Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on August 24th 2009 by iwilson.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
X: 1
T: Glenburnie Rant
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
|:E2EF E2EF|DEFG AFDF|E2EF E2B2|1efed e2 e2:|2efed e2B2||
|:e2 ef g2 fe|defg afdf|1 e2 ef g2fe|efed e2B2:|2 g2ag f2gf|efed e2||
Glenburnie Rant
Learned this at the Folkworks summer school in Durham, Uk.
Online resources say it is a "very old scottish reel" composed by Neil Gow.
One source said it is an Irish rant, also known as Kilburney's Rant.
I dont think there is such a place in Scotland called Glenburnie (at least not that google could find). There is however, a place called Glenburnie in Maryland, USA.
The Fiddlers Companion also had this entry:
GLENBURNIE RANT. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard. AAB (Gow, Kerr): AABB' (Athole). "A very old reel (Gow)." Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 258. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; Set 4, No. 4, pg. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 246
T:Glenburney Rant, The
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
K:E Minor
F|E/E/E BE G2 BE|A>BA>G F<D D<F|E/E/E BE G2 Bd|efe^d e2E:|
|:E(ee)f g2 f>e|defg afdf|1 edef g2 fe|efe^d e2E:|2 g2 bg f2 af|efe^d e2E||
For which the B part sounds somewhat similar.
# Posted on August 24th 2009 by iwilson
Glenburnie rant
this version can be found in 'kerr's first collection of merry melodies' - try sharpening the 'd' in the last bar of the a and b part each time thro, which is how it is written in this version...
# Posted on August 30th 2009 by hillfish
Glenburnie
Glenburnie is (was?) a hamlet in North Fife, near Newburgh, where there is a session, and a slow session (http://www.thesession.org/sessions/display/2273). The tune was first published in Gow's fifth collection (1809), where it is annotated "A very old reel", indicating that it predates Gow by a considerable time - it was not composed by Gow. Gow must be the source for the later anthologies (Athole Collection, Kerr's Merry Melodies).
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by nigelg
Glenburnie Rant
In his 'Scottish Mandolin Tutor' (Skye 2010), Dagger Gordon gives "Fight About the Fireplace" as an alternative name for this tune. That's the name of a dance which was published by the Gows in 'Five Favourite Country Dances' (1822), and to which "Glenburnie Rant" is played. There is another reel under the name "Fight About the Fireside" in C major - see 'Kerr's Merry Melodies' book 2.
# Posted on April 12th 2010 by nigelg