The Skylark

[narrowdog]

I've been learning 'The Skylark' reel over the last few weeks
and I'd like some suggestions as to what to put with it to
make a set.

Thanks in advance

[eskin]

Goes nicely with "Roaring Mary"

[Jon-M]

Wise Maid, Skylark, Galway Rambler
or
Salamanca, The Banshee, The Skylark

[RamblDoc]

Hi Narrowdog:
I, too, am in the process of learning The Skylark; got the black dots down pretty well, so next comes speed and memorization, etc.
SKYLARK / ROARING MARY --------
This is a very common set of reels in the sessions I've attended. In fact, I've seen this pair coupled together so often I consider them "practically married" In this order, too.
Hope this is helpful. Lloyd

[Jumper]

"The Skylark" was composed by James Morrison, who recorded it in a set with "Maud Millar" in 1935. That's a nice pairing.

Accordion-player Joe Cooley was the one that recorded the now-ubiquitous set Humours of Tulla/Skylark/Roaring Mary in 1963.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~hspeek/irishbox/C ... ooley.html

[RamblDoc]

Jonathan, thanks for that nice background information.
Well, narrowdog, I think you've got some good suggestions. In the future, you'll find warm receptions for introducing familiar sets in the comfort zones of many session participants. Good luck. Lloyd

[narrowdog]

Thanks for the suggestions and the background,thanks jumper.

I'll work on'Skylark'/'Roaring Mary' as a set.

Looking at the dots and listening to the tracks I've got I can see they
go together nicely.

Cheers

[Thomaston]

A friend of mine (and fellow session member) actually has the Skylark/Roaring Mary set up on his myspace page, if you want to have a listen at a nice flute version (assuming his page is not set up as private).
http://www.myspace.com/redhilltunes