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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. See note for "Lango Lee (2)" for explanation of the term. Despite Gow's assertion that this was the "original" tune for "Lango Lee," the popular and widespread tune known by that title is "Lango Lee (2)."

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' was supposed to have been an Irish phrase meaning an engorged penis, as this one old set of words to the tune suggests:
+'''LANGO LEE [1]'''. AKA - "[[Langolee]]." Scottish, English, Irish; Slow Jig or Air. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian (Gow): D Major (Winstock). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. See note for "Lango Lee (2)" for explanation of the term. Despite Gow's assertion that this was the "original" tune for "Lango Lee," the popular and widespread tune known by that title is "[[Lango Lee (2)]]."
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-''Ye botanists yield, I've discovered a root,''<br>
-''Adapted to females of every degree;''<br>
-''How soverign its virtues, balsamic its fruit,''<br>
-''I hope you'll believe it when you hear it from me.''<br>
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-''Langolee is the Irish name of it,''<br>
-''Great in the nation already the fame of it;''<br>
-''Make but one trial and quickly you'll see,''<br>
-''There's nothing comparing with Langolee.''<br>
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-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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