Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on November 28th 2006 by JonB.
This tune has been added to 31 tunebooks.
Also known as Da Peerie Hoose Ahint Da Burn, Da Peerie Hoose Ahint The Burn, Da Peerie Hoose Ahunt Da Burn, Da Peerie Hoose Ahunt The Burn, Da Peerie House Ahint Da Burn, Fay's, Fay's Hornpipe, The Little House Behind The Stream, The Little House Beside The Stream, The Little House By The Stream, The Peerie Hoose A'hint The Burn, Peerie Hoose Ahint The Burn, The Peerie Hoose Ahint The Burn, Peerie Hoose Ahunt Da Burn, Peerie Hoose Ahunt The Burn.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Peerie Hoose Ahint Da Burn
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
D2|"G"GABc dB G2|"G"gagf "C"e2 dc|"G"BGBd "C"cABG|"Am"ABAG "D"E2D2|
"G"GABc dB G2|!"G"gagf "C"e2 dc|"G"BGBd "D"cAFA|"G"G2 +GB++GB+ +G2B2+:|
g2|"D"fefg af d2|"G"gagf "C"e2 dc|!"G"BGBd "C"cABG|"D"ABAG "D"E2 eg|
"D"f efg af d2|"G"gagf "C"e2dc|"G"BGBd "D"cAFA|!"G"G2 GG G2 g2|
"D"fefg af d2|"G"gagf "C" e2 dc|"G"BGBd "C"cABG|!"D"ABAG "D"E2 D2|
"G"GABc dB G2|"G"gagf "C"e2 dc|"G"BGBd "D"cAFA|"G"G2 +GB++GB++G2B2+||
Peerie Hoose Ahint Da Burn
It's a Shetland tune I think (and with a word like 'peerie' in the title it MUST be!). I didn't transcribe this so I can't claim the credit but I found it after seeing a request.
# Posted on November 28th 2006 by JonB
Peerie Hoose / Fay's
Thanks Mando,
I was surprised this was not already here. The version posted looks like the JC Tunefinder version (?)
Looking up the Ibiblio.org source
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/PEA_PER.htm
an alternative hornpipe version is also given:
PEERIE HOOSE AHINT/AHUNT THE BURN, DA (The Little House Behind/By the Stream). AKA and see “Fay’s Hornpipe,” "Fey's Hornpipe" (English). Shetland Islands, March or Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. The title is Shetland dialect for “The Little House by the Stream,” in other words, the out-house. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 46. BBC Records REB 84M, Tom Anderson's Shetland Fiddle Band ‑ "Scottish Fiddlers to the Fore." CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994). Olympic 6151, The Shetland Fiddlers' Society ‑ "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).
X:1
T:Fay’s Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:C
R:Hornpipe
K:G
D| GABc dBGB| gfge dBGB| c2 ec B2 dB| A2 cA GFED| GABc dBGB|
gfge dBGB| cedc BdcB| A2 AB G2 :: d2| g2 gf gfgd| gfgd edcB| c2 ec B2 dB|
A2 cA GFED| g2 gf gfgd| gfgd edcB| c2 ec B2 dB| A2 Ac G2:|
# Posted on November 28th 2006 by domnull
"Peerie Hoose Ahint Da Burn"
"Hand me doon da fiddle"
Tom Anderson & Pam Swing
The University of Stirling, 1979
ISBN: 0-901636-25-8
Tune #50: "Peerie Hoose Ahint Da Burn" ~
"In Waas dis tün wis caaed ‘Hae ye ony moorit oo?’ an in Eshaness an Nort Yell it wis caaed ‘Da Doonfaa’ o’ Paris’. Da peerie hoose wis what some auld folk caaed an ootside water closet (outhouse). Da tün is really a variant o’ an English tün caaed ‘Fay’s Hornpipe’ bit he’s been played aa ower Shetland fir mony a year.” ~ Tom Anderson
# Posted on November 29th 2006 by ceolachan
Credit due ~ Tom Anderson & Pam Swing
I forgot to mention part of my reason for giving the above information ~ I'd notice this transcription was 'by the book' ~ 'MandolinWind' admitted he'd 'found it'?! The transcription given here, down to the final 'ringing strings' in both parts, has clearly been ABC-ed fromthe above book...
# Posted on November 30th 2006 by ceolachan
I haven't seen the book ceolachan mentions so it's interesting to see the extra info. I came across the transcription in a huge list of ABC files on the web (unfortunately I didn't bookmark it which is a pain because it was a massive resource, but also why I didn't acknowledge my source).
I'm not sure Tom Anderson is entirely right that this is the same tune as ‘Da Doonfaa’ o’ Paris’ (The Downfall of Paris) which I learnt as a rather different set dance and transcribed some time ago (http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5021). That said, I know so many tunes share names and I'm sure Tom Anderson is a greater authority than I am so I don't want to push the point.
When I find the site again I'll add it to the links and add an acknowledgement here.
# Posted on November 30th 2006 by JonB
"Betsy Hooper's Music" ~ & Website:
http://www.betsyhooper.com/
http://www.betsyhooper.com/id11.html
Tune Book II ~ much, if not all, of Betsy's music is copied from extant collections without crediting the source...
http://www.betsyhooper.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/Scot2
X: 30 ~ T: Peerie Hoose Ahint da Burn
M: 4/4 ~ L: 1/8 ~ R: Reel ~ O: Shetland ~ K: G
Here is another place, a great ABC resource, to search for transcriptions, and folks tend to cut and paste from each other liberally, so you might find identical transcriptions that have passed around that way:
http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/music/ndx/PE.html
Add any two letters where 'PE' is...
# Posted on November 30th 2006 by ceolachan
I checked back in my history file and it was indeed from
http://home.usit.net/~bhooper/scot2.abc
Which would appear to be part of Betsy Hooper's site (perhaps an old version given the difference in my URL and ceolachan's).
# Posted on November 30th 2006 by JonB