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Notation 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

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**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 standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

BAN-CHNOIC ÉIREANN OGH/Ó. AKA and see “The White Hills of Dear Ireland.

           

BANAGHER LASSES.  Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 4, pg. 3.

           

BANAIRGEAC, AN. AKA and see "The Dairymaid."

                       

BANAIS AN TAILLIUIR. AKA and see "The Tailor's Wedding."

                       

BANAIS BAILE NA POIRIN. AKA and see "The Wedding of Ballyporeen."

                       

BANAIS CAITILIN. AKA and see "Kitty's Wedding."

                       

BANAIS MARCUS HUNNDFHIUNN. AKA and see "Huntly's Wedding Medley."

                       

BANAIS SINEIDIN. AKA and see "Jenny's Wedding."

                       

BANAIS SUIBAIN. AKA and see "Julia's Wedding."

                       

BANALANNA. AKA and see “The Ale Woman.”

                       

BANANE A NONE' ADAM, LA. (Uncle Adam's Banana). AKA - "Seventy-Three Special." Cajun, Two-Step. USA, Louisiana. A Mixolydian/Major. Standard. AB. Related songs are Nathan Abshire's "L'Acadian Two-Step" and the Rambling Aces "Seventy-Three Special." The alternate title, "Seventy-Three Special" comes from alternate words to the melody by Rodney LeJeune and the Rambling Aces regarding a nightclub in Texas on Highway 73. Source for notated version: Elton "Bee" Cormier, Rodney LeJeune, Nathan Abshire (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pgs. 28-30.

                       

BANARACH DONNACH RHUIDH. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard. AB. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 29.

           

BANARD JIG, THE (Port an Aird Bháin). Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB’. Source for notated version: Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 42, pg. 22.

           

BANBURY BILL. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. ABBB,ABBB,ABBB,A. From the village of Bampton, in England's Cotswolds. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 47. Journal of the ECDSS, 1956. Mallinson (Waltz Book), 1988; No. 8, pg. 11. Dave Swarbrick – “Lift the Lid and Listen.”

X:1
T:Banbury Bill
D:Swarbrick, Lift the Lid and Listen
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
DE  FD  | GA    B2  | EF    GA/G/ | FG A>A  |
AD  FA  | de    f>f | ge    Bc    | d2 d2  :|
d>e fd  | cd    e2  | Bc    de/d/ | cB A2   |
dD  D>D | F/G/A A>A | B/c/d c/d/e | d2 d2 :|]

                       

BANCHNOIC EIREANN O. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard. One part. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 22, pg. 25.

                       

BAND BOX. Old-Time, Breakdown. Known as a western North Carolina tune. It was also in the repertoire of fiddler Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border.

                       


BAND OF FREEMAN. American, March (4/4 time). USA, Pa. D Major. Standard. AB. From the Pennsylvania fifing tradition. The title comes from a song called "The Old Granite State," popularized in the early 1800's by the Hutchinson family of singers, and which had a repeated chorus‑line of "We're a band of freeman." The tune was used for several spirituals and camp‑meeting songs, especially by the Millerites. Bayard (1981) "emphatically" disputes Winston Wilkinson's assertion that the tune is the air or the Irish reel "Take Her Out and Air Her." He also thinks that the tune may possibly be a derivative of a Scots march by Oswald, "The Tulip." Source for notated version: fifer Hiram Horner (Western Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 287, pg. 241.

           

BANDELENA MARCH.  AKA and see “March Sarabande.” Canadian, March. Canada, Cape Breton. Fiddler Kinnon Beaton associates the tune with Cape Breton fiddler Theresa MacLellan (Feintuch, 2004). Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

 

BANDITS’ (WALTZ), THE.  English (?), Waltz. D Major. Standard. AABCC. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 95, pg. 23.

 

BANDON BRIDGE [1]. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AB. Bandon Bridge is a town in County Cork near the sea-coast about 15 miles from Cork city, and derives its name after a bridge over the river Bandon. The town’s origins lie with English planters on the great Desmond forfeitures in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

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A bridge on the Bandon River, County Cork.

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O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 580, pg. 102.

X:1

T:Bandon Bridge [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 580

N:”Moderate”

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

E/G/|A>d c/A/G/E/|c>e dc/d/|e/ag/ e/d/c/A/|(G2 G) (E/G/)|Ad c/A/G/E/|

c>e dc/d/|e>c d/c/A/^G/|(A2 A)||e/^f/|g>a g/e/d/B/|c>d eA/B/|c>d c/A/G/E/|

(G2 G) (E/G/)|Ad c/A/G/E/|c>e dc/d/|e?c d/c/A/^G/|(A2 A)||

 

BANDON BRIDGE [2]. Irish, Air (2/4 time). D Dorian (Roche): D Major (O'Neill/1915 & 1850). Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 23, pg. 20. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 580, pg. 102. Roche Collection, 1982; Vol. III, No. 11, pg. 4.

X:1

T:Bandon Bridge [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 581

N:”Moderate”

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F/G/|A>c B/A/G/E/|c>e dc/A/|G>E DD|D3 F/G/|Ad d/c/d/e/|

f>a g/f/e/d/|e>f {a}g/e/d/c/|d3 F/G/|Ad d/c/d/e/|f>a g/f/e/c/|

d>e d/c/A/F/|G3 F/G/|Ag fe|d>e d/c/A/F/|G>F DD|D3||

                       

BANFF CASTLE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. The name Banff comes from the Gaelic word Banba, literally ‘little pig,’ a term of endearment applied by the Irish to their own country.  In Scotland the term, eventually modified to Banff, was used first for a stream and then for the village that grew on its banks (Matthews, 1972). Composed by Issac Cooper of Banff (b. 1755) ‑‑ "A good tune" opines Collinson (1966). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 23.

X:1

T:Banff Castle

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F>GAF CFAF|G>ABc {Bc)d2 df|c f2 a gefc|dfcA G>FDG|F>GAF CFAF|

GABc {Bc}d2 df|c f2 a gefc|dfcA F/F/F F2||fcfa gefc|dcdf g/g/g g2|

Fcfa gefc|dfcA GABd|cAfa gefc|~dcdf g/g/g g>a|f(aa)f e(gg)e|f(dc)A F/F/F F2||

           

BANG IT UP.  AKA and see “Coco Bram.”

           

BANG THE RATTLE.  English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From the 1840 music manuscript book of John Rook (Multum in Parvo, or A Collection of Old English, Scotch, Irish, Welsh Tunes), a musician from Warerton, England. Rook was a multi-instrumentalist, judging from the cover picture of his collection, and played what appears to be the Northumbrian small-pipes, bugle, flute, fife and fiddle, among others, as he indicates the collection is “for his amusement on the above instruments.”

X:1

T:Bang the Rattle

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:John Rook manuscript, 1840

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AG|F2F2 FdAF|D2 EF GFED|FAdf afdf|edcB AGFE|F2F2 FdAF|

E2 EF GFED|FAdB AGFE|D2D2D2::ed|cdef gfge|defg a2 af|

geeg fddf|edcB AGFE|F2F2 FdAF|E2 EF GFED|FAdB AGFE|D2D2D2:|

 

BANG UP [1]. Irish, English; Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. ABC (Joyce): AABBCC (Callaghan). The melody under the “Bang Up” title appears in the c. 1820-1834 music copybook manuscripts of rural labourer and poet John Clare (1793-1864), Helpston, Northamptonshire (No. 78), and the 1841 copybook of John Moore, Tyneside Northumberland (No. 90). It was published by Preston (1801). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 71. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 829, pgs. 401‑402.

X:1

T:Bang Up  [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 829

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | d2d f2f | a2a f2d | g2e f2d | cde ABc | d2d f2f | a2a f2d |

g2e f2d | cBA d2 || A | F2A E2A | F2A d2c | B2d A2d | G2e cBA |

F2A E2A | F2A d2c | Bcd ABc | d3 d2 || A | f2e d2c | B2A G2F |

G2A B2e | dcB A2A | f2e d2c | B2A G2F | G2B A2F | GFE D2 ||

 

BANG UP [2]. American (?), Schottische (?). A Major. Standard tuning. AABA. The term ‘bang-up’ generally means ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’, as in a ‘I’m having a bang-up day.” Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 63.

X:1

T:Bang Up [2]

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E | A>AA>c B>A A2 | A>AA>=g (f>e) zf | =g>ef>d e>c A2 | B>dc>B (cA2) :|

f | =g>ef>d e>dB>d | A>ce>a g>ezf | =g>ef>d e>c A2 | e>ec>A B>A z2 ||

                       

BANG YOUR EYE. AKA and see "Bung Your Eye." Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; pg. 97 (#165). Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 26 (apprears as "Bung Your Eye").

                       

BANGING BREAKDOWN. AKA and see “John Greer’s Tune.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. C banjo tuning. Learned, like many of his tunes, from a neighbor, John Greer, by North Carolina musician Hobart Smith. The original title may have been lost, for Smith’s recording company lists the tune as “John Greer’s Tune,” perhaps a mishearing, for Smith is hear to announce the “John Greer Tune” on the cut. Atlantic Records LP 1350, Hobart Smith ‑ "American Folk Songs For Chilren." Flying Fish FF 70453, Ward – “Dancing Home” (1990. Learned from Hobart Smith via Fleming Brown). Folk Legacy Records FSA‑17, Hobart Smith ‑ "America's Greatest Folk Instrumentalist" (appears as las tune in "Banjo Group 1").

 

BANGOR REEL, THE. AKA and see “Bridie Morley’s,” “Cronin’s Reel [2],” “Indian on the Rock,” "The Knotted Cord [1]," “Junior Creehan’s (Favorite).” The name Bangor was a word for a special kind of plaited wattle fence that apparently was used chiefly by monks, as towns (in Wales and Ireland) with this name began as monasteries (Matthews, 1972). The monastery in Bangor’s case was established by St. Deiniol around 525, and several of the later kings of the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd were buried there.

                       

BANGOR REGATTA. AKA and see “The Old Horned Sheep.” Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. The name Bangor was a word for a special kind of plaited wattle fence that apparently was used chiefly by monks, as towns (in Wales and Ireland) with this name began as monasteries (Matthews, 1972). The monastery in Bangor’s case was established by St. Deiniol around 525, and several of the later kings of the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd were buried there. An Irish setting in the key of G Major can be found in O’Neill’s under the title “Old Horned Sheep.” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 221, pg. 25.

X:1

T:Bangor Regatta

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 221  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

EAc e2f|ecA a2f|ecA EAc|1 dBB B2B:|2 BAA A3:|

|:efe a2g|bag fga|ecA EAc|1 dBB B2B:|2 BAA A3||

                       

BANISH MISFORTUNE [1] (“Dibir an Mio-ad” or “Ruaig an Mí-ádh). AKA and see "The Bag of Meal," “Connie the Soldier,” “George Whelan’s Jig,” "Humors of Mullina(a)fauna [1]," “Little Bag of Meal,” "Máire Ní Eidhinn," "Nancy Hines," “Nancy Hynes,” “Parish Girl [2],” "Round the Carthouse," “The Shady Groves,” “The Shady Groves of Piedmont,”  Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian/Major (most versions): D Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Standard tuning. ABC (Moylan, Mitchell): AABBCC (Breathnach, Brody, Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB'CC (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): ABBCCDEEFF (Mitchell). O’Neill (1001 Gems) prints the tune under the titles “Banish Misfortune,” “The Humours of Mullinafauna” and “Nancy Hines,” while Roche has it as “The Humours of Mullinafauna” and “The Little Bag of Meal.” O’Neill also published a variant under the title “Connie the Soldier.” P.W. Joyce gives it as “The Bag of Meal” and was the first to print it (in his Ancient Irish Music, 1873), according to Brendan Breathnach. “Máire Ní Eidhinn” is the title in Petrie’s 1905 Complete Collection of Irish Music, though O’Neill thought the 3-part version he collected from Cronin to be “much superior.” Petrie takes his title from the poem “Máire Ni Éidhin” by Raftery, the blind poet of Connacht, which he wrote in honour of one thought the loveliest girl in Ireland, and which is still sung to this tune. Piper Willie Clancy gives an alternate title as “The Shady Groves of Peamount” (Piedmont). Sources for notated versions: elderly fiddler Edward Cronin, originally from Limerick Junction, County Tipperary [O’Neill]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), who first heard it from fiddler Denis Murphy-- ”Himself and (piper) Willie Clancy often played it together” [Moylan]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; piper Seán Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 38, pg. 16. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 33. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 45. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 184, pg. 57. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 99, pg. 43. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 137, pg. 108 & No. 148, pgs. 116-117. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 286, pg. 165. O'Neill (Krassen), 1903/1976; pg. 22. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 776, pg. 145. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 53, pg. 25. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 106. Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Claddagh TA4, "Chieftains #2." Claddagh 4CC 39, “The Pipering of Willie Clancy Vol. 2” (1983). Front Hall 009, How To Change a Flat Tire‑ "A Point of Departure." GR705, Paul Brady, Peter Browne, Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Matt Molloy & Tommy Potts – “The Gathering” (1981). GTD Heritage Trad. HCD 008, Tommy Peoples - "Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle." Island ILPS 9501, "The Chieftains Live" (1977). Kells Music KM9505, Tommy Keane & Jacqueline McCarthy - “The Wind Among The Reeds.” Rounder 0113, Trapezoid‑ "Three Forks of Cheat" (1979). Festy Conlan – “Breeze from Erin” (1969). Shanachie 79022, Chieftains – “Chieftains 2” (1969). Shanachie 78030, Danú – "Think Before You Think" (2000).

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Banish Misfortune [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 53

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/G/|F2D DED|DEF GFG|A3 cAG|ABc d/c/AG|

F2D DED|DEF GFG|AdB cde|d3 d2:|

|:d/e/|fdd dcd|dfa agf|e2 c/c/ cBc|e/d/ef gfe|1 f2 d/d/ dcd|

dfa agf|g/f/ed cde|d3 d2:|2 fga fga|afd ecA|fed cde|d3 d2||

|:d/e/|f/e/df e/d/ce|d/c/AB cAG|F2D DED|DEF GFG|

A/G/AB cAG|AdB cde|fed cde|d3 d2:|

 

BANISH MISFORTUNE (OR MARY OF INISTUICK) [2]. AKA and see “Aineen’s Double,” “The Bacagh of the Wattle,” “The Cherry Grove Jig,” “Coffee and Tea [2]," “(An) Ghaoth Aniar Andeas,” “Jimmy the Tailor,” “The Southwest Wind.” Irish, Double Jig. D Dorian. Standard tuning. No apparent relation to “Banish Misfortune [1].” See also Breathnach’s CRÉ I, No. 29, “The South West Wind.” Petrie also published a version of the tune under the title “Bacach na Cleithe” in his Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin, 1882).  Source for notated version: “From P. MacDowell Esq.” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 755, pg. 194.

                       

BANISHED DEFENDER, THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. "To this air a Ninety‑eight song was sung" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 579, pg. 304.

                       

BANISHED TO AMERICA. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill obtained the tune from the Rice-Walsh manuscript. O’Neill (1922) says of the collection: “the most valuable was one which included much of the repertory of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler of great repute who flourished a generation ago in North Kerry, between Listowel and Ballybunion. His tunes were noted down by Thomas Rice, a talented pupil, and later copied by his friend James P. Walsh, now a Sergeant of police in Chicago.” O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922;.

X:1

T:Banished to America

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Rice-Walsh manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:D

"Moderato"(3ABc|d2 de dcAF|G2 GF GBAG|F2 GFD2 D2|D4-D2 DE|

F2 FE FGAF|G2 GF G2 Ac|d2 dc ABce|d4-d2||

DE|F2 FE FGAF|G2 GF G2 Ac|d2 dc ABce|d4-d2 fe|

d2 de dcAF|G2 GF GBAG|F2 GF D2 D2|D4-D2||

                       

BANJO BREAKDOWN. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'CC'CC'DD'. Despite the title, the melody is a popular bagpipe tune, sometimes also played on the fiddle. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 2. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 80.

                       

BANJO POLKA [1], THE. American, Polka. E Major ('A', 'C' and 'D' parts) & B Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. ABCDD. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 171.

 


BANJO POLKA [2]. Canadian (?), Polka. D Major. Standard. AA'BB'AA"CC'. Source Omer Marcoux identified part of the tune as that of an old song, "Filez, Filez, O Mon Navire." Source for notated version: transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (Concord, N.H.) who "played that since I was a kid" [Miskoe & Paul]. Miskoe & Paul (Omer Marcoux), 1994; pg. 40.

                       

BANJO REEL. American, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. The banjo was extremely popular in the mid to latter 19th century, propelled by the popularity of the ubiquitous minstrel show and the many virtuosic performers on the instrument. When Ryan’s was first published in 1883 the banjo was at its peak as a popular instrument. Mark Twain did not often write about music, although did so occasionally. One of his best quotes on music comes from a piece he wrote for the San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle (June 23, 1865) called “Enthusiastic Eloquence,” wherein he states: "When you want genuine music - music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go right through you like Brandreth's pills, ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose - when you want all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming banjo!" Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 3. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 25.

X:1

T:Banjo Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

({F}G2)|G,2 z2z2 ({F}G2)|G,2 z2z2 AB|cABG AFGA|1 BGAF G2A:|2 BGAF G2||

|:AB|cABG AFGA|BGAF GFED|cABG AFGA|BGAF G2:|

                       

BANJO SAM. AKA and see “Hook and Line.”

                       

BANJO TRAMP. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., W.Va. D Major. Standard. AA'BB'. Similarities to the Kerry Mills composition “Whistling Rufus.” Source for notated version: Via Liz Slade (Yorktown, New York) from Ohio fiddler Ward Jarvis, who learned the tune from the legendary blind fiddler Ed Haley (eastern Ky.). Kuntz, Private MS. Heritage Records XXXIII, Ward Jarvis, Dana Loomis & Grey Larsen ‑ "Visits" (1981).

X:1

T:Banjo Tramp

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Liz Slade

Z:Andrew Kuntz

K:D

(f/g/|a/)(f/a/)a/ b/e/a|[df]>[df] [d/f/][d/e/][d/f/]f|e/A/d/A/ c/(A/B)|[AA]>[A(B] [AA)]|1

(3e/f/g/|a/f/a/a/ b/e/a|d/[df]d [d/f/][d/e/][d/f]f/|e/(A/d/)(A/ c/)c/d|[ee]>[ef] [ee]:|2

(3A/B/c/|d/)B/d/A/ B/A/A/c/|d/B/d/A/ B/A/A/c/|d/B/d/d/ e/A/c|[d/e/][df]e/ [df]||

|:(D|A/)(D/F/)F/ Ad|[d/e/][df]e/ f/e/f/A/|e/A/d/A/ c/A/B|[AA]>[AB] (A/B/)A/(D/|1

A/)(D/F) A/(A/d)|[d/e/][df]g/ f/e/f/f/|e/A/c/A/ cd|[ee]>[e/f] [ee]:|2 (3A/B/c/|

D/B/d/A/ c/A/A/c/|d/B/d/A/ B/A/A/c/|d/B/d/d/ ec|[d/e/][df][d/f/] [df]||

                       

BANK OF IRELAND [1], THE (Bannc Na h-Eireann). Irish, Reel. A Dorian or Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard. AB (Miller): AA'B (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1915): AABB (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, O'Neill/Krassen, Taylor). The 'A' part begins on a C Major chord at the beginning of each four bar phrase, but resolves to a D Major chord at the end of each. See also note for “Reidy’s Reel.”  The tune is still a popular reel at Irish sessions today. Sources for notated versions: a recording of Miltown Malbay, County Clare, fiddler Bobby Casey (1926-2000), winner of the All-Ireland fiddle in 1952 and 1968 [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 73. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 56, pg. 18. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 60, pg. 26. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 19. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 48. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 266, pg. 136. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 93. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 465, pg. 90. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1186, pg. 224. Taylor (Through the Half‑Door), 1992; No. 27, pg. 20. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri CL13, Tommy Peoples. Rounder CD 1087, Michael Grogan – “From Galway to Dublin” (1992. Reissue of 1942 original). Wild Asparagus WA 003, Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990).

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Bank of Ireland, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 465

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

ed|:=cAAB cABG|EGDG EGDB|=cAAB cABG|1 Addc dfed:|2 Addc d2||

de|f2 fd e2 ec|dfed cAAg|f2 fd e2 ed|eaag eddz|fgaf efge|dfed cAAG|Addc defg|afge dfed||

 

BANK OF IRELAND [2]. AKA and see “Port Shean tSeáin.” Irish, Jig.

                       

BANK OF TURF [1], THE. AKA and see "Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide [2]," “Tom Billy’s (Reel) [4].” Irish, Slide. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Source for notated version: Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4, No. 48. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 5, pg. 4. Peoples (Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1986; No. 13. Treoir. Tommy Peoples – “The Iron Man” (appears as “Tom Billy’s”).

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Bank of Turf, The [1]

R:jig

E:10

M:6/8

K:D

dB|ABA DFA|BAF DFA|dcd ede|~f3 def|\

~g3 gab|afd B3|efe e2d|cBA AdB|*

ABA DFA|BAF DFA|dcd ede|~f3 def|\

~g3 gab|afd B2A|ABA efe|d3 d||*

cd|eAA efg|fdd fga|gfe fed|edB ABd|\

eAA efg|fdd fga|gfe dcB|A3 z:|**

X: 2

T: Bank of Turf [1]

S: Treoir

M: 12/8

L: 1/8

Q: 350

R: slide

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

K: D

A3 DFA BAF DFA | d3 ede f3 def | g2 f gab afd B2 c/d/ | e2 f e2 d cBA Bcd |

A3 DFA BAF D2 F/A/ | dcd ede fef def | g2 f gab afd B3 |

|1 ABc dfe d3 d3 :|2 ABc dfe d3 d2 ||

c/d/ |: e2 A e2 g f2 d f2 a | gfe fed edB ABd | e2 A e2 g f2 d f2 a |

|1 gfe dcB A3 A2 B/d/ :|2 gfe dcB A3 A3 ||

 

BANK OF TURF [2], THE (An Móinteán).  AKA and see “The Concertina Hornpipe," “The Blacksmith’s Charm.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Breathnach (1985) says the tune is related to O’Neill’s “The Groves.” The alternate titles “Concertina Hornpipe” and “Blacksmithe’s Charm” come from fiddler John Kelly Sr. (Dublin). Sean Keane relates the story of the naming of the tune, when the late Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy was working in a bog one day, when “who should cycle by but the famous Pádraig Ó Caoimh. The music suddenly struck Pádraig but the only means to hand on which to notate the resulting tune was the bank of turf.” O’Keeffe scratched the tune into the peat, at the title was born. Source for notated version: fiddler Seán Keane (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 209, pg. 96. Claddagh CC17, Seán Keane ‑ "Gusty's Frolics" (1975). Topic Records, John Kelly Sr. (1975. appears as “The Blacksmith’s Charm”).

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

                       

BANKHEAD BLUES. Old-Time, Country Blues. USA, Mississippi. Recorded by Shelton and Marshall Nation.  Borrows the coarse strain of the popular “Carroll County Blues #1” by Narmour and Smith, recorded in 1929.

           

BANKS AND BRAES OF BONNY DOON. Scotch, Air (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; pg. 17.

X:1

T:Banks and Braes of Bonny Doon

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Comapion (c. 1805)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E/F/ | A3B3 | cec BAB | cBA A<FE | EFA B3 | A2A BAB | cec BAB |

cBA AFE | EFA A2 :: c/d/ | e2f ecA | e2f ecA | ecA ecA |

fec B3 | A2A BAB | cec BAB | cBA AFE | EFA A2 ||

           


BANKS HORNPIPE. AKA- “Banks of the River,” “Parazotti.” AKA and see "Kinloch's Grand Hornpipe," "Mrs. Taff," “Souvenir de Venice.  Scottish, Canadian, Irish; Hornpipe. Canada, Nova Scotia. E Flat Major (Scottish versions, primarily): G Major (Black). Standard tuning. AAB (Black, Honeyman, Martin): AA’B (Silberberg): AABB (Brody, Hardie, Hunter, O’Malley, Skinner). "Composed by Parazotti" is an ascription often found attached to this tune, sometimes called a ‘descriptive hornpipe’, or (by Skinner) a ‘Classical hornpipe’. It has become a tune by which good fiddlers are judged by, and as a virtuoso piece is played by fiddlers from several different styles and genres. The composer’s origins were somewhat obscure, although he appears to have been a Scotsman of Italian heritage, his grandfather having immigrated to Glasgow. Alburger (1983) stated she could find no composer by that name and suggested it could possibly be a set of a piece which was danced to by Mme Pariot, who retired from the London stage to marry in 1809. Alastair Hardie (1992), however, reports that Parazotti did exist and was actually the grandson of an Italian violinist who settled in Glasgow. The tune was inspired by the sights and sounds of a river in spate. The melody appears first in print in 1881 in Kohlers' Violin Repository (Bk. 1) under the title "Mrs. Taff" (whom Hardie explains was a person who resided on the West coast of Scotland and was Parazotti's patron for a time. It is said she was the owner of the house in which Parazotti composed his tune). The piece is similar to the tune "Souvinir De Venice Hornpipe" in the 1883 Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. “ “Souvinir” is credited to L. Ostinelli,