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Rog

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #20 on: May 10, 2017, 07:23:16 AM »

I haven't posted for a while so here is my contribution, The Corn and the Blue written by Ed Rennie for the lovely Pilgrim Morris Men who I wasn't out playing for today.

*very* nice playing Helena. ...and what box is it?

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #21 on: May 10, 2017, 07:41:13 AM »

Anahata: Ah that makes sense.
I first heard it and then learnt it from Old Swan's 'No Reels' when Rod was the leading light and box player, and sounds like he might be the source of the confusion.
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #22 on: May 10, 2017, 08:54:24 AM »

I reckon that my submission for April's ThOTM can be recycled for May too:

The Blacktown Jig is a fairly recent composition by the late Ray Schloeffel. Its named after a Sydney (Australia) suburb that was home to the Darug nation for tens of thousands of years.

https://soundcloud.com/dogbox/blacktown-jig

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2017, 08:47:31 AM »

I was trying to think of what to do, and then the mention of Orange in Bloom reminded me of the schottishe Orange B.  I learnt it when I lived in Milton Keynes but I have no idea who wrote it or where it comes from, so any information would be gratefully received!

https://youtu.be/MeSlPbAm4BI



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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2017, 09:20:49 AM »

I haven't posted for a while so here is my contribution, The Corn and the Blue written by Ed Rennie for the lovely Pilgrim Morris Men who I wasn't out playing for today.

*very* nice playing Helena. ...and what box is it?

Thanks Roger, it was my Bb/Eb Liliput.  It's a red one so it sounds extra good :)
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #25 on: May 11, 2017, 09:52:48 AM »

Helena: Oh I'd missed that - yes, lovely stuff, Very enjoyable!
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #26 on: May 11, 2017, 02:22:49 PM »

here is my contribution, The Corn and the Blue written by Ed Rennie

Nicely played Nellie. (:)
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #27 on: May 11, 2017, 02:37:14 PM »

I hope I am allowed 2 bites at the cherry!  So here is Black Joke and Red Joke.  2 tunes I used to play often for the ceilidh dance Black Joke (or is it called Black Jack?)  If anyone knows where Red Joke comes from or who wrote it, I would love to know.

https://youtu.be/ZuwmIZHzh18

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #28 on: May 13, 2017, 05:33:04 PM »

Cheers Chris - great stuff!

Here's my contrib this month; Tes Jolies Patin Blancs, written by Philippe Prieur, great french piper.

https://youtu.be/H0ONfKAMl74

This is another tunes that plays like it was written for the melodeon... but wasn't. Played on the G/C Lilliput...

Cheers,

Clive

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #29 on: May 13, 2017, 08:16:30 PM »

The Rose Waltz
https://youtu.be/TFvnmbLVhQE

I'm not too sure where this is from. I learnt it from Ray at Morris and he learnt it from someone who learnt it from someone who learnt it from the Bursledon Village Band record. I've heard it said its french Canadian.
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #30 on: May 15, 2017, 09:28:29 AM »

I hope I am allowed 2 bites at the cherry!  So here is Black Joke and Red Joke.  2 tunes I used to play often for the ceilidh dance Black Joke (or is it called Black Jack?)  If anyone knows where Red Joke comes from or who wrote it, I would love to know.

https://youtu.be/ZuwmIZHzh18

Cj

Various "Joaks"  date from the early 18C when they were associated with songs written for grown up schoolboys to snigger at.
I am not certain if this includes every shade around, but I seem to remember coming across (ooer madam) a red one in an old manuscript.

Andy Hornsby's excellent Wynders of Wyresdale gives  a version of the Black Joak from Charley Coffey's "The Beggar's Wedding" (1728).

I don't think he'll mind me sharing a taster of it with you, just to give the idea. His book is highly recommended:

"A wee black thing,
It sat on a cushion,
Was hairy without and toothless within.

"Wi' her black joak and belly so white.

"A piper and twa little drummers came there,
To play with the wee thing, well covered in hair
The piper went in and he jiggled about
The twa little drummers stood ruffling about......!

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #31 on: May 15, 2017, 10:23:49 AM »

*cough*....thank you Greg, I get the picture  :o
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #32 on: May 18, 2017, 09:11:02 PM »

Silverton Polka

https://youtu.be/5Eu0Xne83Mo

Best wishes from a rainy Suffolk

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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #33 on: May 18, 2017, 11:30:38 PM »

*cough*....thank you Greg, I get the picture  :o
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Kath, our foreman, has been known to sing the modern version of this (as found on one of the morris on cds) at apres morris when there are no children around.  :|bl
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #34 on: May 20, 2017, 11:55:49 AM »

Greg: must have a listen sometime!

Bill:  A great tune thanks for that.
I remember it was last played by friends in the pub after morris in a small village close to Exeter, *Silverton, Devon*
Seems an appropriate tune for me to put on the 'to learn' list!
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2017, 02:52:48 PM »

My 'colour' tune - from the John Clare manuscript, the Red Pettycoat hornpipe. I found this a bit tricky to learn but now pleased I persevered. One slight difference to the version printed in George Deacon's book is a high A near the end of the A part; I was familiar with this tune via my good friend Neil Brookes fiddle playing - he uses a high A there so I just followed suit for when we play together. He's not sure where this high note came from now but it sounds good so we'll just keep it like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtZdY53T_tI
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Re: Theme of the Month for May 2017: Colours
« Reply #36 on: June 01, 2017, 08:14:11 AM »

Thanks folks - end of the month and onto the next theme; post late contribs on the end here as ever!
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