SC - Friday the 13th/Full Moon Flu?
Daniel Phelps
phelpsd at gate.net
Sun Oct 15 08:01:02 PDT 2000
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margali
bogus address wrote:
> [from rec.music.makers.squeezebox - crossposted, followups redirected]
> >> I came across a scottish ballad a while ago where the villagers
> >> kill the local (evil) lord, then they eat_ him...
>
> I don't know that one, what is it?
>
> > I do *not* want to know what's in the haggis. ;-)
>
> Something like this?...
>
> Hey, the Haggis o' Dunbar
> Fatharalinkum Feedle;
> Mony better, few war,
> Fatharalinkum Feedle.
>
> For to mak' this Haggis nice
> Fatharalinkum Feedle,
> They put in a peck o' lice
> Fatharalinkum Feedle.
>
> For to mak' this Haggis fat
> Fatharalinkum Feedle,
> They put in a scabbit cat,
> Fatharalinkum Feedle.
>
> ...and presumably you carried on adding as many revolting ingredients
> as you could find rhymes for.
>
> There's a tune for it from the late 18th century, about the same time
> that C.K. Sharpe collected those words. Presumably only the first bit
> is the song, the second half is an extension to turn it into a reel.
>
> X:1
> T:The Haggies of Dunbar
> S:Gow & Sons 2nd Repository
> N:book has key signature A, but has accidentals on all the G's
> N:except for the one in the last bar, which I regard as optional
> Z:Jack Campin <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/>, October 2000
> M:C|
> L:1/8
> K:A Mixolydian
> e|{d}c>BAc E/E/F (G2| G/)B/c dG {=c} B2 GB|\
> {d}c>BAc E/E/E (A2| A/)c/d ed Tc2 A:|
> c| Ac/d/ eA cAeA | GB/c/ dG {=c}TB2 GB|\
> Ac/d/ eA cAeA | Ac/d/ ed Tc2 Ac|
> Ac/d/ eA cAeA | GB/c/ dG {=c}TB2 GB|\
> Tc>BAc E/E/E A2|(a/g/f/e/) a>e Tc2 A|]
>
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