Key signature: Dmixolydian
Submitted on December 10th 2001 by Josh Kane.
This tune has been added to 16 tunebooks.
Also known as Johnny In The Queer Thing, The Old Wheels Of The World, Rolling Down The Hill.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kane's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
|: eAAA eAAA | GEDE G3G | A2AB cBcd | efge dgfg |
eAAA eAAA | GEDE G3G | A2AB cBcd | efge dcBc ||
dggg dggg | eaaa eaaa | dggg gefg | afge dcBc |
dggg dggg | eaaa eaaa | dggg gefg | afge d3d :|
Lineage
I'm pretty sure that my great grandfather Kane wrote this one. From what I hear, he was a pretty good flute player. Well, granddad, this one's for your memory!
# Posted on December 10th 2001 by Josh Kane
Stutter
Funny, the repeated notes are un-flutelike. Do you play the flute too? How do you do those, do you roll them?
# Posted on December 10th 2001 by glauber
Rolls
Yes, I am a flute player too. But, do to several mishaps caused by my lack of ability to put rolls in this sheet music, I just left them as repeated notes. I do roll them. I do the G-A-G-F-G thing.
# Posted on December 10th 2001 by Josh Kane
This appears on Planxty's "After The Break", but is not listed in the liner notes.
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by Dow
I assume that Liam O'Flynn got it off Willie Clancy, who called it "The Old Wheels Of The World". In O'Neill's it is entitled "Rolling Down The Hill" and contains some G#s.
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by Dow
You sure?
I think you're wrong. Dow. I'm sure this appears on "Words & Music" by Planxty as "Old Wheels Of The World" but I'm 99% it's not on my copy of "After The Break".
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by Kenny
Unless my copy was zapped by aliens and given an extra tune at the start of the Chattering Magpie/Lord MacDonald set that doesn't appear on any other copy of the album, I don't think I'm wrong - I'm listening to it now and this tune is being played as a solo pipe number as I write. I don't have Words & Music.
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by Dow
LP or CD?
Lp or CD, Mark? I'm talking about the LP. There's definitely no "Chattering Magpies/Lord McDonald" or "Bonny Light Horseman" on the LP record I have. If you have the CD, they may be "bonus" tracks. Would that explain it?
# Posted on October 28th 2004 by Kenny
No I have it on my LP at home as well Dow.
http://www.chivalry.com/shortdescs/plx-after-break.html
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by Greenwiggle
According to this http://www.chinatogalway.com/Discography%20Andy%20Irvine.htm they are indeed bonus tracks. What's this "LP" thing you two keep talking about?
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by Dow
Trad!
It's a traditional thing, Mark -
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by Kenny
The 78s are even more traditional. Sometimes, you can get a whole set of tunes on each side and, if they're playing too slow, you can just "crank the handle" of the old gramophone to speed it up.
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by Johannes J
But doesn't that make it skip the track?
# Posted on October 29th 2004 by Dow
After the Break - Lord McDonald/Chattering Magpie
The original release of Planxty`s After The Break did not include Lord McDonald/Chattering Magpie or The Bonny Light Horseman. These tracks were included as bonus tracks on the CD. They were originally released on High Kings Of Tara along with The First Slip/Hardiman the Fiddler (Ador & Bmin)/The Yellow Wattle (one of my all time favourite Planxty tracks, the way Liam O`Flynn plays The Yellow Wattle is sensational!).
Yes, Dow is right ,The Old Wheels of the World does precede Lord McDonald on the track in question.
# Posted on March 24th 2005 by gardener2
I wish I could be wrong one day just to break the monotony of it all - I do try you know
# Posted on March 24th 2005 by Dow
Duplicated
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1887
# Posted on March 6th 2006 by Dow