Earl Gray

strathspey

Key signature: Amajor

Submitted on July 6th 2005 by gian marco.

This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.

Also known as Earl Grey, The Earl Grey.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Date With The Gallowglass Ceili Band by The Gallowglass Ceili Band
• A Lifelong Home by Alex Francis MacKay
• Beyond The Borders by Brandon Vance, Mark Minkler
• Fiddler's Fancy: The Music Of James Hill by Tom McConville
• Here And There by Seamus Connolly
• Legacy Of The Scottish Fiddle Vol. 1 by Alasdair Fraser And Paul Machlis
• Lonely Bird by Aly Bain
• Mosaic by Alan Kelly
• Open Road by Boys Of The Lough
• Roaming Free by Colin MacLeod And Rory Sinclair
• Scottish Violin Music -Volume 1 by Hector MacAndrew
• The Fiddler And His Art by School Of Scottish Studies, University Of Edinburgh
• The Legendary Jimmy Shand by Jimmy Shand

X: 1
T: Earl Gray
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amaj
A>B A>E F<A E>c|d>B (3cBA G<B (3BcB|
A>B A>E F<A E>c|1 (3def (3efg (3aed (3cdB:|2(3def (3efg a<A a>g||
a>A g>A f>A e>c|d>B (3cBA G<B B>g|a>A g>A f>A e>c|
(3def (3efg a<A a>g|(3afa (3geg (3fdf (3ece|d>B (3cBA G<B (3BcB|
A>B A>E F<A E>c|(3def (3efg (3aed (3cdB|

Source: Seamus Connolly - here and there
Transcription: gmp

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by gian marco

The Earl Grey

A James Hill tune. As far as I know, it should be spelt "Grey". Like a lot of his other compositions (e.g. The Hawk), this was named after a pub. For more info see http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/EA_EG.htm.

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by Dow

Come on Dow this just has to be a cup of tea - don't care what the Fiddler's Companion says. Anyone else for a cuppa

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by Donough

Yeah, the prime minister and this tune were both named after the tea Hey you've just given me a great idea for a set: this, into that reel that's a bit like the Merry Harriers - http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3038.

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by Dow

I prefer Lady Grey to the Earl, less of the old cigar and a touch of citrus...

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by ceolachan

I prefer black coffee

# Posted on July 7th 2005 by Dow

If it's preference were on about ~ a good rum will do nicely... :-|

# Posted on July 7th 2005 by ceolachan

"Earl Grey Strathspey" ~ as notated / played by James Scott Skinner

http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/display.php?ID=JSS0600

# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan

Composer: James Hill
Manuscript date: 1900

The link above is to a manuscript copy for the tune, the final draft, written in the hand of Gavin Greig for inclusion in Scott Skinner's collection, page 94, of "The Harp and Claymore Collection", as provided to the publisher Bayley and Ferguson, of London and Glasgow...

# Posted on July 9th 2005 by ceolachan

Aaahhh, I'm sure feasting my eyes on that beautiful old manuscript just added a few hours onto my life.

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by Dow

Dorian Gray,, oops, I mean Grey, no, really, I mean 'Dow'...

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by ceolachan

I was horrified today to find a grEy hair on my arm. Well actually it was a white albino hair, but if I'd said that straight away I wouldn't have been able to tell you it was grEy. Good job it was a hair and not a hare.

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by Dow

Hair, hare, here and there
Seamus Connolly, if you dare
Earl Grey we'll have a cup
Just pour it in and stir it up
Cup of tea
For me and 'c'
And a drop of rum
Diddle-dee-dum
We'll have a dance
And a song or two
Or just give us a tune
That'll do

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by Dow

Earl Grey

Good tune. Angels play this as a flat Cumbrian hornpipe and link it with Whitehaven Volunteers for the Gay Gordons.
It fairly rocks along.

Noel
Angels of the North

# Posted on July 10th 2005 by noelbats

"Whitehaven Volunteers"

Key signature: G Major
Submitted on November 6th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6333

# Posted on November 6th 2006 by ceolachan