Waking Up In Wonderful Wark

jig

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on December 4th 2003 by JHowley.

This tune has been added to 29 tunebooks.

Also known as Manus Lunny's Terracotta Plower Pot, Manus Lunny's Terracotta Plowerpot, Para Handy, Terracotta Plower Pot, The Terracotta Plower Pot, Waking Up In A Wonderful Wark.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Across The Waters - Irish Traditional Music From England by Various Artists
Full Steam Ahead by Give Way
Happy Hours With Jimmy Shand by Jimmy Shand
Harvest Home by Filska
The Words That Remain by Solas

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

X: 1
T: Waking Up In Wonderful Wark
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|:~A,3 A,B,D|F2A FED|D/2E/2Dd BAF|ABd f2e|
edB ~d3|BAF AB/2c/2d|edB BAF|AFE E3:|
|:" Optional 8va"~A,3 E2F|GFE FDB,|~A,3 EDC|DB,E DB,E|
~A,3 E2F|GFE FDB,|~D3 DB,E|1~A,3 A,EC:|2~A,3 A,3||

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

a lovely Karen Tweedy tune, off the third Solas album ("The Words That Remain").

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by JHowley

oops. Karen Tweed, I mean. originally from the album "Across the Waters". (?)

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by JHowley

I wonder if that's the Wark where my dad lived when he was a kid, or whether there's another one...

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by Dow

I believe it's in Northumberland and is where Kathryn Tickell lived. Karen used to play in her band when she composed this tune.

John

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by Johannes J

Does this remind anybody else about a tune referred to as "Theme from the BBC series Para Handy"? Filska recorded it as far as I know.....

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by snorre

I never knew Kathryn Tickell was from Wark. My dad lived in Wark Common. I'll have to learn this tune, it's a nice one.

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by Dow

Recording

Also to be found on 'Chantoozies" by the Poozies.

# Posted on December 4th 2003 by Henk Bos

Right. Tweed is/was (?) a member of the Poozies, along with the ladies from Sileas.

# Posted on December 5th 2003 by JHowley

I always thought that this was a surpassingly odd tune but I always liked it. Thanks for the post.

# Posted on December 8th 2003 by Mark Cordova

This is by PHIL CUNNINGHAM, not karen tweed or kathyrn tickell. Its acutally called Manus Lunnys Terracotta plowerpot, but is mostly known as the Para handy jig, as in phil wrote it for the theme tune of para handy

# Posted on February 22nd 2005 by RacH

http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/435

# Posted on April 6th 2005 by slainte

"Waking Up In Wonderful Wark"

Submitted on April 22nd 2006 by patrick cavanagh.

# Posted on May 11th 2006 by ceolachan

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5693

# Posted on May 11th 2006 by ceolachan