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The Scolding Wife

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on August 16th 2005 by continuo.

This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.

Also known as The Scullion's Wife.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

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X: 1
T: Scolding Wife, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
D2AD FAdF|A2FA dBAF|D2AD FAdA|BdAF GBAF|
D2AD FAdF|A2FA dBAF|D2AD FAdA|BdAF GBeg||
fddc dfaf|gbaf gfeg|fddc defd|ecAF G2eg|
fddc dfaf|gbaf gfeg|fddc defd|ecAF GBAF||

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The Scolding Wife sheetmusic
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Any ideas about this? Hope it isn't here already - looked a fair bit for it.

From a session tape given to me of loads of unidentified players.

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by continuo

Simple yet effective. Great tune!

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by Conán McDonnell

How come when I edited the error in the ABC the sheetmusic version stays the same? Or is it a reload problem?

# Posted on August 16th 2005 by continuo

This is The Scolding Wife. It's played a lot in Donegal (and Skerries) and this version is closer to what you would hear in Donegal than earlier versions in the database. I'll try to post another version later.

Jim

# Posted on August 17th 2005 by skerries

Is this known as the Scolding Wife in Donegal? I just looked it up here and in O'Neill's - I play the other tune as well and never would have put them together as being related. Interesting...

There's a memory of a recording of this other version floating round my head - if I find it I'll post it somewhere...

# Posted on August 19th 2005 by continuo

Recorded on John McCusker's Yella Hoose.

# Posted on September 9th 2005 by continuo

Scolding Wives of Abertarff, The

This is a tune by a similar name played by Alasdair Fraser on Skyedance with Paul Machlis

X: 1
T:Scolding Wives of Abertarff, The
R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
M:C|
L:1/8
F:http://flutesong.naturalscotland.co.uk/music/abc/tunes/athol-nz.abc 2007-02-27 13:38:12 UT
K:G Minor
f|dGBG B/c/d f2|cFAF A/B/c =e2|dGBG B/c/d g2|dg ^f/g/a ~g2g:|
a|bgdg dgbg|fdcf AFcA|bgdg dgbg|dg ^f/g/a g2 ga|bgdb caBg|
Afcf AFcA|dGBG B/c/d g2|dg ^f/g/a ~g2g||

# Posted on February 27th 2007 by javivr

Also played on Altan's "Runaway Sunday", with the parts reversed

# Posted on March 30th 2007 by Pádraig

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