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Annotation:Old Man Wouldn't Give Me Straw (The)
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OLD MAN WOULDN'T GIVE ME STRAW, THE. (Gun Do Dhuit/Dhiùlt Am Bodach Fodar Dhomh). AKA and see "Greig's Pipes," "Kerry Huntsman (The)." Scottish, Canadian; Pipe Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The puirt-a-beul (mouth music) words to the tune begin:
Dhiult am bodach fodar dhomh,
'S gun dhiult am bodach feur dhomh;
Dhiult am bodach fodar dhomh.
Chuirinn fo mo shliosaid.
The old man refused me straw,
The old man refused me hay;
The old man refused me straw,
To put under my thigh.
See note for "Annotation:Greig's Pipes."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; p. 51 (pipe setting).
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Hear the tune sung by a choir at Tobar an Dualchais [1][2]