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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]

 

 

 

BUT THE HOUSE AND BEN THE HOUSE. AKA and see "Black Jock" (Black Joke). Shetland, Jig or Air. A Major. AEae tuning. AA'B. This is the Whalsay Island (Shetlands) title of the tune commonly known as "Black Jock" (Joke) on the mainland. It was one of the tunes played by John Irvine and Andrew Poleson for the Shetland ritual of "bedding the bride."

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But your house and ben your house

This house is like a bridal house.

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Sources for notated versions: Andrew Poleson and John Irvine (Whalsey, Shetland) [Cooke]. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 34, pg. 87.

 

BUTCHER BOY, THE. Irish, Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Listed as a 'jig' in Cole's 1000, referring to a type of old‑time banjo tune-style rather than the Irish 6/8 jig. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 81. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 115. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 30, pg. 6.

X:1

T:Butcher Boy, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:’Sand Jig’

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 30

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/ | dA/d/ B/d/A/d/ | dA/A/ B/e/ z/e/ | dA/d/B/d/A/d/ | g/e/f/d/ B/d/ z/d/ |

dA/d/ B/d/A/d/ | dA/A/ B/e/ z/e/ | dA/d/ B/d/A/f/ | g/e/f/d/ (B/d/) z/ ||

A/ | fa/ z/a/ a z/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/ z/A/ | (f/a/) z/a/ d’ z/a/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/ z/A/ |

(f/a/) z/a/ a z/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/ z/d/ | g/g/ z/g/ g/d/g/b/ | g/f/e/g/ f/d/ z/ ||

                       

BUTCHER ROW. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDetc. The melody appears in Walsh’s Third Collection (1730) of Lancashire tunes.

X:1

T:Butcher Row

B: Walsh

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:G

g| fga a2 g| fga gdB:: fga efg| fga gdB:: f2e f/2e/2f/2g/2a|gec fdB::\

efe cAd| cdc fdB:: ABA cAd| cec fdB:: cAd cAd| cac BdB:: a2 e f/2e/2f/2g/2 a|g/2f/2e/2d/2c f/2e/2d/2c/2B ::\

efe f/2e/2f/2g/2a |g/2f/2e/2d/2c f/2e/2d/2c/2B ::\

aec aec| aec BGB:: cB/2c/2 cB/2c/2|cB/2c/2 BGB:: ceA dfA| ceA fdB::\

cac dbd| cac BGB::ABA cAd| cec fdB:: ~e3 ~g3| aec fdB:: efe fga| gec fdB::\

e3 c3| cec fdB|A3 c3| c3 BGB:: cAd cAd| cec fdB:: e3 g3 |a2 c B2 g::\

a2 c a2 c| a2 c B2 g::a3 e3|cdc fdB:: A/2A/2A/2A/2e A/2A/2A/2A/2f |\

A/2A/2A/2A/2e BGB| A/2A/2A/2A/2e A/2A/2A/2A/2g| A/2A/2A/2A/2e BGB::\

A/2A/2A/2A/2A cAc | A/2A/2A/2A/2A BGB :: e/2e/2e/2e/2e cAc|e/2e/2e/2e/2e BGB::\

a/2a/2a/2a/2a cAc |a/2a/2a/2a/2a BGB:: A/2A/2A/2A/2A A/2A/2A/2A/2A|\

A/2A/2A/2A/2A BGB::A3 d3 |c3 BGB:: cAd cAd| cAd BGB::aec aec|aec fdB:|

                                   


BUTCHER'S APRON, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill {1850}): AA'BB' (O'Neill {Krassen}). Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 148. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1483, pg. 274.

X:1

T:Butcher’s Apron, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1483

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2 (AF) d2 (AF) | Efed cABc | defe dcdB | AdAF EFGE | d2 (AF) d2 (AF) |

Efed cABc | defe dcdB | ABAG FD D2 || a2 (fa) dafa | b2 (gb) ebgb |

a2 (fa) dafa | gefd ceef | a2 (fa) dafa | b2 (gb) ebgb | agfe dcdB | ABAG FD D2 ||

                       

BUTCHER'S BOY, THE. American, "Clog Dance." USA, Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. In the repertory of Lewisbury, Pa., fiddler Archie Miller, but found in print in the Scottish collection of Kerr. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 418, pg. 47.

                       

BUTCHER'S CAVE, THE. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 64. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1067, pg. 201.

X:1

T:Butcher’s Cave, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1067

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(A/G/) | FDD FDD | FAG FED | ABA AGF | GAG GFG | ABA cAG |

Ade fed | cAF EAG | EDD D2 :: (d/e/) | fdd add | fdd ded | fdd add |

ged cde | fdd add | (f/a/a)f ecA | cAF EAG | EDD D2 :|

                       

BUTCHER'S HORNPIPE [1], THE. English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Matt Seattle, in notes to his Great Northern Tunebook, a reprinting of the 1770 music manuscripts of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, remarks that the tune is "an early example of dotted rhythms in the Hornpipe, more characteristic of the 19th and 20th centuries.” The tune was printed earlier in the 18th century by J. Johnson in his Wright’s Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, c. 1740-42, which Bruce Olson believes is probably itself a reprint of an earlier (though apparently lost) collection issued by Daniel Wright. A related version, also under the “Butcher’s Hornpipe” title, appears in the William Calvert (Leburn, Yorkshire) manuscript (1812). Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 329.

X:1

T:Butcher’s Hornpipe [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:William Vickers’ music manuscripts, pg. 120   (1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DE/F/|G2 G>G G2 F>E|DCB,A, G,A,B,G,|G2 G>G G2 c>B|AGFE DEFD|E2 E>E EGFE|

DCB,A, G,2 Bc|dBGB cAFA|G2 G>G G2::Bc|d2 d>d d2 e>f|gefd e2 AB/c/|

d2 d>d d2 ef|gefd e2 cB/A/|B2 BB BdcB|AGFE D2 Bc|dBGB cAFA|G2 G>G G2:|

 

BUTCHER'S HORNPIPE [2], THE. AKA and see "Black Mary's Hornpipe [1]," “The Piping Pie Man,” “Wright’s Whim.” English, Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody has strong Yorkshire connections. It is a different tune than "Butcher's Hornpipe" [1], and is a variant of William Vickers’ 1770 Northumbrian "Black Mary's Hornpipe" and James Biggins’ 1779 Yorkshire “Piping Pyman Hornpipe.” The tune appears under the “Butcher’s” title in the early19th century music manuscripts of Lawrence Leadley (Helperby, Yorkshire), Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, North Yorkshire), and George Spencer (Leeds, West Yorkshire). Source for notated version: a MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 14. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 7, pg. 29.

 

BUTCHER’S HORNPIPE [3], THE.  English, “Old” Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Printed in the Dancing Master series, editions 1718 and 1728 (printed by John Young, who had taken over the series from the Playfords), Walsh’s Compleat Country Dancing Master (3rd ed., 1735), and Daniel Wright’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1719.

X:1

T:Butcher’s Hornpipe [3]

M:3/2

L:1/8

R:Triple Hornpipe

K:G

GFGA B2 c2 d4|edcB cBAG F2D2|E2d2 E2c2 D2B2|D2 EF G2D2 B,2 G,2||

g4 Bc d2 g2 G2|cd e2 A2 a2 f4|e2 ce d2 Bd c2 Ac|D2G2 GABc A2 G2||

G3 A GABc d2G2|F2A4B2c2E2|E3F EFEF G2 C2|A,2 D2 DEDC B,2 G,2|]

 

BUTCHER'S JIG, THE. AKA and see "The Butcher's March."

 


BUTCHER'S MARCH [1], THE ("Mairseail na mBuisteiri" or "Triall An Bustoir"). AKA and see "The Butcher's Jig," “Ree Raw.” Irish, March or Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Breathnach, Cole, Flaherty, O’Neill): AABBCCDDEEFF (O’Farrell). O’Neill (1913) records that the tune was associated with a tradition of butchers performing a long dance on "May‑Eve." In the city of Limerick in the 18th century the dance, Rinnce Fada, was witnessed by Sylvester O’Halloran, an eminent native historian. In ‘modern’ times, states O’Neill, the tune in two strains is danced as a double jig, though he points out the setting in O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (Vol. 2, Book 1, c. 1810) has six parts. Breathnach gives that Sliabh Luachra fiddler Denis Murphy called the tune “Along with the Girls I’d like to be.” See also “Rub the Bag,” and variants listed under “Butcher’s March [2],” below. Don Meade points out this is not the tune usually known as “The Butcher’s March” in Irish sessions today. There may be some relation to the “Gold Ring [1]” family of tunes. Sources for notated versions: accordionist and fiddler John Keane (Co. Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Fred Finn (1919-1986, Kiltycreen, Kilavil, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 27 [1], pg. 16. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 21 (appears as “Gan ainm/No title”), pg. 13. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 70. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 84. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; No. 68. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 36, pg. 15 (appears as untitled jig). O’Farrell (c. 1810). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 36. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 867, pg. 161. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 127, pg. 36. O’Neill (1913), pg. 429 (reprint of O’Farrell’s setting). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 100.

X:1

T:Butcher’s March, The [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 127

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g|fAA eAA|~d2B A2g|fAA eAA|~d2B G2g|fAA eAA|fAA efg|faf gfe|~d2B G2:|

|:B/c/|ded BAB|~d2B A2B|ded BAB|~d2B G2B|ded BAB|~d2B A2g|faf gfe|~d2B G2:|

X:2
T:Butcher’s March [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Levey - Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

N:Appears as untitled jig
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g | fAA eAA | B>(ed/B/) A2g | fAA eAA | (B/c/d)B G2g | fAA eAA |
(B>ed/B/) A2g | (f/g/a)f {a}geg | dBA G2 :: B | d>(ed/B/) dAB |
d>(ed/B/) A2B | d>(3ed/B/) (dAc) | (B/c/)dB G2B | d>(ed/B/) (dAB) |
d>(e/d/B/) A2g | (f/g/af) ({a}g)eg | (dBA) G2 :|

 

BUTCHER'S MARCH [2], THE (Mairseail na mBuisteiri). AKA and see “Bloody Oul’ Hag, is it Tay You Want?” “The Bog of Allen [1],” “Brendan Begley’s Jig,” “The Butchers of Bristol,” “The Lark’s March.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Mulvihill, O’Neill, Taylor): AABB’ (Harker/Rafferty): AABBCCDD (Breathnach). The original tune was a six‑part jig published in the 18th century under the same title; see note for version #1. O'Neill and Taylor have the parts reversed from each other. See also the variant appearing in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II, no. 21 (pg. 13, appears as “Gan ainm”), from County Clare fiddler Bill O’Mally. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Mrs. Murphy, 1967 (Co. Cork, Ireland) [Breathnach]; “From my mother” [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ II); No. 21, pg. 13 ("Gan Ainm" {untitled}). Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 27 [2], pg. 16. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 233, pg. 72. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 5, pg. 65 (appears as “The Butchers Jig”). O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949. O'Neill (1001 Gems). Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 51, pg. 38. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 10. Piping Pig Records PPPCD 001, Jimmy O’Brien- Moran – “Seán Reid’s Favourite” (1996. Learned from piper Tommy Kearney). Shaskeen ‑ "My Love is in America."

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Butcher’s March, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Tom Ennis & James Morrison

Z:Philippe Varlet

K:G Major

~d3 BAB|dBA A2B|~d3 BAB|dBG G2B|

~d3 BAB|dBA A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG G2B:|2 dBG GBd||

|eAA fAA|edB ABd|eAA gfe|dBG GBd|eAA fAA|

edB A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG GBd:|2 dBG G2B||

X:2

T:Butcher’s March [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor (1949)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B|ded (3BcB A/B/|dAA A2B|ded (3BcB A/B/|dBG G2B|

ded (3BcB A/B/|dAA A2g|faf gfe|dBG G2:|

|:(3Bcd|eAA fAA|ecB A2 B/d/|eAA gfe|dBG G2 (3Bcd|

eAA fAA|1 edB A2g|faf gfe|dBG G2:|2 eAA efg|faf gfe|dBG G2||

 

BUTCHER'S MARCH [3], THE (Mairseail na mBuisteiri). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 27 [3], pg. 17.

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BUTCHERS OF BRISTOL [1], THE. AKA and see “Bliven’s Favorite,” "Bobbing for Eels," "The Bottle of Punch," "By your leave, Larry Grogan," "Coppers and Brass [2]," “The County Limerick Buckhunt," "Finerty's Frolic," "Fishing for Eels," “Green Sleeves [3],” "Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy," “The Humors of Ennistymon [1],” "The Humours of Miltown [2],” "Ioc an Reicneail,” "Jackson's Bottle/Jug of Punch/Brandy," “The Jug of Punch [5],” "Larry Grogan('s) [1]," "The Lasses of Melrose," “Lasses of Melross,” "Little Fanny's Fancy," "Lynn's Favourite," "Lynny's Favourite," "The Old Man's Jig," "Pay the Reckoning," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,” "The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.”

 

BUTCHERS OF BRISTOL [2], THE. AKA and see “Bealltaine,” “Five Miles from Town [2],” “Geary’s Hornpipe,” “Mullingar Races [2],” “Raven Through the Bog,” “Rover through the Bogs,” “Taylor's (Hornpipe).” Irish, Hornpipe.

 

BUTCHER'S ROW [1], THE. Irish?, American, Canadian; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Harding’s All Round Collection, 1905; No. 34, pg. 10. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 70. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 29, pg. 27.

X:1

T:Butcher's Row

M:4/4

L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne

K:G

BcdB G2gf|edef gedc|BcdB G2Bd|cBAG F2D2|

BcdB G2gf|edef gdef|gfge dedc|BGAF G2d2:|

|:gfga b2b2|abag f2d2|edef gdBd|cBAG F2D2|

GFGB AGAc|BGBd edef|gfge dedc|BGAF G4:|

X2

T:Butcher’s Row [1]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

A | B2 (dB) G2d2 | egfa gfed | BcdB G2d | edcB B2 (AG) | BcdB G2d |

egfa gfed | gfge edcB | BcAB G2 :: g2 (ga) b2b2 | abag e2a2 | gfed efge |

DBAG B2G2 | GFGE EDEG | EGBd gfed | gfge edcB | BcAB G3 :|

 


BUTCHER'S ROW [2], THE. AKA and see "Far from Home." American, Reel. Southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Not related to version #1. The 'A' part is similar to the minstrel piece "Root Hog." Source for notated version: Wilbur Neal (Jefferson County, Pa., 1948) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 132, pgs. 72‑73.

                       

BUTLER COUNTY. AKA and see "Perry's Victory [1]." American, Jig. USA, Southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From the alternate title Bayard dates it to the late 18th century, Perry being the American admiral who was victorious against the British on Lake Erie in the Revolutionary War. He suggests the tune bears resemblance to the Irish "Southern Breeze," and is generally similar to "The Men of Garvagh" and "The Black Dance." Source for notated version: a manuscript by fifer Hoge, 1944 (Greene County, Pa.) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 565B, pg. 502.

                       

BUTLER’S JIG. See note for “Gander in the Pratie Hole.”

                       

BUTLERS OF GLEN AVENUE, THE. AKA and see “Christy Barry’s [2],” “Tony O’Sullivan’s.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by banjo player Tony “Sully” Sullivan, who lives in England and who has published several collections of session tunes. The title refers to friends of his, Maire and the late Johnny Butler who lived in Glen Avenue, Blackley. Johnny was the leader of The Manchester Céilí Band, who performed at St.Brendan's. The “Butlers of Glen Avenue” tune on the Lunasa album is miss-titled, and is in reality another of Sullivan’s compositions called “The Barmaid.” Sullivan (Sully’s Irish Music Book, vol. 1), 1979. Kevin Crawford – “D Flute Album” (appears as 2nd tune in the Christy Barry set). Tabache – “Are You Willing.”

X:1

T:Butlers of Glen Avenue, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Setting: Noel Kilkenny

R:Jig

K:G

DEG EDB, | DEG ~B3 | DEG ABe | dBe dBA |

DEG EDB | DEG ~B3 | dB/c/d gfe | dBA G3:||:

gab age | deg ~B3 | gab gab | dB/c/d e2d |

gab age | deg ~B3 | dB/c/d gfe | dBA G3:||

 

BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: O’Reilly [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 516, pg. 90.

X:1

T:Buttercups and Daisies

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 516

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

(B>c) | d2G2d3c | (cB)(A>G) G3A | B3c d>cdf | g2 (c>d) c2 (B>c) |

d2f2 (ed)(cB) | d2d2b3a | g>bgf d>cdf | A2 B>A G2 || (d>=e) | f3g (gf)(ed) |

b2 f>g f2 ba | g3a (ba) (bc’) | d’2 (g>a) g2 (f>e) | d2b2 (fd)(cB) |

c2d2 b3a | g>bgf | d>cdf | A2 B>A G2 ||

 

BUTTERED PEAS(E) [1]. AKA and see “Highland Wedding [1],” "Jack's Be The Daddy On't," "Reel of Stumpie," “Stumpie/Stumpey,” "No Man's Jig." English; Air, Reel or Country Dance Tune. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune can be found in James Ralph’s Fashionable Lady (1730), and subsequently appeared in English ballad operas of the early 1730's such as John Gay's Achilles (1733, whose version of the words appear below), The Boarding School (1732), The Decoy (1733) and The Whim (1734). It became popular enough to have been transported to the Continent in the 18th century, where, for example it could be heard in Italy as “Piselli al Burro.” Angus Mackay arranged the tune for the Highland pipes and called it "The Highland Wedding".  See Bayard's note for the Pennsylvania collected "The Drunken Sailor," of which this tune forms the second strain. It is arranged as a duet by W.J. Stafford in Hall & Stafford's Charlton Memorial Tune Book.

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Should the Beast of the noblest race

Act the Brute of the lowest class;

Tell me which do you think most base,

Or the Lion or the Ass?

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Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 53. Peacock’s Tunes, c. 1805/1980; No. 41, pg. 18. Raven (English Country Dane Tunes), 1984; pg. 142. Scott (English Song Book), 1926; pg. 12. Maggie’s Music MMCD216, Hesperus - “Early American Roots” (1997).

X:1

T:Buttered Peas [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:G

d/c/ | Bd dc/B/ | ce ed/c/ | Bd dc/B/ | cA Ad/c/ | Bd dc/B/ | ce ed/c/ | Bd Ac | BGG :|

|: d/c/ | Bd g>a | g/f/e/d/ gd | Bd gf/g/ | aA Ad/c/ | Bd g>a | g/f/e/d/ gd/c/ | Bd Ac | BGG :|

 

BUTTERED PEASE [2]. AKA and see “Jockey has gotten a wife.” Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). The melody, a version of “Jockey had gotten a wife,” appears under this title in the ballad opera The Female Parson (1730); the same opera has a version of “Buttered Pease” under the “Jockey” title, thus the two titles were reversed, according to Bruce Olson.

 

BUTTERFLY CHAIN, THE. Scottish.  C Major. Standard tuning. Composed by ex-Battlefield Band fiddler Brian McNeil.

 

BUTTERFLY HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Nebraska. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings. AABB. See the related tune "Brilliancy." Source for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson, Phillips]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 9. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 184.

 


BUTTERFLY [1], THE. Irish, Polka. D Major ('A' part), A Major ('B' part) & G Major ('Trio'). Standard tuning. AAB and Trio. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. III, pg. 47, #146.

 

BUTTERFLY [2], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Major. Standard tuning. ABA’. The tune is apparently a folk‑process derivation of "I'd be a Butterfly," words and melody by Thomas Haynes Bayly. The melody was printed by Playford. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 2. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 76. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 2.

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K:A

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B3BB2B2|c2B2B4|B4BB2B2|c2B2B4|B3BB2B2|c3cc2c2|d3dd2d2|e8||

c4d4|e2d2A4|a4g2f2|f2e2e4|c4d2d2|e4 (3fga|c4d2B2|A4A4||

 

BUTTERFLY [3], THE. AKA and see “Óró, a Thaidhg, a Ghrá,” "Skin the Peeler(s)." Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composition of the “The Butterfly” is credited to the late fiddler Tommy Potts, who knew the first two parts of the tune from his father, Sean, an Uilleann piper (the two-part tune appears in Coles 1000 as “Skin the Peeler” and “Barney’s Goat”). Caoimhin Mac Aoidh gives that Potts was working in his garden one day when he noticed the erratic flight of a butterfly flitting about. Intrigued, Potts tried to mimick the rhythm of the insect while he continued to work in the garden, and was inspired to come up with the third part of the tune. The first two existing parts were altered rhythmically to fit. It has become a commonly heard tune at sessions, to the dismay of many who find overplaying has made it unpalatable. The tune is called “Skin the Peeler” by Highland bagpipers. “Barney’s Goat” resembles the second and third parts of the slip jig. “Óró a Thaidhg a Ghrá” and “Stoneybatter” are related tunes. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 47 (appears as “The Friendly Brooke”, the name of a country dance by Chris Sackett written in 2001 to the tune). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, Vol. 3, No. 79. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 91, pg. 38. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 38. Green Linnett SIF3011, The Bothy Band - “1975.”  North Star NS0031, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990). Tommy Potts - “The Liffey Banks.” Paddy Glackin & Jolyon Jackson – “On Hidden Ground.”

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T:Butterfly, The

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M:9/8

K:E Minor

|: ”Em”B2E G2E F3 | ”Em”B2E G2E “Bm”FED | ”Em”B2E G2E FGA |

”G”B2d d2B “D”AFA | ”Em”B2E G2E F3 | ”C”B2E G2E FED | ”C#/A”B2E G2E FGA |

”D”B2d d2B AFA || “Cmaj7”B2d e2f g3|”Cmaj7”B2d g2e “Bm”dBA |

“Cmaj7”B2d e2f g2a | “Cmaj7”b2a g2e “Bm”dBA  | “Cmaj7”B2d e2f g3 |

”Cmaj7”B2d g2e “Bm”dBA | “Cmaj7”B2d e2f “Bm”g2a | “Am”b2a g2e “D#B7”dBA ||

|: ”Em”B3 B2A G2A | “Em”B3 BAB “Bm”dBA | “Cmaj7”B3 B2A G2A | “Am”B2d g2e “D”dBA :|

 

BUTTERFLY [4], THE. AKA and see "Souters o’ Selkirk." English, Jig (9/8 time). England, Northumberland.

 

BUTTERFLY [5], THE. Irish, Harp Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Bunting noted in his manuscript that this was either the second, third or fourth tune learned by beginning harpers. Ann Heymann notes that there is an old Irish belief that the butterfly represented a dead soul waiting to enter Purgatory, and that folklore has it that the spirit of a living person can also leave the body while asleep and travel in the form of the insect. Source for notated version: Bunting's manuscript, noted from the ancient harper Patrick Quin of County Armagh, one of ten harpers in attendance at the Belfast Harp Festival, held in 1792 [Heymann]. Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pg. 55.

                       

BUTTERFLY REEL [1], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Green Linnet SIF 1159, “Trian II.”

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S:Billy McComiskey

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Z:Adrian Scahill

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L:1/8

K:G

B3A GEE2|EBEB dBAd|(3B^cd BA GABe|dBAd BEE2:||\

(3B^cd ef gefA|(3B^cd ge dBAd|(3B^cd ef g3a|bage dBAd:||

 

BUTTERFLY REEL [2], THE. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 89, pg. 16.

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R:Reel

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 89

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3DEF | G2 (BG) cGBG | cGBG ADEF | G2 (BG) cGBG | AdcA G2 :|

|: (3def | g2 (3agf gaba | g2 (3agf gaba | g2 (3agf gdBd | egfa g2 :|

                       

BUTTERFLY WALTZ.  AKA and see “Life Let Us Cherish.” Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Texas. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Christeson noted the tune at the Texas Fiddlers’ Association in 1950. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 236, pg. 191.

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T:Butterfly Waltz

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Waltz

S:Christeson – Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1, No. 236  (1973)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

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E2|E4G2|c4 de|g4 a2|g6|ga ge cA|GA GE CA,|B,6|G,6|

F4G2|B3c ^cd|g4a2|g6|gag a ga|gag a g^f|a4g2|e6|

E4G2|c4 de|g4a2|g6|ga ge cA|GA GF Ec|d4 c2|A4c’2|

c’6|b4a2|(g6|g2)G2f2|e4G2|e4d2|[(E6c5][E4)c4]||

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a4e2|g4^f2|=f2a2g2|f2 fe (d2|d2)a2g2|

f2 fe(d2|d2)a2g2|f3 g ag|b3 f ab|a4^g2|g4 gf||


                       

BUTTERMILK AND CIDER. AKA and see "Off/Going to California [1]," "Old Towser," "Fireman's Reel," "You Bet," "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe," "Portsmouth Hornpipe," "The Silver Cluster," "Belle of the Kitchen [2]," "Whiskey, You're the Devil," "Whiskey in the Jar," "Gypsy Hornpipe [4]," "Possum Up a Gum Stump(, Coonie in the Hollow) [1]," "Lexington." Old‑Time, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard (1981) states that this tune, sometimes played as a hornpipe, sometimes a reel, is the local southwestern Pa. title for a member of the large and well‑known "Off/Going To California" tune family. Sources for notated versions: Irvin Yaugher Jr. (Mt. Independence, Pennsylvania, 1943, learned from a regional fiddler, Jim Lawry) [Bayard, 1944]: Sam Losch, Brown Hall, Wilbur Neal, James Smalley (southwestern Pa.) [Bayard, 1981]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 18. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 351A‑D, pgs. 345‑346. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 8, (appears as "The Silver Cluster"), pg. 20 (appears as "You Bet"), pg. 86 ("Portsmouth Hornpipe"), pg. 104 (appears as "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe"). Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; p. 108 (appears as "Old Towser"). Harding’s Original Collection, No. 108. Jigs and Reels, p. 14 (appears as "Fireman's Reel"). O'Neill (Music of Ireland), 1903; No. 341. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; Nos. 1567, 1628, 1629, 1639. Robbins, No. 126 (1st part). Scanlon, p. 75 (appears as "Whiskey, You're the Devil"). White's Excelsior Collection, pg. 22 (appears as "Belle of the Kitchen", a 6/8 version), pg. 24 (first part of "The Silver Cluster").

 

BUTTERMILK AND PRATEES [1]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by one Tom Doyle according to Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940, pg. 71. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 103.

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T:Buttermilk and Pratees [1]

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R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(ag) | fed fga|fed AF