A famous misunderstanding is Larry Redican's composition 'the Culfadda'named after a townland in the area he was born in. Henrik Norbeck lists it as 'The Cruel Father'in his collection.On 2003-01-04 03:03, msheldon wrote:
...Of course, some of the best ones are the mis-heard ones......
Odd tune names revisited
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In the "truth in advertising" department, in the George Skene MS (1717) a strathspey is called:
"Y'ere the Lass That has the Geir and I am the Lad that Loes You"
which turns out to seem to be the genesis of "The Back of the Change House." I understand this MS is a goldmine of interesting titles.
Best, John
"Y'ere the Lass That has the Geir and I am the Lad that Loes You"
which turns out to seem to be the genesis of "The Back of the Change House." I understand this MS is a goldmine of interesting titles.
Best, John
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Whenever a certain fine fluter shows up at sessions, the lovely tune "Jenny's Wedding" (which I have yet to pick up) is now and henceforth known between us as "The Chinese Wedding" only because I asked the name of it and couldn't quite hear the answer.
She cracked up and couldn't stop laughing for much of the evening. Great craic. We all agreed the tune would of course have to be in the pentatonic.
N, deaf musician
She cracked up and couldn't stop laughing for much of the evening. Great craic. We all agreed the tune would of course have to be in the pentatonic.
N, deaf musician
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A well known American fiddler learned the tune Jenny's Chickens from either someone from Ireland or Scotland and he thought he heard Chinese Chickens.On 2003-01-18 13:41, Nanohedron wrote:
Whenever a certain fine fluter shows up at sessions, the lovely tune "Jenny's Wedding" (which I have yet to pick up) is now and henceforth known between us as "The Chinese Wedding" only because I asked the name of it and couldn't quite hear the answer.
Steve
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I might as well mention "Cock Up Your Beaver" since nobody else is going to.
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It's in Complete Collection of the Much Admired Old Irish Tunes: The Original and Genuine Compositions of Carolan The Celebrated Harper and Composer. Well, at least Carolan's variations on the Scottish Air 'Cock up your Beaver' are in there. There is the original air from the Scots Musical Museum along with several variations. The book is published by Ossian (1984).On 2003-01-18 14:08, Nanohedron wrote:
Raindog, that's a rude one!
Where can I find that tune? Gotta have it.
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At a considerable risk of sounding pedantic, "cock up your beaver" does NOT mean what you think it means in this context. The song and the tune associated with it come from the later half of the 17th century.
A "beaver" was a piece of armor plating that could be attached to a helmet to protect the wearer's face. It was segmented and could be worn in a "down" position, allowing the wearer to talk, take a drink of water, see where he was going, etc. In battle it could be pushed up, leaving only a narrow opening so the wearer could see ahead of him.
Evidently, the late Derek Bell loved double entendres like this because he did a solo album named after this tune.
Still, it's damned funny all the same.
A "beaver" was a piece of armor plating that could be attached to a helmet to protect the wearer's face. It was segmented and could be worn in a "down" position, allowing the wearer to talk, take a drink of water, see where he was going, etc. In battle it could be pushed up, leaving only a narrow opening so the wearer could see ahead of him.
Evidently, the late Derek Bell loved double entendres like this because he did a solo album named after this tune.
Still, it's damned funny all the same.
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Hey buddy, cock up yer beaver. Let's have a look. If you would like to buy this lovely little outfit, go here
http://store.yahoo.com/tins/batreadsxvar.html
Steve