Key signature: Amajor
Submitted on October 23rd 2008 by Mix O'Lydian.
This tune has been added to 7 tunebooks.
Also known as 3 Around 3, Pleasure Of The Town, Three Round Three.
X: 1
T: Three Around Three
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Amaj
|:f2|e2 cB A2 A2|B2 cB A2 E2|FE FG A2 Bc|d2 c2 c2 B2|
e2 cB A2 A2|B2 cB A2 E2|FE FG A2 Bd|c2 A2 A2:|
|:f2|e2 fg ag fe |f2 f2 fa gf |e2 c2 c2 BA |GA Bc B2 f2|
e2 fg ag fe |f2 f2 f2 e2 |fg af ga bg |a2 a2 a2:|
Three Around Three
A tune used for a barn dance of that name. Also commonly played in G-Major.
By tradition, one of a set of two tunes (the other being Highland Mary) used to start the weekly Tuesday sessions at the Naval Volunteer, Bristol UK (except that the "Naval Volunteers" play both tunes in G-Major.)
# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by Mix O'Lydian
Three Around Three
Addendum - the version played at the "Naval Volunteer" session (apart from being in G) also differs slightly from the version posted above. Awaiting supplementary posting fom lazyhound?
# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by Mix O'Lydian
3 around 3
Also very commonly played in York(shire) sessions, but I've only come across it in G
# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by domnull
Pleasures of the town
I acquired this tune a very long time ago at a folk music and dance weekend in Somerset in the library of a place called Halsway Manor. As far as I can recall it was, as I understood at that time, the original collected tune but this was over 30 years ago. This has become a very popular tune at English sessions. I have it in G and exactly the same but with the exception of bars 2 & 6. I play: AB/A/ F/E/D so harmonically the chord structure differs in that when playing in the key of G I use | G - D - | whereas in this version the chord remains 'G' throughout the bar.
# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by hetty
Three around Three
Version of Three Around Three in G as played at the Naval Volunteer 21/10/2008
Here, as requested, is my transcription of the G major version we played at the start of the session on 21 October 2008 at the Naval Volunteer. (1 2-row melodeon, 2 concertinas, 1 fiddle). Other players arrived later.
X: 1
T: Three Around Three
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: Gmaj
d2BA G2G2 | A2BA G2D2 | EDEF G2AB | c2B2 B2A2 |
d2BA G2G2 | A2BA G2D2 | EDEF G2Ac | B2A2 G4 :|
|: d2ef gfed | e2e2 e4 | d2B2 B2AG | FGAB A4 |
d2ef gfed | e2e2 e2d2 |efg2 fgaf | g4 g4 :||
# Posted on October 23rd 2008 by lazyhound
If you do actually play it as a dance, you can liven it up by going into a jig, Off She Goes comes to mind, for the last three times through, to speed up the events on the floor.
Have definitely seen a line of young ladies, the last time through, lap the room instead of just the line of men........
# Posted on October 27th 2008 by Guernsey Pete