X: 1
T: da Auld Resting Chair
C: Tom Anderson
R: air
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
D2 \
| "G"B3 c "D"A3 B | "G"G2 D2 B,2 G,2 | "C"C2 A2 "G"B,2 G2 | "A7"^CE AG "D"F2 D2 |
"G"B3 c "D"A3 B | "G"G2 D2 B,2 G,2 | "C"C2 A2 "D7"D2 F2 | "G"G6 :|d2 |
"D7"cB AG "G"g3 d | "C"e2 g2 "G"d2 B2 | "C"c3 d "G"B2 G2 | "A7"E2 AG "D"F2 D2 |
"D7"cB AG "G"g3 d | "C"e2 g2 "G"d2 B2 | "C"c2 de "D7"d2 F2 | "G"G6 ||d2 |
"D7"cB AG "G"g3 d | "C"e2 g2 "G"d2 B2 | "C"c3 d "G"B2 G2 |"A7"^CE AG "D"F2 D2|
"G"B3 c "D"A3 B | "G"G2 D2 B,2 G,2 | "C"C2 A,2 "D7"D2 F2 | "G"G6 |]
AULD RESTIN' CHAIR, DA. AKA - "Resting Chair (The)." Shetland, Slow Air (4/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). Composed by the Shetland teacher, collector, composer and fiddler wikipedia:Tom_Anderson_(fiddle) (1910-1991), in memory of his grandfather, who first taught him the instrument. There is a photograph of Anderson's grandparents in Anderson & Swing's Haand Me Doon da Fiddle, along with the note:
Dis is a slow air o' me ain at I composed in 1968 whin I fan at Hamnavoe,whaur me grandfather bedd, da brucks o' da auld resting chair dat he satupo whin he wis learnin me ta play da fiddle.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Anderson & Swing (Haand Me Doon da Fiddle), 1979; p. 33 [1].
Recorded sources : - BM-91, Buddy MacMaster – “Glencoe Hall.” Cottey Light Industries CLI-903, Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993). GN1, Joe Thoma - "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare." Green Linnet SIF-1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Buttons and Bows" (1984). Topic Records, Tom Anderson & Aly Bain - "The Silver Bow" (1976).