Post by Jim on Jan 25, 2023 8:52:57 GMT -5
A couple of decades ago I was holed up in the back room with my mandolin composing a fiddle tune and trying to avoid shoveling the walk as long as possible. Maggie came in and said, "Happy Burns' Day Sweetie!" That gave me the title for my tune. It's an Irish sounding jig, but since it was composed on a January 25, I gave it a Scottish title.
I played at a weekly Celtic session in those days and this tune became a regular at the session. A Peterborough group, Freshwater Trade, was the first to record it.
I found that someone had posted the sheet music on mudcat.org credited to John Yates. I emailed the poster and he corrected the credit. I have added the chords that I use to accompany it.
My friend, the late Zeke Mazurek recorded it on his second album. Here are Zeke Mazurek on fiddle, me on mandolin, Tom T Taylor on guitar and Randall Kempf on bass.
I hope this works:
www.reverbnation.com/jimyates4?profile_view_source=header_icon_nav
