Tune The Orphan
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I learnt this tune, like so much, from the great anglo concertina player Mandy Murray in Brighton. It's not hard to find great versions of it on the internet. There's a lot of variation in how it finishes: here, I've included an alternative last line which represents another way of thinking about the tune. Maybe you could think of it as a variation, even, just don't play them both the same time through the tune or you'll end up with too many bars! I've notated the whole tune without repeats in order to include more variation, as it's that kind of tune, but it's still essentially AABB.
Trad arr. © 2022 Ben Paley
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T:The Orphan
L:1/8
M:6/8
C:Trad arr. © 2022 Ben Paley
N:I learnt this tune, like so much, from the great anglo concertina player Mandy Murray in
N:Brighton. It's not hard to find great versions of it on the internet. There's a lot of
N:variation in how it finishes: here, I've included an alternative last line which represents
N:another way of thinking about the tune. Maybe you could think of it as a variation, even, just
N:don't play them both the same time through the tune or you'll end up with too many bars! I've
N:notated the whole tune without repeats in order to include more variation, as it's that kind of
N:tune, but it's still essentially AABB.
O:Ireland
Q:3/8=99
Z:Ben Paley <ben.paley@benpaley.com>
K:Em
P:A
[| EFE EDB, | GFG A2A | BcB ABA | GEF EDB, |
A,2E EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E2B, |
B,2E EDB, | GFG AGA | BdB ABA | GEF EDB, |
A,3 EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E3 |]
P:B
[| e3 dBA | GAB d2d | e2e dBA | BAG EGE |
DAG EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED EGB |
e3 dBA | GAB d2d | e/f/ge dBA |
BAG EGE | DAG EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E3 |]
P:Alternative last line
BAG EDB, |A,3 EDB, | GFG A2A | BdB ABA | GED E3 |]