Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on December 2nd 2003 by JHowley.
This tune has been added to 30 tunebooks.
Also known as MacLeod's Farewell.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Once In A Blue Moose
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
DE|:F2BF AFEF|D2B,D A,B,DE|F~D3 ADF/G/A|BAAF FEDE|
F2BF AFEF|D2B,D A,B,DE|F~D3 BDAF|1 EFFE D3E:|2 EFFE DEF/G/A||
~B3c cddc|cBAF FEDE|F~D3 ADF/G/A|BAAF FEF/G/A|
~B3c cddc|cBAF FEDE|F~D3 BDAF|EFFE DEF/G/A|
~B3c cddc|cBAF FEDE|F~D3 ADF/G/A|B2AF FEDE|
F2BF AFEF|D2B,D A,B,DE|F~D3 BDAF|EFFE D3E||
a gorgeous tune by Niall Vallely. if you're a tinwhistler like me, you'll prob want to transpose it into G, unless you want to figure out a nice variation to get around the low B and A. but those low notes are particularly essential to the beauty of the tune, in my mind. (and what cues fellow musicians that it's not the first two bars of "The Wedding Reel"!) --j
# Posted on December 7th 2003 by JHowley
Key:
Am I "Special" or is this tune played in Eb major? (Followed by Over The Moor To Maggie in F major? I'm not a piper or a concertina player so how does that work?
# Posted on April 20th 2007 by JohnQ
Phil Hardy does a nice jazzy version of this tune in G (on a low D whistle) on his 'Low Whistle' album (still a free download from the Kerry Whistles site I believe). For those too lazy to transpose:
X: 1
T: Once In A Blue Moose
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GA|:B2eB dBAB|G2EG DEGA|B~G3 dGB/c/d|eddB BAGA|
B2eB dBAB|G2EG DEGA|B~G3 eGdB|1 ABBA G3A:|2 ABBA GAB/c/d||
~e3f fggf|fedB BAGA|B~G3 dGB/c/d|eddB BAB/c/d|
~e3f fggf|fedB BAGA|B~G3 eGdB|ABBA GAB/c/d|
~e3f fggf|fedB BAGA|B~G3 dGB/c/d|e2dB BAGA|
B2eB dBAB|G2EG DEGA|B~G3 eGdB|ABBA G3A||
# Posted on April 16th 2008 by bdh