Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on June 25th 2008 by nigelg.
This tune has been added to 8 tunebooks.
Also known as The Blue Ewe, The Blue Yow, The Blue Yowe, Da Blue Yow.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Da Blue Yowe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
g2 | afdf e<de<d | B<Be<d B2 Ag | afdf e<d e2 | fgfe d2 :|
Ac | d2 fd edBA | d2 ed B2 Ac | d2 fd ed e2 | fgfe d2 :|
Da Blue Yowe (reel)
This is transcribed from The Boys of the Lough's playing on their "The Day Dawn" album, which I believe is called "Midwinter's Night Dream" elsewhere. It's in the middle of a cracking set:
"Da Caald Nights of Winter" http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4881/details
Da Blue Yowe
Da Spirit of Whisky http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/7887
# Posted on June 25th 2008 by nigelg
Da Blue Yowe
Yowe = ewe,in shetland dialect.
# Posted on June 25th 2008 by MattO'K
Da Blue Yowe (reel)
"Yowe" is used for a ewe all over Scotland, particularly in the North East, and I seem to remember that it is or was used in parts of England as well. Burns collected an old song,"Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes" which is still fondly sung and played here.
There is apparently a story in Shetland called "Essie Pattle an da Blue Yowe", though I think it's not very old.
# Posted on June 25th 2008 by nigelg
Yo!
Rte gives (gave) the prices reached by 'Yows' in their Mart reports.
Yow rhymes with row, as in boats or lines and not with arguments
They were often combined with Hoggets - Anyone know what a hogget is?
It's all begining to sound like Rambling Sid Rumpole.-
# Posted on July 4th 2008 by Alancorsini