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Little Red Lark

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Little Red Lark

Little Red Lark



style or instrument: dulcimer[dgd], noter and guitar.


musician/member name: jamie snider


streams: 37



Description:

I stole a page from Robin and Mark Thompson's book[dulcimer/noter/guitar]to play this slow air I learned from Irish Canadian fiddler Leo Browne..glad I did.I think it's the closest I could get to the sound of the fiddle or the Irish pipes playing it...
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Jim Dickens
11/22/25 08:16:57AM @jim-dickens:

Fantastic! This is the type of music that inspired me to start playing the dulcimer. Thank you for sharing!!!
robert schuler
11/08/25 04:11:27PM @robert-schuler:

Very nice...Robert 
DavisJames
11/08/25 09:18:57AM @davisjames:

Hey Dusty.I was not aware of the lyrics(I am now,thanks to the internet yesterday).Very interesting...the melody's contours are the same but some of the notes are different from Leo's version.I had always assumed it was a "stray" tune whose Irish words had been forgotten.
Dusty Turtle
11/07/25 04:51:06PM @dusty:

That's really nice playing, Jamie.  Sensitive rendition of the melody.  And yes, the approach is reminiscent of Robin & Mark.  I think this tune has words to it, doesn't it?  I vaguely remember the line "And till you have risen, the earth is a prison."

Perhaps more than any bird other than the dove, the lark seems to have inspired lots of poetry and art.
Robin Thompson
11/07/25 04:31:36PM @robin-thompson:

Jamie, what a pretty tune!  It takes two of us to do what one of you can do-- major respect from us to you.