Key signature: Adorian
Submitted on January 31st 2003 by gian marco.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Also known as The Drummer, The Four Province Highland, The Four Province, The Four Provinces Fling, The Four Provinces Highland Fling, The Four Provinces Highland, The Four Provinces, The Piper O' Dundee.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Four Province Fling, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Ador
BG|ABcA ~E3F|~G2BG DGBG|ABcA EAe=f|edcB cA:|AB||
ce~e2 d2ed|ce~e2 dBGB|ce~e2 d2cd|edcB cAAB|
ce~e2 d2ed|ce~e2 dBGB|AcBd cdef|edcB A2||
The Four Province Fling
Source: Laurence nugent
Transcription: Gian Marco Pietrasanta
The Four Province Ochestra was a dance band that played in Philadelphia between the early 1920s and the mid 1960s.
The band was renowned for its repertoire of unusual flings, schottisches and barn dances.
# Posted on January 31st 2003 by gian marco
Interesting tune, but I'm curious--on your source, does Mr. Nugent play this uptempo as a fling, or slower and syncopated, like a hornpipe?
# Posted on February 5th 2003 by Will CPT
The Four Province Fling
I'm not expert in flings, but I think that Mr. Nugent plays ti just as a fling.
I agree with you, this is an interesting tune.
# Posted on February 5th 2003 by gian marco
The Four Province Fling - The Piper o' Dundee
This is known in Scotland as a reel called "The Drummer", published in a number of 18th century collections (e.g. Stewart's 1st, 1761; Rutherford's Compleat, 1750, etc). Words were added to it for the song "The Piper o' Dundee".
X:899
T:Drummer, The
T:Piper o' Dundee, The
S:Kerr's Merry Melodies
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Am
E | ABcA E2 E^F | GABc dBGB | ABcA E2 Ef | edcB A2-A :|
B | c2 ce d2 de | c2 ce dBGB | c2 ce d2 df | edcB A2-A :|
The piper came to our town,
To our town, to our town,
The piper came to our town
And he played bonnielie.
The song goes on to name a list of old Scottish tunes which the piper played, all Jacobite songs. The piper was supposed to have been Carnegie of Finhaven, infamous for being a coward [1] and for changing sides during the 1715 Jacobite uprising.
[1] = This because he fled the battle of Sheriffmuir, but it is said that a great many did exactly the same, from both sides!
# Posted on December 18th 2007 by nigelg
The Four Province Fling - The Drummer
Already here at:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4111
with alternative titles "Bidh Eoin" and "Seallaibh Curraigh Eòghainn".
# Posted on December 18th 2007 by nigelg
The Four Province Fling - The Drummer
And here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2041
# Posted on December 18th 2007 by nigelg