Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on March 3rd 2005 by markbarsamian.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
Also known as The Camber Lassies.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Camber Lasses, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
cBAF EFAB|c2 (3Bcd cFFF|cBAF EFAB|c2 (3Bcd cAAA:|
f2 fa fecd|ecac cBBB|f2 fa fecd|eBBB cAAA|
f2 fa fecd|ecac cBBB|cefg agaf|ecBd cAAA|
Gan Ainm reel from the first set of Dervish's "Playing with Fire"
The first set of the Dervish album "Playing with Fire" is a set of reels: Buckley's Fancy, Gan Ainm, and Fred Finn's. As far as I can tell, the middle tune has not been previously posted. My apologies if I have overlooked something. (This is my first tune posting.)
# Posted on March 3rd 2005 by markbarsamian
Variant of Primrose Lasses?
Kenny has pointed out that this tune sounds like a variant of "Primrose Lasses". Should I have not posted it as a new tune?
# Posted on March 3rd 2005 by markbarsamian
I think it's different enough from Primrose Lass.
# Posted on March 3rd 2005 by slainte
To me it sounds nothing like the Primrose Lasses.
# Posted on March 4th 2005 by Dow
Sorry lads - to me it's the same tune, slight variation in the setting or simplified version. But definitely the Primrose Lasses.
# Posted on March 4th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Wash your mouth out with soap and water Conan it's definitely a different tune. (To me).
# Posted on March 4th 2005 by Dow
All those who think it's a different tune raise their hands.
There.
See?
# Posted on March 4th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
I thought the two tunes are quite different at first, but now I'm convinced this nameless tune is more or less related to The Primrose Lasses. Here's my transcription of the Cape Breton version of the well-known tune transposed into Amaj: you'll find striking similarity, especially in the second part.
K: Amaj
a|fecB A2AF|EFAB cBBa|fecB A2AF|EFAB cAA2|
ceBc A2AF|EFAB cBBa|fecB A2AF|EFAB cAA2||
e2ae feae|ceae cBB2|e2ae fgaf|ecBd cAA2|
e2ae feae|ceae cBB2|ecef a2af|ecBd cAA2||
By the way, the Dervish version is still quite distinct and worth a separate entry, I think.
P.S. The version above is normally played in G in Cape Breton: I've already posted the original G major version in an appropriate place. You can listen to me playing it on Jim's Mighty Craic Online page. That's not my best playing though.
# Posted on March 4th 2005 by slainte
Yeah Slainte I don't know why you kept trying to convince us they're different. It was obvious to us all along that they're the same tune.
# Posted on March 5th 2005 by Dow
(raises hand)
# Posted on March 5th 2005 by Phantom Button
Camber Lasses
Heard Emily play this at a session in Sydney and made a mental note to remember to ask her what she called it, then I forgot all about it, and then I found her posting of it today whilst browsing, albeit in Gmaj http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1947.
# Posted on March 24th 2005 by Dow
Camber Lasses
This transcription is inaccurate. There should be a 2nd time ending on the B-part. Last 2 bars are |2 cefe ~a3f|ecBd cAA2||
# Posted on April 30th 2005 by Dow