Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on December 8th 2002 by lazyhound.
This tune has been added to 101 tunebooks.
Also known as The Naval Pillar, Quigley's, Reel Matane, Speed The Plough, Tire La Langue, Tom Billys.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Speed The Plow
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
ABcd efec|efec efec|dfdB cAcA|BAGF EFGB|
ABcd efec|efec efec|dfdB cAcA|1 BAGB A2A2:|2 BAGB A2(3efg|
|:a2a2 aece|aAgA fAeA|dfdB cAcA|BAGF EFGB|
Aa2g aece|aAgA fAeA|dfdB cAcA|BAGB A2A2:||
From the New England Fiddler's Repertoire. A different tune to "Speed the Plough", and also known as Quigley's.
# Posted on December 8th 2002 by lazyhound
Speed The Plough
Trevor, lose your American spelling! - the tune's Scottish. Apparently written by John Morehead (Moorhead/Muirhead?) c1800
My setting goes like this:
K:Amaj
zE|A2Ac efec|efae faec|dfdB cecA|FBBA GEFG|
A2Ac efec|ea~a2 ecAc|dece BeAe|GABG A2:|
|:ce|a2ag aAce|aAgA fAeA|dfdB cecA|FBBA GABd|
(3cBA eA fAeA|f
# Posted on June 14th 2003 by Dow
Grrr
I forgot about the left arrow not working in the comments section. Those last 3 bars are:
|faaf ecAc|dece BeAe|GABG A2:|
# Posted on June 14th 2003 by Dow
Apparently a truly British Tune, the tune was written in London (for the stage apparently) by a Scot who'd lived in Ireland for many years.
# Posted on January 12th 2006 by Compo
Another version from Brendan Breatnach
X: 1
T: Speed the Plough
M: 4/4
R: reel
K: G
D | ~G3B dedB | degd egdB | cecA (3Bcd BG | FAAF GFEF |
~G3B dedB | degd egdB | cecA B2BG |1 FAAF G3 :|2 FAAF G2||
|: Bd|~g3f gdBd | (3fga bg egdB | cecA (3Bcd BG | FAAF gfef |
~g3f gdBd | (3fga bg egdB |cecA (3Bcd BG |FAAF G2 :||
# Posted on March 3rd 2006 by Pierre Commes
"New England Fiddler's Repertoire"
by Randy Miller and Jack Perron, first published in 1983.
http://www.randymillerprints.com/fiddletunebooks.htm
Page 94: "Speed the Plow"
# Posted on March 9th 2006 by ceolachan
The version I know is from one of Kerr's Collections of Scottish dance tunes (not sure which one, I haven't got it to hand) and goes as follows:
T: Speed the Plough
M: 4/4
R: reel
K: A
E2 | A2Ac efec | eaec efec | dfdB cecA | dcBA GABC |
A2Ac efec | eaec efec | dfdB cecA |cBAG A2 :||: e2 | aAaA aAce | aAgA fAeA| dfdB cecA | dcBA GABd | (3cBA eA fAeA | fgaf ecAc | decd BcAB | FAGB A2 :||
# Posted on June 13th 2007 by martin clarke
Known in Québec as "Reel Matane"
Matane is a small town alongside the St.Lawrence river.
Recorded in 1931 by Joseph Guilmette:
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/13077.mp3
# Posted on March 11th 2008 by québécois
The Québec group "La Bottine Souriante" plays this version:
The Québec group "La Bottine Souriante" plays this version in G:
X: 1
T: Tire la Langue
Z: Transcription by F. Ouellette
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GABc dedB | dedB dgdB | cecA BdBG | AcAG FDEF |
GABc dedB | dedB dgdB | cecA BdBG |1 AcAF G2 z G :|2 AcAF G2 (3def |
|:g z gg gdBd | gGfG eGdG | cecA BdBG | AcAG FDEF |
GABc dBGB | efge dBGd | cdec BAGB |1 AGFA G2 (3def :|2 AGFA G2 z2 |
# Posted on March 14th 2008 by québécois
Plough
I learnt my version from here (in G):
X:367
T:Speed the Plough
T:Plead for Slough
M:4/4
L:1/8
O:England
C:Trad
F:http://www.banjolin.co.uk/tunes/abcs/speedtheplough.abc
K:G
|:GABc dedB|dedB dedB|c2ec B2dB|c2A2A2BA|
|GABc dedB|dedB dedB|c2ec B2dB|A2A2G4:|
|:g2gf g2Bd|g2f2e2d2|c2ec B2dB|c2A2A2df|
|g2gfg2Bd|g2f2e2d2|c2ec B2dB|A2A2G4:|
Although I don't read abc, I used the sheet:
http://www.banjolin.co.uk/tunes/tunetabs/speedtheplough.gif
# Posted on August 22nd 2008 by Njal