Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 24th 2005 by drone.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as The Headlight.
X: 1
T: Head Light, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:FE|DA,A,D FDDF | AddB A2 FA | GBEG FADF | EFGE {E}DCB,A, |
DA,A,D FDDF | AddB A2 FA | GBEG FADF | EDCE D2:|
|: fg|afdf geBe | fdBd e2 dc | dDEF GABc | defg e2 fg |
(3agf ge fdec | dABG AFGE | FDA,D EDFD | EDCE D2 :|
Was just shown this, and left out most of the ornamentation in the notation... anybody out there know the name?
# Posted on January 24th 2005 by drone
Hornpipe?
The melodic structure of this tune, with all of the thirds and especially the way the parts end, would make this a likely hornpipe, not a reel.
# Posted on January 25th 2005 by violynnsey
Agree
Quite right, violynnsey.
# Posted on January 25th 2005 by Henk Bos
It's a reel. Oldish American tune called "The Head Light Reel". See online indexes.
# Posted on January 25th 2005 by Dow
Thanks to all... a cheery tune nonetheless...
# Posted on January 27th 2005 by drone
A good version of this tune
This tune is played almost exactly like this, on their CD, by the Fletcher Bright Fiddle Band (only slightly different in the penultimate bar).
I think the tune was popularised by guitar picker Norman Blake when it appeared on his album 'Far Away, Down on a Georgia Farm' , where it is listed as traditional.
# Posted on August 1st 2008 by Harrisonix