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1 The Break-up Breakdown
2 Sun Assembly
3 The Month Of January
4 Schottishes
5 Shallow Brown
6 Theme From Moulin Rouge
7 Sliabh Luachra Polkas
8 The Sailboat
9 The Week Before Easter
10 The Orange In Bloom
11 Matchbox Blues
The Break-up Breakdown is by Brendan Power who taught
me the tune
several years ago when I was in New Zealand.
Sun Assembly comes from Thompson's Complete Collections Volume 1, published
in 1757.
The Month Of January is a traditional Irish song from the singing of
Sarah Makem, care of Sam Bracken.
Schottishes are in fact Skipper Schottis from Sweden, and Schottis Fra
Lyo from Denmark. I heard them in Copenhagen at a dance club while I
was doing research into drinking customs with some Danish musicians.
Shallow Brown is a shanty of the `Hilo` group. The version here was
collected from a sailor in Woolwich in the 1880`s and published by The
Folk Song Society in the late 1890`s.
Theme From Moulin Rouge I `collected` from BBC Radio's Light Programme
which used to broadcast light entertainment to the nation until
the late 1960`s. One could hear anything from folk music to Glenn Miller,
Vaughan Williams to Gershwin. I did get quite a few musical ideas from
the old Light Programme.
Sliabh Luachra Polkas are from the part of Ireland around the Cork Kerry
border. They're great tunes, and I never tire of them.
The Sailboat is a tune inspired by the many different ships and boats
I`ve seen at home in Whitby, North Yorkshire, and further afield on
tour. It also reminds me of seeing the silhouette of a fishing boat
in the Baltic Sea somewhere in the vicinity of Helsinki. The Sailboat
is dedicated to Nadine.
The Week Before Easter is from the singing of Mrs Copper of Rottingdean,
Sussex, in November 1898 and published in the Journal of the Folk Music
Society in 1899.
The Orange In Bloom is a morris tune from Sherborne, Gloucestershire.
A lovely name for a lovely tune.
Matchbox Blues, written in the 1920`s comes from Blind Lemon Jefferson. Words
kindly supplied by John Crosby ( Thanks John ).
OUT OF HIS TREE - Chris Parkinson
1 The Butcher's Fancy/Paddy Durkin`s
2 Scotch Measure / Mount Hills
3 The Acrobat / Byrnes Hornpipe / The High Level
4 The Martial Baron / Round Pond
5 Mr Isaac`s Maggot
6 Skipper Schottishe / Schottishe From Lyo
7 Golden Tango ( for melodeon )
8 Waltz From Balfor
9 The Triumph ( Dorset )
10 Polska From Dalarna
11 The Glasgow Wedding / Souvenez-Vous De Ceci
12 Golden Grove / Farewell To Connacht /
The Bird In The Bush/John Stenson`s
#2
The Butcher`s Fancy came from Tom Keane, fiddler from Donegal. Paddy Durkin`s
is named after my grandfather who was from Attymas Co Mayo.
Scotch Measure is from the Bray M.S.S. via Jim Cartmel, Mount Hills comes
from Playford`s Dancing Master 17th edition Volume 1c/o the Falibroome
Collection.
The Acrobat, Byrne`s Hornpipe and The High Level Hornpipe featured on
track 3 were learnt from Tom Walsh and Hugh O'Donnell during various
sessions at The New Britannia in Preston, Lancashire in the 1970`s.
The Martial Baron and Round Pond came from `Between Two Ponds` by Patrick
Shuldham-Shaw.
Mr Isaac`s Maggot is from Playford 9th edition 1795.
Skipper Schottishe, Schottishe from Lyo and Waltz From Balfor were
all learnt from the playing of musicians in Roskilde and Copenhagen in
Denmark, and at Sidmouth Festival, Devon, around 1980. The Schottishes
on track six can also be found on track 4 of the Parky CD. Here
they have been re-recorded and feature the fine fiddle playing of
former House Band member Roger Wilson.
Golden Tango I heard as a child from BBC Light Programme and I have, I
must admit, tinkered with it just a little bit.
The Triumph, always one of my favourite tunes, is from Thomas Hardy's
M.S.S. also found in Country Dance Manual # 5 published by The English
Folk Dance and Song Society.
Polska from Dalarna, a wonderful tune from Swedish musicians again at
Sidmouth Festival.
The Glasgow Wedding was written by Davy Stuart of Edinburgh, it is followed
by Souvenez-Vous de Ceci, a tune that just seemed to come from my melodeon
after I had been listening to music from Louisiana.
Golden Grove is named after a small place just outside Whitby in North
Yorkshire, (also the name of one of the boats that is associated with
Capt. James Cook ) This tune is followed by Farewell To Connacht,
The Bird In The Bush and John Stenson`s #2 These last three tunes have
all been absorbed at various sessions.
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