Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on September 7th 2011 by vjohnson.
This tune has been added to 4 tunebooks.
Also known as Och A Chiallain, Old Time Wedding.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Herman The Carpenter
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amin
B | A2GE GABd | e2dB degB | A2GE GABd | egdB A/A/A AB |
A2GE GABd | e2dB dega | gedB GABd | egdB A/A/A A ||
B | Aaab a2ge | gaba gegd | eaab a2ge | dBgB A/A/A A B, |
A,aab a2ge | gaba gegd | egab ageg | dBgB A/A/A A ||
Herman the carpenter
From the Fiddlers Companion
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/HAA_HAP.htm#HAMISH_THE_CARPENTER
HAMISH THE CARPENTER. AKA and see “Och a Chiallain,” “Old Time Wedding Reel [2].” Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is part of a traditional Cape Breton wedding medley along with “Cape Breton Wedding Reel” and “The Big Coffin Reel.” Source for notated version: Gus Longaphie (b. 1915, Little Harbor, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Souris) [Perlman]. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; No. 24, pg. 43 (appears as “Old Time Wedding Reel #2"). Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 95. Shanachie 79061, Boys of the Lough – “Welcoming Paddy Home” (1986). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998? Appears as “Herman the Carpenter”).
# Posted on September 7th 2011 by vjohnson
Hamish the Carpenter
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# Posted on September 7th 2011 by SmashTheWindows