Bigg Market Lasses

reel

Key signature: Eminor

Submitted on July 6th 2005 by chrisormston.

This tune has been added to 11 tunebooks.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Time Out Of Mind by Chris Ormston

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

As requested!

Here's one I wrote in the early 1990s. While Bigg refers to barley, the place is now more of a cattlemarket! If you look at the abcs you will see that the sequence 'Beef' occurs in places!!!

# Posted on July 6th 2005 by chrisormston

Thanks for that, Chris

Thanks for that, Chris. The tune got a few airings at Newcastleton and I am keen to learn it.
I've seen Bigg Market over the years but I'm too old to frequent such places now. ;-)

# Posted on July 7th 2005 by Johannes J

Learning this one

We were struck by this tune and its oddly sinister sound and like it very much.

We were trying to learn it from Peter Loud by the river at Newcastleton on the Sunday night when we were approached by a man who said he was "The Water Gillie". He passed round a strange substance in a hip flask whcih he claimed he had brewed from potatoes, damsons and otters' p*ss and then demanded £13 each for the free camping. At this moment the midges emerged in a frenzy from the waters and pounced. We fled.

# Posted on July 12th 2005 by LowProfile

Another Great Tune by Chris Ormston

At Newcastleton I spent most of my time sat by the river learning another great tune by Chris, "A Dog's Life", getting it up to speed for Rothbury two weeks later.
The story goes that it was written after the death of Ken's dog Nipper. (Ken is a strange Yorkshire box player who drinks in the Tap & Spile at Morpeth every Sunday afternoon).
I'm a great fan of Chris Ormston's tunes, he's written a few more too.

# Posted on July 20th 2005 by peteloud

By the way.................

It's on my solo CD "Time Out Of Mind" on Kyloe Records. I have one or two left ;-)

Chris

# Posted on March 7th 2006 by chrisormston