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BROACHING THE CIDER. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major ('A' part) & F Major ('B' part).
Standard tuning. AABB. Phillips notes "this is a new title for an old
tune." Source for notated version: The New Hampshire Fiddlers'
BROAD RUN PICNIC. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The 'A' part has an
irregular measure. Source for notated version: John Ashby [Phillips]. Phillips
(Traditional American Fiddle Tunes),
vol. 1, 1994; pg. 37.
BROADSTONE, THE. Irish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed (in G Minor) by button accordion player John Whelan (with help from
Dublin banjo player Mick Kenny). Black (Music’s
the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 137, pg. 72. John
Whelan - “From the Heart.”
X:1
T: The Broadstone
C: John Whelan
Z: transcribed by B.Black
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Am
AB | cABG AGED | EAAG AGED | CAce gedc | BGG^F G2 ed |
cABG AGED | EAAG A2 AB | cE (3EDE BE (3EDE | edcB A2 :|
AB | cABe edcB | Aaag aged | cAed cBAG | EAAG A2 AB |
cege
aged | cedc BG G2 | cAag ed (3ded | edcB A2 :|
BROADSWORD HORNPIPE, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AABC. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel
and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 51.
X:1
T:Broadsword Hornpipe, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor
(1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
F2|BABc Bdfd|cBcd fedc|BABc
Bdfd|cBcd B2:|
|:d2|cdcB Ac f2|=efge fgaf|cdcB
Acf2|=efge f2:|
(3fga|bfff fddd|dBBB F3A|B2 Bd
cBcd|edcB AcFf|bfff fddd|
dBBB F3 A|B2 Bd cBcd|B2 BB
B2||Bc|d^cde dcde|d^cde d2 A2|
G^FGA BABc|dcBA GABc|d2 d^cd2 dc|d2
d^c d2 A2|G^FGA BABc| DcBA G2||
BROADWAY HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Spud's Fancy." American, Hornpipe. D Major.
Standard. AABB. Composed in 1978 by A.P. Spandaro. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 11.
BROCCA REEL, THE. Irish, Reel. Composed by
BROCH DAM, THE. AKA and see “Loch
Riach.”
BROCHAN LOM (Thin Porridge). AKA and see “Orange and Blue [1].” Scottish,
Strathspey. D Major. Standard. AB. Also and famously known as the schottische
“Orange and Blue” (see note for “
BRODACH AIN M’OMISH. AKA and see “Biodag Ain
M’Omish,” “Biodag Air Mac
Thomais.”
BRODERICK'S JIG. AKA and see “The Haunted House,”
“The Old Leitrim Jig.” Irish,
Jig.
BRODERICK’S REEL. AKA and see “The Tinker’s Daughter.” Irish, Reel.
Composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, originally from Bullaun, north of
Loughrea,
BRODERICK’S REEL [2].
AKA and see “Midsummer’s Night,” “Vincent Broderick’s.”
BRODIE KIERIC’S. Irish, Jig. Great Meadow Music GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane
– “Fiddledance” (2004. Learned from concertina player Tim Collins, of the
Kilfenora Ceili Band).
BRODIE HOUSE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard. AB (Surenne): AABB (Marshall).
X:1
T:Brodie House
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
e|f>a a/g/f/e/ f>c cA|Bd d/c/B/A/ BGGe|f>a a/g/f/e/ f>c cA|B>d c>B AFF:|
|:(A/B/)|c>A d>B|c>A FA/c/|c>A d>B (f/e/f/g/
a)A/B/|c>Ad>B cAFA|B>dc>B AFF:|
BRODIE OF BRODIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. See note for “Brodie House” for more on the family.
Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection),
1884; pg. 115.
X:1
T:Brodie of Brodie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A,>DD>A, A,<D D>B|A>FD>F E2E2|A,>DD>A, A,>DD>B|A>FE>F D2D:|
A<d d>e d/e/f/g/ a>d|g>bf>a e2e2|A<d d>e d/e/f/g/ a>f|B>d F>d D2D2|
A<d
d>e d/e/f/g/ a>d|g>bf>a e2e2|A,<D D>A A,<D
D>B|A>FE>F D2D2||
BROKE DOWN GAMBLER. See “Broken
Down Gambler.”
BROKEN
BRIDGE [1], THE. Irish, Reel. The reel was recorded
by the great County Sligo/Bronx NY fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945). Folktrax FTX 073, Michael “Mickey” Doherty – “The Flowers of
BROKEN
BRIDGE [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe.
T:Broken Bridge [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:G
dc | BAGB AG (3EFG | DGBd gdBG | FGAB cd^cd | fecB ADFA |
BAGB AG (3EFG | DGBd gdBG | FGAB cd^cd | fecA G2 :: Bc |
(3ded ^cd gdcd | fecA Egfe | (3ded ^cd ed=cB | (3ABA (3GFE D2 Bc |
d2
^cd gdcd | fecA Egfe | d2 fe (3ded (3cBA | GBAF G2 :|
BROKE(N)-LEGGED
CHICKEN [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
BROKEN LEGGED CHICKEN
[2]. English, Air (3/4 time).
X:1
T:Broken-Legged Chicken, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3efg BG B2|Gggage|(3efg BG B2|Aaagfd|(3efg BG B2|
A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/a/ ge|(3efg BG B2|A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/e/ fd||
(3efg dgBg|Gggage|(3efg dgBg|Aaagfd|(3efg dgBg|A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/a/ ge|
(3efg
dgBg|A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/e/ fd||
BROKEN DAGGER, THE. Scottish, English; Strathspey. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Melodey for Robert Burn's song ("Green Grow the
Rushes O" {?}). Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 174.
BROKEN DOWN GAMBLER. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
X:1
T:Broken Down Gambler
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:From a transcription by Frank
Malloy
K:G
D|Gg/a/ g/e/d/c/|B/A/G/B/
A/G/E/D/|G/A/G/E/ D/C/B,/C/|D/E/D/C/ B,/GD/|
Gg/a/ g/e/d/c/|B/A/G/B/
A/G/E/D/|G/A/G/E/ D/C/B,/C/|D/[GB][G/B/] [GB]:|
|:z|a<b b>a|g/f/g/e/ d2|e<a
a/b/a/g/|e/g/a/b/ ag|a<b b>a|g/a/g/e/ d>B|de/f/ g/e/d/c/|B/B/A/F/ G:|
BROKEN HAMMER, THE. Canadian, Reel.
BROKEN-HEARTED WALTZ. AKA and see "Valse de Coeur
Casse."
BROKEN HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “McCarthy’s Hornpipe.”
BROKEN LANTERN, THE (An Lóchrann Briste). American, New
L:1/8
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 23
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
Gcc {d}cBc | Add {e}d^cd | edB G2G | AGE C2G | Gcc {d}cBc |
A2d {e}d^cd | edB GAB | c2e c2 :: g | ecg ceg | efg (a2g) | fdg ecg |
(dB)g G2g | ecg ceg | efg (a2g) | fdg ecg | (dB)g c2:|
X:2
T:The Broken Lantern
R:Jig
S:Catherine McEvoy's record
M:6/8
K:D
B | A2 d ded | B2 e
A2 d ded | B2 e
a | fdB Adf | dfa b2 a | geg fdf | ecA A2 a |
fdB Adf | dfa b2 a | geg fdf | ecA d2 :|
BROKEN-LEGGED CHICKEN. AKA and see "Broke‑Legged
Chicken [1] or [2]".
BROKEN PANEL, THE. English, Reel.
X:1
T:Broken Panel, The
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DGB,G E2C2|DB c/B/A/G/ FAAd|BGDG
E2C2|DGFA BG G2:|
B/c/|dGeG d2 Ge|dGeG FAAc|dGeG dGgG|c/B/A/G/
Fd BGG B/c/|
dGeG d2 Ge|dG c/B/A/G/ FA (3Bcd|BGDG
E2C2|DGFA BG G2||
BROKEN PITCHER. Northumbrian. One of the "lost tunes" in William Vickers'
1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
BROKEN PLEDGE, THE (An Geall Briste). Irish, Reel.. D Dorian (Flaherty,
Taylor/Tweed): D Mixolydian (O'Neill/Krassen, Willaimson): D Mixolydian/Dorian
(Cranitch): D Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Standard. AABB. There are
several thoughts as to the origin of the title. One is that the pledge refers
to a love pledge, in which a young couple, soon to be parted due to sea or
military service, pledge their affection for one another and promise to remain
faithful during the interim. It is also said the title refers to a failed
temperance pledge, from the days of the temperance movement. A related Irish
tradition says that at the Church asks children at the age of 11 or 12 to
promise not to drink before they reach the age of twenty. Needless to say, few
achieved the age not having broken the pledge. Occasionally the tune is played
in the key of E Minor. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Philip Duffy (b.
1966, London, now residing in Dublin, Ireland) [Flaherty]; students of New York
fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) [O’Malley]; one
of the first four tunes Karen Tweed learned from her mentor, accordion player
John Whelan [Taylor/Tweed]. Cranitch (Irish
Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 70, pg. 152. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 70. Flaherty (Trip to
X:1
T:Broken Pledge, The
M:C
L:1/8
Q:250
K:D
dc AG A2 dB | cA GF ED C2 | DE FG Ad
~d2 | Ac Gc Ad fe |
dc AG A2 dB | cA GF ED C2 | DE FG Ad
~d2 | Ac Gc AD D2 :|
|: dc AG A2 de | fe df ed AB | cA
dc AG A2 de | fe df ed cA | F3 E FG
AB | cA GE {F}ED D2 :|
BROKEN SIXPENCE, THE. Scotch (?), Reel. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940;
pg. 51. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection,
1883; pg. 79.
X:1
T:Broken Sixpence
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
[Bg]d/c/ B/c/d/B/|.Aa/g/ f/d/e/f/|[Bg]d/c/
B/c/d/B/|c/A/d/c/ B/G/.G|[Bg]d/c/ B/c/d/B/|
c/e/a/g/ f/d/e/f/|g/b/f/a/
e/g/d/B/|c/e/A/d/ B/G/.G :: B/c/d/B/ c/d/e/c/|B/d/g/g/ b/a/.a|
b/a/g/f/ g/d/B/G/|c/e/d/c/ B/G/.G|.B(d/^c/d/)
.=c/(e/^d/e/)|B(d/^c/d/) c/A/.A|b/g/a/f/ g/d/e/B/ |c/e/d/c/ B/G/.G:|
BROLUM, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCCDD. Composed by Dr. Charles Bannaty. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 46. Tradition
2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes
and Reels" (1979).
BROMACH FAIDHAIN, AN. AKA and see "The Wild Colt."
BRONZE HORSE. English, March. A traditional march of the 55th Regiment.
BROOK, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: The Ryan Trio [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No.
30, pg. 8.
BROOKLAND. Canadian, Jig.
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Dorian
.B/.e/.e/(c/ d/)(c/d/).B/ |
(A/F/)(F/D/) F/A/A/c/ | .B/.e/.e/(c/ d/)(c/d/).A/ | (3B/c/d/.A/.c/ BE~E2 |
{f}e/^d/e/c/ d/c/d/B/ | .A(F/D/)
F/A/A/c/ | .B/.e/.e/(c/ d/)(c/d/).A/ | (3B/c/d/.A/.c/ BE~E2 :|
|: {f}e/^d/e/f/ {a}g/f/g/e/ |
.d/.e/.f/(a/ a/)(f/d/).f/ | e/^d/e/f/ .g(3g/f/e/ | d/B/c/A/ B/E/~E2 |
{f}e/^d/e/f/ {a}g/f/g/e/ |
.d/.e/.f/(g/ a/)(f/d/).f/ | (g/f/)(f/e/) (e/d/)(d/c/) | (3B/c/d/.c/.A/ B/E/~E2
:|
BROOKS. Canadian, Hornpipe.
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
(3FGA | (BA)Bc defg | (ab)fd BABd |
(ce)(Be) (Ae)(GA) | (Bd)cB AF(GA) | (BA)Bc defg | abfd BABd |
(ca)gf (=ed’)c’b |1 (ag)d=e f2 :|2
agd=e “tr”f2 (ef) |: gfec Af(ga) | (c’b)fd “tr”(B2AG) | (FcAe) ( || db=ed’) |
(c’b)ag “tr”(f2=ef) | gf=ec Af(ga) |
(c’b)fd (e’d’)bg | fdBG FAdc |1 B2b2B2 “tr”(3f=ef :|2 B2b2B2 ||
BROOKSIE. Old Time. In the repertoire of fiddler Kirk Sutphin, learned from
BROOM, THE. AKA and
see “Sheehan’s Reel.” Irish, Reel.
Pipers Liam Walsh and Leo Rowsome recorded the tune separately in the same
year. HMV B 2549, Liam Walsh.
BROOM, GREEN BROOM. English, Air (6/8 time).
***
There was an auld man, he liv'd in the west,
His trade was the cutting of broom, green broom;
He had a lazy lad, whose name it was Jack,
Who'd lie in his bed till
Who'd lie in his bed till
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 98.
X:1
T:Broom, Green Broom
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstelsy
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GGG BAB|GBc d2B|ccc AGA|D2A A2D|GGG BAB|GBd d2g|
fed
Ad^c|(d3 d2)d|gfg dcB|ecA GFD|GGG BAB|GBd g2e|ded cBA|(G3G2)||
BROOM OF THE
COWDENKNOWES [1]. AKA and see "Broom, the Bonny, Bonny Broom."
BROOM ON CROWDEKNOWS
[1], THE. English, Air (4/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. One part. No relation to the usual tune known as "The
Broom of Cowdenknowes" or "Broom, the Bonny, Bonny Broom," but
is instead a song melody which appeared in 1780, set for guitar with words
entitled "When Summer Comes the Swains on Tweed," as "sung at
Sadlers Wells." Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by
BROOM, THE BONNY, BONNY BROOM.
AKA ‑ "Broom of the
Cowdenknowes," "Cowden Knowes," "Cowdenknowes," "The Lovely Northerne Lass,"
"O My King," "O, the Broom." Scottish, English ; Air and Country Dance Air
(2/2 time).
***
The
piece can be traced back to the mid‑17th century, probably Scottish in
origin, or at least so believed antiquarian researchers William Stenhouse, G.F.
Graham, and John Muir Wood. Stenhouse believed it was probably one of those
introduced into
***
The name of
the tune appears in a 1721 poetic address by Allan Ramsay addressed to the
Edinburgh Musical Society.
***
While vocal tubes and consort strings engage
To speak the dialect of the Golden Age,
Then you whose symphony of souls proclaim
Your kin to heaven, add to your country’s fame,
In
And with Corelli’s soft Italian song
Mix Cowden Knows, and Winter Nights are long.
***
Playford,
The English Dancing Master (1651)
{appears as "The Bonny Bonny Broome"}. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 66-67, pg. 26. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk
Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 16. John Gay, The Beggar's Opera (1729) {appears as "O, the Broom"}.
McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III),
1762; pg. 67. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
55. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes),
1984; pgs. 45 & 76. Sharp (Country
Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 34. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 28. Dorian 90238, The
X:1
T:Broom, the Bonny, Bonny Broom
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Playford (1651)
K:F
c3dc3d|cBAG F4|f2fg agfe|d6e2|f3ga2ga|f2FG A2GF|G2G2d3B|G8||
X:2
T:Broom of the Cowdenknows, The
M:C
L:1/8
S:Allan Ramsay – Tea Table Misclellany (1734)
K:C
D3E G3A|GED>C C2 cG|A2 cd e2 d>c|A6 c2|
(G>A) (c>d) e2 (d>c)|c2 CD E2 DC|(F3G) (AB)(cE)|D8||
X:3
T:Broom of the Cowdon knows, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon – Scots Airs, book III, pg. 67 (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Compainon
K:D Mixolydian
A3Bd3e | (dB) “tr”(A>G) G2 (g>d) | e2(g>a) b2 “tr”(a>g) | ({g}e6)g2 |
(d>e)(g>a)
b2 “tr”(ag) | g2 (G>A) B2 “tr”(A>G) | ~c3d (efg)B | ({B}A8 :|
BROOM WALTZ. AKA ‑ "Did You Ever See A Lassie (A Lassie, A Lassie)".
American, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Ford (Traditional Music in
BROOMS’S REEL. AKA and see "Love in a Village [3],” “Duke of Perth.”
BROOMSTICK, THE. AKA and see "Paddy on the Turnpike [2]."
BROONE COO, DA. AKA and see “Mrs. MacLeod
(of) Raasay.” Shetland.
***
Da broon coo's broken oot and gaen among da coarn
If someone doesn't take her oot De'll be nane left do moarn
So go du in me peerie boy and grab her be da tedder
For du's a peerie supple ting
BROSE AND BUTTER. AKA and see "The
Peacock Followed/Follows the Hen," "Cuddle Me, Cuddy," "Yellow Stockings," "Mad Moll [1]," “Up and Down Again,” "The Virgin Queen." AKA – “Uilleam ‘s Caulm’s
Mòrag” (William and Malcolm and Marion). Scottish, Country Dance Tune (9/8
time). D Major (Howe, Kennedy, Kerr, Martin): G Major {Bremner, Gow}. Standard
tuning. AAB (Gow, Martin): AABB (Bremner, Kennedy, Kerr). According to Ford (Song Histories, 1900, pgs. 189-190)
“Brose and Butter” was a favourite air of Charles II in his exile. Despite the
reference to the king (which would date it to the 1640’s), John Glen (1891)
does not find a printed version until Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. Brose is
Scottish dish made with a boiling liquid and meal; "a dish of oat- or pease-meal mixed with
boiling water or milk, with salt and butter etc added" (Concise Scots
Dictionary). Origins
of the term are unclear, although Webster’s suggests perhaps it is an alteration of the Scots bruis
broth, from Middle English brewes, from Old French broez,
nominative singular of broet, diminutive of breu broth (see also
note for “Atholl Brose”).
***
There are suggestive lyrics to the melody
printed by Herd (1776, vol. II, pgs. 203-204):
***
CHO:
Gi’e
my love brose, brose,
Gi’e
my love brose and butter;
Gi’e
my love brose, brose,
Yestreen
he wanted his supper
***
Jenny
sits up in the laft,
Jocky
wad fain hae been at her;
There
came a wind out of the wast,
Made
a’ the windows to clatter.
***
A
goose is nae good meat,
A
hen is boss within;
In a
pye there’s muckle deceit,
A
pudding it is a good thing.