Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on January 22nd 2007 by domnull.
This tune has been added to 9 tunebooks.
Also known as Fair Helen Of Kirkconnel.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Helen Of Kirkconnel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Dmaj
DD E| (F4 F3) (G/F/)| (E6G F)| D6 E D-| D4- D AB d|
e6 c d-| (d4 d) (ABA)| A6 B A-|A4- A FD E|
(F4 F3) (G/F/)| (E6G F)|D6 E D-| D6 (AB)|
(B4 B3) E|(F3 G/F/) E2 D2| D8| z4 z||
Source of Helen of Kirkconnel
In response to Gedpipes's request for this tune, I got it from the JC tunefinder site
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/tunefind?P=helen+of+kirkc&find=FIND&m=title&W=wide&limit=1000&thresh=5
It is of course not a barndance but an air.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by domnull
(Fair) Helen of Kirkconnel
I've not heard the track on Emily Smith's CD 'A day like today' but I think it's the same tune, so I've added the alternative name to the list - correct me if not, please.
# Posted on January 22nd 2007 by domnull
The version by Emily Smith is very different. But then she put the words to a tune of her own which goes something like this:
X: 1
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
A|Ad2d-d3f|gf2A-A3A|B2dd-d2fg-|gf2B-B3A|
fa2e-ef2d-|dBAB-B3A|Bd2d-de2d-|dc2A-A3A|B2dd-dc2d-|d7||
(Don't know the key so I've just put it in D.)
# Posted on January 23rd 2007 by DonaldK