Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on August 16th 2005 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 33 tunebooks.
Also known as Carrick's Rant.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Smith's A Gallant Fireman, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Dmaj
D2D>F A2A>F|A>Bd<A F2E>D|E2E>G B2B>c|d>fe<d B>AB<d|
D2D>F A2A>F|A>Bd<A F2E>D|G>BG<B F>AF<A|E>FG>A B>AB<c||
d2f>e d2d>B|A>Bd<A F2E>D|e2e>f e2e>f|g>fe<d B>AB<c|
d2f>e d2d>B|A>Bd<A F2E>D|G>BG<B F>AF<A|E>FG>A B>AB<d||
The Smith's A Gallant Fireman
Isn't it surprising that this old familiar tune hasn't been on this site yet? Transcribed from the fiddle playing of Jennifer Wrigley, Allan Henderson, and Jullia Legge. That's the best version of the tune I've ever come across.
# Posted on August 16th 2005 by slainte
It's a great tune, thanx for posting it slaite.
# Posted on August 18th 2005 by red_haired_girl
Another tune
I would like to know if it´s available the Liam O´Flynn´s version .
# Posted on May 25th 2006 by Manu Novo
The Smith's A Gallant Fireman
I picked up this tune from a workshop with Ian Fraser of Scotland. He puts in a lot of really nice "dirt", mainly double stopped unisons, rolls, and hammer-ons. He also has some really nice bowing, which makes it a lot less choppy and a bit more lyrical. I thoroughly enjoyed his playing of this tune and I've added it to my list of favourites!
# Posted on August 8th 2006 by sarah_burnell
The Smith's A Gallant Fireman
This can also be found as a reel in O'Neill's DMI under the title "More Luck to Us" (No.564). Another Scottish title is "Carrick's Rant".
# Posted on August 10th 2006 by nigelg
The version below is from the playing of Howie MacDonald. He drives the bow in this tune quite a bit. I've tried to notate that in the ABCs as ,e.g., D2- .D>F, which appears in standard notation with a dot below the driven note. Of course on the midi file it comes across as nothing.
Howie plays this tune at a quite lazy 116 crotchets (quarter notes) per minute which gives it a laid back feel.
X: 1
T: The Smith’s a Gallant Fireman
O: Scotland
M: C
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=116
R: strathspey
N: as played by Howie MacDonald
K: D
D2-.D>F {F}A2-.A>B|A>B {B}d>A F2TE<D|E2-E>F E2-.E>f|{f}g>f e<d TB2B<d|
B,/D/z z>F {F}A2-A>B| A>B {B}d>A F2TE<D|{EF}G>B G<B F>A F<A|E>F G<A B2(3ABc|
d2f<e- .e>d d>B|A>B {B}d>A F2TE<D|B<e e>f Te2e<f|{f}g>f e<d B2(3ABc|
d2f<e- .e>d d>B|A>B {B}d>A F2TE<D|{EF}G>B G<B F>A F<A|E>F G<A B2 (3ABc||[D2d2]
# Posted on March 28th 2007 by DonaldK
The Smith's a Gallant Fireman
I've been searching for the variation of this tune as I have heard from one or two fiddlers over many years. I found the complete tune in the Scottish Violinist (tunes composed and arranged by Scott Skinner). This is a transcript of the tune as I suppose he played it.
X:1
T:Smith's a Gallant Fireman, The
M:4/4
R:Strathspey
K:D
D2 D3/2F/ F/A3/2A3/2B/|A3/2B/d3/2A/ F2 E/D3/2|E2 E3/2F/ B/B3/2B3/2c/|d3/2f/e3/2d/ B2 {c}d2|
D2 D3/2F/ F/A3/2A3/2B/|A3/2B/d3/2A/ F2 E/D3/2|G/B3/2 G/B3/2 F/A3/2 F/A3/2|E3/2F/G3/2A/ B3/2A/B3/2c/||
d2 f3/2e/ d/d3/2d3/2B/|A3/2B/d3/2A/ F2 E/D3/2 |e2 e3/2d/ e/e3/2e3/2f/|g3/2f/e3/2d/ {d}B3/2A/B3/2c/|
d2 f3/2e/ d/d3/2d3/2B/|A3/2B/d3/2A/ F2 E/D3/2|G/B3/2 G/B3/2 F/A3/2 F/A3/2|E3/2F/G3/2A/ B2 B/d3/2||
D2 F3/2E/ (3DFE D2|(3.D.F.A (3.d.c.B (3.B.A.G (3.F.E.D|E2 G3/2F/ (3EBG E3/2f/|(3gfe (3fed (3cBA (3Bcd|
D2 F3/2E/ (3DFE D2|(3DFA (3dcB (3BAG (3FED|(3G,.A.A (3.B.A.A (3G,.F.F (3.A.F.F|(3.E.F.G (3.F.G.A (3.B.g.f (3.e.d.c|
d2 f3/2e/ (3daf d2|(3.A.B.c (3.d.c.B (3.B.A.G (3.F.E.D|e2 g3/2f/ (3ebg e3/2f/|(3gfe (3fed (3cBA (3gfe|
d2 f3/2e/ (3daf d2|(3.A.B.c (3.d.c.B (3.B.A.G (3.F.E.D|(3G,AA (3BAA (3G,FF (3AFF|(3EFG (3FGA (3BAG (3FAE||z D8||
# Posted on March 17th 2008 by AngusF