Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on October 24th 2004 by Gard.
This tune has been added to 19 tunebooks.
Also known as The Man From Sky, The Wee Man From Skye, The Wee Man.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Man From Skye, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: hornpipe
K: Dmaj
|:B<d|e2 (e>d) d>e e>d|B>e e>d B2 A2|G>G G<B G2 B2|G>B B<d B2 d2|
e2 (e>d) d>e e>d|B>e e>d B2 (AG)|A>A A>B e2 d<B| A4 A<A :|
|: (B<d)|e2 g2 a2 e>f|g>f e<d B2 A2|G>G G<B G2 B2|G>B B<d B2 D2|
[1 e>f g<e a2 A<a|g>f e<d B2 A<G|A>A A>B e2 d<B|A4 A>A :|
[2 e2 e>d d>e e>d|B>e e>d B2 (A<G)|A>A A>B e2 d<B|A4 A<A||
|: (B<d)|e2 A2 A2 B<d|(e<g) (e>d) B2 (A<B)|d2 G<G (B>A) B<G|(B<d) (G>d) B2 d2|
e2 A<A (B>A) B<d|(e<g) (d<e) B2 (A<G)|A>A A>B e2 (d<B)|A4 A>A :|
|: (B<d)|e2 (e>d) e2 (e>f)|g>f e<g B2 A2|G>G G<B G2 B2|G>B B>d B2 d2|
[1 e2 (e>d) e2 (e>f)|g>f e<g B2 A<G|A>A A>B e2 (d<B)|A4 A<A :|
[2 e2 A<A (B>A) B<d|(e<g) (d<e) B2 (A<G)|A>A A<B e2 (d<B)|A4 A<A||
Wee Man
Also known as "The Wee Man From Skye" - [ never "Sky", because the name of the island ends in an "e"]. Another composition by Pipe Major Donald McLeod, and it's a hornpipe, not a strathspey.
# Posted on October 25th 2004 by Kenny
Thanks for the info, Kenny, and I always used to think that my satellite TV programmes came from Portree.
# Posted on October 25th 2004 by Johannes J
It's very schottischey for a hornpipe.
# Posted on October 25th 2004 by Dow
Reply to comments
The reason for that comment, John, was that someone has entered an alternative title as “The Man From Sky”, which is utter cobblers. You’re right, Dow, it is quite often played at ceildihs for dancing schottisches.
# Posted on October 25th 2004 by Kenny
Re " Utter cobblers"
Yes, Kenny. I agree. I notice too that there are loads of tunes in the "request section" with ridiculous titles but they are already in the database under their correct names. I had thought of adding these alternative titles to "tie them up" but I've resisted as I feel that they are not genuine alternative names and I'd rather not mislead anyone.
# Posted on October 25th 2004 by Johannes J
Wee Man
have always played this in 2/4 time
# Posted on October 3rd 2008 by dmack