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Upstairs In A Tent

reel

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on June 12th 2001 by Miss Lonelyhearts.

This tune has been added to 121 tunebooks.

Also known as In And Out Of The Harbor, In And Out Of The Harbour, Jeannie Tied The Bonnet Tight, Jennie, Tie The Bonnet, Jenny Tie The Blanket, Jenny Tie The Bonnet, Jenny Tie Your Bonnet, Jenny Tied The Bonnet Tight, Tie The Bonnet, Tie The Ribbons.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Upstairs In A Tent
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
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|:faaf gfed|(3cBA eA fAeA|faaf gfef|1 ~g3d BG(3GGG:|2 ~g3d BGGB||

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Upstairs In A Tent sheetmusic
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Upstairs in a Tent

I first heard this tune on uillean pipes at a late-night/early-morning session in Gaithersburg, Maryland, home to the Washington DC Irish Festival. A version is given in Brendan Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hEireann, Volume 3 (tune #96), transcribed from the late great Co. Clare piper Willie Clancy. Breathnach assigns a host of other names to the tune, including In and Out the Harbor.

# Posted on June 12th 2001 by Miss Lonelyhearts

This tune is part of the O'Rourke's set in the Chieftain's second album. I have also heard an interesting variation of this played by piper Kirk Lynch in Scartaglen's album. Iv'e been looking for the name of it for ages, and what a relief it is to find it!

# Posted on September 7th 2002 by dirk

It's in O'Neill's as "Tie The Bonnet".

# Posted on December 21st 2005 by Dow

I first came across this tune on Finbarr Dwyer's Button accordion album. Recently, it's been adopted into our session repoitre so I'd better learn it.

# Posted on October 7th 2006 by 52Paddy

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