Tune by Chris Wood. Goes nicely after Travellers' Joy.
Tune by Chris Wood. Goes nicely after Travellers' Joy.
The first tune is a well known Swedish polska, by Vikste-Lasse (Johan Leonard Larsson 1897 − 1983) a fiddler from Eklunda in Uppland, Sweden. Here's some info about rhythm and chord variation for the B part : http://www.folkwiki.se/Musik/96
The second is a Finnish polska, written by Andy May. He's a Northumbrian piper in a band called Baltic Crossing, where some of the member are Finns. He wrote a 3/2 tune, and then was told by his band mates that it was a Finnish polska.
I'm sure I've heard both tunes before but this video from Sidmouth Folk Festival put them in my consciousness. The friend who hipped me to it said "it is worth the listen for the sheer, infectious joy of it," and she was spot on.
Apparently the meowing or other vocalizations may be part of the tune as it happens in this video:
Here is a 3/2 tune. I made the video for a project where the format changed so it wasn't used
Heard this a couple of days back.
Realized I'd hear it before :
This is a 6/4 tune written by Elaine Bradtke of Sound and Fury Morris and Sword. Besides the appeal of the triple time(for which I share a fondness akin to that for women who wear spectacles) it is an English-style tune from the US morris tradition. It was written for Liz Savage of S&F.
A tune by Chris Wood who had a duo with Andy Cutting for many years. Hipped to it (like many tunes lately) by John Spiers and his shed sessions.
From the manuscript book of the Welch family of Bosham, West Sussex, circa 1800. Heard it from John Spiers.
Here is Leveret's version:
And John Spiers's:
Reminded of this tune by Mick Phillips.
A different take on it:
https://brownboots.bandcamp.com/track/sussex
and dots: