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|f_aka=Come Over the Stream to Charlie, Come O'er the Stream to Charlie | |f_aka=Come Over the Stream to Charlie, Come O'er the Stream to Charlie, MacLean's Welcome | ||
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|f_book_title=Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies | |f_book_title=Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies | ||
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|f_year=1903 | |f_year=1903 | ||
|f_page=No. 153, p. 27. | |f_page=No. 153, p. 27. | ||
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'''CROSSING THE STREAM'''. AKA and see "Come Over the Stream to Charlie." Irish, Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. | '''CROSSING THE STREAM'''. AKA and see "[[Come Over the Stream to Charlie]]," "[[MacLean's Welcome]]." Irish, Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Originally a Scottish air, now sometimes employed as a waltz or waltz-country dance. The "[[Come O'er the Stream to Charlie]]" title comes from words set to the tune by Scottish poet James Hogg in his '''Jacobite Relics of Scotland''' (1821) where it appears under the title "[[Maclean's Welcome]]". In his note on the song (p. 301) Hogg says: "The air is beautiful, but the ingenious Captain Frazer has a better set of it in his collection". Charles Gore ('''Scottish Fiddle Music Index''') finds the melody in Gale's '''Pocket Companion''' (c.1800). | ||
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'''© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.''' | '''© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:35, 6 May 2019
CROSSING THE STREAM. AKA and see "Come Over the Stream to Charlie," "MacLean's Welcome." Irish, Scottish, English; Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Originally a Scottish air, now sometimes employed as a waltz or waltz-country dance. The "Come O'er the Stream to Charlie" title comes from words set to the tune by Scottish poet James Hogg in his Jacobite Relics of Scotland (1821) where it appears under the title "Maclean's Welcome". In his note on the song (p. 301) Hogg says: "The air is beautiful, but the ingenious Captain Frazer has a better set of it in his collection". Charles Gore (Scottish Fiddle Music Index) finds the melody in Gale's Pocket Companion (c.1800).
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 153, p. 27.
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© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.
Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni