The London Lasses reel

Computer playing silly b**gers - will comment later.

Great reel. Has been associated a lot with the Galway Rambler but is also frequently played after St Anne’s. At our session we go for the latter.

A "fundamental" tune for flute players . Never played better than by Conal O’Grada ( after the "Galway Rambler" - as Bannerman suggests).

I think this is a great whistle video for thi song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ZM4lt3sZY

play video

There’s a very different version on Kevin Burke & Jackie Daly’s album:

X: 1
T: London Lasses
D: Kevin Burke & Jackie Daly - The Eavesdropper
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G2BG AGBd|gedB AGEF|G2BG AGBd|gedB AcBA|
G2BG AGBd|gedB dega|bgag egge|1 dBAB GDEF:|2 dBAB G2 (3ggg||
|:g2bg agba|gedB defa|g2bg agea|gedB BAAf|
g2bg agba|gedB dega|bgag egge|1 dBAB G2 (3ggg:| 2 dBAB GDEF||

Burke & Daly version of the tune has just been posted as Castlemahon Lasses: https://thesession.org/tunes/11242

I picked up this version from video a Japanese tin whistler called Hatao uploaded on Youtube, I don’t know if it’s original of his or not. Anyway, I’ve been using the notations listed here for a long time and I wanted to give something back:

X:1
T:London Lasses, The
S:Hatao (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ZM4lt3sZY)

play video

R:Reel
C:?
Z:Gerard Guillemas
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:G
"G"~G3BDGBd|eaage~g3|~G3BDGBd|egdBAGFA|
~G3BDGBd|eaage~g3|"C"bgagegfa|gedBAGFA|
"G"~G3BDGBd|eaage~g3|~g3de~g3|egdBAGFA|
~G3BDGBd|eaage~g3|"C"bgagegfa|gedBAGFA||
"G"~g3gedBe|d~G3BGB/c/d|"C"gGfGeged|B~G3B~A3|
"G"gaagfgge|d~B3dega|"C"bgagegfa|gedBAGFA|
"G"g3gedBe|d~G3BGB/c/d|"C"gGfGeged|B~G3B~A3|
"G"gaagfgge|d~B3dega|"C"bgagegfa|gedBAGFA||

The A part of the first setting reminds me a lot of the B part of For the Sake of Old Decency https://thesession.org/tunes/2777