Key signature: Cmajor
Submitted on March 19th 2007 by gaitazampogna_32.
This tune has been added to 23 tunebooks.
Also known as The Boy's Lament For His Dragon.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: 72nd's Farewell To Aberdeen
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Cmaj
|: e|{g}A{Gdc}d{gdc}d{g}e3/4f/4|g3/4f/4{g}e3/4d/4{g}f2|{gf}gB{GdGe}B{g}c3/4d/4| {g}e3/4f/4{g}e3/4c/4{g}A2|
{g}A{Gdc}d{gdc}d{g}e3/4f/4|g3/4f/4{g}e3/4d/4{g}f2| {gf}gB/4{G}B3/4{g}f3/4e/4{g}d3/4c/4|{Gdc}d2{gdc}d:|
|:{gf}g| {ag}aA{GdGe}A{d}c|{gBd}B{e}G{g}A2|{g}A{Gdc}d{g}A{Gdc}d| {g}e3/4d/4{gcd}c3/4B/4{g}A{gf}g|
{ag}aA{GdGe}A{d}c|{gBd}B{e}G{g}A2| {g}A{Gdc}d{g}f3/4e/4{g}d3/4c/4|{Gdc}d2{gdc}d:|
72nd's Farewell to Aberdeen
The transcription hear looks as if it is straight out of a pipe book. Hence the key signature of C major. It is, in fact, in D major. For non pipers a more sensible setting would be:
X: 1
T: The Boy’s Lament For His Dragon
C: William Mackay
O: Scottish
M: C|
L: 1/8
Q: 1/2=76
R: march
K: D
A<B|A2d2 d2(ef)|g>f e<d f4|(g2B2) B2(cd)|e>f e<c A2A<B|
(A2d2) d2(ef)|g>f e<d f4|(g2B2) f>e d<c|d4 d2:|
f<g|a2A2 A2((3AB=c)|B2G2 A2A<B|(A2d2) A2d2|e>d c<B A2f<g|
a2A2 A2((3AB=c)|B2G2 A2A<B|(A2d2) f>e d<c|d4 d2:|
There is a stonking version of this by Brenda Stubbert on her CD "Some Tasty Tunes".
As the abc indicates, the composer was one William MacKay.
# Posted on March 20th 2007 by DonaldK
Perhaps more commonly known as "The boy's lament for his dragon"
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by crunluath
72nd's Farewell to Aberdeen
It was apparently given the "Dragon" title by its composer, so I don't know why or when the alternative "72nd" title became attached. I was told that the title refers to a kite - you can just imagine a young boy howling because his kite was stuck in a tree! I was also told that in German, the word for dragon ("Drachen") is also used as the word for a kite. Mmm.
# Posted on April 6th 2007 by nigelg