The Duke Of Perth

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 23rd 2006 by meri-lawes.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Broon's, Clean Pea Strae, Clean Pea Straw, Clean Peas Strae, Clean Pease Strae, Clean Pease Straw, Duke Of Perth, Duke Of Perth's, The Duke Of Perth's, Dul DTí's Na Ráiseanna, Dul Dti's Na Raiseanna, Going To The Races, Pea Strae, Pea Straw, Pease Strae, Pease Straw.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Another Measure: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 2 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• Cape Breton Fiddle Music Not Calm by Howie MacDonald And Ashley MacIsaac
• King Of The Melodeon Men by Jimmy Shand
• Meiteal by Seamus Begley And Stephen Cooney
• Portrait Of A Scottish Jew's Harp Player by Lindsay Porteous
• Strict Tempo: Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950's, Volume 1 by Adam Rennie And His Scottish Country Dance Quartet
• The De'il......and Other Cronies by Sandy Stanage
• Torch And Fire by Dan Beimborn

X: 1
T: Duke Of Perth, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:GABc d2B2|g2B2 d2B2|g2B2 d2B2|a2A2 AcBA|
GABc d2B2|g2B2 d2B2|c2A2 d3c|1B2G2 G2B2:|2B2G2 G2f2||
|:g3a g2e2|a3b a2f2|g3a g2e2|b2e2 e2f2|
g3a g2e2|a3b a2f2|g2d2 e2dc|1B2G2 G2f2:|2B2G2 G2B2||

Is This The Name?

This is the Tune, The Boys of the Lough play on their Album Good friends Good Music as Cadam Woods before the Bonnie Lass of Bon Accord. . The almost real Cadam Woods we find in The Session has nothing to do with that. Good to know the real name.

# Posted on January 23rd 2006 by Ranks

Aye this is the Duke of Perth. Begley and Cooney did it as a polka in the key of Amaj on the Meiteal album. Can't remember what they called it.

# Posted on January 23rd 2006 by TomR

Doesn’t this have words? Duke, duke, duke, duke of Perth, duke, duke, duke of … No?

# Posted on January 24th 2006 by Bob himself

Isn't that the Earl's Chair?

# Posted on January 24th 2006 by John Gillard

Or the Duke of Earl's Chair?

# Posted on January 25th 2006 by Bob himself

Other name

The dance, and presumably the tune, is known as Broon's Reel or Clean Peas Strae (straw)

# Posted on January 30th 2006 by Alancorsini

Your presumption, I think, is incorrect. The dance was known by different names depending on which tune you used for it.

# Posted on March 12th 2007 by Dow

I think the title of the polka version TomR speaks of might be Dul dTí's Na Ráiseanna, which I believe translates as "Going To The Races".

# Posted on September 5th 2007 by Dow