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'''JOHNNY ARMSTRONG'''. AKA and see "[[ | '''JOHNNY ARMSTRONG'''. AKA and see "[[Todlin' Hame]]," "[[Toddlin' Hame]]," "[[Bacach]]," "[[Robie Donua Gorach]]," "[[Wagoner's Lad (The)]]," "[[Clinch Mountain]]," "[[Cuckoo (5) (The)]]," "[[Rye Whiskey (1)]]," "[[Jack of Diamonds (1)]]," "[[Drunken Hiccups (1)]]." English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune has proved strenuous, and has survived in many forms and variants as a vocal and instrumental air in the British Isles and Amercica. The original song is about a border riever and begins: | ||
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''Some spieks of lords, some spieks of lairds,''<br> | |||
''And sicklyke men of hie degree,'' <br> | |||
''Of a gentleman I sing a sang,'' <br> | |||
''Sometime called laird of Gilnockie.''<br> | |||
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''Source for notated version'': | |||
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'' | ''Printed sources'': Johnson ('''Scots Musical Museum, vol. 4'''), 1792; p. 367. Raven ('''English Country Dance Tunes'''), 1984; p. 134. | ||
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' | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/j05.htm#Johar]<br> | |||
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Revision as of 01:01, 12 March 2012
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHNNY ARMSTRONG. AKA and see "Todlin' Hame," "Toddlin' Hame," "Bacach," "Robie Donua Gorach," "Wagoner's Lad (The)," "Clinch Mountain," "Cuckoo (5) (The)," "Rye Whiskey (1)," "Jack of Diamonds (1)," "Drunken Hiccups (1)." English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The tune has proved strenuous, and has survived in many forms and variants as a vocal and instrumental air in the British Isles and Amercica. The original song is about a border riever and begins:
Some spieks of lords, some spieks of lairds,
And sicklyke men of hie degree,
Of a gentleman I sing a sang,
Sometime called laird of Gilnockie.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, vol. 4), 1792; p. 367. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 134.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]