Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on June 3rd 2007 by fidkid.
This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.
Also known as An Lung Bread Plainead.
X: 1
T: Good Ship Planet
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
E/F/|GAF GEE/F/|GAB d>Bd|efe dBA|G>FG/A/ B2 E/F/|
GAF GEE/>F/|G>AB dB>d|e>fe dBG|{AB}AGG G2||
G/A/|B>cB gag|fed edB/A/|.B>AG/A/ GFE/F/|E>FG/A/ B2 E/F/|
GAF GEE/>F/|G>AB dB>d|e>fe dBG|AGG G2|]
The good ship Planet
This is a song melody from O'Neill's Music of Ireland, No. 435. O'Neill's says to play this "cheerfully", which I find a trick as the tune sounds kind of lonesome to my ears. I think it's a great tune.
Not to read too much into a title, but it makes me think about Earth being a pretty good ship, navigating by starlight and dead reckoning. Though our little bark sometimes seems rudderless, the crew mutinous, and all the officers idiots. And I think we're running low on provisions. But other than that...
I should probably play the tune as written a while longer, really get it in my head and fingers and heart, but I couldn't resist working out my own slight variation. I think I've kept the spirit of the tune, just tried to make it sound a little smoother, more regular to my ears:
X:1
T:The Good Ship Planet
M:6/8
K:G
E/F/|:G>AF G>EF|GAB d>Bd|efe d>BA|GF{A}G B2 F|
~G3 {A}G>EF|G>AB dBd|efe dBG|1 {ABc}A>GG G2 E/F/:|2 {AB}AGG G2 G/A/|
|: B>cB gag|fed e>dA|B>AG {A}GFE|{F}E>FG/A/ B2 E/F/|
GAF GEF|G>AB dBd|e>fe dBG|1 A>GG G2 G/A/:|2 A>G{A}G G3 |
# Posted on June 3rd 2007 by fidkid