Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on February 5th 2009 by Trevor Jennings.
This tune has been added to 6 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bold Deserter, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
fe | d2A2 B2AF | ABde fedB | AFEF D2D2 | D6 DE |
|: F2A2 d2ef | g2f2 e2de | fedB AFEF |1 A6 AG :|2 A6 fe ||
d2A2 B2AF | ABde fedB | AFEF D2D2 | D4 z2 ||
Another setting?
Hey, lazyhound, I just posted that one!
(albeit a different setting)
Whilst I'm sure that your setting is perfectly valid, would it not have been better to have posted your abc in the comments section of the tune that I posted?
.. isn't creating a new entry for a variant of a tune already posted contrary to Jeremy's rules?
# Posted on February 5th 2009 by Mix O'Lydian
Another bold deserter
... and can't you get shot for desertion?
# Posted on February 5th 2009 by Mix O'Lydian
The Bold Deserter (Roche version)
As requested in http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/20560/comments#comment429518 here is the version that appears as Tune #74 in the Airs section of Volume 1 of The Roche Collection of Traditional Irish Music. Its title in Roche is "The Bold Deserter" - in quotes which presumably indicate that at one time it was a sung air. The Roche version, in both its structure and melody, does indeed appear to be more vocal than instrumental. My feeling is that the playing of this tune should therefore approximate more to a vocal speed than that of an instrumental reel.
For the usual reason, which will be apparent to regular users of this website, it is not possible to list it here as an "air" - hence "reel".
The Roche version differs in many respects from the O'Neill version posted in http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9333
Francis Roche (1866-1961), a Limerick man, a scholarly collector of tunes and well-known in the musical life of Ireland, published the first volume of his Collection in 1911, and the third, and last, in 1927. The following quotation from the Preface to the 1911 Vol I of the Collection gives us some insight into Roche's philosophy and approach to collecting tunes:
“The present collection was begun about twenty years ago, and its production has been undertaken at the request of numerous friends and pupils of mine, as well as many teachers and members of various branches of the Gaelic League. Who wish to possess something, so far not obtainable, a handy and at the same time comprehensive volume of reliable Irish music at a moderate price.
“Being anxious at first to avoid cases of dupliction, I thought to give only what, as far as I knew, had not been hitherto published, and to exclude pieces of doubtful national origin; but in order to produce the book required, I had perforce to alter my intention. Where, however, such cases occur, it will be seen that the settings in this volume, as a rule, either differ from what have appeared in prvious publications, or are better variants of them, and therefore I hope their inclusion willl be excused.”
# Posted on February 5th 2009 by Trevor Jennings
Nonetheless ...
Nonetheless, it's clearly an alternate setting of the same tune, rather than a completely different tune that happens to have the same title.
There may well be a case for having separate entries for alternate settings, but that's not what is says in Jeremy's FAQs:
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Can I submit an alternate setting of a tune already listed?
No. Duplicate tune submissions aren't allowed. If you have an alternate setting of a tune that's already listed at The Session, you can post your version in the comments to the existing tune.
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Although I've noticed at least one other instance of this "rule" being relaxed recently ...
# Posted on February 6th 2009 by Mix O'Lydian