Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 6th 2005 by RogueFiddler.
This tune has been added to 58 tunebooks.
Also known as The Boys From Killibegs, The Boys Of Killybegs, Meeting Of The Waters, The Meeting Of The Waters March.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Meeting Of The Waters, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|AB|:d2 df A2 d>c|Bd BG A2 d>e|fa Aa gf ed|f4 e2 AB|
|d2 df A2 d>c|Bd BG A2 d>e|fa gf gA ce|1 d2 {e}d2 d2 AB:|2 d2 {e}d2 d2 a>g:|
|:f2 a>f df fd|Bg gB A2 a>g|fa Aa gf ed|f4 e2 a>g|
|f2 a>f df fd|Bg gB A2 d>e|fa gf gA ce|1 d2 {e}d2 d2 a>g:|2 d2 {e}d2 d4||
The Meeting of the Waters ..
Just learned this from the Bays\Landes CD - House to House. Very nice little march with The Sliabh Aughty March
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by RogueFiddler
Really not a reel - really a march -
I'll never figure out the acceptable way to classify marches on TheSession.
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by RogueFiddler
The Meeting of the Waters
Bays and Landes play this ABAB not AABB.
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by RogueFiddler
"Gay Gordons"
This is one of those march tunes used often to accompany any of the several takes on the Scottish dance "Gay Gordons", one description for it being:
http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/dances.html#GayGordons
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by ceolachan
Hey, catch this - 'animated'?:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/musicscotland/celticroots/standard/dancing/dancing_feet.shtml
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by ceolachan
The Meeting of the Waters ..
Donald Macleod wrote an additional two parts to this tune published in his second pipe collection.
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by stoneboy
High ~ Mid ~ & Low tide:
K: Amaj
|: E>G |
A2 A>c E2 AG | F>A FD E3 A/B/ | ce E>e dc BA | c2 B>^A B2 EF/A/ |
A2 A>c E2 AG | FA FD E2 A>B | ce dc dE BE | AB/A/ A>G A2 ||
ee/d/ |
c2 ed ce cA | FA d>F E3 e/d/ | ce Ae d>c BA | c2 B2 B2 e/f/e/d/ |
c2 e>d c3 A | FD dF E2 A>B | ce d>c dE B>c | A2 A2 A2 :|
K: Gmaj
|: DE/F/ |
G2 GB D2 G>F | EG EC D3 G/A/ | Bd Gd cB AG | Bc/B/ A>^G A2 C/D/E/F/ |
GG/F/ G/A/B D4 | EG E/D/C D3 G/A/ | B/c/d Dd cA FD | G2 G>F G2 ||
d>c |
B2 d>c B/c/d BG | EG cE D3 d/c/ | BG Bd c/B/A AG/A/ | Bc/B/ A^G A3 d/c/ |
B3 d/c/ Bd B>G | EG cE D4 | B/c/d Dd cA F/E/D | G2 G>F G2 :|
either way - ABAB - or - AABB...
# Posted on July 6th 2005 by ceolachan
Meeting of the Waters
Stoneboy - thanks for the heads up, I'd like to hear the 4 part version.
Ceolachan - I've heard the Amaj setting but not the Gmaj. Thanks. I'm not familar with Scottich dance. Nice animation.
# Posted on July 7th 2005 by RogueFiddler
For anyone passing who might not know, "Gay Gordons" was popularly danced in Eire / Ireland too, and still is in some circles...
# Posted on July 7th 2005 by ceolachan
Styling notes for the Irish version, definitely not along the exaggerated lines of the R.S.C.D.S. take on it, so that part as seen in the above links, forget it. If you dance it low to the ground, along the lines of dancing for the sets of quadrilles, that would do, just a walking step and a basic low set-style polka step, either simple 3s, or 'heel-1-2-3'... Keep it as smooth and flowing as you can, not bobbing up and down, if any movement like that, minimal...
# Posted on July 7th 2005 by ceolachan
Some would, and you can choose to, finish the last two bars with a pivot / dreher / double step, or: heel-1, heel-2, heel-3, heel-4
or just 4 steps: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4...
'heel' is used instead of how it is often said and taught as 'hop-step', because it isn't really a 'hop', at most it is a low skip or 'heel' drop...
# Posted on July 7th 2005 by ceolachan
"Gay Gordons Mixer" ~
PDF description, including a 'progressive' version:
http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~carnie/Folkdancestuff/GayGordons.pdf
A different version to note ~ in the 'progression' part of the dance ~ instead of facing each other the couple remains facing in the line of direction, side-by-side, inside hand held:
Balance toward each other then away (123, 223)
Change places ~ the woman turning once around ACW to the Left passing in front of her partner, he slides to the Right into her place (1, 2, 123)
Inside hands held ~ Man to her R now/She to his L:
Balance together and away (123, 223)
PROGRESSION:
Raising joined hands the Woman turns CW and under, letting go of hold and moving to the next place and Man behind / the man moves forward and diagonally to his Left to meet his next partner...
Discussion about variations in the Gay Gordons
http://www.scottishdance.net/ceilidh/GayGordonsDiscussion.html
# Posted on July 10th 2005 by ceolachan
More on "Gay Gordons" dance and "Boys from Killibegs" tune
In East Durham, NY at the local Sunday Irish ceilis the immigrants dance the Gay Gordons without the polka step included. When I've accompanied the musicians they've played "Ireland (Scotland) the Brave" and "Over the Moor to Maggie" for it. My husband and I learned the Scottish version of the dance years ago with the polka step included.
My husband and I play "Meeting of the Waters" in A after "O'Dhomnaill Abdhu" in G and "Doon the Brae" in Em. One of the guys in our Comhaltas session told us another name for "Meeting of the Waters" is the song entitled "The Boys from Killibegs".
# Posted on August 12th 2005 by vonnieestes
A classic set ~
"O'Donnell Abú" / "O'Dhomnaill Abdhu"
Key signature: D & G Major
Submitted on June 4th 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7309
"The Meeting Of The Waters"
"The Old Crossroads" / "Doon the Brae"
Key signature: e & a minor
Submitted on October 7th 2004 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3659
# Posted on June 5th 2007 by ceolachan
"O'Dhomnaill Abú" / "Doon the Brae" / "The Meeting Of The Waters"
Just to correct the order, as I did the cut-and-paste above with "The Meeting of the Waters" as second in the set rather than as described, the last in the set...
# Posted on June 5th 2007 by ceolachan
On Runt o'the litter's cd, it's a song that links to here. The title is The boys of Killibegs, a very different rythm, but it's certainly the same melody. Maybe somone have the lyrics?
# Posted on June 10th 2007 by TradLad
"The Gay Gordons" ~ more here ~
Key signature: A Major
Submitted on September 12th 2005 by exit.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4947
# Posted on July 20th 2007 by ceolachan