The Fiddler’s Companion
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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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ALL ABOARD. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Similar to "Cuckoo's
Nest." Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 32. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 57.
X:1
T:All
Aboard
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(F/G/) | A/F/D/F/ A/F/D/F/ |
A/G/F/E/ .D(E/F/) | G/E/C/E/ G/E/C/E/ | G/F/E/D/
.C(A/G/) |
F/E/F/D/ d/e/f/d/ | c/B/A/F/ .G(A/G/) | F/E/F/D/ C/D/E/G/ | FD D :|
|: A | .d.d .d(e/d/)
| d/=c/A/B/ .=c.G | .=c.c .c(d/c/) | B/A/G/B/ .A(A/G/) |
F/E/F/D/ d/e/f/d/ | =c/B/A/F/ G(A/G/) | F/E/F/D/ C/D/E/G/ | FD D :|
ALL ALIVE [1] (Lan Beoda). Irish, Double
Jig. F Minor (Complete Collection...): G Minor (O'Neill {1850}). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is attributed
to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), thought Donal O’Sullivan,
in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertible evidence of
its origin. Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 181, pg. 127. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1105,
pg. 208. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:All Alive [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
G/A/|BdB cAc|B<GG G2A|BdB
cdB|A<FF F2A|
B>AB cBc|d2g gfe|d>cB
A/B/cA|BGG G2:|
|:A|Bdg fdB|fdB fdB|Acf cAF|cAF
cAF|Bdg fdB|
bag fdB|c/d/ec A/B/cA|BGG G2:|
ALL ALIVE [2]. AKA and see "An La i ndiaidh an Aonaigh," "Billy Barlow," "The Day After the Fair [2],"
"His Home and (His)
Country," "I
know not whether to laugh or cry," "I would not give my Irish wife,"
"The Wheels of the World [2],"
"You're/Your Welcome to
Waterford." Irish, Jig. F Minor. Standard tuning. AB
(Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Levey). Source for notated version: “Tighe’s old M.S.
book” [Stanford/Petrie]. Levey (Dance Music of
X:1
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 450
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F Minor
F/G/ | AcA BGB | A<FF F2G | AcA BcA
| GEE E2G | AcA BGB | Acf e2d |
cBA G/A/BG | AFF F2 || G | Acf ecA |
ecA ecA | Gbe BGE | BGE BGE |
Acf ecA | agf ecA | B/c/dB G/A/BG |
AFF F2 ||
ALL ALONE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. "This
air...from Captain Pratt, C. Cork" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 658, pg. 331.
ALL ALONE, I'M SO ALL
ALONE. American, Waltz. "Popular at
ALL ALONG THE RIVER
BANK. AKA and see “Tureengarbh Glen.”
ALL AROUND. AKA and see "The Cuckoo's
Nest [14]," "The Cuckoo
Hornpipe [10]," "Good Ax Elve,"
"The Yellow Heifer [1],"
"Jack and his Trousers,"
"Captain Moss's,"
"The Mountain Top [3],"
"Come
Ashore Jolly Tar and your Trousers On," "Jacky Tar," "The Mower."
ALL AROUND MY HAT. AKA and see "All Round My Hat."
ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune.
ALL AROUND THE ROOM (Timpeall an tSeomra). AKA and see “The Light Horseman’s Reel.” Irish,
Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Breathnach states that Grier has another
setting in the key of D with the note “All Around the Room, Reel for
Pipes.” Source for notated version:
fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (Farnaght, Co. Leitrim), who wrote his
manuscripts in the 1880's [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 106, pg. 55.
ALL AROUND THE
ROUNDHOUSE.
ALL AROUND THE TOWN. American, Quadrille (12/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in
X:1
T:All Around the Town
M:12/8
L:1/8
S:Ford – Traditional Music in
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c/d/|e2e (ec)f e2c A2c|B2B BAc A2F
E2c|e2e ecf [A2e2]c a3|
gfe (dc)B (A3 A
A)::(c/d/)|[Ae][Ae][Ae] f2e [Ae]cc c2d|[Ae][Ae][Ae] f2e [Ed][EB][EB] Bcd|
[Ae][Ae][Ae] f2e [Ae]ce a3|gfe dcB
(A3 A A):|
ALL AROUND THE WATER
HOLE. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune.
ALL
AROUND THE WORLD. AKA and see “Cooley’s (Reel) [2],” “The Connemara Rake,” “Doherty’s (Reel) [2],” “Grehan’s,” “John Doherty’s Reel [1],” “Johnny Doherty’s Reel [1],”
“Jolly Beggar,” “Matt Molloy’s [1],” “The Mistress,” “Mot Malloy,” “Tinker Doherty,” “The Wise Maid [1]." Irish, Reel. D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Mallinson): AA’BB (Taylor/Tweed). The tune is
generally known by the “Wise Maid” title in modern sessions. Source for notated
version: fiddler Sean McGuire [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer
& Sharpley (Music from
ALL
AROUND THE WORLD AND BACK TO CITACO. AKA and see "Citaco" (probably). Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
ALL AWAY TO
ALL CHASSEZ. American?, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The title is a dance
call. Harding’s All Round Collection,
1905; No. 11, pg. 4.
X:1
T:All Chassez
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 11 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|G2c cdB|c2g gaf|2f gec|cBc dBG|G2c
cdB|
c2g gaf|efe gec|GAB c2::e/f/|g2g
g2^f|g2a g2=f|
e2f gec|cBc def|g2g g2^f|g2a
g2=f|efe gec|GAB c2:|
ALL COVERED WITH MOSS (Falaigte Go Leir Le Caonac). AKA and see “Roger the Weaver.”
Irish, Double Jig. C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard
tuning. AA'BB'. The original title for this tune was unknown, and when a member
of Francis O’Neill’s traditional Irish music circle, one Sergeant Early (of the
Chicago police force) remarked “with evident appreciation, ‘Ah, that’s well
covered with moss’—alluding to its ancient strains” O’Neill seized upon the
remark as a convenient title. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 23. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 782, pg. 146. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:All Covered with Moss
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c2 E EDE|GED DED|c2E EDE|cBc dcA|GED
DED|
DED DEF|EDE GAB|1 c3 BAG:|2 c3 BAB||
|:G2A BGB|AGA BGTE|G2A BGB|c3 BAB|1
G2A BGB|
AGA BAB|ded dcB|c3 B2A:|2 GBd
gdB|ded dBA|GED GAB|cdc BAG||
ALL DA SHIPS IR SAILING. AKA and see "All the Ships are Sailing."
ALL FLOWERS IN (OF
THE) BROOME. The tune appears in William
Ballet's Lute Book of 1594. English,
Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). G Major. Standard. AA'BBCC'. Chappell (1859)
notes the tune is mentioned as a dance tune by Nicholas Breton in Works of a Young Wit (1577) and by Nashe
in Have with you to Saffron‑Walden
(1596). Chappell (Popular Music of the
Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 236‑237.
ALL FOR THE SAME. See "Tous les
Deux Pour la Meme."
ALL GONE NOW. Old‑Time, Song and Breakdown. Carryon
Records 002, "Ace Weems & the Fat Meat Boys."
ALL HANDS AROUND [1] (Gac Einne Gabail Timceall). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cranitch, O'Neill/Krassen). Cranitch
(Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 73,
pg. 153. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; 93. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1188, pg. 224.
O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:All Hands Around
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 Be d2 Bd|gdBd cAFA|G2 Be d2
Bd|dcAB GDEF|
G2 Be d2 Bd|gdBd cAFA|GBAc (Bcd
eg|fdcA G3z:|
|:bagb a2 fa|gfeg fd d2|bagb a2
fa|gfef d2 ga|bagb a2 fa|
gfeg fdBA|GBAc (3Bcd eg|fdcA G3z:|
ALL
HANDS ROUND [2]. American (?), Reel. E Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: the music c. 1840’s/50’s
manuscripts of painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), of Setauket,
X:1
T:All Hands
Round [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Sidney Mount manuscripts, c. 1840-1850’s.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
B, |
(3E/E/E/E E>F | E/F/G/F/ E/C/C/B,/ | (3F/F/F/F F>G | F/E/F/G/ A/G/F/E/ |
(3B/B/B/B
B>c | B/G/B/c/ ee>f | g/f/e/c/ c/B/G/c/ | B/G/e/G/ F || G/A/ |
Be ec/B/ |
e/f/g/f/ e/c/c/B/ | (3f/f/f/f ff/g/ | a/g/f/e/ e/d/c/B/ |
g/b/f/g/
ee/c/ |B/G/B/c/ ee/f/ | g/f/e/c/ c/B/G/c/ | B/G/e/G/ F ||
ALL HANDS HIGH. English, Hornpipe. The tune
appears in the William Mittell collection (1799, New Romney, Kent). Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-36, Dave Shepherd & Becky Price –
“Ashburnham.”
ALL HANDS UPON DECK. AKA and see "Jimmy at the
Helm" (Shetland). English, Scottish; Reel.
X:1
T:All Hands Upon Deck
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2 fg a2 fd|cecA Aeef|defg ^gafd|edcB Ad d2:|
F2 ED DddF|G2 FE EeeG|GFED Dddf|ebag fd d2|
F2
ED DddF|G2 FE Eeeg|fagf gbag|faea fd d2||
ALL I GOT'S DONE GONE. See "All I've Got's Done Gone."
ALL I
WANT IS A DECENT BOY. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. One part. O’Neill had the tune from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804-1810), and says: “The
name of a ballad sung to this air has been substituted for "The Young
Man's Dream" an obviously wrong title - as printed in O'Farrell's work.” O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), .
X:1
T:All I Want is a Decent Boy
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-1810
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
K:G
"Andantino"D>E | G>A G>A Bd | e>f e>d B>e | dB/2A/2 G>A BA | AG E2 D>E |
G>A G>A B>d | e>f ed B>e | dB/2A/2 G>A BA | AG G2 z A|BB g2 B2 | gfed B2 |
dB/2A/2 G>A BA | AG E2 D>E | G>A GA Bd | e3/2f/2e/2d/2 B3 e | dB/2A/2 GA BA | AG G2 ||
ALL IN A GARDEN GREEN. AKA and see "Gathering Peascods," "The Maid in the Moon [1] (Morn)." English, Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). G Major (Johnson, Karpeles, Merryweather, Raven): D Major (Laufman): F Major (Chappell). Standard tuning. AB (Chappell): AABB (Johnson, Karpeles, Laufman, Merryweather, Raven). The earliest published version is usually given as that in John Playford's first edition of The English Dancing Master (1651). However, the melody appears earlier in William Ballet's Lute Book (1594), and therefore is probably older than the seventeenth century. In fact, it was already considered part of the established traditional repertoire in Playford's day (Pulver, 1923), the mid-17th century. A ballad was registered with the Stationers' Company (an early form of copyrighting, and mandatory at the time) in 1566 called "All in a garden green, between two lovers," which may or may not have been sung to the tune that later appeared in Ballet's MS and Playford. A further reference can be found in A Handefull of Pleasant Delites (1584) in which mention is made of "An excellent Song of an outcast Lover, to All in a Garden green." Whether these early references referred to the melody printed in Playford is not known, for the opening line, remarks Kines (1964), is common to many songs of the period. It begins:
***
All in a garden green two lovers sat at
ease,
As they could scare be seen among, among the
leafy trees.
***
Kines
attributes the marrying of the "All in a garden green" poem to the
air "Gathering Peascods" in William Ballet's book to the musicologist
Chappell in the mid-19th century. Merryweather (1989) notes that variants of
the tune appeared on the Continent, including the Dutch Unter den Linden Grune by Sweelinck, and Onder de Lindegroene by Vallet. Not only was the tune used for
ballads and country dancing, continues Merryweather, but it was also absorbed
into church hymnody, set, for example to psalm 47 ("All people clap your
hands, Sing laud unto the Lord"). Chappell (1859) also prints a version in
6/4 time from the Fitzwilliam Virginal
Book. Chappell (Popular Music of the
Olden Times), 1859, vol. 1; pgs. 79‑80. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th
Century), 1997; pg. 1. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100
English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 21 (appears under the dance
title "The Maid in the Moon"). Kines (Songs From
Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time), 1964;
pg. 74. Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right,
Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 27.
Merryweather (Merryweather’s Tunes for
the English Bagpipe), 1989; pg. 39. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 25. Dorian 90238, The
X:1
T:All in a Garden Green
M:6/4
L:1/8
S:William Byrd – Fitzwilliam
Virginal Book
B:Chappell – Popular
Music of the Olden Times (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:D Dorian
D2|A4 G2F2E2D2|A3 D^CB, A4
A2|d6 d2c2B2|c3 DEF c6|c4 e2d2c2B2|
C4 A2 D4 Bc|d4 (B2B2)
A3G|^F3 G^FE ^F2 A4|c3 d e2d2c2B2|
C4 A2D2 zABc|d4 (B2B2)
A3G|^F6 A6||
X:2
T:All in a Garden Green
M:C
L:1/8
S:Playford – Dancing
Master
B:Chappell – Popular
Music of the Olden Times (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:F
c4 c2c2|A3B
c2c2|d2c2B2A2|G6 A2|B3c de f2|F3G AB c2|B2A2 GF G2|F8||
c4 d2f2|f2e2 f4|A3A
B2A2|G2F2 G4|A3G FG A2|B3A GA B2|c3B AB c2|
d3c
B2A2|G2 F2 GF G2|F8||