The Auld Wheel reel

By James Scott Skinner

Also known as Flood On The Holm, The Flood On The Holm.

There are 16 recordings of this tune.

This tune has been recorded together with

The Miller O’ Hirn (a few times),
The Smith’s A Gallant Fireman (a few times),
The Fairy Dance (a few times),
Hey Ho My Bonnie Lass (a few times) and
Jamie Hardie (a few times).

The Auld Wheel has been added to 3 tune sets.

The Auld Wheel has been added to 57 tunebooks.

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Three settings

X: 1
T: The Auld Wheel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Amaj
|(3ddd A=G F=GAd|(3BBB edcAAc|
(3ddd A=G F=GAd|cdec dD (3DDD|
(3ddd A=G F=GAd|(3BBB ed cAAc|
(3ddd AF GAB=g|fedc dDD=g||
fDFA dfaf|eEGB ef=ge|
fDFA dfaf|(3eee =gefdda|
fDFA dfaf|eE=GB ef=ga|
ba=gf edcB|A=GFE D2 (3ABc||

X: 2
T: The Auld Wheel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
AG|:FD (3DDD FGAd|cdAd BE (3EEE|FD (3DDD FGAd|cdAG FD (3DDD:|
fdcd ABcd|efgf eEEg|fdcd ABcA|GAEF Ddde|
fdcd ABcd|efgf eE (3EEE|DFEG FAGB|AFGE FDFA||
d2AG FDFA|Beed cABc|d2AG FGAg|fdec dfec|
d2AG FADA|Beed cABc|dcdA BGBd|AFGE FDD2||
fgaf dAFA|GBed cAA2|fgaf dAFA|GBEc dDD2|
fgaf dAFA|GBed cAA2|dfeg fagb|afge fdec||
d2AG FDA,D|B,DA,D CEAc|d2AF GBed|ceag fdd2|
d2AG FDA,D|B,DA,D CEAc|dcdA BGBd|AFGE D2||

X: 3
T: The Auld Wheel
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
d2 AG FDFA|GBed cABc|dAAG FDDg|fdec dABc|
dAAG FDFA|GBed cABc|dedA (3Bcd AG|FAEA DEFA||
defg afdA|GBed cAAg|fgaf dAGF|GBec dfag|
fgaf dAGF|GBed cAAg|fdge afbg|fgec dABc||

Eight comments

Thanks for this lovely Scott Skinner tune. It’s actually in D major though.

You’re quite right.Temporary amnesia,it’s in D major.Sorry.

The Auld Wheel

The first half of this tune is recycled in “The Flood in the Holm”: https://thesession.org/tunes/1041

I’ve fixed the ABC

Why didn’t you just leave the abc as it was and change the key signature instead?

The link slainte gave above is now broken. A friend rescued that transcription and e-mailed it to me. As slainte says, the 3rd part of John Doherty’s medley “The Flood on the Holm” is the 1st part of Skinner’s “The Auld Wheel”.

X: 1
T: The Flood On The Holm
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
AG|:FD (3DDD FGAd | cdAd BE (3EEE| FD (3DDD FGAd | cdAG FD (3DDD :|
fdcd ABcd |efgf eEEg| fdcd ABcA | GAEF Ddde |
fdcd ABcd | efgf eE (3EEE | DFEG FAGB | AFGE FDFA ||
d2AG FDFA | Beed cABc | d2AG FGAg | fdec dfec |
d2AG FADA | Beed cABc | dcdA BGBd | AFGE FDD2 ||
fgaf dAFA | GBed cAA2| fgaf dAFA | GBEc dDD2|
fgaf dAFA | GBed cAA2| dfeg fagb |afge fdec ||
d2AG FDA,D | B,DA,D CEAc | d2AF GBed | ceag fdd2 |
d2AG FDA,D | B,DA,D CEAc | dcdA BGBd | AFGE D2 ||

Find the other two tunes in the medley here:

1) The Spinning Wheel https://thesession.org/tunes/8570
3) The Bride’s Reel https://thesession.org/tunes/8573

Hear a clip of the composer himself playing the tune http://www.abdn.ac.uk/scottskinner/audio.php

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