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Loch Tay Boat Song waltz

Also known as Loch Tay, The Loch Tay Boat Song, The Lough Tae Boat Song.

There are 13 recordings of this tune.

Loch Tay Boat Song has been added to 6 tune sets.

Loch Tay Boat Song has been added to 50 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Loch Tay Boat Song
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Cmaj
|c|e2 dc2e|g3e2g|c'2 ba2g|g3e2c|
f2 ga2g|g3e2c|e2 dd2e|f2 ed2c|
e2 dc2e|g3e2g|c'2 ba2g|g3e2c|
f2 ga2g|g3e2c|e2 dc2B|(c3c2)|
g|c'2 ba2g|g3e2g|c'2 ba2g|g3e2c|
f2 ga2g|g3e2c|e2 dd2e|f2 ed2c|
e2 dc2e|g3e2g|c'2 ba2g|g3e2c|
f2 ga2g|g3e2c|e2 dc2B|(c3c2)|
# Added by match .
2
X: 2
T: Loch Tay Boat Song
R: waltz
M: 3/4
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|G|B2 AG2B|d3B2d|g2 fe2d|d3B2G|
c2 de2d|d3B2G|B2 AA2B|c2 BA2G|
B2 AG2B|d3B2d|g2 fe2d|d3B2G|
c2 de2d|d3B2G|B2 AG2F|(G3G2)|
d|g2 fe2d|d3B2d|g2 fe2d|d3B2G|
c2 de2d|d3B2G|B2 AA2B|c2 BA2G|
B2 AG2B|d3B2d|g2 fe2d|d3B2G|
c2 de2d|d3B2G|B2 AG2F|(G3G2)|
# Added by JACKB .

Seven comments

Loch Tay Boat Song

Don’t know much about this song, other than it was made famous by the Corries. Its in C Major as I’ve been learning it on the harmonica, but it would probably do well to be shifted down bit.

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It was made more famous by Dougie MacLean.

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The bar lines are in the wrong place. The first downbeat is on the first E, the C before it being a pick up note (or anacrusis, to be posh) so the first bar line should be after that first C.

The song is credited to one Harold Edwin Boulton (1859-1935).

Corrected abc

Thanks for that - now I’m revisiting it it I realise my mistake! I’ve fixed the abc to hopefully put the ‘swing’ in the right place for anyone new to the tune.

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