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Jack's The Lad

hornpipe

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 30th 2002 by lazyhound.

This tune has been added to 46 tunebooks.

Also known as The College, Jacks The Lad, The Red Lion, The Sailor's, Y Llew Coch.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

A Drop Of Pure by Quilty
A North Country Barn Dance by The Morpeth Ranters
Archives #2 by Jean Carignan
Beolach by Beolach
Cinema Do Mar by Carlos Núñez
Classic Ceili Bands by Various Artists
Classic Recordings Of The Irish Fiddle Legend by Paddy Reynolds
Rendezvous by Celtic Fiddle Festival
Rig-a-jig-jig: Dance Music Of The South Of England by Various Artists
The Flowing Tide by Chris Droney
The Legendary Angus Fitchet by Angus Fitchet
Velvet Arm Golden Hand by Joseph Cormier And J.P Cormier

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Jack's The Lad
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:(3 ABc|d2 D2 D2 AG|FAdc defd|e2 E2 E2 ed|cea^g a2 f2|
gfga bagf|gfec dcBA|Bdce dfeg|f2 d2 d2:|
|:AG|FAdA FAdA|B2 G2 G2 GF|GBec ^GBed|c2 A2 A2 ef|
gfga bagf|gfec dcBA|Bdce dfeg|f2 d2 d2:||

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Jack's The Lad

A very old tune with strong maritime connotations, found in O'Neill (not all editions), and known in a slightly different arrangement to anyone who has ever heard the BBC's Last Night of the Proms.
First heard it played in a session on 30 October 2002 in a very old dockside pub in Bristol, England (what better place!). A box player started it off and was joined by flutes and whistles and a handful of fiddle players (including me) who knew it.
Not sure whether it is in fact a true hornpipe, but it can just as easily be played as a reel.

# Posted on October 30th 2002 by lazyhound

I was there at that very old dockside pub last night (Hi Trev)
I,m sure it better known by another name.I thought it was composed by mike oldfield - surely not, maybe he just arranged it for Blue Peter theme (UK childrens programe)

# Posted on October 31st 2002 by Christopher Reynolds

Sailor's Hornpipe!!!!!

Am I missing the irony here? Surely this is the Sailor's Hornpipe? The Mike Oldfield arrangement for Blue Peter (a children's TV programme for our North American friends) I think you are referring to is for a tune called Portsmouth. He did do a version of the sailor's hornpipe for something else which had to be speeded up as he could not play the mandolin particularly quickly. Ooooh! Saucer of milk for my friend please.

# Posted on November 6th 2002 by Geoff Pollitt

Here is a version (also in D) from Tro Llaw, a collection from The National Library of Wales. Here it is known, in Welsh, as "Y Llew Coch", or "The Red Lion".

dc|d2D2 D2AG|FAd2 dfed|e2E2 E2AG|FGAB A4|
gfga bagf|gfed dcBA|Bdce dfeg|f2d2 d2:|
|:AG|FAdA FAdA|B2G2 G2GF|EBeB EBeB|c2A2 A2f2|
gfga bagf|gefd dcBA|Bdce dfeg|f2d2 d2:||

trevor

# Posted on December 23rd 2002 by lazyhound

Jack's the lad

I have heard the song for the first time on the Night of the Proms. There it was combined with 2 other songs under the name Seasongs. I like this song very much!!! It's my favorite.

Angel

# Posted on December 29th 2002 by angel

Um...

Yeah, I'm the one who requested Sailor's Hornpipe... um...

I meant the one for Highland dancing's Sailor's Hornpipe... the Crossing the Minch on here is what I was looking for, but only half of it was posted.

# Posted on December 5th 2003 by Oranaiche

Back to the future ~

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2168

# Posted on June 6th 2005 by ceolachan

Jack's The Lad

Here it is in its original key of Bb:

And again in the key of G:

# Posted on June 10th 2006 by Dow

No that was rubbish, try again:

# Posted on June 10th 2006 by Dow

"The Sailor's Hornpipe" ~ another from the future, TRIPLICATE?!

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on March 8th 2007 by Falkbeer.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6914

# Posted on March 8th 2007 by ceolachan