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The Marquis Of Huntly’s barndance

Also known as The Marquis Of Huntley, The Marquis Of Huntley’s Highland Fling, The Marquis Of Huntly, The Marquis Of Huntly’s Highland Fling.

There are 7 recordings of this tune.

The Marquis Of Huntly's has been added to 19 tunebooks.

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Four settings

1
X: 1
T: The Marquis Of Huntly's
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A2|d2 fd ge fd|B2 ed cA Ac|d2 fd ge fd|Be d/c/B/A/ d2:|
|:B2|AD (3FED AB df|ge fd ed Bd|AD (3FED AB db|af ef d2:|
2
X: 2
T: The Marquis Of Huntly's
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A2|d2 f>d g>e f>d|B2 e>d c<A A>c|d2 f>d g>e f>d|B>e d/c/B/A d2:|
|:B2|A>D (3FED A>B d>f|g>e f>d e>d B>d|A>D (3FED A>B d<b|a>f e>f d2:|
|:D4|Em2 A2|D4|Em A D2:|
|:D4|Em2 G2|D2 G2|D A D2:|
3
X: 3
T: The Marquis Of Huntly's
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A|d<df>d g>ef>d|B<Be>d c<AA>c|d<df>d g>ef>d|B>e d/c/B/A/ d2- d:|
|:B|A>D F/E/D A>Bd>f|g>ef>d e>dB<d|A>D F/E/D A>Bd>b|a<fe>f d2- d:|
4
X: 4
T: The Marquis Of Huntly's
R: barndance
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:A|d2 f>d g>ef>d|B2 e>d c>Bc<A|d2 f>d g>ef>d|B>e d/c/B/A/ d2 d:|
|:B|A>DF<D F<AA>f|g>ef>d e>dB<d|A>DF<D F<AA>f|a>fe<f d2 d:|

Eleven comments

The Marquis of Huntley’s Fling

Found this bright little tune in ‘The Fiddler’s Tune-Book’. Here it is with swing:

X: 1
T: Marquis of Huntley’s, The
C: Trad.
S: The Fiddler’s Tune-Book; Reels & Rants, Flings & Fancies; p.29, No.121.
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 300
R: highland fling
K: Dmaj
|: A2 | d2 f>d g>e f>d | B2 e>d c<A A>c | d2 f>d g>e f>d | B>e d/c/B/A d2 :|
|: B2 | A>D (3FED A>B d>f | g>e f>d e>d B>d | A>D (3FED A>B d<b | a>f e>f d2 :|

The setting is given as follows:

|: D4 | Em2 A2 | D4 | Em A D2 :|
|: D4 | Em2 G2 | D2 G2 | D A D2 :|

Cheers!

Two different “Marquis of Huntly / Huntley” ~ strathspey / highland fling

That’s what I get for having two windows open at the same time. 😏

“The Marquis Of Huntley”
Submitted on January 19th 2007 by f.pellerin.
https://thesession.org/tunes/6666

That’s the one referred to above.

I was looking for this melody, as given here by mrkelahan, because it is familiar, but I think by a different name, and I was half sure it was already on site? In doing a search I crossed wires with the two different melodies currently carrying this name on site here.

I’m not so sure that Kennedy, “The Fiddler’s Tune-Book”, got the name right on this one? But, there are some members on site here that would likely have a quicker connection here. I’ll drop a note to a couple of those knowledgeable souls, fingers crossed.

I’ll try to remember to come back and add another version of this, one with a second ending…

“Denis Murphy’s Strathspey”

https://thesession.org/tunes/159/comments

* with minor editing, for example from 32 bars to 16 😏

Jerry O’Sullivan’s version.
X: 1
T: Denis Murphy’s Strathspey
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: slide
K: Dmaj
|: A |\
d2 f>d g>ef>d | B2 e>d c>Bc<A |
d2 f>d g>ef>d | B>e d/c/B/A/ d2 d :|
|: B |\
A>DF<D F<AA>f | g>ef>d e>dB<d |
A>DF<D F<AA>f | a>fe<f d2 d :|

# Posted on July 7th 2007 by JACKB

~ some version of the Strathspey “Stirling Castle”? 😏 ~ or a relative?

Another melody to compare with this one is the reel “The Grey Daylight”, which is in “O’Neill’s Music Of Ireland: 1850 Melodies”, 1903, page 256, tune #1372…

What does the “setting referr to?

Earlier mrkelahan said about The Marquis of Huntley’s Fling:

The setting is given as follows:

|: D4 | Em2 A2 | D4 | Em A D2 :|
|: D4 | Em2 G2 | D2 G2 | D A D2 :|

The tune is delightful but what is the setting? Thanks!

The town is “Huntly” and the peerage relates to that town. “Huntley” is a village in Gloucestershire.