O'er The Isles To America

reel

Key signature: Amixolydian

Submitted on March 10th 2006 by errik.

This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.

Also known as Over The Isles To America.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Compilation by Natalie MacMaster
• Cape Breton Fiddle Music Not Calm by Howie MacDonald And Ashley MacIsaac
• Four On The Floor by Natalie MacMaster
• Le Chéile (Lord Mayo) by Various Artists
• Lord Mayo by Le Cheile
• Piper by Ryan J. MacNeil
• Scottish Fire by Bonnie Rideout
• Twenty by Boys Of The Lough

X: 1
T: O'er The Isles To America
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
g|:f2 ed eAAB|A2 AB e2 eg|(3fgf ed eAAB|dBGB d2 dg|
faed cAAB|(3AAA AB e2 ef|gfed efge|dBGB d2 dg||
|:fd (3ddd fded|cAAc e2 eg|fd (3ddd fded|BGGB d2 dg|
fd (3ddd fded|cAAc e2 ef|gfed efge|dBGB d2 z2||

A very easy tune that I'm assuming is Scottish...?

# Posted on March 10th 2006 by errik

O'er The Isles To America (reel)

Yes, indeed an "easy" tune in the sense that it is predictable. As I found out in the session last night when I heard it for the first time and was able to play in real time with the box player (who was the only person playing it) fairly accurately after the first couple of bars. Can't say that about a lot of tunes, though!
But, like any tune, however "easy", it still requires a lot of work to polish it into something you would be prepared to play in public.
I like it.

# Posted on December 4th 2007 by lazyhound