Oswestry Wake jig

Also known as Dawns Croesoswallt, Gwylnos Croesoswallt.

There is 1 recording of a tune by this name.

Oswestry Wake has been added to 6 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: Oswestry Wake
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
efg f2e | dcB A2G | gfe f2g | a3-a2d |
efg f2e | dcB ABc | BGB AFA | G3 G2d :|
|: Bcd ded | dBG dBG | ABA c2d | e3 edc |
Bcd def | g3 d2c | BGB AFA | G3 G2d :|
|: gdB gdB | gdB A2G | gfe f2g | a3-a2f |
gba gfe | fag fed | egB A2G | G3 G2d :||
X: 2
T: Oswestry Wake
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|: d |e>fg f2 e | dcB A2 G | g>fe f2 g | a3- a2 d |
ee/f/g f2 e | dcB ABc | BGB AF/G/A | G3- G2 :|
|: A |B>cd ded | dBG dBG | A>BA c2 d | e3 edc |
BB/c/d def | g3 d2 c | BGB AFD | G3- G2 :|
|: e/f/ |g>dB gdB | gdB A2 G | g>fe f2 g | a3- a2 d |
gba gfe | f/g/ag fed | e<gB A2 G | G3- G2 :|
X: 3
T: Oswestry Wake
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
d | efg f2e | dcB A2G | gfe f2g | a3-a2d |
efg f2e | dcB ABc | BGB ADA | G3 G2A :|
|: Bcd ded | dBG dBG | A2B c2d | e3-edc |
def gfe | def g2c | B3 AGF | G3 def :|
|: gdB gdB | gdB A2G | gfe f2g | a3-a2f |
gba gfe | fag fed | ced cBA | G3 def :||

Three comments

Oswestry Wake

I played this in a barndance ceili a couple of days ago. A lively tune to start the proceedings and get the dancers moving.

“Gwylnos Croesoswallt” / “Oswestry Wake”

"Blodau’r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes"
Cymdeithas Ddawns Werin Cymru / The Welsh Folk Dance Society, 1992
Selected and arranged by Alex Hamilton / Revised by Robin Huw Bowen
Page 17, tune #27

Oswestry Wake

Version 3 is transcribed from the Spiers and Boden album Through And Through. Their version is slightly different from the previous ones and I have put it down as accurately as I can, although they do vary it a bit on different runs through.