Come Let Us Dance And Sing

polka

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on September 18th 2004 by cj.

This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.

Also known as Come Dance And Sing.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A North Country Barn Dance by The Morpeth Ranters
• Another Measure: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 2 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• Jefferson And Liberty by The Itinerant Band
• Jimmy's Fancy by Jimmy Shand
• Strict Tempo: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 1 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• The Civil War Collection by Jim Taylor
• Whun A' The Kye Had Names by Charlie Gillen And Ptarmigan

X: 1
T: Come Let Us Dance And Sing
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
|:A|d2 f/e/d/e/|fd d/e/d/c/|Be e/f/e/d/|cAA B/c/|
d2 f/e/d/e/|fd d/e/d/c/|B edc|d2d:|
|:A/G/|FA A/B/A/G/|FA A/B/A/G/|FAdf|e/d/c/B/ A A/G/|
FA A/B/A/G/|FAA B/c/|d>e/ g/f/e/d/|aAA:|

Come Let Us Dance and Sing

This is the 3rd tune in a medley with J.B. Milne and Hey! Johnnie Cope in Barbara McOwen's Leaves of Cabbage, a tune book for Scottish country dancing.

She lists her source as Kerr's Violin #1. She also uses it as a polka in the polka/shottish/waltz section at the back of the book.

Barbara is good at putting medleys together, and this set is fun. But as a lone tune, not my favorite. However, when I was a rookie playing for Scottish country dancing, and therefore looking for tunes I could play well at dance speeds for the dancers' sake, this one was a good choice.

# Posted on September 18th 2004 by cj

Come Dance and Sing

You can play it as a polka if you want but of course its a rant - nand one of the best one's for dancing as well. Much better than Morpeth Rant, Ceviot Rant or Salmon Tails. It Alastair Andersons favourite tune and one that the |Angels of the North use whenevr we want to get asluggish audience bobbing.

One of the great things about this architypically North-eastern tune is that I learnt it from a tape of a US hammer-dulcimer lead old time string band!
Noel

# Posted on September 19th 2004 by noelbats