Haul Away The Hawser polka

A 2/4 tune which I got from The Boat Band’s album "A Trip To The Lakes", a selection of tunes known to have been played in the English Lake District in the recent or distant past by local musicians. Like various other two-four tunes from Northern England it seems to go a trifle slower and more relaxed than a Kerry polka - though I dare say, tweaked up, this one could work as such.

This tune appears to be just a polka version of the reel ‘Comely Jane Downing’ appearing in O’Neill’s (ON1850 #1461, ON1001 #692).

This is known as a reel in Scotland under the title "Torryburn Lasses".

X:1
T:Torryburn Lasses
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
K:G
G2 BG Bd d2 | c2 ec eg g2 | G2 BG Bd dg | edcB A2 G2 :|
g2 bg afed | edef gdBd | g2 bg afed | edef g2 ga |
bagf gfed | edef gdBd | cBcd efge | dBGB A2 G2 |]

X:1
T:Comely Jane Downing
Z:Jack Brennan
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
|:G2 BG BddB |c2 ec eg g2|G2 BG Bddg|edcB AcBA|
G2 BG BddB|cBcd efga|bgaf gfeg|fdcA AG G2||
|:g2 bg agfd|edef gdBd |g2 bg agfd |edef g2 ga |
bagf gfed|edef gdBd | cBcd efge | dBGB AG G2 |]