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A Scottish border tune - sometimes played as a bagpipe march. The Clarke Tin Whistle Tutor mentions that there is a song set to this tune, and it gives the refrain (which fits to the B-part) as:
The (something…. I can’t remember what) was dint,
The besom was deen,
The barra widna row its leen,
Siccan a sarsies nivver was seen,
At the muckin’ o’ Geordie’s byre.
Look in your Border Scots dictionary for a translation.
Incidentally, it has a close cousin in Denis Murphy’s Slide - the A-part, at least.
"Mucking out the Byre"??
This one was surely always known as the Muckin’ o Geordies Byre, only a self concious Englishman would call it anything less!
I have the words somewhere, I’ll see if I can find them…
Mucking Out The Byre
The first line of the chorus is "The graip was tint,the beezom was deen…."..
“The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s Byre” ~ a submission by proxy, for FIDDLE4
The following is as his band "Haste To The Wedding" plays it. The transcription is from:
Richard Robinson’s Tunebook
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/tunebook.html
Z: Richard Robinson
F: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/gettune/00000a08.abc
X:619
T: The Mucking O’ Geordie’s Byre
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: Jig
K: D
|: dcB |
ABA AFA | d2 e f2 a | g2 e f2 d | e2 d Bcd |
ABA AFA | d2 e f2 g | afd efe | d3 :|
|: def |
g>ag gag | f>af faf | e2 e efg | fed BdB |
ABA AFA | d2 e f2 g | afd efe | d3 :|
The A part of this tune also is a song called Isle of My Heart (with a few minor variations of notes…
“The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s Byre” ~ rescued duplication
~ /tunes/11855
Submitted on March 24th 2012 by Sean B..
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X: 3
T: Gan Ainm
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
K: Dmaj
|: A2 B AFA | d3 def | g2 e f2 d | e2 d Bcd |
A2 B AFA | def g2 b | afd efe |[1 d3 dcB :|[2 d3 def ||
|: g3 gab | f3 fga | e2 f ede | fed Bcd |
A2 B AFA | def g2 b | afd efe |[1 d3 def :|[2 d3-d3 |]
I heard it many years ago on a Tenpenny album. I’ve since lost the album. Tenpenny is a band from Utah formed in 1972. I can’t find any of their music online, unfortunately.
# Posted on March 24th 2012 by Sean B.
The graip* wis tint, the besom wis deen,
The barra widna row its leen,
An’ siccan a soss it (n)ever was seen,
At the muckin’ o Geordie’s byre.
*Some versions say "graim".
The fork was mislaid, the broom was past its best,
The wheelbarrow was unable to convey its load,
And such a frightful mess was to be seen,
At the cleansing of George’s cowshed.
"Look in your Border Scots dictionary for a translation."
You might be better looking further north east - Oldmeldrum or thereaboots.
Trasna Na DTonnta
Connie O’Connell - Ceol Cill Na Martra
Re: Trasna Na DTonnta
Line 3 bar 2 and line and line 4 bar 1 what is the odd double note?
Re: Trasna Na DTonnta
Hello Michael,
the melody is the higher note.
Re: Trasna Na DTonnta
Does this count as an alternate title for Glounreagh Slide/Muckin’ o’ Geordie’s Byre? https://thesession.org/tunes/1110
The Muckin’ O’ Geordie’s Byre, X:5
From the playing of The Celtic Fiddlers.