Key signature: Eminor
Submitted on January 15th 2007 by nicholas.
This tune has been added to 15 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Limerick Rake, The
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
R: waltz
K: Emin
|:E2|E2 G2 F2|E2 D2 E2|G2 A2 B2|e4 ee|d2 B2 B2|A2 F2 G2|A2 F2 E2|D4 D2|
E2 G2 F2|E2 D2 E2|G2 A2 B2|e4 e2|d2 B2 G2|A2 F2 D2|E2 E4|-E4 B2|
B2 e2 e2|e2 f2 e2|d3 B ^c2|d4 d2|e2 d2 B2|A2 F2 G2|A2 F2 E2|D4 DD|
E2 G2 F2|E2 D2 E2|G3 A B2|e4 ee|d2 B2 G2|A2 F2 D2|E2 E4|-E4 :|
The Limerick Rake
This is the tune of a fairly well-known song. I haven't found it in the database and don't know if it has ever been tweaked up into a jig or any other of the faster dance forms. It's a nice 3/4 tune. I remember an Irish duo called The Mathews Brothers singing it effectively in folk clubs round 1980.
# Posted on January 15th 2007 by nicholas
A 6/8 Version
Seems to me... related to Balqhidder Lasses http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/6637
Here's a 6/8 version I heard somewhere....
M:6/8
L:1/8
R: jig
K: Ador
(3EFG |:AcB AGE | Ace a2a| gdd dBc | dBA G2G | AcB AGE | Ace aba| gdc BAG | A3A3 :|
|: eaa aba | gdd def | gdd dBc | dBA G2G| AcB AGE | Ace aba| gdc BAG | A3A3 :|
# Posted on January 16th 2007 by The Merry Highlander