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AS A SOLDIER
AND A SAILOR (WERE WALKING ONE DAY). Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Major.
Standard tuning. AB. The melody appears in George Petrie’s “Music of Ireland” (
X:1
T:As a sailor and a soldier
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 771
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E>G | A2A2 BA | G2A2B2 | c2d2c2 |
B4 EG | A2A2 BA | G2A2 Bd | e2c2B2 | A4 ||
cd | e2e2c2 | d2c2B2 | A A3 c2 | B4
cd | ec dB cA | BG E2 EG | A2c2B2 | A4 ||
AS A THÒISEACH (Be Off
MacIntosh!). Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard.
AB (Surenne): AABB' (most versions). Composed by Captain Simon Fraser.
Williamson says the title means 'keep it up'. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 83. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 253.
Surenne (Dance Music of
X:1
T:As a Thòiseach (Be Off, MacIntosh!)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
^c | dEBE dEB^c | dEBE FDD^c | dEBE GBeB | ^cAdA FDD :|
|: f | gebe geef | gebe fddf |1 gebe gefd | ^cAdA FDD :|2 ebgb faeg | f^cdA FDD ||
AS ATT NOONE DULCINA
RESTED. AKA and see "Dulcina."
AS BLACK AS A COAL. Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. The piece first
appears published in Bremner's c.
1757 collection, according to John Glen (1891). Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 60.
X:1
T:As Black as a Coal
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B | (AG/F/E/D/) (D>FE/D/) A,2B |
(AG/F/E/D/) (D>FE/D/) G2B |
(AG/F/E/D/) (DG/F/E/D/) A,2e | efe
E2F G2 :: g | “tr”f>ef def A2g |
fef def gag | fef def ABd | efe E2F
G2 :|
AS DOWN IN THE MEADOWS. English, Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The song
appears in The Merry Musician (ii.
129),
***
Her age, I am sure, it was scarcely fifteen,
And she on her head wore a garland of green;
As down in the meadows I chanc’d for to pass,
O there I beheld a young beautiful lass.
Her lips were like rubies, and as for her eyes,
They sparkled like diamonds or stars in the skies;
And then, O her voice, it was charming and clear,
As sadly she sung for the loss of her dear.
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), Vol. 2, 1859; pg. 127.
X:1
T:As Down in the Meadows
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
B,|B,EE E>DC|CFF F2 E/F/|G>FE
C>DE|B,ED E2:|
||A|G>AB BGE|Ecc c2 B/A/|G>AB
BGE|Eed e2B|c>Be BGE|
F>GA G2 E/F/|G>FE CDE|B,ED
E2||
AS I CAME IN BY
AUCHINDOUN. AKA and see “The Haughs of Cromdale.”
AS I ROVED OUT {One
Morning} [1] (Mar Siublais Amac!). AKA and see "Cold and Rough the North
Wind Blows," “The Maid of Timahoe.”
Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for
notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally
from
X:1
T:As I Roved Out
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With expression”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
ag | e2 dB A2E2 |G3A B2 =g>f | e2
dB A2 A2 A6 :|
||AB | =c2 AB ^cdef | g2 d2 e2 ef/g/
| a2 ab agec | d2c2 A3 B |
=c2 AB ^cdef | =g2 d2 e2 f^g | a3b
agec | d6 a>g | e2 d>B A2 E2 |
G3A B2 =g>f | e2 dB A2 A2 | A6 ||
AS I ROVED OUT [2]. AKA and see "Seventeen Come Sunday."
Irish, Air.
AS I ROVED OUT ON A
MAYDAY MORNING. Irish, Moderate or Slow Air (4/4
time). F Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. "
AS I ROVED OUT ON A
SUMMER MORNING. AKA and see "Colleen Rue [1]."
AS I ROVED OUT ONE MORNING [1] (Mar Siublais Amac Air Maidin). AKA and see “As I walked out one morning, I
heard a dismal cry.” Irish, Air (2/4 time, "with spirit"). G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From Mr. R. A.
Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 236, pg. 41. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 658, pg.
165 (appears as “As I walked out one morning, I heard a dismal cry”).
X:1
T:As I Roved Out One Morning [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With spirit”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | GG AB/c/ | dd/c/ AB/c/ | dB/G/
FG | F3 D | GG AB/c/ | dd/c/ AB/c/ |
dc/A/ GG | G3 || B/c/ | dg dc/B/ |
cd cD/E/ | FG A/B/c/A/ | F3 d/c/ |
BA/B/ cB/c/ | dd/c/ AB/c/ | dc/A/ GG
| G3 ||
AS I ROVED OUT ONE
MORNING [2]. AKA and see “The Maid of Timahoe.” Irish, Air (4/4
time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Petrie notes this tune is a variant
of his “Maid of Timahoe.” Source for notated version: “From Mr. Joyce”
[Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 657, pg. 165.
X:1
T:As I roved out one morning [2]
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 657
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
F | B2 Bc d2 FG | _A2 BA F2 DE | F2
GA B2B2 | B6 e2 | d2B2 Bc de |
f2 fd e2 fe | d2 cB BA FG | F6 e2 |
d2B2 Bc de | f2 fd e2 fe | d2 cB BA FG |
_A6 F2 | B2 Bc d2 FG | _A2 BA F2 DE
| F2 GA B2B2 | B6 ||
AS I
STRAYED OUT ON A FOGGY MORNING IN HARVEST. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 664, pg.
166.
X:1
T:As I strayed out on a foggy
morning in harvest
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 664
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/B/4/c/4d/e/ | f2 eg fe | d2 cA Ac
| d2 cA GA | FD D2 FG | A2 Ac de |
f2 ed cB | Ad d2d2 | d4 || de | f2
eg fe | d2 cA Ac | d2 cA GA | FD D2 FG |
Ad d2 ce | dc AG FD | {F}E2 D2D2 |
D4 ||
AS I WALKED ON THE
ROAD TO
X:1
T:As I walked on the road to
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Playful”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Dorian
D2|G2A B2c|d2e fef|g2G c2B|AcA
F2D|G2A B2c|d2e f2d|gab agf|g3g2||ga|
B2g a2f|g2f d2e|f2d c2B|AcA F2D|G2A
B2c|def g2 a/g/|fed c2A|G3G2||
AS I WALKED OUT ONE
EVENING. Irish, Air (4/4 time).
X:1
T:As I walked out one evening
M:C
L:1/8
N:”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 659
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
B | e3f gfed | c3
e3c d2e2 | fe dc d2 cB | c3d B3B |
A2 GF EG Bd | e3c d2e2 |
fe dc d2 cB | =A2 Bc B2 c>d | e3f
gfed | c3B A2 Bc | B3G A2 FG | E2E2E2 ||
AS I WALKED OUT ONE MORNING, I HEARD A DISMAL CRY. AKA and see “As I roved out one morning [1].”
AS I
WALKED OUT ONE MORNING IN SPRING. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major.
Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “(The Irish collector)
P.W. Joyce, Esq.” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 666, pg. 167.
X:1
T:As I went a waling one morning in
Spring
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 666
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f | fef gfe | fdc A2f | fef dcA |
AGG G2f | fef gfe | fdc Add |
cAG GA=B | c3 f2d | cAG AFG | (F3F2)
||
AS I WALKED OUT
YESTERDAY EVENING. Irish, Air (9/8 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 665, pg. 167.
X:1
T:As I walked out yesterday evening
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 665
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | AAA ddd d2 d/e/ | fff e>fd edd/e/
| fff efe dcB | cBA BA”tr”F AFD ||
{d/e/}fdA/G/ F2G {D/F/}E2D |
C>DE/F/ GEE EAd/e/ | fff efe dcB |
cBA BAF A>FD ||
AS I WALKED OVER THE
X:1
T:As I walked over the
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 661
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
B AF | E>D EF BB | B>c de dB |
A>F EF EE | E3 BAF |
E>D EF BB | B>c de dB | A>F
EF EE | E3 ||
|: FAB | e2 de fe | e>d BF AB/d/
| e2 de fe/d/ | B3 A/B/ dB |
A>F EF BB | B>c de dB | A>F
EF EE | E3 :|
AS I WAS BY THE BAY
WESTWARDS (Siar Cois Chuain
Dom). Irish, Moderate
Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. "Compare with 'Cois taoibh a chuain'"
(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and
Songs), 1909; No. 719, pg. 358‑359.
AS I WAS KISSED
YESTREEN. See “Kissed Yestreen.”
AS I WAS WALKING
BESIDE DUBLIN (Air Mo Ghabhail Dhom
Taoibh Bhaile-atha-cliath). Irish, Moderate Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part.
"From Lewis O'Brien of Coolfree Co.
X:1
T:As I was walking beside
T:Air mo ghabhail dhom taoibh
Bhile-Atha-Cliath
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate time”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g/f/e|d2
d>cBc|B>AGBdB|A2G2G2|G4G2|Bcdefd|gfedcB|c2d2 e>c|d4 d/e/f|
g2 efg>e|=fedc B2|c2d2 ef|g4
eg|=f>edcBc|BAGBd>B|A2G2G2|G4||
AS I WAS WALKING ONE
MORNING IN MAY. Irish, Air (3/4 time). C
Mixolydian. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: “From P. Coneely”
[Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 663, pg. 166.
X:1
T:As I was walking one morning in
May
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 663
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
EF | G2e2 GA | _BG F2 EF | G2e2
d>c | c4 ef | g2e2c2 | f2e2d2 |
c2 cB G^F | G4 ef | g2e2c2 | f2e2d2
| c2 cB GF | G4 EF |
GA _B2 c2 | _BG F2 EF | G2e2 d>c | c4 ||
AS I WENT OUT UPON THE
ICE (Ag Dul amach ar an
Leac Oighir dom).
AKA and see “The Glin Cottage
Polka [2],” “Johnny
O’Leary’s [1].” Irish, Polka.
***
As I went out upon the ice,
The ice being rough and stony,
The ice it broke and down I went
And wet my tanlee ownee.
***
or:
***
One day as I went out to skate,
The ice was rough and stony;
And the ice it bent so in I went
And wet my Taglioni.
***
Moylan, however, notes that all
versions of the song he heard were sung to slide tunes, not polkas. The tune is
usually played with “Jimmy
Doyle’s [1]" in Sliabh Luachra tradition. See also the related “Dálaigh’s Polka.” Sources for notated
versions: fiddler Denis Murphy,1966 (Gneeveguilla, Co.
X:1
T:As I Went Out Upon the Ice
M:C
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:A Dorian
||:
e2A2 B2d2 | e2A2 A2Bd | e2A2 B2A2 | G3A B2d2 |
e2A2 B2d2 | e2A2 A2B2 | G2A2 d2B2 | A4 A4 :||:
e2a2 a2ga | b2a2 g4 | e3f g2a2 | g2e2 e2d2 |
e2a2 a2ga | b2a2 g4 | efge d2B2 | A4 A4 :||
AS I WENT TO
AS I WENT UP TO
AS
JIMMY AND NANCY ONE EVENING WERE STRAYING. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part.
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 687, pg. 172.
X:1
T:As Jimmy and Nancy one evening
were straying
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete
Collection (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A>B | c2F2 GF | A2 cB GE | F2F2GF
| E2F2 ce | f2 de f2 | _e2c2 cB |
A2 FG AB | c4 cd/e/ | f2 de f2 |
_e2c2 cB | A2 FA GF | E3F GB |
AS LUCK WILL HAVE IT.
English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by English collector,
choreographer, musician and teacher Pat Shaw in 1977. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2),
2005; pg. 56 (appears as “Halsway Sicilian”, the name of a dance, also by Pat
Shaw, set to the tune).
AS QUICK AS YOU PLEASE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard. AABB. The
tune was first published in 1728. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
AS SLOW OUR SHIP. AKA and see "Spailpin
Fanac(h) [1]," "The
Girl I Left Behind Me [1]." Irish, Set Dance.
AS THE SUN WAS SETTING. Scottish, Slow Air. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by John
Kirkpatrick (English button accordionist), 1972. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pg. 74.
AS THROUGH THE WOODS I
ROAMED. AKA - “As through the woods I
chanced to roam.” Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Minor (O’Neill): F Minor
(Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From (the
Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 487, pg. 85.
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 667, pg. 167 (appears as “As through the woods I chanced to roam”).
X:1
T:As Through the Woods I Roamed
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
GF|D2G2G2 FG|A2A2 f2 dc|B2B2B2G2|c3A
F3A|G2G2G2 FG|A2A2 f3d|
d>c AG A3G|G4 G2||dc|d2g2g2
fg|a2g2g2 fg|a2 gf d2 cd|=e3f d3e|
g2 dc A2G2|Ac d=e f3a|gf dc A3G|G4
G2||
AS 'TIS DANC'D AT THE
PLAYHOUSE. AKA and see "Trip to the Jubilee."
AS WE GO ABOUT OUR
WORK. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s
Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 27, pg. 22. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 65, pg. 12.
X:1
T:As We Go About Our Work
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow, with expression”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903),
No. 65
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d ef | gedB AGGE | DGGA G3G | EAAB
cdea | fdde ddef | gbaf gedB |
AGGE G3G | DGBG cAEF | G4 z || F ED
| EGce d2dd | gedB G2 GG |
Gcea f2 e>d | d4 zdef | gGGG GDDD
| EAAB c3c | BgcA E2 F2 | G4 z ||
AS WE SAILED FROM THE
***
As we sailed from the
It’s then we had fine pleasant weather;
For two days or three we’d a very calm sea,
And our good ship she wrought with much pleasure.
Buth then rose a fog, and our vessel did log,
You could scarcely observe our slow motion;
When to our surprise the storm did arise,
And the billows did foam through the ocean
***
Source for notated version: “Mr. J.
McKenzie of Newtownards, a great lover of Irish Music and of the corresponding
folk songs, sent me the (air) about 30 yeards ago” (i.e. 1875). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909;
No. 319, pg. 149.
X:1
T:As we sailed from the downs
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
BA|G2G2G2|F4F2|F2E2E2|A4B2|c2B2A2|B2A2F2|F2E2
BA|G2G2G2|
F4F2|F2E2E2|A4B2|c2B2A2|B2A2F2|F2E2||EF|G2A2B2|e4e2|c2B2c2|
E4 EF|G2A2B2|e2_d2c2|c2 B2
zA|B2A2F2|E4 C2|E2E2F2|A4B2|c2B2A2|
B2A2F2|F2E2||
ASA HOGE TUNE. AKA and see "Such
A Gettin' Upstairs [1]." American, Breakdown.
ASEY'S PIECE. AKA and see "Oho,
Oho, I've Found You Out," "Hunnell's Double Drag."
American, Jig.
ASH GROVE (Llwyn Onn). AKA ‑ "Ashtree Grove"?? AKA and see “Llewellyn,”
"Sir Watkin William Wynn." Welsh (originally),
Scottish,
***
Down yonder green valley, where
streamlets meander
Amid the dark shade of the lonely
ash tree.
***
Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's
Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; pg. 1. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 309, pg.
33. Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra,
Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 23.
Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; pg.
13. Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn
Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996). [COMMENT3][COMMENT4]