Thought I 'd inculcate this little number into the melodeon milieu. Cliff Stapleton is a gurdy player who AFAIR comes out of north London and was for some time in Blowzabella. He's written some fantastic (and technically English) tunes over the years including the immortal 'Man in the Brown Hat'. Sadly no one has ever managed to get him to properly publish these.
'Blue Sausage Island' appeared a little over 10 years ago and Cliff plays it in gurdy Dm. Thought I'd try it on 2 row and it was remarkably fluent in Em albeit one's index finger does cross to the 'accidentals' a bit.
I've transposed Steve Mansfields's ABC into the D/G friendly key in case anyone else wants a go. Health warning: doesn't play up and down the rows! You need those accidentals as it's in a mode of harmonic (
Gmtoo much transposing!) Bm, and I guess it might be slightly less fluid if your plate is the other way over from mine (A#=Bb on pull).
But I promise you - it's there D2R
In Em __________________________
X: 146
T:Bluesaussis
T:Blue Sausage Island
M:C
L:1/8
C:Cliff Stapleton
R:Schottische
Z:Steve Mansfield => Em by Chris Ryall
K:D
EFG^A B^ABc | d2c2 B^ABc | dBcd e2f2 | g4 f2e2 | EFG^A B^ABc |
d2c2 B^ABc | dBcd e2f2 | e4 B2e2 :: egBe gBeg | f2e2 defd | egBe gBeg
| f2e2 d4 | egBe gBeg | f2e2 defd | e^dBe =d2G2 |1 ^ABGB F2E2 :|2 ^ABGB F4 ||
A slightly different version in Dm
here in MIDI