Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on June 26th 2005 by prouse.
This tune has been added to 35 tunebooks.
Also known as Wing Commander Donald MacKensie's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Wing Commander Donald Mackenzie's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amaj
cE E/2E/2E cEBE|AFFE FAEA|F2FE FGAB|cBAB cffe|
cE E/2E/2E cEBE|AFFE FAEA|F2FE FGAB|1~c2BG A3B:|2~c2Bc Aa a/2a/2a||
|:aefe c2Bc|AFEF ABce|faba fbaf|ecAB BAce|
aefe c2Bc|AFEF ABce|faba fbaf|1ecBc Aa a/2a/2a:|2ecBc A3B||
Great Edinburgh session tune, written by Phil Cunningham; apologies for any errors in ABC, as I've never tried this before
# Posted on June 26th 2005 by prouse
Great tune! It's on one of my CDs, but I never have managed to work it out by ear. Thanks for posting it!
# Posted on June 26th 2005 by Fiddlekit
Triplets
Don't forget to make them triplets as below or the bars won't add up correctly.
cE (3E/2E/2E/2
# Posted on June 29th 2005 by geoffwright
Geoff, you'll find that Prouse's add up correctly; yours don't.
# Posted on June 30th 2005 by Dow
A lovely tune. Whence its name?
# Posted on June 30th 2005 by PCL
Phil Cunningham's landlord. He came for a cup of tea at one o'clock each day and Phil offered him Bandit biscuits. Phil said he never got the 'Bandits at one o'clock' joke, but he left a little note on his coffin to explain it.
Found this info at http://www.capebretonlive.com/video/video-show20.htm
# Posted on June 15th 2006 by Lurcherjohn
Cape Breton ~ Celtic Colours International Festival
Causeway Crossing Concert
Recording/Video: October 7, 2005
Location: Civic Centre, Port Hawkesbury,
Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
"Wing Commander Donald McKenzie was my landlord when I lived in _Bathkie???___ just outside Glasgow, or halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was a real wing commander from the RAF. He came every day for a cup of tea, and we had biscuits called bandit biscuits And every day at one O'Clock I would give him one of these biscuits, for two years. And he never ever got the joke ~ bandits at one O'Clock. I explained the joke and I left it in a little not on his coffin when they were burying him. I hope he read it as well."
~ Phil Cunningham
In the man's own words, written out from his comments at the concert, just in case there is a time limit on access to the lovely video offerings on the link given above...
Thanks for the link Lurcherjohn
# Posted on June 15th 2006 by ceolachan
Slow on the uptake, the ??? above, "Bathkie", should have clicked, I suspect it is 'Bathgate'... I had problems with the sound, using headphones...
# Posted on June 15th 2006 by ceolachan