Bells of St. Louis (1) (The)

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Theme code Index	135L1 1234
Also known as	Archie Menzies, Cloig St. Louis, Belles of St. Louis, Hawk Hornpipe (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBCCDDEE
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Pat McNulty
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance Music of Ireland
Tune and/or Page number	p. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS	1965
Artist	Biography:De Dannan
Title of recording	Song for Ireland
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Green Linnet SIF 1130
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BELLS OF ST. LOUIS [1], THE (Cloig St. Louis). AKA - "Belles of St. Louis." AKA and see "Hawk Hornpipe (The)." Irish; Reel. D Major (Alewine): G Major (Breathnach): F Major (McNulty). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Some slight similarities to version #1. Breathnach (1985) states the tune was 'probably an American composition', but he is in error for "Bells of St. Louis" is a setting of Scotsman John Lowe's composition "Archie Menzies", while the second strain is cognate with the first strain of James Hill's hornpipe "The Hawk." (Hill was from Gateshead, England, near Newcastle).

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Mick Woods (Ireland) [Breathnach]; probably the Boys of the Lough, "with a nod to De Dannan" [Alewine].

Printed sources: Alewine (The Maid That Cut Off the Chicken's Lips), 1987; p. 9. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 128, p. 61. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; p. 5.

Recorded sources: Inchecronin Records, Mick Woods - "A Tribute to John McKenna." Green Linnet SIF 1130, De Dannan - "Song for Ireland." De Danann - "Mist Covered Mountain."

X:1
T:The Bells of St. Louis [1]
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae
K:D
(3A,B,C|D2 FD A,DFE|DFEG FAGF|E2 GE B,EGF|EDCB, A,B,CA,|
D2 FD A,DFE|DFEG FAGF|E^DEF GA,B,C|DA,FE D2:|(3ABc|
d2 fd Adfe|dfeg fagf|e2 ge Begf|edcB ABcA|
d2 fd Adfe|dfeg fagf|e^def gABc|dAfe d2|:(3ABc|
dafd Agec|Afdc dcBA|BAcA dAeA|fagf e2 ef|
gafg efde|cdBc ABGA|(3Bcd ef gece|dAfe d2:|:(3ABc|
d2 AG FADA|FADA FADB,|A,3 B, DEFD|CDEF GABc|
d2 AG FADA|FADA F2 DA|(3Bcd ge f2 ec|dfec d2:|:Ac|
defg afdf|gfed ceAc|defg afgf|edcB A3 A|
BABd AF ~F2|GE ~E2 =CE ~E2|DFAd faec|dfec d2:||