Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 26th 2002 by milesnagopaleen.
This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: An Asal Cam
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
||:B| ADD ADD | Ade f/2e/2dc | BEE BEE | c/2d/2ed c/2d/2eg |
fBB fBB | fef dag | fae dAG | FAE D2 :||
|: f | afd gbe | fdc dAG | FAd dfg | afb afg |
aff gee | fef dag | fae dAG | FAE D2 :||
An Asal Cam
My Irish is not too good but according to the dictionary Asal is donkey or ass and cam is crooked so it's the "Crooked Ass".
# Posted on July 26th 2002 by milesnagopaleen
Clever!
That's sheer genius - not only is this a jig version of the Salamanca reel but the title is also an anagram.
Where did you get this?
# Posted on July 26th 2002 by Jeremy
Too damn quick!
You're too damn quick, Jeremy. This is all my own werk! I got the idea from John Skelton's interview on the Brad Hurley site : http://www.firescribble.net/flute/skelton.html where he suggested playing the Salamanca as a jig so I quickly knocked it up and posted it to see who took the bait. I wasn't expecting to be tumbled so quickly! As a matter of interest the words of the title are bona fide Irish words.
# Posted on July 26th 2002 by milesnagopaleen
Good!
Impressive milesnagopaleen! Really good catch Jeremy with the anagram. I have a friend who hates jigs and loves this reel. I'll put An Asal Cam under my fingers and pull it out just to get his goat (or donkey, in this case).
# Posted on January 16th 2003 by Caoimghgin
How the h*ll did you guys get that - I wouldnt have thought of that in a million years! Very clever.
# Posted on January 16th 2003 by bb
P.S.
I hardly consider this a "composition". Just a bit of fun really! I thought John Skelton was perhaps doing a leg-pull as this is the last reel I would think of trying to make into a jig.
# Posted on February 12th 2003 by milesnagopaleen
Why not?
Give yourself the credit for composing it. Even if it is a reel turned into a jig, a) it's really good, b) someone else would have written it differently, and c) the title's awesome.
# Posted on February 12th 2003 by Dr. Dow
Thank you Mark, one pint coming up!
# Posted on February 12th 2003 by milesnagopaleen
The inspiration ~ "Salamanca" ~ the reel in D Major
Submitted on May 25th 2001 by Jeremy.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/99
# Posted on November 27th 2005 by ceolachan