And Patrick Cavanagh
• Aly Bain And Young Champions by Aly Bain And Young Champions
• Another Musical Interlude by Aly Bain And Phil Cunningham
• Cape Breton Tradition by Buddy MacMaster
• Clear The Dresser And Take The Floor by Emerald Ceili Band
• Dance Music Of Ireland: Volume 10 by Matt Cunningham
• First Album by Aly Bain
• Grá Dá Raibh by The Fuchsia Band
• Harmonica Violon by Jean Sabot
• Harpbreakers by Sileas
• Legend Of The Fiddle - The Ian Powrie Story by Ian Powrie
• Live At Carnegie Hall by Boys Of The Lough
• Lively Steps by Jerry Holland
• Mapless Journey by Kathy Buys
• Set The Sails by Bantry Bay
• The Best Of Aly Bain by Aly Bain
• The Celts Rise Again by Various Artists
• The First Month Of Summer by Buttons And Bows
• The Journey Home by Banish Misfortune
• The Orkney Fiddler by Fiona Driver
• Three Colours Ginger by Brongaene Griffin With Gerry O'Beirne And Kevin Burke

X: 1
T: Margaret's
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
GE|:D3 EGA|{A}B4 GB|AG E2 GB|A4 GE|
D3 EGA|Bd3 GA|B2B2A2|1 G4 GE:|2 G4 Bc||
d2 e2 f2|g2 f2 g2|ed c2 e2|d4 BA|
G3 A Bc|d2 B2 d2|ed c2 B2|A4 Bc|
d2 e2 f2|g2 f2 e2|d2 c2 B2|A4 GE|
D3 EGA|Bd3 GA|B2 B2 A2|G6||

Margaret's Waltz

Composer Pat Shuldham Shaw
History Shetland

This waltz is more commonly played in C and D rather than in G.

# Posted on May 20th 2003 by LH

I've heard it played most often in A.

# Posted on May 20th 2003 by Dr. Dow

Margaret's key

I agree with Dow. Nearly always played in A in Scotland. I believe that's the key it was composed in , but there's nothing wrong with changing it if you want to.

# Posted on May 20th 2003 by Kenny

Margaret's Waltz

I've never seen this tune in any other key but A & I've played it for ....14 years or so. Nice wee tune, I think it's well known for being a tune Aly Bain plays.

# Posted on May 23rd 2003 by eilidhthefiddler

Margaret's Waltz in A

X: 1
T: Margaret's Waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K:A
AF|:E3 FAB|{B}c4 Ac|BA F2 Ac|B4 AF|
E3 FAB|ce3 AB|c2c2B2|1 A4 AF:|2 A4 cd||
e2 f2 g2|a2 g2 a2|fe d2 f2|e4 cB|
A3 B cd|e2 c2 e2|fe d2 c2|B4 cd|
e2 f2 g2|a2 g2 f2|e2 d2 c2|B4 AF|
E3 FAB|ce3 AB|c2 c2 B2|A6||

# Posted on October 6th 2007 by Will Harmon

G & A ~

It also gets air in G, for example amongst the contra and country dance circuit across North America...

# Posted on October 6th 2007 by ceolachan

I "learn't" it from an old Kentucky fiddler (used to play with Bill Monroe) in D.

# Posted on February 27th 2008 by daddae

"Margaret's Waltz" ~ C: Pat Shuldham Shaw, 1959

X: 3
T: Margaret's Waltz
C: Pat Shuldham Shaw, 1959
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Gmaj
|: G>E |\
D2- D>E G>A | B4 G>B | A>G E2 G2 | A4 (3AGE |
D2- D>E G>A | B>c d2 G>A | B4 (3ABA | G4 :|
B>c |\
d2 e2 f2 | g2 f2 g2 | e>d c2 e2 | d4 B>A |
G2- G>A Bc | d2 B2 d2 | e>d c2 (3BcB | A4 (3ABc |
d2 e2 f2 | g>G f>G e>G | d>G c>G B>G | A4 (3AGE |
D2 D>E G>A | B>d- d2 d>e | B4 (3ABA | G4 |]

# Posted on July 3rd 2010 by ceolachan

"Margaret's Waltz" ~ a curious transcription in 9/8

http://abcnotation.com/tunePage?a=homepages.ihug.co.nz/~dexy/music/celticl/0047

Margaret's Waltz (Variation)
In the file celticl.abc from Dexter N. Muir

There was also a time problem with one of the bars and the B-part was repeated with a first and second ending, offering a variant on the last 8 bars.. I've removed the suggested chords, which I'll add later. I've also re-transcribed this from 9/8 to 3/4, waltz time, and I've corrected the one bar that was too long, and removed the incorrect repetition of the B-part. Two turns on c (~c>A) have also been removed.

X: 4
T: Margaret's Waltz
N: variations
Z: original - Dexter N. Muir in 9/8 time
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
Q: 100
R: waltz
K: AMaj
|: [A,A]>F |\
[A,2E2]- E>F [DA]>[EB] | [E4c4] [EA]>[Ec] | [EB]>[A,A] [A,2F2] [DA]>[DB] | [E4B4] [A,A]>F |
[A,2E2]- E>F [DA]>[EB] | [E4c4] [Ee]>A | [E4c4] [D2B2] | [A,4A4] :|
c>d |\
[A2e2] [d2f2] [e2g2] | [c2a2] [B2g2] [c2a2] | [df]>[Ae] [F2d2] [df]>[Ae] | [E2e2]- [Ee]>A [Ec]>B |
[D2A2] A>[GB] [Ac]>[Fd] | [E4e4] [Ec]>[EA] | [df]>[Ee] [Ed]<[Ec] [DA]>[Ec] | [E4B4] [Ec]>[Fd] |
(3eAe (3fAf (3gAg | (3aAa (3gAg (3fAf | (3eAe (3dAd c>A | B4 [A,A]>F |
[A,2E2] [A,E]>[A,F] [DA]>[EB] | [E4c4] e>A | [E4c4] [ EB]>[DA] | [E4A4] |]

& here's a variation given for the last 8 bars of the B-part
e>A f>A g>A | a>A g>A f>A | e>A d>A c>A | B4 A>F |
[A,2E2] [A,E]>[A,F] [DA]>[EB] | [E4c4] e>A | [E4c4] [EB]>[DA] | [E4A4] |]

# Posted on July 3rd 2010 by ceolachan

As promised, his suggested chords, as he has given them, but minus the melody ~

K: AMaj
|: "A" | "(F#m)" | "D" | "E" | "A" | "(F#m") | "E(D)" | "A" :|
"A" | "D" | "(Bm)" | "E" | "A(F#m)" | "(C#m)" | "D" | "E" |
"A" | "D" | "A" | "E" | "A" | "(F#m)" | "E(D)" "(E)" | "A" |]

# Posted on July 3rd 2010 by ceolachan

Pat Shaw wrote this for the retirement of a lady called Margaret Grant from the English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) in 1959 (as mentioned above).

# Posted on November 16th 2010 by Ebor_fiddler

PS - He wrote it in G.

# Posted on November 16th 2010 by Ebor_fiddler

"Margaret's Waltz" ~ links to this waltz from discussions ~

Margaret's Waltz Set - Glasgow Fiddle Workshop Slow Session; Fiona Cuthill
Margaret's Waltz, Louis Waltz, Kate Martin's Waltz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDr3Rtj-FKg
Fiona Cuthill ~ fionafiddler's channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/fionafiddler

Aly Bain and Peerie Willie Johnston playing Margaret's Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nbOaPN5toM

# Posted on March 10th 2011 by ceolachan

Thanks for that one, Ceol - nice stuff fae oor Aly

# Posted on October 9th 2011 by domnull

Repeat B Section?

I notice in the Aly Bain video listed above that the B section is repeated so it lasts a full 32 bars. I know it messes with the symmetry of the tune but that section is so nice, it is worth repeating.

Great tune. Dancers love it.

# Posted on November 4th 2011 by schriltz