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LANGO LEE [1]. AKA - "Langolee." Scottish, English, Irish; Slow Jig or Air. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian (Gow): D Major (Winstock). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Lango Lee' was supposed to have been an Irish phrase meaning an engorged penis, as this one old set of words to the tune suggests:

Ye botanists yield, I've discovered a root,
Adapted to females of every degree;
How soverign its virtues, balsamic its fruit,
I hope you'll believe it when you hear it from me.

Langolee is the Irish name of it,
Great in the nation already the fame of it;
Make but one trial and quickly you'll see,
There's nothing comparing with Langolee.

A song called "Volunteers of Ireland" was composed to this tune by the British in the Revolutionary War to commemorate Irishman in their ranks (Winstock). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), published c. 1800.

Source for notated version: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 345. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 13. Winstock (Music of the Redcoats), 1970; p. 78 (appears as "Volunteers of Ireland").

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-'''LANGO LEE [1]'''. AKA - "[[Langolee]]." Scottish, English, Irish; Slow Jig or Air. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian (Gow): D Major (Winstock). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Lango Lee is supposedly an Irish phrase meaning an engorged penis. One old set of words to the tune begins:
+'''LANGO LEE [1]'''. AKA - "[[Langolee]]." Scottish, English, Irish; Slow Jig or Air. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian (Gow): D Major (Winstock). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. 'Lango Lee' was supposed to have been an Irish phrase meaning an engorged penis, as this one old set of words to the tune suggests:
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+<blockquote>
-Ye botanists yield, I've discovered a root,
+''Ye botanists yield, I've discovered a root,''<br>
-Adapted to females of every degree;
+''Adapted to females of every degree;''<br>
-How soverign its virtues, balsamic its fruit,
+''How soverign its virtues, balsamic its fruit,''<br>
-I hope you'll believe it when you hear it from me.
+''I hope you'll believe it when you hear it from me.''<br>
-***
+<br>
-Langolee is the Irish name of it,
+''Langolee is the Irish name of it,''<br>
-Great in the nation already the fame of it;
+''Great in the nation already the fame of it;''<br>
-Make but one trial and quickly you'll see,
+''Make but one trial and quickly you'll see,''<br>
-There's nothing comparing with Langolee.
+''There's nothing comparing with Langolee.''<br>
-***
+</blockquote>
-A song called "Volunteers of Ireland" was composed to this tune by the British in the Revolutionary War to commemorate Irishman in their ranks (Winstock). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), published c. 1800. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 345. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; p. 13. Winstock (Music of the Redcoats), 1970; p. 78 (appears as "Volunteers of Ireland").
+A song called "Volunteers of Ireland" was composed to this tune by the British in the Revolutionary War to commemorate Irishman in their ranks (Winstock). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), published c. 1800.
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+''Source for notated version'':  Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 345. Gow ('''Complete Repository'''), Part 3, 1806; p. 13. Winstock ('''Music of the Redcoats'''), 1970; p. 78 (appears as "Volunteers of Ireland").
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