Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 23rd 2004 by jakki S.
This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.
Also known as Lemonville.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Lemonville, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
f2g|aba afd|fgf fdA|ded dAF|G3 e2f|
gag gec|efe ecA|cBA gfe|f3 f2g|
aba afd|fgf fdA|ded def|B3 e2f|
gag gec|efe ecA|cBA gfe|d3 d2A|
|:FGA ABc|ded def|gag gfe|B3 B2d|
cea aed|cea aed|cea gfe|1fdB A2G:|2d3 z3||
This is a lovely tune which loses a lot of its charm if played too quickly. It's possibly a little on the 'camp' side, but has a lovely upbeat positive feel to it. Although I learnt this from an Irish fiddler I'm not sure of its origins.
# Posted on July 23rd 2004 by jakki S
Apparently it's Canadian. It was popularised in the Borders through the playing of Willy Taylor, but I've heard it in (Irish) sessions in the south of England also. I wouldn't have said that it's standard Irish session material though - it's not the same style.
# Posted on July 24th 2004 by Dow
Okay,I`ll bite
who was the camp Irish fiddler you learned this gay jig from?
# Posted on July 24th 2004 by cos
Yeah, I guessed it wasn't Irish. I learnt it (or rather received the music) from Tony Corcoran, a fiddler working in Newcastle where I was brought up (this is about 13 years ago nop). He's not camp - just the tune! It's a handy tune to have up your sleeve for ceilidh sets.
# Posted on July 24th 2004 by jakki S
Lemonville Jig
Grerat Tune -Canadian origin but Northumbriated by Willy Taylor.
We claim it as ours now,.
Angels of the North play it with The Hogmanny Jig(Andrew Rankin) and The Corner House (Charlie Sherrit). Charlie was a Scot who worked in Newcastle then went down to Corby. It a set of mixed parentage but unified by adoption into the Northumbrian idiom.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North
# Posted on July 25th 2004 by noelbats
"Northumbriated" -- LOL! Interesting that you put the Hogmanay with Corner House - we used to do Hogmanay into Corner House into Stool Of Repentance. Can't remember what we used to play Lemonville with - I'd have to have a look at my old sheetmusic.
# Posted on July 25th 2004 by Dow
Written by Jack C Hayes
I've seen his name attached to this tune on other websites.
# Posted on March 29th 2007 by vonnieestes