I had the tune from the estimable fiddler and banjo player Roger Leach in Brighton.
The great Edden Hammons seems to be moste people's source for this tune, but I first heard it by Matt Brown, and I will always love his understated yet expressive version.
Note the extra beat in the repeat of the B part — i.e. you leave an extra beat before coming back to the A part. And don't forget the pick-up quarter-note E when coming back!
The album
Tre Spelmän (Three Fiddlers) is just... I don't even know what to say, it's a work of such sublime genius. Buy the album if you can! But in the meantime,
this track exists on YouTube!
Paddy Fahey arr © 2016 Ben Paley
© Sean Ryan, arr. © 2021 Ben Paley
Trad arr. © 2021 Ben Paley
Trad arr. © 2016 Ben Paley
Trad arr. © 2019 Ben Paley
Trad arr. © 2019 Ben Paley
Trad. arr © 2016 Ben Paley
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T:Paddy Fahey's Number 20
L:1/8
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C:Paddy Fahey arr © 2016 Ben Paley
N:I had the tune from the estimable fiddler and banjo player Roger Leach in Brighton.
O:Co. Galway, Éire
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
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X:2
T:The Killimor Jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
C:© Sean Ryan, arr. © 2021 Ben Paley
O:Ireland
Q:3/8=97
R:Jig
D:Yvonne Casey, Yvonne Casey, 2004
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
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X:3
T:Jackie McCarthy's
L:1/8
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D:Yvonne Casey, Yvonne Casey, 2004
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X:4
T:Fine Times At Our House
L:1/8
M:C|
C:Trad arr. © 2016 Ben Paley
N:The great Edden Hammons seems to be moste people's source for this tune, but I first heard it
N:by Matt Brown, and I will always love his understated yet expressive version.
D:Edden Hammons c.1874-1955, available on the compilation "The Edden Hammons Collection, Volume
D:One" released in 1999
D:Foghorn Stringband, "Rattlesnake Tidal Wave", 2002
D:Matt Brown, "Lone Prairie", 2006
D:Sara Grey with Kieron Means and Ben Paley, "Sandy Boys", 2009
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
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X:5
T:Boatman's Song
L:1/8
M:C|
C:Trad arr. © 2019 Ben Paley
N:Note the extra beat in the repeat of the B part — i.e. you leave an extra beat before coming
N:back to the A part. And don't forget the pick-up quarter-note E when coming back!
O:North Carolina, USA
Q:1/4=163
D:Marvin Gaster, Rich Hartness, Beth Hartness & Harry Gaster, "Going Down To Raleigh" (a
D:collection of field recordings from North Carolina), 1995
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
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X:6
T:Polska efter Blank Anders
T:Polska from the playing of Blank Anders
L:1/16
M:3/4
C:Trad arr. © 2019 Ben Paley
O:Dalarna, Sweden
Q:1/4=87
R:Polska
D:Kalle Almlöf, Björn Ståbi and Pers Hans, "Tre Spelmän"
D:Ben Paley, "Homunculus Mellitus", 2019
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
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T:Springlek från Malung efter Troskari Erik
T:Springlek from Malung from the playing of Troskari Erik
L:1/16
M:3/4
C:Trad. arr © 2016 Ben Paley
N:The album <em>Tre Spelmän</em> (Three Fiddlers) is just... I don't even know what to say, it's
N:a work of such sublime genius. Buy the album if you can! But in the meantime, <a
N:href="https://youtu.be/O5Gsj-3Nmzs">this track exists on YouTube</a>!
O:Malung, Dalarna, Sweden
R:Springlek
D:Kalle Almlöf, Pers Hans and Björn Ståbi, "Tre Spelmän", 1977
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
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