[COMMENT1][COMMENT2]The Fiddler’s Companion
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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with
your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then
“cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc
conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC
Convert-A-Matic” at http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html **Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s
Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use
abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting.
However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the
concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s
conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines
of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no
intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to
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it. [AK] |
B AND O RAILROAD, THE. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning.
AB. Bayard believes this to be a "recombined" tune, from other
sources. Source for notated version: J. Morris (Greene County, Pa., 1930's)
[Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle),
1981; No. 85, pgs. 52‑53.
B AND O WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. Tune mentioned in a 1931 account of a LaFollete,
northeast
B. C. CENTENIAL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Composed by
X:1
T:B.C.
Centennial
C:Ward Allen
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:Reel
K:D
d2|A,DCE
DFEG|FAGB Adce|ddfd gfed|cABd AGFE|
A,DCE
DFEG|FAGB Adce|ddfd gece|d2f2 d2:|
|:fg|abag fdef|geag
fdfg|abag fdef|gece ddfg|
abag fdef|geag fdfg|abag fdef|gece
d2:|
B FLAT HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
B FLAT RAG. Old‑Time, Country Rag.
B-FUIL A TUILLE UAIT? AKA and see "Do You Want Anymore?"
BAALTIGH ABHRAN. AKA and see "Baltyoran."
BAB AT THE BOWSTER. See "Babbity Bowster."
BABA MO LEANABH. AKA and see "Ba‑ba, My Baby."
BABA, MY BABY (
X:1
T:Ba-ba my Baby
T:Babà mo leanabh
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
F/G/|A2d d>ef|A2G F2 z/F/4G/4|AAA fed|c<A~c d2 d/e/|f>ef g2B|
A>BG A<F z/F/4G/4|A>Bc B<Gc|A2F G2||
|:A|f>ef g2^g|a>b/a/^g/ a2 z/A/|
f>ef g2^g|a>b/a/^g/ a2 z/a/4=g/4|f>ef g2 z/B/|A>BA A<F z/F/4G/4|
A>Bc
B<Gc|A2F G2:|
BABBIT'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Smith’s Hornpipe
[2].” American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 113. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
151.
X:1
T:Babbit’s Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | d/c/d/A/ B/c/d/f/ | g/f/e/d/
c/B/A/G/ | F/A/d/f/ g/f/e/d/ | c/e/d/B/ .A(B/c/) |
d/A/e/A/ f/A/g/A/ | g/f/e/d/
d/c/B/A/ | d/f/e/g/ f/a/e/g/ | fdd :: (f/g/) | a/g/f/e/ d/e/f/g/ |
b/a/g/f/ e(e/d/) | c/A/e/A/ f/A/g/A/
| e/d/c/B/ A(B/c/) | d/A/e/A/ f/A/g/A/ |
a/f/d/A/ d/c/B/A/ | d/f/e/g/
f/a/e/g/ | fdd :|
BABBITY BOWSTER/BOLSTER. AKA – “Bee-Ba-Babbity.” AKA and see "Country Bumpkin," "Who learned you to dance and a towdle." Scottish, Jig. This common Scottish melody (which Emmerson {1972} states is "yet on the lips of every Lowland child") first appears in the Skene Manuscript (1620) under the title "Who learned you to dance and a towdle," and later was printed by Stewart in his Reels (c. 1768) as "Country Bumpkin" and by Aird in Airs (1782) as "Bab at the Bowster." A tune by this title shows up as a fugue theme in Barsanti's overture in G, op. IV no. 9, c. 1750. Flett & Flett (1964) explain that "Babbity Bowster" is the name of a kissing dance once widely performed as the last dance at country dances in Scotland, though the name changed from region to region. In the Borders and Aberdeenshire it was known as "Babbity Bowster," a corruption of "Bob at the Bolster," in Fife and Lanarkshire as "Bee Bo Bobbity," in the Highlands and the Isles under the Gaelic titles "Ruidhleadh nam Pog" (The Kissing Reel), "Dannsadh nam Pog" (The Kissing Dance), and also by the English names "Blue Bonnets," "The Bonnet Dance," "The Bonny Lad," "Pease Strae" and "The White Cockade." In Orkney (where it was danced as late as 1925) it was called the "Lang Reel," "The Swine's Reel", "The Reel of Barm" or as "Babbity Bowster." The dance began with a man displaying a twisted handkerchief who then selected a woman, spread the handkerchief on the floor and both knelt and kissed. Then it was her turn to join the dance and to select another from the audience to kiss and join the dance. There were many variations of steps and endings, and in some regions it was customary for the man to escort the woman home whom he had chosen during the dance. A poetic description is given in Alexander Fordyce's piece A Country Wedding (1818):
***
...but custom is pressing
That Bob at'e Bowster be danced ere you go
We must close in the door, tho' constraint
be distressing,
Bestman, let us see where the napkin you'll
throw:
***
That's plenty o' capers, come, kiss and be
done, Sir,
Another, another, and round, round you go
The circle increases; that squeak in the
tune, Sir,
Is meant, by the fiddler, more kissing to show.
***
Flett & Flett make the connection of this dance with an earlier and very similar dance called "The Cushion Dance" or "Joan Sanderson," which was danced at court at the time of the Restoration. The 'bolster' of the Scottish title was in fact the 'cushion' referred to in the English name, and refers to the small pillow that was used at one time before the handkerchief was substituted.
BABBY’S FANCY. Scottish, Country Dance Tune. G Minor. Standard. AB. The tune was
published in 1799 by Thomas Calvert, a musician from
X: 1
T:Babby's Fancy
M:C
L:1/8
B:The Calvert Collection - Page 7
Z:Nigel Gatherer
K:GMinor
D|G>FG>A B2 Bd|cBAG
AFFD|G>FG>A B2 dc|"tr" BGA^F G2 G||
d|g>^fg>a ~g2
d=e|"tr" f>=ef>d cAFA|g>^fg>a ~g2 dc|"tr" BGA^F
G2 Gd|
g>^fg>a ~g2 d=e|~f>gf>d
c/B/A/G/ FA|GBAc Bd {e}dc|"tr" BGA^F G2 G||
BABE. Old-time. E Flat Major: D Major.
Standard. From the early 78 RPM group the East Texas Serenaders, originally
played in the key of E flat (although often heard in modern times in D major).
BABES IN THE WOODS [1]. AKA and see “Girl
with the Blue Dress On [1],” “Tony
Lowe’s Polka [1].” English, Irish; Polka. G Major. Standard. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 6, pg. 17.
X:1
T:Babes in the Woods [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:G
de/d/ cA | BG G/D/G/B/ | AD F>G |
AG GB/c/ | de/d/ cA | BG G/d/G/B/ |
AD D/E/F/G/ | AG G2 :: GB/d/ g>a
| fe e2 | FA/c/ f>g | ed d/c/B/A/ |
GB/d/ gg | fe e2 | fe/f/ af | ag g2
:|
BABES IN THE WOODS [2]. Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version: fiddler Adam McConnell with McConnell’s Four Leaf Shamrocks, who recorded
the tune in 1924 [Miller & Perron]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd
Edition, 2006; pg. 125. Green Linnet GLCD 3092,
Bernard O’Sullivan & Tommy MacMahon – “Clare Concertinas” (appears as one
of “Stack Ryan’s Polkas,” named for the musician from whom it was learned). Old
Hat Music OH!02, "The Old Hat Dance Band" (1992. Learned from Kerry
fiddle player Julia Clifford,
who has lived in
X:1
T:Babes in the Woods [2]
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:125
S:Castle Ceili Band
R:polka
Z:by m euritt
K:D
A2BA F2A2| d2e2f4|g4 f2e2|d2f2A4|
A2BA F2A2| d2e2f4|g4 f2e2|d4d4:|
e4e2d2|c2e2a4|e4e2f2|g2e2 c2A2|
e4e2d2|c2e2a4|g4 f2e2|d4d4:|
X:2
T:Babes in the Woods
M:2/4
D:Beginish
K:D
B2|: ABAG F2A2 | d2e2 f2ef | g2 gg
f2e2 | d2f2 A2B2 |
ABAG F2A2 | d2e2 f2ef | g2 gg f2e2
|1 d6 B2 :|2 d6 cd ||
c2d2 e2f2 | g2gg g2g2 | f2ff f2a2 |
e4 e2d2 |
c2d2 e2f2 | g2gg g2g2 | f2a2 g2e2 |1
d2dd d2cd :|2 d6 ||
BABES IN THE WOODS [3]. AKA and see “Peter Street [1] [1],” “Timour the Tarter.” Scottish, Country
Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 4, pg. 22.
X:1
T:Babes in the Wood [3]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 22
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A>c e/c/A/c/|eagf|e>c
e/c/A/c/|BdcB|A>c e/c/A/c/|
eagf|e>c ac|B2A2::E>G
B/G/E/G/|BdcB|
A>c
e/c/A/c/|eagf|e>ca>f|ee/c/ a>f|e>cac|B2A2:|
BABES IN THE WOODS
SCHOTTISCHE [4]. American, Schottische. D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Strosnider (1930's). A version
of this tune, with the same name, was sung in southwestern Pennsylvannia,
beginning:
***
My dears, do you know, a long time ago,
Two little children whose names I don't know
Went out for to play one fine summer's day,
And were lost in the woods, so I've heard people say.
(Bayard)
***
Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 400, pg. 381.
BABES IN THE WOODS [5]. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. May be the same as versions #1 or #2. The
tune was recorded in the
BABY BEN. American, Schottische. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From the
repertoire of
X:1
T:Baby Ben
M:C
L:1/8
Q:160
S:James Bryan – Festival of Fiddle
Tunes, 1995
Z:From a transcription by Dave
Barton
K:G
z4 (.B2.c2) |: [G,3D3d3] (e dc) BA |
G2G,2A,2G,2 | ({D}E4) ({D}E3F) | E4 (.A2.B2.) |
{B}[D3c3] (d cB) AG |1 F2D2 (ED) C2
| ({A,}B,4) ({A,}B3C) | B,4 (.B2.c2) :|2
F2D2E2F2 | G4 (G3A) | [B,4G4]
(.B,2C2) |: [B,4D4] [B,3(D4] | [B,2D2)] Bc B(A GF) |
[C4E4] (E3F) | ({E/F/}E4) .A2.B2 |
({B}[D3c3)] (d cB) AG |1 F2D2 (ED) (CA,) |
({A,}B,4) ({A,}B3C) | B,4 (.B,2C.2)
:|2 F2D2E2F2 | ({F}G4) ({F}G3A) | [B,4G4] (.B2.c2) ||
BABY GAVIN. AKA and see “Burke's [1],” “Charlie Mulvihill’s (Jig)
[1],” “Connie
O’Connell’s Jig [2],” “Coughlan’s,” “Gallagher’s [2],” “Lad O’Beirne’s (Jig),” “Matt Molloy’s (Jig),” “The Short Road,” “The Silver Vale.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard
tuning. AA’BB’. Printed under this title by
BABY-O. See “Whatcha Gonna
Do with the Baby?”
BACACH.
AKA and see "Drunken Hiccups [1]." Irish.
The Irish word means lame or cripple.
BACACH NA CLEITHE. AKA and see "An Ghaoth Aniar Andeas," "Connie the Soldier," "Coffee and Tea [2]," "Jimmy the Tailor," "Aineens Double," "The Cherry Grove," "Banish Misfortune (or Mary of Inistuick)[2]."
BACAGH OF THE WATTLE, THE. Irish, Jig. Published under this title by Petrie, collected from
BACCA PIPES JIG (GREENSLEEVES). AKA and see "Greensleeves [1]." English, Morris Dance. A Dorian (Bacon {Bampton, Hinton},
Karpeles, Raven): G Major (Bacon {Ascot‑Under‑Wychwood}). Standard
tuning. AB (Bacon {
X:1
T:Bacca Pipes Jig (Greensleeves)
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A Dorian
c3 c2e|d2c B3|c2B A3|B2A G3|(c3 c2)e|d2c B3|c2A B2G|A3 A3||
g2f g2e|d2B G3|g2f g2e|a2f d3|g2f
g2e|d2c B3|c2d e2d|A3 A3||
BACA(C)H BUIDHE, AN (Lame Yellow Beggar). AKA and see "Bacach Buidhe Na Leige" (The Yellow Beggar of the League), "The Lame Yellow Beggar," "The Wild Geese," "Johnnie Armstrong," "