Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on June 26th 2005 by prouse.
This tune has been added to 72 tunebooks.
Also known as Wing Commander Donald MacKensie's, Wing Commander Donald MacKenzie, Wing Commander Donald McKenzie, Wing Commander Donald McKenzie's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Wing Commander Donald Mackenzie's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
cE E/2E/2E cEBE|AFFE FAEA|F2FE FGAB|cBAB cffe|
cE E/2E/2E cEBE|AFFE FAEA|F2FE FGAB|1~c2BG A3B:|2~c2Bc Aa a/2a/2a||
|:aefe c2Bc|AFEF ABce|faba fbaf|ecAB BAce|
aefe c2Bc|AFEF ABce|faba fbaf|1ecBc Aa a/2a/2a:|2ecBc A3B||
Great Edinburgh session tune, written by Phil Cunningham; apologies for any errors in ABC, as I've never tried this before
# Posted on June 26th 2005 by prouse
Great tune! It's on one of my CDs, but I never have managed to work it out by ear. Thanks for posting it!
# Posted on June 26th 2005 by Fiddlekit
Triplets
Don't forget to make them triplets as below or the bars won't add up correctly.
cE (3E/2E/2E/2
# Posted on June 29th 2005 by geoffwright
Geoff, you'll find that Prouse's add up correctly; yours don't.
# Posted on June 30th 2005 by Dr. Dow
A lovely tune. Whence its name?
# Posted on June 30th 2005 by PCL
Phil Cunningham's landlord. He came for a cup of tea at one o'clock each day and Phil offered him Bandit biscuits. Phil said he never got the 'Bandits at one o'clock' joke, but he left a little note on his coffin to explain it.
Found this info at http://www.capebretonlive.com/video/video-show20.htm
# Posted on June 15th 2006 by Lurcherjohn
Cape Breton ~ Celtic Colours International Festival
Causeway Crossing Concert
Recording/Video: October 7, 2005
Location: Civic Centre, Port Hawkesbury,
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
"Wing Commander Donald McKenzie was my landlord when I lived in _Bathkie???___ just outside Glasgow, or halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was a real wing commander from the RAF. He came every day for a cup of tea, and we had biscuits called bandit biscuits And every day at one O'Clock I would give him one of these biscuits, for two years. And he never ever got the joke ~ bandits at one O'Clock. I explained the joke and I left it in a little not on his coffin when they were burying him. I hope he read it as well."
~ Phil Cunningham
In the man's own words, written out from his comments at the concert, just in case there is a time limit on access to the lovely video offerings on the link given above...
Thanks for the link Lurcherjohn
# Posted on June 15th 2006 by ceolachan
Slow on the uptake, the ??? above, "Bathkie", should have clicked, I suspect it is 'Bathgate'... I had problems with the sound, using headphones...
# Posted on June 15th 2006 by ceolachan
The video is no longer up, and I am very curious about the joke about eh Bandit biscuits at 1:00. Would love to know what the joke was.
# Posted on November 22nd 2011 by Anew
It relates to a war movie cliche where the pilot or someone else in the aircraft exclaims "bandits at x O'Clock" (the position in relation to the aircraft - bandits being the enemy).
# Posted on November 23rd 2011 by Weejie