Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on July 12th 2005 by LongNote.
This tune has been added to 12 tunebooks.
Also known as Lord McDonald's March To Harlaw, Mac's Fancy.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: King Billy's March
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
eAA BAA|eAA Bcd|eAA fed|BGG Bcd|eAA BAA|
eAA Bcd|faf gfe|1 dBG Bcd:|2 dBG BdB||
A3 ~a3|ged ~e3|A2A a2B|BAG BdB|A2A ~a3|
gef g2f|gba g2e|dBG Bcd:|
King Billy's March
In honour of the "glorious" day and to be played as the title says rather than as a jig. As a northern fluter from the nationalist side I was at once attracted and repulsed by the title. One of the few tunes I ever took from notes since I never learned to read or write music. Keys and modes still don't mean an awful lot to me.In fact, for my first two years of
playing keys were of no concern as there weren't any accompanists around. Goes to show you can be a musician and still know sweet FA about music. It's from "The Northern Fiddler", from Donegal fiddler of Simey Doherty, a nephew of John's, but minus whatever fiddle ornamentation were in the original notation. Those who have the book can check for any mistakes or inaccuracies due to my musical.illiteracy. However, by using other 6/8 ABCs as models and knowing at least whatit should sound like when converted to midi, I have given it a go and here is the result.
# Posted on July 12th 2005 by LongNote
Nice tune, actually. I wonder if it's got an alternative title.
# Posted on July 12th 2005 by Johannes J
Couldn't say. I have never heard it played by anyone else, but those octave leaps in the second part have the stamp of the highland bagpipe on them. The Dohertys can note several players of both fiddle and highland pipes in their lineage.
# Posted on July 12th 2005 by LongNote
I believe I do hear the skirlin' of the pipes away over the hills... and after a few rounds of this tune and associated libations, I've no doubt King Billy would have us either marchin' with him, or against 'im... nice tewne.
# Posted on July 12th 2005 by drone
A version of Mac's Fancy / Lord MacDonald's March to Harlaw
This tune is a version of Mac's Fancy (first tune on De Dannan's Mist Covered Mountain album).
The original tune is Scottish tune (yes we heard the pipes skirlin') Lord McDonald's March to Harlaw.
# Posted on July 16th 2005 by hnorbeck
"Mac's Fancy" ~ all in the family
Key signature: A Mixolydian
Submitted on March 28th 2004 by Dow.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/2724
# Posted on December 28th 2005 by ceolachan