X:1
T:Song of the Kelpy (Arrane Ghelby)
M:3/4
L:1/4
R:Air
D:Elke Baker: Over the Border
Z:Transcribed by Michael Reid
K:D
"G"B2 B|"A"A>B c|"Bm"d>e d|"A"c B A|
"G"B2 B|"A"A G F|"F#m"F G A|"Bm"B3:|
"D"d>e f|"Bm"d>e f|"G"d>e f|"Bm"f e d|
"A"c>d e|"F#m"c>d e|"Bm"d c B|"A"f2 e|
"Bm"d>c B|"F#m"A G F|"Bm"d>c B|"F#m"A G F|
"Bm"d>c B|"A"A G F|"F#m"F G A|"Bm"B3|]
"The Kelpie," by Herbert James Draper, 1913.ARRANE GHELBY (Song of the Kelpie). English, Slow Air or Waltz. England, Isle of Man. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Arrane Ghelby" is a traditional Manx air from a book of Manx songs and dances, Kiauall yn Theay. A Kelpie is a water sprite, sometimes in the form of a horse or an enchanted seal, that can also take on the form of a young adult. They are also known in Gaelic as Each Uisge (Water Horse). Kelpies are the guardian spirits of certain rivers, lochs and pools.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Scottish style fiddler Elke Baker (Washington, D.C.) [Matthiesen].
Printed sources : - Mattheisen (Waltz Book II), 1995; p. 35.
Recorded sources : - Shanachie SH-78010, Solas - “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers” (1997). Elke Baker – “Over the Border.”
