Gypsy Princess

barndance

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 9th 2005 by Susan Lawlor.

This tune has been added to 68 tunebooks.

Also known as The Gypsi Princess, The Gypsy Princess, Gypsy Queen.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Night At The Fair by The Two Tap Trio
• After The Ball by Arcady
• Beyond The Borders by Brandon Vance, Mark Minkler
• Bráithre An Óil by Monks Of The Screw
• Bruach An TSuláin by The Abbey Céilí Band
• Down The Ivory Stairs by Padraic O'Reilly
• Fire In The Air by Bobbi Nikles With Kyle Alden, Paul Kotapish, Maureen Brennan, Julian Smedley, Cindy Browne, Shira Kammen And David Morris
• Misneach by Misneach
• Na Fir Bolg by Jack Talty And Cormac Begley
• Raven by John Williams
• Seana Choirce by Brendan Begley
• Set Dances Of Ireland, Volume IV by Various Artists
• The Music Makers by Geantrai
• The Red Wellies by The Red Wellies
• The Salmon's Leap by Randal Bays
• Trad At Heart by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Gypsy Princess
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
(B2 B)B B2B2|ABAG E2 D2|(G2G)B d2 Bd|e2 dB A2 GA|
(B2 B)B B2B2|ABAG E2 D2|(G2G)A BddB|A2 G2 G2 z2:|
(d2 d)d d2 d2 |B2 BA G2 Bd|(e2e)e e2 e2|B2 BA G2 zB|
(d2 d)d d2 d2 |B2 BA G2 Bd|(g2 g)e dBGA|B2 A2 G2 z2:|

This is one of the tunes that follows "The Factory Girl" on Éilís Kennedy's CD "Time to Sail."

# Posted on June 9th 2005 by Susan Lawlor

Cute tune...

Thanks for posting this...I remember learning this from Anna Massie at a fiddle workshop in Guelph when I was still quite wet behind the proverbial fiddle ears. It was promptly lost in tunes/months that followed.

# Posted on June 9th 2005 by _Steph_

John Williams

John Williams plays this on his new album "Raven." When he talked about it at his concert he said he was in Louisiana trying to find something to play with the one row box players down there and thought of this one. When he played it for them they swore that it was a Cajun melody rather than an Irish barndance. The way he plays it definitely makes it have a Cajun sound.

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by Musicalbison

"The Gypsy Queen Barndance" ~ some other options

X: 1134
T:Gypsy Princess
M:4/4
L:1/8
R: Barndance
K: G Major
|: G>A |
B2 (3BBB B2 B2 | A>BA>G E2 (3DEF | G3 B d2 (3Bcd | (3efe dB A2 G>A |
B>cB>A B2 (3BBB | A2 (3BAG (3EFE D2 | G3 B d>ed>B | (3ABA G2 G2 :|
|: (3ABc |
d3 e g3 d | B>cB>A G>A (3Bcd | e2 (3eee e2 g>e | B>cB>A G2 B>c |
d2 d>e g2 g>d | B2 B>A G2 B>d | g3 e d>B (3GFA | (3ABA G2 G2 :|

# Posted on June 8th 2007 by ceolachan

Also to be found as "Denis Murphy's" on the Harry Bradley/Paul O'Shaughnessy album Born for Sport

# Posted on May 1st 2008 by niall_kenny