Lament for Malcolm
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Notes
Freely, not in meter. I usually play it ABABA (actually AA'BB'AA'BB'AA'), or ABA (AA'BB'AA'). Note that the "tags" for AA'BB' are in an ABBA form.
Source
Larry Mallette, Irtrad 7/98
History
(available at megastores).
recordings of the groups Cantiga and The New World Renaissance Band
think of a better way to say goodbye. You can hear his playing on
his entire last day among us playing his music for others. I can't
he died, in his early 40s, of a hereditary heart problem. He spent
more than before. This tune came out of my whistle a few weeks after
He had a quiet way of making all who knew him appreciate life a bit
Chicago and had shared many tunes with both Therese and myself.
He played several gigs with my wife's band at the Abbey Pub in
Malcolm Smith was a fine fiddler who played Irish music with gusto.
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