Singable dance tunes
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Singable dance tunes
Hey guys,
Can you guys give me the names of ITM tunes that a vocalist can sing that aren’t airs? I’m thinking of things like “Britches Full of Stitches” and “The Rattling Bog” which have optional vocals.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Can you guys give me the names of ITM tunes that a vocalist can sing that aren’t airs? I’m thinking of things like “Britches Full of Stitches” and “The Rattling Bog” which have optional vocals.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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Re: Singable dance tunes
Hi Aaron
Like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TXIDVw-9U
or this ( in Irish though mind you )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QejBl2OuPWU
Both great tunes in themselves
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Like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3TXIDVw-9U
or this ( in Irish though mind you )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QejBl2OuPWU
Both great tunes in themselves
Cheers
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Re: Singable dance tunes
Those were great.
Yes, those are exactly the types of tunes I am looking for.
Yes, those are exactly the types of tunes I am looking for.
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Any tune can be lilted. Pick your favorite and go to town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jjb3P2SvLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnUOq0euqYQ
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Re: Singable dance tunes
"Cunla" (as performed by Planxty) is words set to the tune of the double jig "The Frieze Breeches".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqSaWpYEwY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqSaWpYEwY0
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The Rocky Road to Dublin
The Dean's Pamphlet. Sly verses by Jonathan Swift. Tune is Packington's Pound.
The Dean's Pamphlet. Sly verses by Jonathan Swift. Tune is Packington's Pound.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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Re: Singable dance tunes
Thanks for the links, awildman. I had not had much success when looking for lilting.awildman wrote:Any tune can be lilted. Pick your favorite and go to town. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jjb3P2SvLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnUOq0euqYQ
(Also thanks to other people for links.)
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If you're at all interested in the Scottish type of trad, google on "Puirt à beul".AaronFW wrote: Thanks for the links, awildman. I had not had much success when looking for lilting.
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Re: Singable dance tunes
Eileen Óg
Off She Goes
I Danced in the Morning
(apologies if any are shown in the linked-to videos, I can't play them to check where I am now).
Off She Goes
I Danced in the Morning
(apologies if any are shown in the linked-to videos, I can't play them to check where I am now).
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Re: Singable dance tunes
Not everything you can count, counts. And not everything that counts, can be counted
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The Expert's Mind has few possibilities.
The Beginner's mind has endless possibilities.
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Re: Singable dance tunes
You really should hear Robbie McMahon do that one, brilliant.The Mason's Apron.
Here's a version @ ITMA, not the older recording I was thinking of but it will do.
If you go the lilting route though, every dance tune can be mentioned here.
I am still a bit unclear what the OP is after, there are thousands of dance tunes that have songs set to them, from The Blackbird or Taimse in Arrears to Con Ó Drisceoil's brilliant summary of 'King Lear' (set to Tatter Jack Walsh)and about as many song airs that are re-purposed as dance tunes. But I somehow feel that's not quite what the question is about.
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One of the best summaries I have ever heard. A must for any student of Shakespeare . It is my favorite of all Con's songs.Mr.Gumby wrote:Con Ó Drisceoil's brilliant summary of 'King Lear' (set to Tatter Jack Walsh).
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NiceMr.Gumby wrote:...Con Ó Drisceoil's brilliant summary of 'King Lear' (set to Tatter Jack Walsh)..
The Pool Song is another amusing take on the same tune. Lyrics by Jimmy Crowley.
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No, that's another Con O Drisceoil one, the air is 'The Clonmel Cows' (according to himself, in his book). Crowley was the first to record it though, in 1975.Lyrics by Jimmy Crowley.
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Right you are. Funny, I could have sworn that the notes to 30 Years A-Greying credits Jimmy Crowley. Perhaps whoever wrotes the notes knew it only from Crowley's cover, and assumed.
And now there was no doubt that the trees were really moving - moving in and out through one another as if in a complicated country dance. ('And I suppose,' thought Lucy, 'when trees dance, it must be a very, very country dance indeed.')
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