Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 82 tunebooks.
Also known as Cat's Got The Measles, The Cat's Got The Measles, The Devil's Fling, Jennie's Frolics, Johnny When You Die, Keel Row, Keel Row Fling, The Keel Row Fling, The Keel Row Highland, Keelrow, The Keelrow, Kielrow, Smiling Polly, Some Say The Devil Is Dead, Weel May The Keel Row, Well May The World Go, Yorkshire Lad, The Yorkshire Lad.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Keel Row, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Gmaj
A |:\
B<GB>G c2 A>c | B<GB>B A>FD>c | B<GB>B d2 d>c | A<FA>F G2 (3edc |
B<GB>G c>BA>c | B<GB>B A>F D2 | B<GB>G d2 d>A | A<FA>F G>FG>A ||
B<dd>d e2 d>c | B<GB>B A>FD>A | B<dd>d e2 d>c | B<GA>F G2 G>A |
(3Bcd d>d (3efe d>c | B<GG>B A>F D2 | B<dd>d e<AB>d |(3Bcd e>f (3gag e>d |]
Paddy Joe Gormley -
Chatting about Fermanagh fiddlers - "All played the fiddle from the breast (chest) or shoulder (into the shoulder, not under the chin). Some played from the belly, older fiddlers."
I had several different ending from Paddy over time, but as you can't use a 'less-than' symbol in this area I'll give them in a group of headers:
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
|B<dd>d e<dd>d|B<d (3fgf (3efg e>d||
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# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
B<dd>d e<de>d|(3Bcd e>f (3gag e>d||
- - -
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
|e<de>f g/a/g/f/ g>e||
I came across 'The Keel Row' all over Eire, and was surprised to not find it one site. I did try a number of arrangements in three different keys, as I've come across and have recordings of it in 'G', 'D' and 'A'. There are a lot of variants and I'm sure there will be some collecting here, and I suspect I'll be adding a few. The tune has quite a history and I know of it being used for Morris dancing as well as having at least half a dozen lyrics attached to it over time.
http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7682
The tune goes back a ways... Despite that Scottish feel, and it being known as a Highland/Fling/Highland Fling in Eire, it is claimed by Northumberland and the Tyneside (the song)...
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
The earliest related tune seems to be at around the mid 1700s....
http://www.folk-network.com/products/notes/keelrow.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/KEA_KEM.htm
http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/master/keelrow1.html
http://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/master/keelrow2.html
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
|:d>c|
B2 G>B c2 A>c|B2 G>B A>FD>c|
(3BcB G>B (3cdc A>c|B*GA>F G2:|
|:d>c|
B*dd>g e2 d>c|B2 G>B Ac|
1 B*dd>g (3efe d>c B*GA>F G2:|
2 (3Bcd d>g e*cd>c|B*G (3AGF G||
Because of the problem associated with the 'less-than' symbol being read as an HTML command in this field, I'm using an asterisk, '*', in its place...
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
As you'll see above, where accidentally a 'less-than' symbol was missed, everything that follows it up to the next symbol just disappears... Here's the corrected copy, another version as I have known and played it:
|:d>c|
B2 G>B c2 A>c|B2 G>B A>FD>c|
(3BcB G>B (3cdc A>c|B*GA>F G2:|
|:d>c|
B*dd>g e2 d>c|B2 G>B A*FD>c|
1 B*dd>g (3efe d>c|B*GA>F G2:|
2 (3Bcd d>g e*cd>c|B*G (3AGF G||
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
& Paddy Joe's tempo - approximately 175 bpm...
(& that last 'G' immediately above should have read ~ G2||)
# Posted on October 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
Cats measles
Its also known in the south-west as "The cat's got the measles"
# Posted on October 12th 2004 by Alancorsini
Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
Eh? Eh? EH?!
Cheers indeed!
Armand
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by fiddlinviolinin
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
What key do you play the Keel Row in?
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Cath
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
I wish you would take this thread seriously dk3658, I was thinking more along the lines of front door key
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Cath
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
No it's a Chubb - or generously proportioned, if you don't want to offend
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Cath
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
Here's a very generously proportioned chub..
http://www.aquaticrm.co.uk/images/uploads/chub_7.jpg
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Ottery
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
My, that a big one!
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Cath
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
Nae Luck About the House / The Keel Row
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by showaddydadito
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
What about The Keel Row / Keel Row reel / Boys of Malin? (shortened for demo) ...
http://www.worldfiddlemusic.co.uk/mp3/keelrowdemo.mp3
Jim
# Posted on December 21st 2004 by Worldfiddler
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
I play it in GGGGGGGGGGG. Or G.
# Posted on December 22nd 2004 by fiddlinviolinin
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
what about bogan lochan? that's the one i have usually heard before it. in D.
# Posted on December 22nd 2004 by Fi
This one appears in a some of the old manuscripts as "a reel". It's always considered to be a Tyneside tune (as well as song) but I dunno - it's very flingy and Scottish-sounding... Anyway, regardless of its origins, it's been part of both traditions for a very long time.
# Posted on December 23rd 2004 by Dow
Re: Tune that is USUALLY played before/after The Keel Row?
Armand,
There is no tune that is "usually" played with the Keel Row because the Keel Row's basically a song rather than a tune that goes in any particular set. You could put it with something if you wanted though. It really depends on how you play it. If you play it as a single reel, then you could play it with something like "Anything For John Joe" (the one in D). If you play it like a fling with heavy swing, then you could put it with any highland fling/schottische - there are plenty on this site but they're scattered all over the place - mostly in the barndance or strathspey sections.
# Posted on December 23rd 2004 by Dow
The version I know is like one of the ones you've given here in the comments, 'c':
X: 1
T: Keel Row, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: fling
K: Gmaj
|:c|B2G>B c2A>c|B2G>B A>FD>c|
B2G>B c2A>c|B>GA>F G3:|
|:c|B*dd>g e2d>c|B2G>B A>FD>c|
B*dd>g e2d>c|B>GA>F G3:|
# Posted on June 13th 2005 by Dow
The second part is played by the All Star Ceili Band like this
|:BdBd e2d>c|B2A>G B>GD2|BdBd e2d>c|B2 A2 G4:|
on the casette http://thesession.org/recordings/display.php/1808
# Posted on November 9th 2005 by nemethmik
All Star Ceili Band plays the tune in D
X:9
T:The Keel Row
C:As played by All Star Ceili Band (transcribed by Miklos Nemeth)
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
K:D
a/g/|:f2d>f g2e>g|f2d>f e>cA2|f2d>f g2e>g|f>de>c d2f/a/z:|fafa b2a>g|f2e>d f>dA2|fafa b2a>g|1f2 e2 d2f/a/z:|2 f2 e2 d3z|]
On the casette http://www.regorecords.com/allstarceilb.html the band plays the tune in D as a barndance/hornpipe.
# Posted on November 22nd 2005 by nemethmik
Confusion of names again ~
Hey, this is great, I enjoyed the carry on up above.
Basically, I know, I'm repeating myself for the umpteenth time, the 'highland fling' is swung, sometimes skipped, akin to the Strathspey, and 16 bars, more usually with a 2 to 4 measure second ending for the B-part, but it is also all in the dance, of which there used to be several, from solo stepping to couple, to 3 and 4 hand, and even up to the quadrille and other formations... It has often become a reel where the dance was no more, a good melody persists and they do make damned nice single reels on the whole, but not every single reel makes a nice fling... Even the old farts, however great they were with their music, forgot names and origins and forms, whatever the influences working on them...
# Posted on December 10th 2005 by ceolachan
"Jennie's Frolics"
Submitted on January 26th 2003 by Trevor Jennings.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1375
# Posted on May 13th 2006 by ceolachan
Spongebob?!?
Its a funny thing, I happened to have Spongebob Squarepants on a few days ago and, I heard a concertina playing in the background a familiar little tune, of which I did great research on and it came out to be this tune. I wonder now if the other sea chanties they play as background have the same traditional origin...
# Posted on June 9th 2008 by Pat McDermott
It wouldn't surprise me, since it's a show with a nautical theme...
# Posted on May 14th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Keel Row" & "Green Grow the Rushes O'" swing well together...
# Posted on May 14th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Keel Row" ~
now that < works, here's the other transcription at the top, corrected, cleaned up and repeated with the less than (<) symbol in place ~
X: 2
T: Keel Row, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
R: highland fling
K: Gmaj
|: d>c |\
B2 G>B c2 A>c | B2 G>B A>FD>c |
(3BcB G>B (3cdc A>c | B<GA>F G2 :|
|: d>c |\
B<dd>g e2 d>c | B2 G>B A<FD>c |
[1 B<dd>g (3ege d>c | B<GA>F G2 :|
[2 (3Bcd d>g e<cd>c | B<G (3AGF G2 |]
# Posted on October 24th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Keel Row" ~ a duplication that persists, good comments!
Submitted on July 18th 2009 by tallship.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9755/comments
X: 5
T: Keel Row, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling / highland schottische
K: Gmaj
|: c |\
B2 G>B c2 A>c | B2 G>B A>FD>c |
B2 G>B c2 A>c | B>GA>F G3 :|
|: D |\
B>dd>g e2 d>c | B2 G>B A>FD>c |
B>dd>g e2 d>c | B>GA>F G3 :|
# Posted on October 24th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Keel Row" ~ Dow's contribution from above...
X: 3
T: Keel Row, The
N: # Posted on June 13th 2005 by Dow
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: fling
K: Gmaj
|: c |\
B2 G>B c2A>c | B2 G>B A>FD>c |
B2 G>B c2A>c | B>GA>F G3 :|
|: c |\
B<dd>g e2 d>c | B2 G>B A>FD>c |
B<dd>g e2 d>c | B>GA>F G3 :|
# Posted on October 24th 2009 by ceolachan
"The Keel Row" ~ 'The All Star Ceili Band' ~ G & D
~ minor adjustments, but basically still Miklos' transcriptions...
X: 4
T: The Keel Row
S: As played by All Star Ceili Band (transcribed by Miklos Nemeth)
N: # Posted on November 9th 2005 by nemethmik
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=160
K: GMaj
|: d>c |\
B2 G>B c2 A>c | B2 G>B A>F D2 |
B2 G>B c2 A>c | B>GA>F G2 :|
|: B<d |\
BdBd e2 d>c | B2 A>G B>G D2 |
BdBd e2 d>c | B2 A2 G2 :|
X: 4
T: The Keel Row
S: As played by All Star Ceili Band (transcribed by Miklos Nemeth)
N: # Posted on November 22nd 2005 by nemethmik
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=160
K: DMaj
|: a>g |\
f2 d>f g2 e>g | f2 d>f e>c A2 |
f2 d>f g2 e>g | f>de>c d2 :|
|: f<a |\
fafa b2 a>g | f2 e>d f>d A2 |
fafa b2 a>g | f2 e2 d2 :|
I think those BdBd-s & fafa-s work better swung ~ B>dB>d & f>af>a...
# Posted on October 24th 2009 by ceolachan