Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on February 17th 2004 by turophile.
This tune has been added to 85 tunebooks.
Also known as Kitty Losty's, P. J. Crotty's, The Queen Of The May.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Queen Of May, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
Bcdf ~e2 dB|ADFD FA ~A2|Bcdf edBc|dBA=c BDFA|
B2 BA BcdB|ADFD FA ~A2|Bcdf edBc|dBA=c BDFA||
~B2 eB fBeB|defa afed|~B2 eB fBeB|dBA=c BDFA|
(3Bcd eg fdeB|defa af e2|fbba fafe|dBA=c BDFA||
Chieftains' Queen of May
This is the version of The Queen of May heard on Chieftains 1 (track 5).
# Posted on February 17th 2004 by turophile
Queen of May (reel)
Listen to Dezi Donnelly and Mike McGoldrick playing this tune together: http://www.rte.ie/radio1/ceilihouse/rams/7may.ram It starts around 20:30, the second one in the set. Smashing!
# Posted on May 10th 2005 by slainte
Dez Donnelly's setting
Nice catch, Hiroyuki, and thanks for posting the link. Here's what I hear Dez Donnelly playing on that Ceili House track (and I transcribed his playing on The Rainy Day under that tune here in the database as well).
X: 1
T: Queen Of May, The
T: P.J. Crotty's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: E dorian
Bcdf eBdB|AD F/E/D FAAd|Bcdf edBc|dB A/A/=c BEGA|
B3 B BAdB|AD F/E/D FAAd|Bcdf edBc|dB A/A/=c BEGA||
B2 eB fBeB|defa afed|~B2 eB fBeB|dB A/A/=c BEGA|
(3Bcd eg ~f3 e|defa afea|fbba ~f3 e|dB A/A/=c BEGA||
# Posted on May 10th 2005 by Will Harmon
Will, you're my hero too.
Needless to say, Harry Bradley and Jesse Smith also recorded this great tune together. I have to learn it in a few days.
# Posted on May 11th 2005 by slainte
Interesting to note that the set played by McGoldrick and Donnelly is precisely the same as that recorded by Padraic Mac Mathuna on 'Blas Na Meala'
# Posted on August 19th 2006 by prouse
I notice, Turophile, that you posted this tune as being in B minor. in terms of notation, this is of no consequence, as the key signature is correct. But I have noticed that backers are often flummoxed by this tune. Something in the opening phrase suggests a B-minor chord, but then, when they try to continue backing in the key ofBm, it doesn't work. As Will CPT shows in his abc, it is actrually in E dorian. Bm can be used as the opening chord (Em and G both work as well), but the second chord (in bar 2) should be D, not A as is often assumed by backers.
# Posted on February 5th 2008 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Key Signature
I agree about the correct key signature have changed it to E dorian.
# Posted on February 12th 2008 by turophile
Three part version
A nice Tommy Potts three part version of this tune can be found in CRE I.
# Posted on January 24th 2009 by msikio
the juneberry site has a Michael Coleman recording of this tune:
http://www.juneberry78s.com/sounds/mo33001t10.mp3
he plays the B part twice toward the end...interesting...
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by airport
it's the 2nd tune - after Dr. Gilbert's
# Posted on June 23rd 2009 by airport