Comely Jane Downing reel

Also known as Haul Away The Hawser, Torry Burn, Torryburn Lasses.

There are 7 recordings of this tune.

Comely Jane Downing appears in 2 other tune collections.

Comely Jane Downing has been added to 8 tunebooks.

Three settings

X: 1
T: Comely Jane Downing
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|: G2 B>G | Bd dB | c2 e>c | eg g2 |
G2 B>G | Bd dg | ed cB | A2 G2 :|
g2 b>g | af ed | ed ef | gd Bd |
g2 b>g | af ed | ed ef | g2 g>a |
bg af | gf ed | ed ef | gd Bd |
c2 e>c | Bd ge | dB GB | A2 G2 ||

X: 2
T: Comely Jane Downing
R: reel

X: 3
T: Comely Jane Downing
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
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 |]

Four comments

Haul Away The Hawser

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).

Haul Away The Hawser

Similar Version

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 |]

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