Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on May 8th 2007 by Chellam.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as An BhFaca Tú Mo Shéamaisin, Dirty Old Torbay Men.
X: 1
T: Mussels In The Corner
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Gmaj
GF ED|B,D E2|DB, G,A,|B,A, A,z|
GF ED|B,D E2|DB, A,B,|G,2 G,2|
B,B, A,G,|B,D E2|DB, G,A,|B,A, A,z|
B,B, A,G,|B,D E2|DB, A,B,|G,2 G,2|
Mussels In The Corner/Dirty Old Torbay Men
THE quintessential Newfoundland tune. Well, maybe after I'se The Bye.
I don't know how this tune relates to the Maggie In The Woods/Mussels In The Corner trad. tune as far as origins go.
There are more verses as well.
# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Chellam
This is the basic version of our Newfoundland dance tune.
A.K.A. Dirty Old Torbay Men
Verse Lyrics
Chorus:
Deed I am in love with you
Out all night in the foggy dew
Deed I am in love with you
Mussels in the corner
Ask a bayman for a smoke
He will say his pipe is broke
Ask a bayman for a chew
He will bite it off for you
(chorus)
Here they are as thick as flies
Dirty shirts and dirty ties
Dirty rings around their eyes
Dirty old Torbay men
(chorus)
# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Chellam
..transpose to higher keys as you wish
...nice to vary up into next octave after a few runs through e.g.
GFED|B,DE2|dBGA|BAAz|
GFED|B,DE2|dBAB|G2G2|
BBAG|Bde2|dBGA|BAAz|
BBAG| Bde2|dBAB|G2G2
...and back to first run again
... the choice of polka gives the 2/4 meter but this tune is probably better labeled a jig...
# Posted on May 8th 2007 by Chellam
This tune, though arranged differently, is An BhFaca Tú Mo Shéamaisin or Maggie In The Woods.
# Posted on September 29th 2010 by noinin