Key signature: Aminor
Submitted on May 25th 2009 by Milknut.
This tune has been added to 18 tunebooks.
Also known as They Stole My Wife Last Night.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Traditional Gaelic Melody
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amin
|:e3 d c3 d|c A3 A4|c3 A G3 A|G E3 E4|
e3 d c3 d|c A3 A4|G3 D E G3|A8:|
|:A4 A3 G|A4 A4|G3 E D3 E|C2 D2 E2 G2|
A4 A3 G|A4 A4|G3 D E G3|A8:|
Tune type
I don't actually know anything about tune forms... I just picked the thing it sounded most like, but I'm not sure if it's correct. Fraser adds lots of ornaments, of course, but these are the bones.
# Posted on May 25th 2009 by Milknut
Another possible way to look at it? ~
X: 1
T: Traditional Gaelic Melody
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: strathspey
K: Amin
|: e>dc>d c<A A2 | c>AG>A G<E E2 |
e>dc>d d<A A2 | G>DE<G A4 :|
|: A2 A>G A2 A2 | G>ED>E CDEG |
A2 A>G A2 A2 | G>DE<G A4 :|
# Posted on May 25th 2009 by ceolachan
Traditional Gaelic Melody
Milknut, can you tell us more about the tune. Where did you get it, for example?
# Posted on May 26th 2009 by nigelg
Traditional Gaelic Melody
First heard it on "The Road North" by Alasdair Fraser and Paul Machlis. I've seen the sheet music elsewhere, but I'm not sure where.
# Posted on May 26th 2009 by Milknut
I like the name.
# Posted on May 26th 2009 by Joe CSS
Traditional Gaelic Melody
Colin McEwen emailed me to say that this tune is called "Ghoid iad mo bhean uam an reir" in the Patrick McDonald collection (1784).
X: 1
T: Ghoid iad mo bhean uam an reir
S: Patrick McDonald Collection, 1784 (facsimilie 2000)
Z: Nigel Gatherer
M: 4/4
K: Amin
|e>dc>d cA A2 | c>AG>A GE E2 | e>dc>d dA A2 | G>DE>G A2 A2 :|
A<AA>G A<A A2 | G>ED>E C>D E2 | A<AA>G A<A A2 | G>DE<G A2 A,2 :|
# Posted on June 7th 2009 by nigelg