Flagcrackers of Craven
Being
a collection of hints and tips for musicians with laptops and satellite
phones . . .
Bedlam
Bedlam Boys
Drum Enter with 4 beats on "gravel";
double speed to introduce each sticking; half speed on last chorus
Black Pig
Drunken Sailor & Pugwash
Early finish Last B half normal length (8 steps)
Melody End on F# just before beat 9
Percussion End on beat 8
Captain's
Farewell
Captain’s Farewell
Soft intro Melody only without chords
Early hit A bar 3: tie 1st note from last note of bar 2
Bends 1st B end on G; 2nd B end softly on Em
Ken's drum Drum End of moves 2nd B last bar play 1 2 - 4 instead of 1 2
- & 4
Abandon ship All Last B 2nd half Rule Britannia, pause before last note,
shout "abandon ship!"
Cobbler’s
Last
Cobbler’s Song & Cobbler’s Last
Sung intro After solo sing "aye, aye,
aye, aye…"
Miss a beat Last 2 bars of A, 1st bar of B play 1 2 3 4, 1 2 - 4, - 2 3
& 4
Drum Sticking: same as sticking: 1 2 3 & 4, 5 6 7 & - &
Moves: 1 2 3 & 4
Percussion Sticking: only twice, on beat 8 in the gaps (7 & bang!
&)
Moves: offbeat reggae style (1 and a, 2 and a)
Final rallentando To end dance off
Craven
Stomp
Big Ship & Bobby Shaftoe
Key change Star & arms: on 2nd star change
from D to G
Dance off Squeezer's choice
Dawley
Shepherd's Hey
Short song intro Last 2 bars of A for intro to
singing
Sticking stops Stops in 2nd half of sticking: 1 2 3 - , 1 2 3 -
Triplets Rounds: triplets in B 2nd bar (4 times)
Dilwyn
Stick Dance
Dilwyn
Clockwork Still for sticking; frolic in moves
Evesham
Stick Dance
Fanny Frail & Fare Thee Well
Staccato Very short crisp notes during
sticking
Fare Thee Well Band shout Fare Thee Well between lines of song
Grasswood
Stump
Over The Hills
Key change From G to A after perversion; back
to G after peel the bark
Timber Fall back twice to match dancers
Noah's Ark
Donkey Riding
Ins and outs Instruments enter and leave in turn
Circular Hey An extra A in here
Stops All in with stops on last B
Semerwater
Pudding
Old Bazaar In Cairo & Waterddy Lane
Straight in Straight in to intro after dance on
Dots Undotted for sticking, dotted for moves
Cut Cut before charge off, finish undotted with drum flourish
Drum Off Beat on Bs
Sheepskins
Sheepskins
From B to A Hold last note of B, lean into A
Dance off Squeezer's choice
Squire's Leave
Little Brown Jug & This Old Man + Knees up Mother Brown (optrional for
dance off)
2 tunes Alternate between
Little Brown Jug and This Old Man
Extra B Play 2nd B of Little Brown Jug on
change sides
Upton
Lord Of The Dance
Key change From G to Em for 3 tops hey, back
to G for hey on the side
Dance off Squeezer's choice
Wrekin
Havoc
Harvest Home & Pigtown Fling
Stops After 2nd, 4th and 6th time, then
change tune
Willie hey Play 3 Bs
