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Partners in Time & Captain McGuire

Message 55838 · John Chambers · 7 May 2009 15:18:06 · Top

| Dear All,
| I am looking for these two tunes, but cannot find them, so help would be very much appreciated:
|
| 1. Partners in Time (jig by J. Sutherland), the original for "Dancing Girls"
| 2. Captain McGuire (reel, traditional).
|
| Many thanks in advance.
|
| Best regards
| Edwin Werner

The only references to a Captain McGuire that I could find were comments that
it's another name for Tom Doherty's Reel, which is known in Irish circles.
Here's an abc version that I found several places online:

X:17553
T:Tom Doherty's
S:Liz Carroll, Boston 1999, Gaelic Roots
Z:alf.warnock@nrc.ca
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=200
K:C
P:A
"Dm"A2FA DAFA | AGAB cdcB | A2FA DAFA | "C"GECE GAcB |
"Dm"A2FA DAFA | AGAB c2Bc | "G"dB"F"cA "Em"BG"D"A^F | "C"GECE GABc :|
P:B1
"Dm"dD (3DDD AD (3DDD | dD (3DDD "C"c2Bc | "Dm"dD (3DDD AG^FA | "C"GECE GABc |
"Dm"dD (3DDD AD (3DDD | dD (3DDD "C"c2Bc | "G"dB"F"cA "Em"BG"D"A^F | "C"GECE GABc :|
P:B2
dD (3DDD fD (3DDD | dD (3DDD c2Bc | dD (3DDD AG^FA | GECE GABc |
dD (3DDD fD (3DDD | dD (3DDD c2Bc | dBcA BGA^F | GECE GABc :|
P:B3
dD (3DDD fD (3DDD | gD (3DDD aD (3DDD | dD (3DDD AG^FA | GECE GABc |
dAeA fAgA | aAAB c2Bc | dBcA BGA^F | GECE GABc :| d4 |]

This was apparently transcribed from Liz Carroll's playing, and she of course
didn't play it the same way twice. It may or may not be the Captain McGuire
you're looking for. Also, the transcriber obviously got the key wrong; it's
clearly D dorian, not C major. Maybe I should add it to my collection with
the correct key signature. ;-)

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O John Chambers
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Partners in Time & Captain McGuire

Message 55842 · Fiona Grant · 7 May 2009 20:53:20 · Top

Edwin Werner is looking for these two tunes, but cannot find them, so:


1. Partners in Time (jig by J. Sutherland), the original for "Dancing Girls"
- Marian Anderson plays this tune on her Kangaroo Paw CD. And a lot of pipe
bands seem to like it. See link to the Fiddler's Companion:
http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc/

And search for Partners in time:

http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc2/file=/tunes/fc2/fc.html
<http://www.ceolas.org/cgi-bin/ht2/ht2-fc2/file=/tunes/fc2/fc.html&style=&re
fer=&abstract=&ftpstyle=&grab=&linemode=&max=250&isindex=Partners%20in%20Tim
e&submit=Search>
&style=&refer=&abstract=&ftpstyle=&grab=&linemode=&max=250&isindex=Partners%
20in%20Time&submit=Search


2. Captain McGuire (reel, traditional). Is probably spelled Captain Maguire?
See number 23:
http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~ef/music/pdf/FredsFolks/Reels/index.html


Happy playing,

Fiona

Bristol

UK



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