Ladies Take Care

  1. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    This is a Scottish air or slow jig published in Howe's "1000 Jigs and Reels" (c. 1867). The Fiddler's Companion says "the tune is a shortened version of "Take care of my Cap" in Ayrshire fiddler-composer John Hall's c. 1818 collection, wherein the tune is attributed to Irish gentleman uilleann piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson".

    This setting is by Evelyn Tiffany-Castiglioni, from Vol. 3 of "Evelyn's Big Book Of Mandolin Trios". She has transposed it to A dorian from Howe's key of G dorian. I'm playing it at a fairly brisk tempo for an air.

    I'm playing the tune twice, first without and then with Evelyn's harmony parts.

    1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin (x2)
    Vintage Viaten tenor guitar
    Suzuki MC-815 mandocello


    https://youtu.be/IehfsuceMVc

    Here is an ABC of Howe's version, in G Dorian:

    X:1
    T:Ladies Take Care
    M:6/8
    L:1/8
    R:Air
    S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
    Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
    K:Gmin
    D | G(.D.C .B,.A,.G,) | G>AG G2A | BAB GAB | cAF F2c |
    .f2(F A2F) | cAF ABc | d^cd D2d | cA^F | G2 :|
    |: d | (g^fg) .G2g | dBG .G2=e | (f=ef) .F2f | cAF F2A |
    (BAB) .B,2=B | (c=Bc) .C2^c | (d^cd) .D2d | =cA^F G2 :|

    Martin
  2. Gelsenbury
    Gelsenbury
    I like this one. You made it danceable, which works well for the tune. The B part has an interesting hook, which makes it sound like something from a film or play to highlight an aspect of the story.
  3. Simon DS
    Simon DS
    Really nice Martin, great playing. I like it played in cut-time. You’ve given it a more serious, outraged feeling than perhaps a jig rhythm would have done, especially with the progression/chord changes in the B part.
    Will try to join on this today.
  4. Martin Jonas
    Martin Jonas
    Thanks, Dennis and Simon. It's a fun tune, and as you say the B part gives it something extra. Seems to be quite obscure, though -- I haven't been able to find any other recordings on Youtube. At least it gives me free hand to interpret it as I wish.

    Martin
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