Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Also known as Catherine Stewart's, Haughs O' Cromdale, The Haughs O' Cromdale, Haughs Of Cromdale, The Haws Of Cromdale, Lady Catherine Stewart, Lady Catherine Stewart's, The Merry Maid's Wedding, Miss Catherine Stewart, Miss Catherine Stewart's, Sid Mar Chaidh N' Cal A Gholaigh, That Is How The Cabbage Was Boiled, Wat Ye How The Play Began.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Haughs Of Cromdale, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Edor
|: c>e |
B<EE>F B>AF>A | B<EE<F D>EF<A |
B<EE>F B>AF>A | B>dA>F E2 :|
|: F>E |
D<dd>e d>cB<A | F<AA>B A>FE<D |
1 E>ee>f g>ef<d | B<dA>F E2 :|
2 B>ee>f g/e/f/d/ e>d | B>d B/A/G/F/ E2 ||
|: c>d |
B>EF>E B/A/F/G/ B<d | B<EE>F G/F/E/D/ F<A |
B<EF>E B/A/F/G/ B<d | B>d B/A/G/F/ E>d :|
|: A>F |
D2 d>e d/c/B/c/ d2 | F2 A>B B/A/G/F/ A2 |
1 B2 ef/g/ g/f/e/d/ e2 | B/A/G/A/ B/A/G/F/ E2 :|
2 E>e-e>f g2 (3fed | (3Bcd A<F E2 ||
|: (3edc |
B>E (3EEE B>A (3FGA | B<E (3EEE D>EF<A |
B>E (3EEE B>AF<A | B<Ad>F E2 :|
|: d>F |
D>d (3dde d>cB<A | F<A (3AAB A>FE<D |
1 E>e (3eee (3gfe (3fed | B<dA>F E2 :|
2 B>e (3eee g>e (3eee | d>A (3AAD E2 ||
"The Haughs of Cromdale" ~ all in the family
I've given three takes here of the tune, but there are lots more, including in A Dorian, and there are a slew of relatives here on site, which are to follow. I had originally included a version of another related strathspey, "The Merry Maid's Wedding", but I feel the B-part is that different, but closer to another relative "Barrack Hill", that I'll enter it on it's own and hopefully it will survive, as it is another nice strathspey. The three versions given are given as samples of choice and variation...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"Tralee Gaol" ~ the polka in it
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on November 6th 2002 by alastair wilson.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1113
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"Johnny O'Leary's" & "Barrack Hill" ~ the slide / single jig in it
“Johnny O'Leary's” ~ slide
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on October 24th 2005 by Ptarmigan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/5117
“Barrack Hill” ~ slide
Key signature: A Dorian
Submitted on October 6th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1014
I'll link up the rest in the near future...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
C ~ c rider ~ yes, I got those 'C's w-ong...
Now corrected from C to c in the ABC's... Apologies, as I should have left this till later as I was in a rush being hauled off to town by the wife to shop, which some of you are I'm sure familiar with. It isn't a good time to be transcribing anything or making contributions. Part of the reason for the rush was to get related tunes in near to one another... Ah well, you'd think I'd have learned already...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Merry Maid's Wedding" ~ strathspey / reel ~ another relative
Key signature: A Dorian (some play and notate it as Mixolydian, c#'s)
Submitted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6035/
This strathspey / reel has the same first part, but both the A and B parts follow closely to the tune "Barrack Hill"...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Battle Of Yellow Ford" / "The March to Aughrim" / O'Neill's" ~ march
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on January 4th 2003 by ScottC.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1287
This is just "Tralee Gaol" in 4/4 and with a second part, this melody has not only served as strathspey and reel but also as polka and march...
# Posted on July 27th 2006 by ceolachan
"The Glen Cottage Polka #2" ~ polkafied
Key signature: E Dorian
Submitted on December 5th 2005 by hetty.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5278
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Haughs Of Cromdale" ~ strathspey - 19th Century
I delayed this in the first place, and then I left some things unfinished. The following two collections have the same exact transcription, note for note, and that follows:
"The Athole Collection" ~ James Stewart Robertson, 1884
"The Skye Collection" ~ Keith Norman MacDonald, 1887
K: E Dorian
|: e |
B<EE>F B>AF<A | B>EE>F D>EF>A |
B<EE>F B>AF>A | d>BA>F ~E2 E :|
|: F |
D<dd>e d/c/B/A/ d2 | F<AA>B A>F A2 |
B<ee>f g>fe>d | B>d B/A/G/F/ E2 E :|
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by ceolachan
The Haughs Of Cromdale
Some possibly interesting titbits:
Cromdale means "crooked dale".
Haugh, pronounced "haw" or "hoch" means river meadow, or the areas of flat land on either side of a river.
It was first published in c1740 in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion as "Wat Ye How the Play Began".
It first appears as "The Haws of Cromdale" in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (late 18th C) with the opening line "As I came in by Achindown".
The song concerns a skirmish during the Civil War when Royalist Highlanders were beaten by some of the "Army of the Covenant" at the Haughs of Cromdale in the area of Scotland known as Strathspey. The victors were shortly afterwards punished by Montrose.
# Posted on February 18th 2007 by nigelg
Brilliant Nigel, thank you...
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan
"The Cape North Jig" ~ another in the line of offspring
Key signature: g minor
Submitted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6835
# Posted on February 19th 2007 by ceolachan