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Breton reel

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

Breton has been added to 2 tune sets.

Breton has been added to 49 tunebooks.

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One setting

1
X: 1
T: Breton
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
A|ABcd eAce|fedc B2 AA|ABcd eAce|1 fedc B3 A:|2 fedc B3 B||
c2 BA B2 e2|c/B/A dc BAAB|c2 BA B2 e2|1 c/B/A dc A3 B:|2 c/B/A dc A4||

Five comments

Breton No.1

Simple and lovely tune. It can be played in various keys. Found in the tune index at “The Wooden Flute Mailing List” page.

The Boys of St. Malo?

It does have something of The Boys of Malin about it.

Well spotted Creadur, Nice pun too!

Sounds like one of these ‘count down’ dance tunes from Haute-Bretagne, “J’ai dix petites poules” or something like that…
J’ai dix petits beurres pour manger à quatre-heure?

The second part is particularly attractive.