Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on May 31st 2007 by lazyhound.
This tune has been added to 5 tunebooks.
Also known as Ashley’s Ride, Astley’s Ride.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Astley's Ride
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
R: polka
K: Dmaj
|:A | dd dc/d/ | ee ef/e/ | d/c/B/A/ Bc | d/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ |
dd dc/d/ | ee ef/e/ | d/c/B/A/ Bc | d2 d :|
|: e | ff fe/f/ | gg g>f | ee ed/e/ | ff fa |
dd dc/d/ | ee ef/e/ | d/c/B/A/ Bc | d2 d :|
Astley's Ride - polka
Matt Cunningham plays this tune as a polka on Vol 8 of his CD collection “Dance Music of Ireland”, in conjunction with the jig “Haste to the wedding” and the hornpipe “Leslie’s” for a specific ceili dance called “The Three Tunes”.
Pete Cooper plays it as a reel (probably closer to its original form) on his CD “English Fiddle Tunes” by doubling the note values and changing the time signature to 2/2. His version has a few minor differences and is as follows:
Af | d2d2 d2cd | e2e2 e2fe | dcBA B2c2 | defg agfe |
d2d2 d2cd | e2e2 e2fe | dcBA B2c2 | d4 d2 :|
|: de | f2f2 f2ef | g2g2 gagf | e2e2 e2de | f2f2 fgfe |
d2d2 d2cd | e2e2 e2fe | dcBA B2c2 | d4 d2 :||
Pete Cooper gives an interesting and unusual history for this 18c century tune in his on-line notes to his English Fiddle Tunes CD at http://www.petecooper.com/eftnotes.htm#9. Whether Astley composed this tune for his (genuine) ride, had it written for him, or used an already known tune, probably will never be known.
# Posted on May 31st 2007 by lazyhound
Astley's Ride - polka
I've just noticed that in my post above I've got Pete Cooper's version starting with "Af"; it should of course be "af". I think the "Af" was an artefact caused by the editing system capitalising the first letter of a paragraph.
# Posted on June 1st 2007 by lazyhound