The Lark On The Strand

jig

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 6th 2004 by Aidan Crossey.

This tune has been added to 149 tunebooks.

Also known as The Lark In The Strand, Noel O'Donoghue's Favourite, Primrose Glen, The Primrose Glen, The Primrose Vale.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Touch Of Clare by Kitty Hayes
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Cé by Cé
• Celtic Harp II: From A Distant Time by Patrick Ball
• Ceol Mor by Ceol Mor
• Ceol Tigh Neachtain - Music From Galway by Various Artists
• Citternalia by Joseph Sobol
• Collection Of Jigs And Reels by Shaskeen
• Decade by Dervish
• Fiddler's Fancy by Tommy Peoples
• Fierce Traditional by Frankie Gavin
• Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part by Peter McAlinden
• Hibernian Rhapsody by De Danann
• Irish Traditional Concertina Styles by Various Artists
• Keelwest by Paul McGrattan
• Less Travelled by Woad
• Links by Silver Arm
• Little Fires by Hanz Araki
• Mountain Air by Brendyn Montgomery And Mike Considine
• Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
• Number 6 by Sean Potts
• Over The Edge by Moher
• Overland by Randal Bays And Daithi Sproule
• Paddy Keenan by Paddy Keenan
• Prince Of Pipers by Finbar Furey
• Simple System by Dan Isaacson
• Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
• Speed 78 by Mike Rafferty
• The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
• The Chieftains 1 by The Chieftains
• The Ewe With The Crooked Horn by Colm Gannon, Jesse Smith And John Blake
• The Good Ear by Dougal Adams And Ormonde Waters
• The Green House by Grey Larsen And Paddy League
• The Irish Folk Festival '01 by Various Artists
• The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
• The Mountain Road by Comhaltas Tour Group 1997
• The Raineys by The Raineys
• The Rough Guide To Irish Music by Various Artists
• The Session by Na Connerys
• Touchdown by Whisht!
• Traditional Fiddle Music From Donegal by Frank Cassidy
• Traditional Music On Fiddle, Banjo, And Harp by Oisin MacDiarmada, Brian Fitzgerald, And Michael O Ruanaigh
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 2 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Lark On The Strand, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
|:BA|GEF ~G2A|BAG ABd|edd gdd|edB dBA|
GEF G2A|BAG ABd|edd gdB|AGF G:|
|:Bd|~g3 efg|afd edB|Add fdd|ed^c def|
~g3 ~a3|bag ~f3|edc BcA|BGF G:|

The Lark On The Strand

There are already four tunes in the database with the name Lark On (or In) The Strand as their primary or a secondary name. As far as I'm aware, the primary name for this jig is The Lark On The Strand. However I'm told, by the ever-erudite Danny, that he's heard this tune referred to as "The Kesh" and it shares a number of bars with "The Kesh" that we all know and love/hate (delete as appropriate). I've also heard someone, once, God knows where, refer to it as "The Old Kesh". However in both cases, I'd be loathe to use the "another name" feature here on the basis of just one reference (even if one of those references is m'Lord Danny!). Whatever ... a great wee tune.

# Posted on July 6th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

The Primrose Glen

...if you want a name that isn't given to any other tune and isn't on the database already.

# Posted on July 6th 2004 by Dr. Dow

Thanks Dow ... shall you do it or shall I?

# Posted on July 6th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Do what?

# Posted on July 7th 2004 by Dr. Dow

It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, Dow... do what do what do what do what do what

# Posted on July 7th 2004 by Phantom Button

Never mind; it's done! (with swing?)

# Posted on July 7th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Actually ... if you're a keshophile (cos the Irish trad world seems to divide into keshophiles and kechophobes) ... this tune and The Kesh make a great set. The recurring themes in the 3rd and 4th bars of the A parts of each give the set a nice thread of continuity. (If you're a keshophobe, of course, then you may not like The Lark On The Strand much ... too many unpleasant connotations!)

# Posted on July 7th 2004 by Aidan Crossey

Or, if you couldn't give a damn either way but you've a few Keshophobes about you'd like to wind up ~ let rip... But get some support just in case those phobes are pushing a multi-reed Mac Truck (piano accordions in less than considerate hands) or one of those rocket ships (certain modern union pipes)...

# Posted on December 3rd 2005 by ceolachan