Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on February 2nd 2007 by Dow.
This tune has been added to 13 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Bill Nicholson's 67th
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Gmaj
GBd edB|AGA ~B3|AcB AGD|EAA ABA|
GBd edB|AGA ~B3|AcB AGD|1 EGG G2F:|2 EGG G2f||
gBg gab|fAf agf|e/f/gf edA|Bee e2f|
gBg gab|~f3 agf|e/f/gf edA|BGG GBd|
~g3 gab|fAf agf|e/f/gf edA|Bee e2f|
gdB GED|CEG Ace|dBA GED|EGG G2F||
Bill Nicholson's 67th
I first heard this played by some fiddlers in a session in Sydney, but the original source was Solas: Sunny Spells & Scattered Showers. This transcription is biased towards the fiddle setting on that recording. The tune is apparently a composition of Otis Tomas - find out more about him by going here http://www.fiddle.com/issues/capebreton.html and scrolling down to the hairy guy who looks spookily as though he could be Jack Gilder's brother.
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by Dow
That was quick !
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by bb Cruella de vil
You'll find a great drawing of the lad, and more information, here:
"Fiddle Tree: Stringed Instruments by Otis A. Tomas"
http://www.fiddletree.com/
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by ceolachan
"The New Land" ~ a waltz by Otis Tomas
Key signature: F Major
Submitted on November 22nd 2004 by CC.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3912
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by ceolachan
Bill Nicholson & Fenella & The Banana Farm
Two more hospitable and welcoming people would be hard to find. They have given shelter to many, including Paul Cranford. They generosity of spirit has resulted in several tunes, the one given here and Paul's own compositions...
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by ceolachan
"The Lighthouse Collection of newly composed Fiddle Tunes"
& CD / cassette:
"The Lighthouse: Cape Breton Fiddle Music by Lighthousekeeper Paul Cranford and Friends"
http://www.cranfordpub.com/
http://www.cranfordpub.com/reviews/lighthouse_review.htm
"This 1996 collection is compiled by composer Paul Cranford, a lighthouse keeper since 1975, who gains inspiration for many of the tunes he writes by walking the shores, listening sounds of the wind and waves. Many of the tunes in the collection are his own, the rest collected from musical friends. The tune types include marches, strathspeys, reels, hornpipes, jigs,and waltzes, a a very well produced CD of a large mumger of the tunes accompanies the book, as well as being available separately. On the back cover is a detailed list of the tunes featured on the recording, and at the front of the book is an excellent index, with all selections listed in their respective keys.
The CD makes for enjoyable listening as well as learning ~ "
From a review by Mavis Hutchings,
originally published in "Canadian Folk Music Bulletin "
Page 5: "Bill Nicholson's Welcome to North Shore" ~ marching air
Page 37: "Fenella" ~ marching air
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by ceolachan
"Jerry Holland's Collection of Fiddle Tunes:
A Compilation of Traditional and Original Melodies" ~ 282 Tunes
http://www.cranfordpub.com/
http://www.cranfordpub.com/book_indexes/jhft_index.htm
Page 77: "Bill Nicholson's 67th"
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by ceolachan
"Emily's Reel" ~ by Otis Tomas
Key signature: D Major
Submitted on June 15th 2002 by gian marco.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/763
# Posted on February 2nd 2007 by ceolachan