SC - [Fwd: a musical haggis recipe]

[margali]

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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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