Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on July 28th 2004 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
Also known as The Preston.
X: 1
T: Preston City, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: mazurka
K: Gmaj
|: d B>A |
G2 G>D G>B | G2 G>D G>B | d2 d>c B>c | A3 B A>F |
D2 F>D F>A | D2 F>D F>A | d2 d>c B>A |1 B3 :|2 G3 ||
|: B (3DGB |
d2 d>B G>g | e2 c2 A2 | F2 F>A d>c | B>D G>B d>^c |
d>G B>d g>f | e2 c2 A2 | (3FGA d>c B>A |1 G3 :|2 G3 ||
|: =f e>d |
c2 c>G E>G | c2 c>G E>G | e>d c>B A>G | =F3 d ^c>d |
d2 d>B G>B | d3 B G>B | g>=f e>d c>B |1 c3 :|2 c3 ||
Preston, Lancashire = A lot of Catholics and a good part of them are Irish
"Hard Times" - Charles Dickens (about Preston)
This tune can also be played starting in the key of A:
K:A
|:C>B|A2 A>E A>c|A2 A>E A>c|e2 e>d c>d|B3 c B>G|
A version of this tune can be found in Peter Kennedy's work - "Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Slip Jigs and Waltzes", page 42, tune 159, ISBN 1-899512-51-9
# Posted on July 28th 2004 by ceolachan
- - - Mazurka-Waltz - - -
These 3-part mazurkas lend themselves well to accompanying the dance known as the 'Mazurka-Waltz', with waltzing the third part... See also "Mick Hoy's Recipe for Boiled Cabbage".
# Posted on July 28th 2004 by ceolachan
This is so good! I live 30min drive from Preston, and visit 2/3 times a week. The title is very appropriate since Preston has recently become a city. They're so proud of the fact that there is now a huge board up proclaiming: "Preston- Britain's newest city".
# Posted on August 5th 2004 by RoisinB