Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 15th 2004 by CyberSmudger.
This tune has been added to 45 tunebooks.
Also known as Darvy Knick Knack, Davie-Davie Knick-Knack, Davy Knick-Knack, Davy Nick Nack, Lady Carbery, Neevie Neevie Nick Nack.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Davy-Davy Knick-Knack
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
D2 |:GF GA B2 B2 |GF GA B2 B2 |dc Bc A2 A2 |dc Bc A2 A2 |GF GA B2 B2 |GF GA B2 B2 |dc Bc Ac BA |[1G2 B2 G2 D2 :|[2G2 B2 G2 B2 |:d3 c B2 d2 |g2 g2 d2 z2 |dc Bc A2 A2 |dc Bc A2 A2 |d3 c B2 d2 |g2 g2 d2 z2 |dc Bc Ac BA |[1G2 B2 G2 B2 :|[2G2 B2 G2 |]
This tune is so daggy it's eye-wateringly beautiful.
# Posted on October 15th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Dag!
I totally agree Dow. This is one you don't dare to play in sessions in case you get laughed at.
# Posted on October 15th 2004 by snowyowl
DId we not a discussion somewhere before re the dagginess of this tune? And nobody dared to submit it!
# Posted on October 15th 2004 by John J.
Down with dag!
Dow must have run out of tunes to submit and now he's down to his dag tunes. God help us.
# Posted on October 15th 2004 by Phantom Button
Still - it's a great tune to dance to
That's what it's all about isn't it? - dancing I mean.
# Posted on October 15th 2004 by Alancorsini
I wondered what happened to my pre-school piano tutorial books. Now I know.
# Posted on October 16th 2004 by Kerri Brown
Jack put your spectacles on, I didn't submit this. I can submit some dag though, if you like.
# Posted on October 16th 2004 by Dr. Dow
Oh... sorry Dag, uh... I mean Dow. You were just the first to comment I guess.
# Posted on October 16th 2004 by Phantom Button
Yes well I think that as a punishment for your error you should have more dag inflicted upon you.
# Posted on October 16th 2004 by Dr. Dow
It's a common tune used for "Dashing White Sergeant" dance sets and can be all right in this context-if you can't think of anything better, of course.
# Posted on October 16th 2004 by John J.
Davy Davy Knick Knack - hornpipe
Its a fairly awful tune played flat BUT if you play it as a well-dotted Tyneside Hornpipe it works well. The Angels of the North play it with Speed the Plough for the Durham version of Speed the Plough and use a simple chanter open smallpipe throughout.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North
# Posted on October 19th 2004 by noelbats
A Classic!
It's a shame I couldn't comment on this dag tune just after it was submitted. I learned it in west Clare last winter. Well, I just played it along twice with a Northumbrian piano accordion player, and its melody has stuck to my ears since then. The box player was an amazingly great musician who could turn this ugly toad into a charming princess. That was pure magic.
# Posted on October 23rd 2004 by slainte
Yikes
Just found out that I have to learn this for a dance on Monday. Perhaps I can forget it on Tuesday...
Interesting little ditty.
# Posted on June 2nd 2007 by Michele Sims
i hate this tune but it holds a lot of good memories
= justification for having it in my tunebook
# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by mehitabel23
It could be worse - you could have it stuck to your ears permanently like Slainte
# Posted on September 22nd 2007 by Dr. Dow