Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on June 24th 2002 by Bannerman.
This tune has been added to 109 tunebooks.
Also known as The Stone Of Destiny.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Stone Of Destiny
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
BddB G2Bd|d2 Bd edBA|BddB GABd|gedB BA A>e|
edBA BGGA|BGAG EGG2|DG (3GFG DGBe|dBAB G2 z2:||
edBA BGGA|BGAG EGG>e|edBA BGGA|BddB A2 ze|
edBA BGGA|BGAG EGG2|DG(3GFG DGBe|dBAB G2 z2:||
Stone of Destiny
This is a newly composed tune by Maurice Lennon from his recent CD "Brian Boru, the High King of Tara". Maurice (nephew of Charlie - also a composer - and son of Ben, noted Leitrim traditional players) was a founder member of the trad group, Stockton's Wing. All of the tunes on the CD, apart from Brian Boru's March, are composed by Maurice. I picked this one which is not only very catchy, but was also fairly easy to transpose - transposition is not one of my stronger points but hopefully it's mostly correct!
# Posted on June 24th 2002 by Bannerman
Lunasa do a nice version of this tune on their latest album, Se. Definately worth a look.
# Posted on April 27th 2006 by Amckay
Stone of Destiny
Great tune.
# Posted on November 28th 2006 by JACKB
Here's a transcription of the Lunasa setting: some tweaks to Maurice's version in the OP.
X: 1
T: Stone Of Destiny
C: Maurice Lennon
D: Lunasa, Se’
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
BddB G2 Bd|d2 Bd edBA|BddB GABd|gedB ~A3d|
edBA B~G3|BGAG EAGE|D~G3 DGBe|1 dBAB ~G3A:|2 dBAB ~G3d||
edBA B~G3|BGAG EGDd|edBA BGGA|BddB ~A3d|
edBA B~G3|BGAG EAGE|D~G3 DGBe|1 dBAB ~G3d:|2 dBAB ~G3A||
# Posted on October 4th 2009 by Will Harmon
Liath Fàil
Does any one know what prompted Maurice Lennon to give his tune the name? Has it got anything to do with the theme of "Oran na Cloiche" a recent Scottish song about an old stone of contention with England?
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Gun tuirt e 's dath a' bhàis air _ Said he, looking deathly pale
"Cha chreidinn-sa gu bràth e _ "I'd never have believed
Gu togadh fear bho làr i _ It could have been raised from the floor
Nach b' àirde na speach _ By someone no bigger than a wasp
Tha rudeigin an dàn dhomh _ Something is to happen to me
'S gun cuidicheadh an tÀgh mi _ And Heaven help me
Bha' n duine thug à sàs i _ The man who unloosed it
Cho làidir ri each" _ Must be as strong as a horse"
Roddy Campbell sings this song on http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3650 The tune seems totally unrelated.
# Posted on August 3rd 2010 by birlibirdie