Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on October 18th 2005 by Innocent Bystander.
This tune has been added to 10 tunebooks.
Also known as The Kirn Staff, Miss Grace Hay's Delight.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Cream Pot, The
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
G2A B2c|dBd efg|G2A B2c|dBG AFD|
E2C CEG|F2D D2c|BdB cAF|G3G,3:|
K:D
d2e f2g|afd ecA|faf ege|fdf ecA|
B2G GBd|c2A AcA|BdB cec|d3d3:|
K:G
B2g gdB|B2 ggdB|A2A ABc|B2G AFD|
E2C CEG|F2D D2c|BdB cAF|G3G,3:|
The Cream Pot
AKA "The Kirn Staff". On Geckoes "The Red Horse" 1999.
"In the William Vickers collection (c. 1770-1772); published in The Great Northern Songbook vol 1, edited by Matt Seattle."
S'nice.
# Posted on October 18th 2005 by Innocent Bystander
Oops
Unfortunately Matt Seattle didn't know at the time (1986) that this was a version of the tune better known as Miss Grace Hay's Delight, and he did a botched job of editing it. And it was in the Great Northern Tune Book, not Songbook.
# Posted on October 18th 2005 by Matt Seattle
I love it ~ and without the anonymity of the confessional... So, Matthew, if I can be formal, when the hell are you going to re-edit and republish "The Great Northern Toonbook"? Whatever its 'minor' failings, it was a work that had to take some sweat and passion and a nice place to visit...
# Posted on October 20th 2005 by ceolachan
Contemporaneous version
Hi Matt, this is from Thompson's Compleat Collection (c.1770 or thereabouts)
X: 1
T: Cream Pot
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
G2B B2d|dBd (e/f/g)e|G2B B2d|dBG AFD|
E2(C C)EG|F2(D D)B,G,|(B/c/d)B cAF|G3G,3:|
|:d2f f2g|gdB dBG|(c/d/e)c Aag|fed e^cA|
a(f/g/a) g2e|f2d e^cA|(B/^c/d)F Edc|d3 D3|
c2c cec|B2B BdB|AFA AGc|dBG AFD|
E2(C C)EG|F2(D D)B,G,|(B/c/d)B cAF|G3G,3:|
# Posted on October 7th 2008 by fynnjamin