Key signature: Gmixolydian
Submitted on March 17th 2006 by lowoanne.
This tune has been added to 67 tunebooks.
Also known as The Ewe With The Crooked Horn, The Ewie Wi The Crooked Horn, The Ewie Wi' The Crooked Horn , The Ewie Wi' The Crooked Horn, The Ewie Wi' The Crookit Horn , The Ewie Wi' The Crookit Horn, Ewie Wi'the Crooket Horn, The Ewie With The Crooked Horn.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Ewe Wi' The Crookit Horn, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmix
D<GG<A F>GA<F|D<G GA/B/ c>AB>G|A>Bc>B A>G F>C|D<G G>A F>AG2:|
K: Gdor
G<gg>a f>ga>f|d<g g>a f>ag2|d<gg>a b/a/g a/g/f|d<g b>g a>fg2|
f<ad<f c>BA<F|G/A/B/c/ d>B c>Ad>e|f<ad<f c<BA<F|G/A/B/c/ d>B c>A G2||
Irish Descendants
Bunch of Keys: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/344
Mills are Grinding: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5779
Rainy Day: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1807
# Posted on May 18th 2007 by slainte
In Scotland too, there is a reel version of the tune. It's called "The Old Reel,"or "Cairngorm Brooch," and recorded by the band Ossian.
# Posted on May 18th 2007 by slainte
I thought this tune had 10 bars in the B part? I remembered it that way in Gow's
# Posted on January 31st 2011 by Mad Baloney
From http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/EV_EY.htm
X:4
T:Ewie wi’ the Crooked Horn, The [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Gow – Sixth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1822)
N:”As sung by Captain Skene R.N.”
N:”Slow”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G|(D<G) G>A F>GAF|(DG) ~GA/B/ (cA) (BG)|c>A d>B {B}A>G {G}F>E|DG ~GA/B/ cd G2|(D<G)G>A “tr”F>GAF|
(DG) ~GA/B/ (cA) (BG)|c>A d>B {B}A>G {G}F>E|(DG) ~GA/B/ cAd z/(B/|c>)(A d>)B {B}A>G {G}F>E|(DG) ~GA/B/ (cd) G||
# Posted on January 31st 2011 by Mad Baloney
Lyrics
Here are the lyrics from the site above:
verse:
Ilka ewe comes hame at even (x3)
Crookit hornie bides awa
chorus:
Ewie wi the crookit horn
May ye never see the morn
Ilka nicht you steal my corn
Ewie wi the crookit horn
Ilka ewie has a lambie (x3)
Crookit hornie she has twa
A the ewes gie milk eneuch (x3)
Crookit horn gies maist of a
# Posted on January 31st 2011 by muspc