Memories Of Father Angus MacDonnell barndance

Also known as Father Angus MacDonnell’s March, March For Father Angus MacDonnell.

There are 4 recordings of a tune by this name.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: Memories Of Father Angus MacDonnell
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
(3DEF | G2 G>A G>FE<D | B<dd>B d2 (3dBd | e>cd>B c>AB<G | E4-E2 (3DEF |
G2 G>A G>FE<D | B<dd>B d2 g>e | d>BG<B A>GA<B | G4-G2 :|
B>d | e2 e>f g>fe<d | B<dd>B d2 (3dBd | e>cd>B c>AB<G | E4-E2 (3DEF |
G2 G>A G>FE<D | B<dd>B d2 g>e | d>BG<B A>GA<B | G4-G2 :|
X: 2
T: Memories Of Father Angus MacDonnell
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
G>G G<A G>F E<D | B<d d<B d2 (3Bcd | e2 d<B c>A B<G | E4 E2 (3DEF |
(3GGG G<A G>F E<D | B<d d<B d2 (3dge | d>B G<B A>G A<B | G4 G2 :|
e>e e<f g>f e>d | B<d d<B d2 (3Bcd | e2 d<B c>A B<G | E4 E2 D>F |
G2 (3GGG G>F E<D | B<d d<B d2 g>e | d<B G<B A>G A<B | G2 (3GGG G2 :|
c>B cd cB AG | e<g ge g2 (3efg | af ge fd ec | A<d dB cB AG |
cc/B/ cd cB AG | e<g (3gfe gc c'a | g>e (cde dc de | c2 c>B c2 :|
a2 (3fga c'd'/c'/ ba | g2 c'a g2 eg | af ge fd ec | A<d dB cB AG |
cc/B/ cd cB AG | e<g ge g2 c'>a | g>e (cde dc de | c2 c>B c2 :|
X: 3
T: Memories Of Father Angus MacDonnell
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:D2|G2GAGFED|BddBd2Bd|e2dBcABG|E2E2E2D2|
G2GAGFED|BddBd2ge|dBGBAGAB|G2G2G2:|
|:B2|e2efgfed|BddBd2Bd|e2dBcABG|E2E2E2D2|
G2GAGFED|BddBd2ge|dBGBAGAB|G2G2G2:|

Seven comments

Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell

This lovely march is a composition by Cape Breton fiddler Mike MacDougall. It’s popular in Edinburgh areas.

I’ve been enjoying this simple tune on my new wooden flute, but it will be nice on guitar and banjo, too. It goes well with modern Breton hornpipe The Last Pint (G).

Fr.Angus MacDonald

We play this as a Schottische rather than as a hornpipe.We use it lots for the Canadian Barn Dance. Its good to discover that the tune is Canadian too. We pair it with Sidlaw Hills.

What is so clever about it is its simplicity,only the first bar is different between the a and b parts.
Noel Jackson
Angels of the North

Anna-Wendy

I heard this lovely tune played Anna-Wendy Stevenson on a front porch in NC. She’s a wonderful scottish fiddler from Edinburgh.

“Memories of Father Angus MacDonnell” - Mike MacDougall

K: G Maj
|: (3DEF |
G>G G<A G>F E<D | B<d d<B d2 (3Bcd | e2 d<B c>A B<G | E4 E2 (3DEF |
(3GGG G<A G>F E<D | B<d d<B d2 (3dge | d>B G<B A>G A<B | G4 G2 :|
|: (3Bcd |
e>e e<f g>f e>d | B<d d<B d2 (3Bcd | e2 d<B c>A B<G | E4 E2 D>F |
G2 (3GGG G>F E<D | B<d d<B d2 g>e | d<B G<B A>G A<B | G2 (3GGG G2 :|

K: C Maj
|: (3GAB |
c>B cd cB AG | e<g ge g2 (3efg | af ge fd ec | A<d dB cB AG |
cc/B/ cd cB AG | e<g (3gfe gc c’a | g>e (cde dc de | c2 c>B c2 :|
|: eg |
a2 (3fga c’d’/c’/ ba | g2 c’a g2 eg | af ge fd ec | A<d dB cB AG |
cc/B/ cd cB AG | e<g ge g2 c’>a | g>e (cde dc de | c2 c>B c2 :|

X:1
T:Father Angus MacDonnell
M:4/4
R:
K:G
|:D2|G2GAGFED|BddBd2Bd|e2dBcABG|E2E2E2D2|
G2GAGFED|BddBd2ge|dBGBAGAB|G2G2G2:|
|:B2|e2efgfed|BddBd2Bd|e2dBcABG|E2E2E2D2|
G2GAGFED|BddBd2ge|dBGBAGAB|G2G2G2:|

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