Here's a new recording of the song, with some arrangement changes that I hope you'll like.

This was recorded in the 'green room' quad at Festival at the Edge 2015 with Alyson, Karen and Shelley (Bailey Sisters) on group vocals, Alyson Rainey on violin, Richard Chaff on second guitar.

Played for Pete and Claudia x

It Was A Lover & His Lass (ABB, Bailey Sisters, Richard Chaff, Pete Morton)

Guitar by the amazing Tom Stedman - only a rough take, no frills and done in a hurry, but one of my faves for the funky summer vibes :)

Heartbeat Of The World

Another track with guitar from Tom Stedman, whipped through it so don't judge us! :D Plenty of messy bits but I think it's a good tune so I'm sticking it up anyways.

Shadow

Another tune by myself and the amazing Tom Stedman - again, only a quick take so rough around the edges, but you get the idea :)

Time Trap

Pretty little tune I had from the playing of Andy Cutting. I don't know who composed it.

Granton Fishbowl arranged for Guitar

An Irish song melody, Sean O'Diubhir a Gleantann, I learned from the Danu album "Up in the Air", coupled with a French mazurka / waltz, Les Poules Huppees (Crested Hens) I heard firstly from Solas 15 year's ago and then forgot. My son recently started playing  it on the fiddle. I arranged this as a guitar accompaniment for him. I think it makes a nice solo piece too. I believed for a long time that Poules was traditional, but my son discovered that it originated as a three-time bourée written by gurdy player Giles Chabenat.

Sean O' Diubhir a Gleantann and Crested Hens  arr. for Guitar

Guitar  arrangement of two versions of the same traditional tune, the English Cuckoo's Nest and the Welsh Nyth y Gwcw (the Cuckoo's Nest).  I know of one further Welsh and an Irish version, which  are melodically related. I also know of  a lewd traditional English song  in which the "Cuckoo's Nest" of the title  is an anatomical euphemism......., but I won't go into that.

Two Cuckoo's Nests  arr. for Guitar

As with many of my arrangements, this started off as an accompaniment for my Son's fiddle playing.
It works well as a solo too, though I play some of it  in the wrong octave. I'm not sure if  Presbyterians ever  danced hornpipes.

Presbyterian Hornpipe arr. for Guitar

A Morris dancing tune I've know for thirty years, since I was young enough, and fit enough, and daft enough, to dance the Morris myself. I played this for dancing at the Three Horseshoes, Towersey a few years ago ....very powerful. The title has  monarchistic overtones not shared by the performer.

Princess Royal arr. for Guitar

Lord Inchiquin: pretty little waltz by O'Carolan arranged for guitar.

Lord Inchiquin (O'Carolan) arranged for guitar

Driving around France this Summer with my Gurdy-playing son, we inevitably listened to a lot of French dance music. This is the tune that will forever evoke Summer 2012. Heard first from Mister Klof  and later  a great version on Gurdies by Giles Chabenat & Patrick Bouffard himself. 
My son Dylan and his mate Sam do a pretty good job of it too as a fiddle duet: see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovwlMPaiBk&list=UUH-4bkUH_zH7LvfDtly2a5g&index=14&feature=plcp

It Was A Lover & His Lass (ABB, Bailey Sisters, Richard Chaff, Pete Morton)

Adam Beresford-Browne

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