Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on September 1st 2005 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as The Lost Purse March, Peter Duffy's.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Lost Purse, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
D2|:B>ABG cBce|dGBd g2a>g|eag>e d^c=cB|A>BAG F2D2|
B>ABG cBce|dGBd ef/e/ dc|B>cdB c/B/A FA|1 B2GF G2dc:|2 B2GF G2Bd||
g>fgb agfe|d>edc Bc/B/ AB|c>Bce dBcB|A>BAG F2D2|
g>fgb agfe|dGBd ef/e/ dc|B>cdB c/B/A FA|B2GF GABd|
g>fgb agfe|d>edc Bc/B/ AB|c>Bce dBcB|A>BAG F2GA|
B>ABG cBce|dGBd ef/e/ dc|B>cdB c/B/A FA|B2GF G2||
The Lost Purse
This is not a barndance but a march. It's the signature tune of the Leeds Ceili Band, and some of you might have heard them play it in competitions. Not very sure, but I think I heard it was composed by piano accordion player Peter Duffy, who has now moved to Ireland.
# Posted on September 1st 2005 by slainte
"The Lost Purse" ~ The Leeds Ceili Band
This tune is now available on a Leeds-Comhaltas recording:
"The Music Makers: Celebrating 35 years of Comhaltas in Leeds"
28 tracks of Irish music and song...
£10 and with postage and packing for £11
If interested make cheques payable to: Leeds CCE
Leeds CCE
c/o Leeds Irish Centre,
York Road, Leeds LS9 9NT.
http://www.leedscomhaltas.org.uk/
http://www.leedscomhaltas.org.uk/index.php?se=9
# Posted on October 8th 2005 by ceolachan
RTE 1 ~ Ceili House: May 21st & The Leeds Ceili Band
http://www.rte.ie/
Listen to he show ~
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/story/1034199.html
"May 21st: Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann in Leeds launch their new CD on tonight's Ceili House. Recorded recently at the Leeds Irish Center, expect a wonderfully entertaining night with local musicians and singers led by the Leeds Ceili Band and Michael Tennyson."
# Posted on October 8th 2005 by ceolachan