Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on February 11th 2004 by KeepFiddlin'.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as Herb Reid's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Herb Reids
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
|:DF/G/ AF|EF GB|AB cd|ed cA|
DF/G/ AF|EF GB|AB ce|d2 d2:|
|:df fe|dc BA|Be ed|cB Ac|
df fe|dc BA|Bc/d/ cd/e/|d2 d2:|
A great polka from Paddy Keenan's album Na Keen Affair. Easy to learn and sounds good fast or slow! On his album he pairs it with She Said She Couldn't Dance....
# Posted on February 11th 2004 by KeepFiddlin'
"6. Singles ~
Herb Reid's / She Said She Couldn't Dance / Shootin' the Bull
Three dance tunes, native of Newfoundland. Although singles are more usually associated with the fiddle than pipes, Paddy shows how well they can be rendered on the chanter."
# Posted on February 20th 2006 by ceolachan
I'll have to dig through my collection -- when I tried to play the ABCs, I heard different notes in my head at the ends of phrases, if you know what I mean. May be that Paddy's got a different version than is commonly played in Newfoundland or something.
# Posted on February 20th 2006 by Sol Foster
The following is a lot closer to how older Newfoundland accordion player Baxter Wareham has it:
|:Af fe|dc BA|Be Bc|dc BA|
Af fe|dc BA|Be Bc|d2 d2:|
|:DF AF|EF GB|AB cd|ed ef|
DF AF|EF GB|AB cA|d2 d2:|
# Posted on February 20th 2006 by Sol Foster
"Herb Reid's" ~ another way
K: D Major
|: df f>e | d/e/d/c/ c/B/A | Be ed | cB c/B/A |
df- fe | d>c BA | B/c/e Bc | d2 D2 :|
|: D>F AF | EF GB | AA/B/ cd | e/f/e/d/ c/B/A |
DF/G/ AF | E>F GB | A>B ce | d2 D2 :||
# Posted on October 26th 2006 by ceolachan