Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on December 22nd 2004 by Edgar Bolton.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
Also known as The Bonnet Makers Of Dundee, The Corbey And The Pyett, Sweet Mally.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Burnt Leg, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
|: Ee (3eee fedB | defa efdB | Ee (3eee fedB | dBAF (3EEE EE:|
|: (3GGF FE DEFA | (3BBB DE ABde | fedA DEFA | (3Bcd AF (3EEE EE :|
The Burnt Leg
This version of the reel is as taught in Colm O'Rua's Mandolin/Banjo course at Sabhal Mor Ostaig in July 2003.
The tune is included by Macdonald in the Skye Collection 1887 (no 141, p.41). However, Cranford finds the tune printed in earlier collections under different titles: in Aird's 1st (1782) as "Sweet Mally" and in Bremner's 1757 collection as "The Bonnet Makers of Dundee." Cranford also mentions that the tune is popular among Cape Breton fiddlers. It was in the repertoire of Bill Lamey (who played it as a strathspey) and was recorded by Joe MacLean (as a reel). Background from the Fiddler's Companion: http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc
When playing, watch out for the triplet at the beginning of the second part. Otherwise an excellent reel. Short, so play twice as many times. Slainte
# Posted on December 22nd 2004 by Edgar Bolton