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BLAIR
ATHOLE [1]. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker.
BLAIR
ATHOLL [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Minor/Dorian.
Standard tuning. AB (Kerr): AABB (Lerwick, Songer). Blair
Castle is the seat of the Duke of Athole, and lies just northwest of the
***
In the autumn of 1787 the poet Robert Burns, at that time on
a tour in the
***
today
at the Fall of Fyers. I shall never forget the fine family-piece
I saw at Blair: the
amiable, the truly noble Duchess, with her smiling
little seraph in her lap, at the head of the
table; the lovely "olive-plants,"
as the Hebrew bard
finely says, round the happy mother; the beautiful
Mrs. Graham; the
lovely sweet Miss Cathcart, &c. I wish I had the
power of Guido to do them justice.'
***
As fate would have it, the three sisters, known for their beauty all passed away when relatively young. The Duchess survived Burns's visit only three years, and Mrs. Graham five. Miss Cathcart, who was singularly amiable as well as beautiful, was cut off at twenty-four.
***
Detail from David Allan’s painting “A Highland Wedding at Blair Atholl” (1780). The fiddler is thought to be the famous Niel Gow.
***
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 146, pg.
17. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler),
1985; pg. 25. Songer (
BLAIR
DRUMMOND. AKA and see “Maddam Blar’s Reel
[sic],” “Madam Blair’s,” “Rob an Lugi.”
Scottish, Canadian; Pipe Reel or Strathspey.
***
Blair
Drummond is located in Perthshire, less than five miles northwest of
***
At the time
the tune was first published, Blair Drummond was the home of
***
Whoever has heard
James Oswald play them on his violoncello, will be
less inclined to
dispute this with me. I have more than once seen tears
of pleasure in the
eyes of his auditors, and, yes, I think, even his playing
those tunes would please more, if he gave them less modern ornamentation.
***
A version
appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician
William Vickers (of whom little is known), under the title “Maddam Blar’s
Reel.” Sources for notated versions: Donald MacLellan and Theresa MacLellan
[Dunlay and Greenberg]. Bremner (Scots
Reels), c. 1757; pg. 87. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 30 (two
versions). Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 4, 1817; pg. 35. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 1; Set 26, No. 4, pg. 16. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 561 (appears as “Maddam Blar’s
Reel”). Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
200. DAB
X:1
T:Blair Drummond
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Major
G2 B/c/d BgdB|G2 B/c/d A=fAF|G2 B/c/d Bgde|=fadf AFcA:|
|:~g2 dB gBdB|~g2 de =fcAF|~g2 dB gBde|=fage =fcAF:|
|:BGGA BGBg|BGGB A=fAF|BGGA Bgde|=fadf AfcA:|
|:~g2 dB gBdB|~g de =fcAF|~g dB gBde|=fadf AfcA:|
X:2
T:Blair Drummond’s Reel
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Mixolydian
e | A/A/A “tr”c2 eaec | A/A/A “tr”c2 BgBG | A/A/A “tr”c2 eae(f | g)aef gdBG :|
|: a2 (e/f/^g) aecA | a2 ef gdBG | a2 eg fae(g | f)aef gdBG :|
X:3
T:Maddam Blar’s Reel [sic]
M:C|
L:1/8
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript collection (Nothumberland, 1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Ador
A/A/A c2 BgBG|A/A/A c2 BgBG|A/A/A c2 eacA|dfce BgBG:|
|:a2 ef/g/ aecA|a2 ef/g/ gdBG|a2 ef/g/ aecA|dfce|BgBG:||
BLAIRNANES
RANT. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner.
MacDonald (The Skye Collection),
1887; pg. 65.
X:1
T:Blairnanes
Rant
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald
– Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F | F<(A
A>)B A>Bd>f | e>fe>d (B B<)d|F<(A A>)B
A>Bd>b|a<f e>f d2d:|
D | D<d
d>B B>AA>D | D<d d>B (B<A) (A>D)|D<d d>B
B>AA>F|
G>A
F>G (E2 E>)D | D<d d>B B>AA>D|D<d d>B B<A A>c|
(3dcd (3efg
(3fed (cBA | (3cBA (3GFE (D2D||
BLAIR’S
FAVOURITE.
AKA and see “Loch of Forfar.”
BLÁITH NA g-CRAOBH (The Blossom of the
Branches). Irish, Air (3/4
time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Moderate pace. Source for notated
version: the manuscript of James Goodman (1828-1896) an Anglican cleric,
collector, and uilleann piper,
BLAIZE
ET BABET. English, Jig. A Major. Standard
tuning. AABA. From The Entire New and
Compleat Tutor for the Violin by Geminiani, via the Hardy Collection. Trim
(Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 89.
BLAKENEY
BREAKDOWN, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe (?). G Major
('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1984; No. 116, pg.
75.
BLAKE'S
HORNPIPE [1]. English, Hornpipe.
BLAKE'S
HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see "The Brewer's Horse." English,
Hornpipe.
BLAKNEY. English, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABBCC. This country dance melody—not quite a reel—appears in the
William Clarke (
BLAME
NOT THE BARD. AKA and see "O Blame Not the Bard," "Kitty Tyrrell [1]."
BLANCHARD
RACE. AKA and see "Blanchland Races," "Timour the Tartar."
BLANCHARD'S
HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see “McCarthy’s Hornpipe,” "Roxborough Castle." American,
Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Similarities with "Devil's Hornpipe" and “Speed the Plow [1].” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 87. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
120.
X:1
T:Blanchard’s
Hornpipe [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E |
A/G/A/c/ e/c/A/c/ | d/c/d/f/ e/c/A/c/ | .d(f/d/) .c(e/c/) | B/A/B/c/ B/d/c/B/ |
A/G/A/c/ e/c/A/c/ |
d/c/d/f/ e/c/A/g/
| a/g/a/f/ e/d/c/B/ | AAA :: (3e/f/g/ | a/e/c/e/ f/e/c/e/ | a/e/c/e/ f/e/c/e/ |
a/g/a/f/
f/e/d/c/ | B/A/B/c/ B/d/c/B/ | A/G/A/c/ e/c/A/c/ | d/c/d/f/ e/c/A/g/ | a/g/a/f/
e/d/c/B/ | AAA :|
BLANCHARD'S
HORNPIPE [2]. AKA ‑ "Fisher's Hornpipe." Scottish,
Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. “Blanchard’s Hornpipe” appears in a
violin player’s manuscript collection made by one William Goulding of Hammond
Marsh, Co.
X:1
T:Blanchard’s
Hornpipe [2]
T:Fisher’s
Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:MacDonald
– Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A(B/c/)|d>AF>A
G>BA>G|F>AF>A G>BA>G|F>DF>D G>EG>E|F>DF>D
E2 AB/d/|
d>AF>A
G>BA>G|F>DF>D G>BA>G F>Ad>f g>ec>e
d2[F2d2][F2d2]:|
|:(cd)|e>cA>c
e>cg>e|f>dA>d f>da>f|e>cA>c e>cg>f|e>dc>B
A2 FG/A/|
B>GE>G
A>Fd>B|A>FD>F A>Fd>A|B>dc>B> A>GF>E|D2
[F2d2][F2d2]:|
BLANCHE
SOPHOCLEOUS. Canadian, Jig.
BLANCHLAND
RACES. AKA – “Blackling Races,” “Blickling
Races,” “Breckland Races.” AKA and see “Babes in the Woods [3],” "Blanchard Races," “Peter Street [1],” "Timour the Tartar." English,
Reel.
***
The
X:1
T:Blanchard Races
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G2 B/A/G dGBG|dGgG fGeG|dG B/A/G dGBG|dGgG fGeG|
DedB dgdB|AGAB G2G:|
|:G|F2 F/E/D ADFD|ADBD cDAD|G2 B/A/G dGBG|dGgG fGeG|
dG B/A/G gGeG|dG B/A/G gGeG|dBed cBAG|FGAG FDEF:|
X:2
T:Breckland Races
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook manuscript (Cumbria, 1840)
K:G
D2|G2 B/A/G dGBG|dGgG fGeG|dG B/A/G dGBG|FDAD BDAD|G2 B/A/G dGBG|
dGgG fGeG|dedB dgdB|AGAB G2::G2|F2 F/E/D FDAD|FDAD BDAD|G2 B/A/G dGBG|
dGgG fGeG|d2G B/A/G gGeG|dG B/A/G gGeG|dBed cBAG|FGAG FDEF:|
BLANKETS
AND PINS. Northumbrian. One of the "lost
tunes" of William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
BLANTHANNA
AN CHNOIC RUA. AKA and see "The Flowers of Redhill."
BLAR LEINE. AKA and see "The
Battle of Kinloch Lochy."
BLARIS
MOOR [1]. Irish, Slow Air. G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. "In 1797 four young militiamen were tried by Court
Martial in Belfast for connection with the United Irishmen, convicted, and
immediately afterwards shot at a place called Blaris or Blaris Moor in the
county Down, near Lisburn; an event that caused intense and widespread
indignation in Ulster. To commemorate this, a spirited ballad of eight
verses—of the characteristic peasant type—was composed, the author of which was
believed to be
***
In coffins they were hurried,
From Blaris Moor were carried,
And hastily were buried,
While thousands sank with grief;
Crying, “Grania, we much wonder
You rise not from your slumber,
With voice as loud as thunder
To grant us some relief!
***
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 222, pgs. 107‑108.
X:1
T:Blaris
Moor [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow and
with expression”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c2|B3A
GEDE|G3A B2d2|edef g2B2|A3B G3B|d2 ef g2g2|
f3d e2d2|B2
AB d2d2|d4 z2B2|d2B2d2 ef|g3a g2e2|e2g2 BAGE|
G3A
B2d2|efgf e2 dB|A3c B2A2|GEDE G2G2|G4 z2||
BLARIS
MOOR [2]. Irish, Air. G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. "From Mr. J. C. MacGowan, Newtownards" (Joyce).
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song),
1909; No. 223, pg. 109.
X:1
T:Blaris
Moor [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2|c2c2
(BA) GE|G3A B2d2|e2e2 d2B2|A3c B2A2|G2g2g2g2|f3e d2B2|e3f d2d2|d4 z2d2|
e3d
e2f2|g3a g2e2|d2g2B2B2|A4 G2B2|c2e2 ed B2|d3e B2B2|A3B G2G2|G6||
BLARIS
MOOR [3]. Irish, Air. G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. "From Mr. J.C. MacGowan of Newtownards: 1873"
(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and
Song), 1909; No. 224, pg. 109.
X:1
T:Blaris Moor
[3]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DE|G2E2D2E2|G3A
B2d2|ef g2 edcB|A4G2E2|G2g2g2g2|f4 e2d2|
B2B2
d2d2|d4 z2ge|d2B2d2 ef|g2a2g2e2|d2B2 BA GE|G3A B2 de|
g2a2g2
ed|B4 A2G2|E2E2G2G2|G4||
BLARIS
MOOR [4]. Irish, Air. G Major. Standard
tuning. AB. "From Mr. T.D. Sullivan, as he learned it in
X:1
T:Blaris
Moor [4]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2|G3A
G2F2|E4 D3 z/d/|d3B ed c A|B3G E2F2|G2F2G2A2|B2G2e2d2|
C2B2G2A2|G4
z2||d2|e2B2e2f2|g4 d2g2|f2 gf ed ef|e3e B2d2|
e2B2e2f2|G4d2g2|f2
gf ed ef|e6 z(3GBd|e2B2 eg fa|g4 d2 gf|
e2d2c2B2|B3G
E2F2|G3F G2A2|B2G2 e2d2|c2B2 G2A2|G6||
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Blarney
Pilgrim, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DED DEG|A2G
ABc|BAG AGE|GEA GED|DED DEG|A2B ABc|BAG AGE|GED D2z:|
|:ded
dBG|AGA BGE|ded dBG|AGA G3|g2e dBG|AGA BGE|B2G AGE|GAG G2z:|
|:A2D
B2D|A2D ABc|BAG AGE|GEA GED|A2D B2D|A2D ABc|BAG AGE|GED D2z:|
BLASKET
SOUND JIG, THE. AKA and see “Austin Barret’s,” “The “Dusty Windowsill,” “Harding’s Jig,” “Harland’s,”
“Johnny Harling’s,” “The Howling Jig,” “Tim Harding’s.” Blasket Sound is off the
coast of
BLAST OF WIND, A. AKA and see “The Clout,” “The Cock in the Heath [2],” “Drops of Spring Water,” “The Humours of Caledon,” “The Humours of Westmeath,”
"Kiss in the Furz,” “The Rakes of Westmeath [1]."
Irish, Slip Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. The oldest member of the
tune family appears to be “The Clout,” printed by Neale in a collection of
country dances,
BLAT AN t-SEAMAIR. AKA and see "The Clover
Blossom."
BLAT AN SUBLAIR. AKA and see "The Strawberry
Blossom."
BLAT
NA h-OIGE. AKA and see "The Bloom of
Youth."
BLAT NA SMEUR. AKA and see "The
Blackberry Blossom."
BLATA
AN EARRAIG. AKA and see "The Flowers of Spring."
BLATA
DUIN-EUDAIN. AKA and see "The Flowers of Edinburgh."
BLATA
DUN-GARBAIN. AKA and see "The Flowers of Dungarvan."
BLATA LUIMNIG. AKA and see "The
Flowers of Limerick [1]."
BLATH
DONN IS BAN (The brown and white
blossom/garland).
Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. There are no
words extent for this air which Bunting states is related to "that
peculiar class" of melodies called 'Lunigs' in Scotland and 'Lobeens' in
Ireland, which appear to be folk songs sung first by a single voice followed by
a repetition of the tune by a chorus (see "Luibin"). "The
setting given here (in his 1840 collection), which is that of the air as
popularly sung, seems irregular in the transposition of the first four bars,
which ought to occupy the place of the second four, and vice versa, to make the
arrangement correspond with the model on which Irish melodies are generally
constructed." Source for notated version: the Irish collector Edward
Bunting obtained the melody from another collector, George Petrie, in 1839.
O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 132, pgs. 189-190.
BLÁTHANNA
AN CHNOIC RUA. AKA and see "The Flowers of Redhill."
BLÁTHANNA
AN EARRAIGH. AKA and see "."
BLAW
THE WIND SOUTHERLY. AKA and see "Blow the Wind Southerly."
BLAYDON FLATS. English, Reel. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. A tune often attributed to Tyneside fiddler and composer
James Hill (c. 1811-1853), however, it was a composition of Scottish fiddler
and composer Abraham Mackintosh (b. 1769) who called it “Miss Aubone Surtees’
Favourite.” The tune was originally a reel, however, hornpipe versions a
common. Blaydon Flats in Northumberland was once the site of the famous
sporting event the Blaydon Races.
Miller (Fiddler’s Throne),
2004; No. 278, pg. 167. Aly Bain – “1st
Album” (1984).
X:1
T:Blaydon
Flats
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Sometimes
played as a hornpipe
K:D
A,2|D2FD
CDB,D|A,DGB AGFE|DAFA DAFA|gfed dcBA|
D2df
ecac|Bc (3dcB ADFD|G2BG FAdB|AFGE D2||
g2|fdaf
eAcA|B2dB ADFA|BGBd Adfa|gfed dcBA|
d2df
ecac|Bc (3dcB ADFD|G2BG FAdB|AFGE D2:|
BLAYDON RACES. English, March. The melody
alternated with “The British Grenadiers” as the march-past of the Royal
Northumberland Fusiliers.
BLAZING COMET, THE. English, Jig.
BLAZING
STAR SCHOTTISCHE. Old-Time, Schottische. C Major.
From the playing of
BLAZING
TURF FIRE, THE (An Teine Mona
Ar Lasad).
Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 22.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 780, pg. 145. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Blazing
Turf Fire, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|ded
df/e/d|cAA cBc|ded afd|ecA ABc|ded df/e/d|cAB cde|
fde dcA|GED
D2:||:G|EDE/F/ GAG|EDE G2A|EDE/F/ GAc|
BAG
A2G|EDE/F/ GAG|E2E Geg|fde dcA|GED D2:|
BLEA-BERRY
BLOSSOM, THE. AKA and see "The White‑haired Piper,"
"The Four Courts of Dublin,"
"Jackson's Welcome to
Cork [1]," "Johnny
Shooting in the Glen," "O'Connell
in Clare," "The Barrow Castle,"
"Lamont's Reel," "The Connacht Lasses," "The Belles of Tipperary [2],"
"Miss Mona(g)han(‘s
Reel)," "The Green
Fields to America," "The Kerry
Star," "Stormy Weather,"
"The Dandy Girl/Lass/Lasses."
BLECKYNDEN’S MAGGOT.
English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody also appears in
John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758), and
was again published by the Thompson’s in Complete Collection of 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773). A ‘maggot’ in this context
was a bit of melody, akin to the term ‘fancy’ or ‘whim’, a trifle of a melody
(from the French and Italian magioletta); the term was characteristic of
the late 17th and early 18th century, however, and by
mid-18th century was out of fashion. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 107.
X:1
T:Bleckynden’s Maggot
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
faf faf|gcc ccc|BdB BdB|AFF FFF|faf faf|gee fdd|ecc d=BB|cCC CCC:|
|:gbg gbg|aff fff|bag fed|^cde e^cA|bgg aff|bgg aff|f/g/af
cfe|f3 F3:||
BLENHEIM
HOUSE.
English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB.
The melody appears with dance figures in publisher John Walsh and P. Randall’s Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year
1711 (London), a volume “Humbly Dedicated to ye Honourable Henry Ld.
Neuport.” The tune is attributed to dancing master Nathaniel Kynaston
(1683-1757). Although very little is known about him, Kynaston appears to have
been active from 1705 to about 1722 in the Shropshire/Wales border area. The
Selattyn parish register in Shropshire records that a “Nathanial Kynaston,
gent., & Mrs. Elizabeth Davies, both of Oswestry” married on
***
When
Of
Chief of confederate hosts, to fight the cause
Of liberty and justice, grateful raised
This palace, sacred to the leader’s fame. [Brewer, Dictionary
of Phrase and Fable, 1898]
***
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2),
2005; pg. 12. Callaghan (Hardcore English),
2007; pg. 29. Wildgoose Records SGS314CD, Belshazzar’s
Feast – “Mr. Kynaston’s Famous Dance” (2003). Wildgoose Records WGS345CD, The
Askew Sisters – “All in a Garden Green.”
X:1
T:Blenheim
House
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Walsh
& Randall – Twenty Four New Country
Dances for the Year 1711
K:D
FG|(A4
A3)B|AGFE D2d2|c2B2c2d2|e6 f2|g4 f4|gfed cBAG|
F2A2E2c2|d6:||cd|(e4
e3)f|edcB A2c2|d2c2d2e2|(f4 f)edc|
B2f2^A2c2|BdfB
^A2f2|gfed c3B|B6 AG|FGAB A2d2|
AGFE D2 de|c2B2c2d2|e6
fg|afaf d2A2|dAdA F2A2|d3e e3d|d6||
BLENHEIM POUND.
English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.
The melody appears in
BLESS MY SOUL, WHY SHOULDN'T I? AKA and see "I Have a Wife
of My Own."
BLESS TIPPERARY.
Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion), c. 1805; pg. 8.
X:1
T:Bless
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Farrell
– Pocket Companion (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
fg | a/g/f/e/ dc d A>d | g2 g/b/a/g/ f2 (ef/g/) | a/g/f/e/ dc d2 B>d | c>A BA/B/ A3 ||
cd | eeef g2 gf | b>ab>c’ b>agf | bf fe/f/ g2 fe | dB d/c/B/A/ B3 f/g/ |
a/g/f/e/ dc d2 A>d | g2 g/b/a/g/ f2 e>A | dd/d/ dd/d/ dd/d/ fa | dd/d/ dd/d/ dd/d/ fa |
dd/d/ fa dd/d/ fa | b/a/g/f/ ba g2 f>d | e>f g/f/e/d/ cB/c/ A>g | fg/a/ A>g fg/a/ A>g | fg/a/ Ac d3 ||
BLESSIN(G)TON MAID. AKA – “Maid of Blessington.” AKA and see
"Castle Donovan [2]."
Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB. Source for notated
version: “From Mr. Pigot’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 539, pg.
136.
X:1
T:Blessington maid, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 539
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K: Gdor
GF | D2G2
GA | B2 cB G>A | B2c2 (3de^f | g2d2c2 | B2G2 FD |
F4 DC |
D2G2 GA | B2 cB G>A | B2c2 (3de^f | g2d3c | B2G2G2 | G4 ||
|: Bc |
d2g2 {g}f2 | {d}f2d2dc | B2c2 d^f | g2d2c2 | B2G2 FD | F4 DC |
D2G2A2 | B2
cB G>A | B2c2 d^f | g2d3c | B2G2G2 | G4 :|
BLESSINGS
OF SILVER, THE. Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard
tuning. AABB’. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddle player and composer
Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Ed’s son Joe remarks that the tune was written for the
25th wedding anniversary of Lou and Mary Quinn. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 10, pg. 10.
X:1
T:Blessings of Silver, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:Written for Lou and Mary Quinn's
N:twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Ed loved the connotations of
N:the title: the blessings of twenty-five years of marriage, the
N:blessings of a couple growing old together, and the many rewards
N:of family life. Ed admired Lou not only because of his musical
N:talent, but also because he was a self-made man who set high standards
N:for other immigrants who followed him to the New World.
Z:Joseph Reavy
K:Bb
G/2A/2 | BdBF DGGF | (3D=EF CF DFCF | DGGA Bcdg | g^fdg fdcA |
Bdce dcBA | DGBG ^FDCA, | DGGA Bcdg | ^fdcA G3 :|| g | bfa^f gfdc |
=Bcd=e fdcd | bga=e f2 ge | fdcA BG[G,G]g | (3bag (3ag^f gfdc |
=Bcd=e fefa | gbag ^fag= e|1 =fdcA BGG :|2 =fdcA BGG ||
BLEW
BELL HORNPIPE. See “Blue Bell Hornpipe [2]."
BLEW BREIKS. See "Blue Breiks
(Britches)."
BLEW
RIBBON AT THE ROUND ROD. See "Blue Ribbon at the Round Rod."
BLEWITT'S JIG. AKA and see "Barney
Brallaghan."
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