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[AK] |
CAPTAEN ROC. AKA and see "Captain Rock."
CAPTAIN AND HIS
WHISKERS, THE. AKA and see "Captain with his Whiskers," "Balance the/a Straw [1],"
"Lads a Bunchum [1]"
(Laudanum Bunches?).
CAPTAIN ANGUS L. MACDONALD.
Canadian, Slow March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by
Pipe Major Fraser Holmes in honor of his close friend MacDonald, “the last
Gaelic speaking Premier of Nova Scotia and a veteran of World War I” (Shears).
Shears (Gathering of the Clans
Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 75.
CAPTAIN BELLOW'S DANCE. English, March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern
composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 191.
CAPTAIN BING. See “Captain Byng.”
CAPTAIN BLUETT'S MARCH. AKA and see “Grand
March of Normal [1],” “Russian
(Grand) March.” Irish, March. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. 2, pg. 53,
No. 319.
CAPTAIN BOURN’S FANCY.
English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours),
1997; No. 16, pg. 6.
CAPTAIN BOVER. English, Air (3/4 time).
***
Where hes ti' been, maw canny hinny?
Where hes ti' been, maw winsome man?
Aw've been ti' the norrad, Cruising back and forrard,
Aw've been ti' the norrad, Cruising suir and lang;
Aw've been ti' the norrad, Cruising back and forrard,
But daurna come ashore For Bover and his gang. (Bruce & Stokoe)
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 125‑126.
X:1
T:Captain Bover
M:3/4
L:1/8
S: Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 F>G A2|(B>d) (c/B/) (A/G/) FD|G2 F>G A2|(B>d) (d/c/) (A/F/) G2:|
B>d d>e cA|BG (c/B/) (A/G/) FD|B>d d>e cA|BG (d/c/) (A/F/) G2|
B>d =f(e/d/) cA|BG (c/B/) (A/G/) FD/D/|G>G FG
A>G|Bd (d/c/) (A/F/) G2||
CAPTAIN BRISBANE’S FROLIC. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4
time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Captain Sir Charles Brisbane (d. 1829)
was a career Royal Naval officer during the wars with Napoleon (as was his
brother James, who became an admiral). This excerpt, which describes an
incident in 1807 that is perhaps Charles’s ‘frolic’, appears in Burke’s
genealogy of high-ranked commoners (1835).
***
Sir
CHARLES BRISBANE entered the naval service about the year 1779, on board the
Alcide, of 74 guns, under the
auspices
of his father, whom he afterwards accompanied into the Hercules, another third
rate. This ship formed part of
Sir
George Rodney's fleet, in the memorable engagement of the 12th April, 1782,
wherein Mr. Charles Brisbane was
wounded.
In 1790, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant; in 1793, proceeded with
Captain Tyler in the Meleager
frigate
to the Mediterranean, and during the two following years served with
distinction under Hood and Nelson. In 1795,
he was
made commander, and in the following year obtained a post captain's
commission. In 1815, he was nominated a
Knight of the Bath, and advanced to the rank of rear admiral, 12th August, 1819. The following exploit of the gallant
admiral
cannot be omitted even in the limited space to which we are confined. Towards the
end of the year 1806,
Captain
Brisbane was dispatched from Jamaica, with a squadron of frigates, consisting
of the Arethusa, Latona, and
Anson, to
reconnoiter the island of Curacoa, and to ascertain whether the inhabitants
were disposed to an alliance with
Great
Britain. And on the 1st January, 1807, the little squadron, reinforced by the
Figgard frigate, arrived off Curacoa.
No
orders, whatever, had been given to attack the island, but having by means of
the pilots taken on board at Aruba,
perfectly
ascertained the situation of the place, Captain Brisbane determined to capture
it by a coup de main; and
imparting
his intention to the respective captains under him, and taking the sole
responsibility on himself, he led his
ships
into the harbour. It is well deserving of remark, that previously to this, and
unknown to their officer, the men,
participating
in the spirit of their gallant leader, had arranged themselves for attack, and
when called to quarters, they
were
found with the words "Victory or Death," chalked upon their hats.
Under cover of a severe and destructive
cannonade,
Captain Brisbane landed with his boat's crew, when fort Amsterdam was instantly
captured, the
commodore
himself being the first to scale the walls ; and by ten o'clock the same night
the British flag, hoisted
on fort
Republique, announced the surrender of the entire island. For this gallant
exploit, Captains Brisbane and
Wood
received the gold medal, and were knighted.
***
Goulding (Twenty Four Country
Dances for the Year 1808), 1808; No. 10.
X:1
T:Captain Brisbane’s Frolic
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Goulding & Co. – Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808 (London)
N:”With proper Tune & Directions to each Dance (as they may be
N:performed at Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblys.”
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock
Z:abcs’s:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:F
A/B/|cA/B/ cf/a/|c3 A/B/|cc/B/
AA/G/|AF FA/B/|cA/B/ cf/a/|c3 A/B/|cc {d}cB/A/|A2 A:|
|:BGG e/f/|g[ce] [ce]z|c[FA][FA] f/g/|a[Af]
[A2f2]|dbca|BgAf|c/B/A/B/ c/B/A/G/|FAF:||
CAPTAIN BROUN'S REEL. Scottish. The tune appears in the 1768 Gillespie Manuscript of
CAPTAIN BROWN’S FAVORITE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 79.
X:1
T:Captain Brown’s Favorite
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GAG G2c | BAB G2B | ABA ABd | e3 e2f
| g2e f2d | BcB g2e |
DBG A2B | E3 E3 :: g2e f/g/af | d2B
BdB | g2e f/g/af | d2d def |
g2e f2d | BcB g2e | dBG A2B | E3 E3
:|
CAPTAIN BYNG (An Taoiseac Buinge). AKA and see “Colonel Byng’s Favorite.”
Scottish (originally), Irish; Reel or Polka.
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Captain Byng
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g|fdgd BGGB|cAag fdef|gfgd BGGB|cedc BGG:|
c|BGdG BGGB|cAeA cAAc|BGdG BGGB|cedc BGGc|
BGdG
BGGB|cAeA cAAc|BGdB cedc|BdAc BGG||
X:2
T:Captain Byng
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:G
g2 g>e | dB GA/B/ | cA a>g |
fd ef | fg g>e | dB GA/B/ | cA dF | AG G2 :|
|: BG dG | BG GA/B/ | cA eA | cA
A>c | BG dG | BG GA/B/ | cA dF | AG G2 :|
CAPTAIN
CAMERON'S VOLUNTEERS MARCH--BALVENIE. Scottish, March. E Flat Major
(Johnson/2003,
X:1
T:Captain Cameron’s Volunteers
March—Balvenie
M:C
L:1/8
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
[G,2E2] [G,2E2] [G,3E3]
G|B>AG>F EB,A,G,| [G,2E2] [G,2E2] [G,3E3] G|
BAGA [B,2F2] z2|[G,2E2] [G,2E2]
[G,3E3] G|B>AG>F EB,A,G,|A,3C B,3A|
G2 [G,2E2] [G,2E2] z2||[B3g3] [Af]
[G2e2] [G2e2]|~D>e f/e/d/c/ [D2B2] z2|
||[B3g3] [Af] [G2e2] [G2e2]|[F2d2]
(B/c/d/e/f/g/) [B2f2]z2|||[B3g3] [Af] [G2e2] [G2e2]|
~d>e f/e/d/c/ [D4B3]A|(G3B)
(e3d)|[Ac][GB][FA][EG] [E2G2][D2F2]||
CAPTAIN
CAMPBELL OF CARRICK’S REEL. Scottish, Reel. D
Major. Standard tuning. AB. The title may possibly refer to Captain John
Campbell of Carrick, a Scottish soldier who met his death at the Battle of
Fontenoy in
***
Captain Campbell was not so lucky, his head having been
carried off by a cannon ball early in the action. An account of the army unit
the Black Watch in
***
John Campbell of Carrick also received posthumous notice for
events that took place after his death, at least in legal circles. The Black
Watch account gives that he married a sister of General Campbell of
T:Captain Campbell of Carrick’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S: McGlashan – Strathspey Reels (c.
1780/81)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D3F A/A/A A>F|A>Bd>A F/F/F F>D|E3F B/B/B B>A|d>fe>d B/B/B B>d|
D3F A/A/A A>B|A>BdA F/F/F F>D|(G2 G>)B (F2 F>)A|(E2 E>)F B/B/B B>d|
(D2 D>)F A/A/A A>F|A>Bd>A F/F/F F>A|E3F B/B/B B>A|d>fe>d B/B/B Bc/d/|
(D2 D>)F A/A/A A>B|A>Bd>A F/F/F F>D|G>BG>B F>AF>A|
E>DE>F B/B/B B>A||d3f d/d/d d>A|B>Ad>A F/F/F F>D|e3f e/e/e e>f|
a>ef>d B/B/B B>A|(d2 d>)f d/d/d d>A|B>Ad>A F/F/F F>D|G3B F3A|
E3F B/B/B B>A|(d2 d>)f d/d/d d>e|B>Ad>A F/F/F F>A|(e2 e>)f e/e/e ef/g/|
a>ef>d B/B/B B>e|(d2 d>)f d/d/d d>A|B>Ad>A F/F/F F>D|(G2 G>)B (F2 F>)A|E>Deg f>def||
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL OF
CARPHEN. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian.
Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in M. McDonald's 2nd collection,
dedicated to the Earl of Breadalbane. Glen (The
Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 46. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels),
1789; pg. 8.
X:1
T:Captain Campbell of Carphen
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – 2nd Collection
of Strathspey Reels (1789)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
E | A/A/A AB cABE | G/G/G Gc
{B/c/}d>cBG | A/A/A (AB) cABG | e>dgB A2A :|
B | Aa “tr”a>g e/g/e/d/ cd |
e^fge (d/c/)B/A/ GB | Aa”tr”a>g e/g/e/d/ ce | dBgB A2 A2 |
ea”tr”a>g e/g/e/d/ cd | e^fge
d/c/B/A/ GB | cAdB e>dce | dBgB A2A ||
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S
RAMBLE. English, Jig.
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL('S STRATHSPEY). AKA ‑ "Captain
Campbell." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey.
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Captain Campbell
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Aminor
A|E<A A>B c>A B<G|E<G G>A Bd c/B/A/G/|E<A A>B c>Bc>e|
d<B g>B A2A:|B|A<a a>g e>d c<e|d>eg>e d/=c/B/A/ GB|1
A>a a<g e>d c<e|d<B g>B A2A:|2 c<A
d>B e>d =c<e|d<B g>B A2A||
CAPTAIN CAR. AKA and see "The Sick Tune."
CAPTAIN CARRICK'S RANT. AKA and see "Mrs.
McInroy of Lude [2]."
CAPTAIN CARRICK’S REEL.
Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune appears in Kirkmichael,
Perthshire, fiddler and composer . English, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Nick Dennerly.
The Captain Clark of the title could possibly refer to one of the principles in
a duel in
***
Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 151.
CAPTAIN COLLINS. AKA and see "Bob Ridley [2]"
(Pa.), "The Bell Cow" (Pa.),
"Fifer's March" (Pa.),
"The Belling Tune" (Pa.),
"Montrose's March" (Playford),
"Rock and the/a Wee Pickle
Tow, A" (Stokoe), "The Old Woman Tossed
Up in a Blanket" (O'Neill), "The
Highlander's March" (Oswald), "O'Sullivan Mor(e's March) [1]"
(Roche), "The Ribbels (Rebels) March" (Dovey), "The Cowboy's Jig" (Cole),
"Blackeyed Biddy" (O'Neill),
Untitled "Air" (Joyce, 1909; No. 836). American, Jig.
***
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket,
Seventy times as high as the moon.
***
One southwestern Pennsylvania title,
"The Belling Tune," derived from the custom of well‑known local
fifer Sam Palmer to play the tune tune for "serenades," or the
welcoming home of the newlyweds "with a hellish din of fife‑and‑drum,
bells, gunshots, beaten metal tubs, firecrackers, etc." (Bayard, 1981).
Source for notated versions: Bayard collected the tune from nine southwestern
CAPTAIN COMMIN’S RAMBLE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. As “Capt. Cummin’s Ramble” the tune appears in the 1776 music
manuscript copybook of Revolutionary War fifer William Morris, inscribed “William Morris, First
Regament [sic] Hunterdon” (County, New Jersey). Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2) 1765; No. 58.
X:1
T:Capn. Commin’s Ramble
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GDG
BGB|dBd g3|ded dcB|ABA AFD|GDG BGB|dBd g3|faf ge^c|d3 D3:|
|:dBG ecA|dBG AFD|dBG efg|ABA AFD|dBG ecA|efg gfe|dcB BAG|DEF G3:||
CAPTAIN COOPER’S RAMBLE.
English, Slip Jig (9/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody
was originally published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat
Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773), although dance directions appear in the
Thompson’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1768. As with many of the
Thompson’s 1773 tunes, it was entered into the 1788 music manuscript copybook
of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Thompson (Compleat Collection of
200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 160.
X:1
T:Cap. Cooper’s Ramble
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c>dc
e2d cGE|c>dc e2c dBG|c>dc e2d cGE|FEF DcB c3:|
|:g>ag gec dBG|g>ag gec|fga |g>ag gec dBG|FEF DcB c3:||
CAPTAIN
CORBETT’S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Captain John’s Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe.
D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. P.W. Joyce (1827-1914) prints the tune as
“Captain John’s Hornpipe” in his 1909 collection. Source for notated version:
Francis E. Walsh (
X:1
T:Capt. Corbett's Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Francis E. Walsh,
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Hornpipe
K:D
sfgs|af{a}sges dfed|scesAA sABsAG|FAdf .g.e.c.e|(3efe (3dcB A2 sfgs|
afge dfed|ceAA sABsAG|FAdf gece|d2 dd d2:|
|:cd|seAsAA fAgA|seAsAA f2 sefs|sgfgse dfec|sdcdsB A2 sAGs|
FA
(3AAA sGBs (3BBB|AFAd sgfsed|cdef sgesce|d2 dd d2:||
CAPTAIN
CAPTAIN CUFFE’S. English (?), Waltz. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s
Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 105, pg. 25.
CAPTAIN CUNINGHAM OF
AUCHINSKEIGH. Scottish. Glen (1891) finds the
tune earliest in print in John Riddell's
(1782?) collection (pg. 40).
CAPTAIN CUNINGHAM OF
CORSEHILL. Scottish. Glen (1891) finds the
earliest printing of the tune in John
Riddell's (1782?) collection (pg. 13).
CAPTAIN
DAVID STEWART 42nd ROYAL HIGHLANDERS. Afterwards GENERAL STEWART. AKA and see “General Stewart,”
“Lady Muir MacKenzie,” “Mrs. Muir MacKenzies.” Scottish, Reel.
D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. The 42nd Royal Highlanders were
the 1st Battalion of the famous Black Watch. The tune was printed in
the 4th collection of Malcolm
MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane.
When Stewart-Robertson reprinted the tune a bit less than a hundred years later
he was able to add that Captain Stewart had attained the rank of General during
his career. MacDonald (A Fourth
Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 9. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 112.
ACC-49394, Howie MacDonald & Natalie MacMaster -
“Gift of Music” (appears as “Captain David Stewart’s Reel”). DMP6-27-2-4, Doug
MacPhee -”The Reel of Tulloch” (1985. Appears as “Captain David Stewart’s
Reel”).
X:1
T:Captain David Stewart 42nd Royal Highlander’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:MacDonald – 4th
Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
E | D(dd)A FDAF | E=ccG ECEG | D(dd)A FGAg | fdef d/d/d d :|
g | “tr”f>eda fdaf | ge=cg ecge | “tr”f>eda dfaf | ecge d/d/d dg |
“tr”f>eda fdaf | ge=cg ecge | dfeg fagb | afge d/d/d d ||
CAPTAIN DECATUR’S
HORNPIPE.
American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was
printed in Samuel Holyoke’s Instrumental
Assistant (Exeter, New Hampshire, 1800). Mattson & Walz (Old Fort Snelling/Fife), 1974; pg. 56.
X:1
T:Captain Decatur’s Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:
K:G
G2 GA B2Bc|d2g2e2d2|edcB cBAG|E2 AG
GFED|
G2GA B2Bc|d2g2e2d2|gfed Bd^ce|d2d2
d4:|
|:e3f gfed|edcB cBAG|EDEF G3A|BcBA
GFED|
G2 GA B2 Bc|d2g2e2d2|cBAG EGFA|G2G2
G4:|
CAPTAIN DRIVER'S
DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is from John Johnson's Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country
Dances (vol. IV., pg. 3, 1748). Kidson (Old
English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 12.
X:1
T:Captain Driver’s Delight
M:C
L:1/8
S:Frank Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1780)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e2 cd e3f|edcB c2 BA|e2 cd e2a2|e2
dc B4:||
|:BAGA Bcdf|edcB c2 BA|a2 ec f2
dB|ecdB A4:|
CAPTAIN DUNNE'S
HORNPIPE. AKA and see "The Jockey [1]." G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish
Music), 1915; No. 380, pg. 182.
X:1
T:Capt. Dunne’s Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3DEF | G2 BG E2 (3DEF | G2 Bd gedB
| cedc BdcB | AGFE DcBA | G2 BG E2 (3DEF |
G2 Bd gedB | cedc BGAF | G2 GG G2 ::
dc | Bddd eddd | gdBd eddd | cedc BdcB |
AGFE DcBA | G2 BG E2 (3DEF | G2 Bd
gdBd | cedc BGAF | G2 GG G2 :|
CAPTAIN DUNNE'S MARCH. Irish, March (2/4 time). D Major (Roche): G Major (Miller & Perron,
Mulvihill). Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Assaroe Ceili
Band (Ballyshannon area, Co. Donegal) [Miller & Perron]. Miller &
Perron (Irish Tradtional Fiddle Music),
1977; vol. 2, No. 15. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 149. Mulvihill
(1st Collection), 1986;
No. 12, pg. 106. Roche Collection,
1982; vol. 3, pg. 80, No. 208.
CAPTAIN ELPHINSTON. Scottish, Strathspey. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB (Gow): AA'B
(Athole). Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1766-1831). The title possibly refers to one of the most famous naval figures
of the Napoleonic era, Viscount Keith, Knight of
the
X:1
T:Captain Elphinston
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Dorian
G<G d>B G2 D>B|G<G G>B d>cB>g|G<G d>B G2 D>E|1 F>GA>B c>BA>f:|2 ~F>GA>B c>ff>a||
g<g b>a ~g2 de/^f/|g<g g>a b>ag>d|g<g b>a ~g2 dc/B/|A<fc<f A>GF>a|
g<g
b>a ~g2 de/^f/|g<g g>a b>ag>d|g<g b>g
a<fg<e|f<cd>f A<Fc>A||
CAPTAIN
X:1
T:Captain Fife
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F2 F>A c>dc>A|B>GA>F G>FD>G|F>CD>B, A,>B,C>B|A>F cB/A/ G2F2:|
c<f f2 d<fc<f|A>cf>a g<d d2|c<f f2 d>fB>d|c>F cB/A/ G2F2|
c<f f2 d>fc>f|A>cf>a g>d d2|C>FA,>F C>F f>d|c>F cB/A/ G2F2||
CAPTAIN FLASH. English.
CAPTAIN FLETCHER'S
FAVORITE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major.
Standard tuning. AABCAA. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1766-1831), perhaps another of his compositions honouring Napoleonic-era naval
heroes, Joseph James Abraham Isaac Fletcher. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 20. Gow (Fifth Collection of
Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 34.
X:1
T:Captain Fletcher’s Favorite
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
N:”Slow”
C:Nathaniel Gow (1763-1831)
B:Gow – Fifth Collection of
Strathspey Reels (1809)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A/>G/|FCC>E (F/E/).F/.G/
FA/B/|~cc ~dd G3 A/>G/|FCC>E “tr”F>G A/c/d/e/|~ff ~aa A3:||
A/B/|(c/d/)(e/f/) (g/a/)(e/g/) fd
~df/d/|~cc ~dd G3 A/>B/|(c/d/)(e/f/) (g/a/)(e/g/) ~ff~gg|~aa {G}A3 f/d/|
“tr”c>d “tr”f>a {a}g/f/(g/a/)
f>d|~cc ~dd G3 {B}A/>G/|FF DD CC A,”tr”f/g/|aa [Ec][Ec] [F3A3]||
“Dolce”
(F/A/c/)|c2 BA A2 Bc|(dB) “tr”G>F
{F}E2 (F/G/)(A/B/)|c>(d/2c/4) BA “tr”d>e fd|cA BG F/A/B/c/ d/e/f/g/|
a2 gf {e}d3 f/d/|~cc fa (a2 g)
f/g/|a>b/2a/4 gf (e/d/)(f/e/) (g/f/)(e/d/)|cA BG F3||
X:1
T:Captain Francis O'Neill
C:Tadhg O'Crowley
B:A Harvest Saved: Francis O'Neill and
Irish Music in
B:Nicholas Carolan, Ossian
Publications,
R:march
N:a warpipe tune, published in
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:A
e/d/|c>BA c2 e|e>dc f2
e/d/|c>BA c<ec|B3 B2 e|
c>BA c2 e|e>dc f2 e/d/|c<ec
B>A=G|A3 A2:||f/g/|
a3 c2 e|f>ec A2 c/e/|a>ed c2
e|B3 B2 g|
a3 c2 e|f>ec A2 c/d/|c<ec
B>A=G|A3 A2 f/g/|
a3 c2 e|f>ec A2 c/e/|a>ed c2
e|B3 B2 e/d/|
c>BA c2 e|e>dc f2 e/d/|c<ec
B>A=G|A3 A2||:e|
A3 c3|e>cA f>dB|A2 A
c<ea|B3 B2 e|
A2 A c<Ac|e>cA f>ed|c<ec
B>A=G|A3 A2:||f/g/|
a2 f =g2 e|f<da e2 d|c>BA
c<ea|B3 B2 g|
a>gf =g2 e|f<da e2 d|c<ec
B>A=G|A3 A2 f/g/|
a2 f =g2 e|f<da e2 d|c>BA
c<ea|B3 B2 e|
A2 A c<Ac|e>cA f>ed|c<ec
B>A=G|A3 A2||
CAPTAIN FRANCIS WEMYSS. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Glen): AABB'
(Kerr). Captain Francis Wemyss (pronounced ‘Weems’) was a member of the ancient
family who possessed lands in
X:1
T:Captain Francis Wemyss
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 1
(1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F<A d>A B>Ad>A|B<d
A>F E/E/E E2|F<A d>A B>Ad>A|B<d A>F D/D/D D:|
g|f>ed>e d>ef>g|a<d
a>f e/e/e e>g|f>ed>e d>ef>e|d>BA>F D/D/D D>g|
f>ed>e d>ef>g|a<d
a>f e/e/e e>g|f<a e>f d>eB>d|A>Fd>F D/D/D D||
CAPTAIN FRANCIS WEMYSS
DELIGHT. Scottish, Strathspey. A Dorian.
Standard tuning. AB. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 3; No. 149, pg. 18.
X:1
T:Captain Francis Wemyss Delight
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 149
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
A2 A>B c>de>^f|g>ed>c
(B<G)G2|A2 A>B c>de>^f|g>e e/d/c/B/ (c<A) A2|
A2 A>B c>de>^f|g>ed>c
(B<G)G2|A2 A>B c>de>^f|g>e g/e/d/c/ B<A Ae||
a>ba>g (a/g/)(a/b/
a(b/a/)|d>g Bg/d/ B<G Ge|a>ba>g (a/g/(a/b/) a(b/a/)|g>e g/e/d/c/
B<A Ae|
a>ba>g (a/g/)(a/b/)
a(b/a/)|d>g Bg/d/ B<G G>B|A2 A>B c/B/c/d/ e(e/^f/)|g>e e/d/c/B/
B<A A2||
CAPTAIN GEORGE HUNTER. Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
133.
X:1
T:Captain George Hunter
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
F<B B>c e>cB>A|F<B B>c e>c B2|F<B B>c d>ef>d|c<A e>c f/e/d/c/ B2:|
|:d/e/f/g/ a>f (3efd (3cBA|d/e/f/g/ a>f d>f a2|(3gbg (3faf (3efd (3cBA| F<B B>c d>c B2:|
CAPTAIN GILLAN(S). Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Hunter): AABB
(Skye). Composed by William Christie (1778‑1849), a dancing master in
Cuminestown, Aberdeenshire, who published his collection in 1820.
X:1
T:Captain Gillans
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|:E<E E>F
E>FA>B|(c<e)B<c A>B A<E|F>GF>E F>Ad>f|1
(g/e/)d/c/ (d/c/)B/A/ A<F F>A:|2 (f/e/)d/c/ (e/d/)c/B/ A2A2||
c<e e>f
e>fa>e|(f/g/a/f/) e>c A>B A<E|F<f f>g
a>gf>e|f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ f2 f>e| f<ae<a
d<eB<c|A<cB<c A>B A<E |
F<f f>g a>gf>e|1
(d/c/B/A/) (B/d/c/B/) A<F F>A:|2 (d/c/B/A/) (B/d/c/B/) A2A2||
CAPTAIN H. MUNRO. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AA'B. Not melodically related
to the strathspey "Captain Hugh Munro." Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 303.
X:1
T:Captain
H. Munro
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
B:Stewart-Robertson
– The Athole Collection
(1884)
K:G Minor
d|BG G2
DGBd|cBAG FfcA|1 BdBG AcAF|DG^FA GG,G,:|2 BgBG AfAF|
DG^FA BGG||g/a/|bg
g2 dgbg|af=ef cfaf|bg^fa bgga|
bg g2
dgbg|af=ef cacA|BbBG AaAF|DG^FA BGG||
CAPTAIN HAWKERS FAVORITE. Irish (?), Air or March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 47.
X:1
T:Captain Hawkers Favorite
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air or March
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
Ec (B/A/G/F/) | {F}G2G :: dc BA | (cB) AG | BA GF | GG D2 | dc BA |
cB AG | BAGF | G2G :: B2 B>c | B2 Be | BAGF | E>F E(G/A/) | B2 Bc |
B2 Be | BAGF | E2E :: d2 BG | F/G/A/F/ G2 | d2 A>{B}c | BG z2 :: BcBe |
ddcB
| dc BA | Bd gb | Bc Be | edcB | dc BA | G2G :|
CAPTAIN HAWKER’S MARCH. Irish?, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 168.
X:1
T:Captain Hawker’s March
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/A/ | G2 GG G2 D/G/B/G/ | A2 AA A2 D/F/(A/c/) | B/d/(g/f/) e/d/(c/B/) | A2 AA A3c |
Bdga bgdB | ce(ab) c’a{g}f{e}d | B/d/g/d/ (g/e/)d/c/ B2 “tr”A2 | G2 GG G2 :|
|: G | (Bc)dB edcB | ABcA dcBA | Bd(gf) ed(cB) | A2 AA A3A | Bdga bgdB |
ceab
c’a{g}f{e}d | B/d/g/d/ (f/e/)d/c/ B2 “tr”A2 | G2 GG G2 :|
CAPTAIN HAY. AKA and see "The Forth Brig
[1]" (?).
CAPTAIN HENRY O'KAIN. AKA and see "Captain O'Kane."
CAPTAIN HIGGINS. Irish, Planxty (Cut time ‑ A & B parts, 6/8 time C & D
parts). A Minor. Standard tuning. ABCD. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough
O'Carolan (1670-1738). Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 57, pg. 54‑55.
CAPTAIN HILLMAN’S
MARCH. See “Lord Lindsay’s
March.”
CAPTAIN HOLMES. AKA and see “Cornelius
Curtin’s Big Balloon,” “Hide and Go
Seek.” American, Irish; Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune has
been identified as a “Hills of
Glenorchy” variant. Paul de Grae finds related melodies in the “Apples in Winter [1]” family.
Breathnach (CRÉ III), No. 22. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 70. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
101.
X:1
T:Captain Holmes
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection
(1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Edor
d | BGE EGE | EGE BGE | DFA dcB |
AFD DB=c | BGE EGE |
EGE dcB | ABA FGA | BGE E2 :: B |
eBe gfe | bge efg | ded fed |
afd def | efe gfe | bge ega | BcB
AGF | BGE E2 :|
CAPTAIN HORN(E). Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 18. Philo 10‑‑, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Good
Friends, Good Music" (1977).
CAPTAIN HUGH MUNRO. Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by D.
Macintyre, appearing in this 1795 collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 31.
X:1
T:Captain Hugh Munro
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2 (1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
B/4c/4d | e>EC>E
B,>EG,>E | B,>E A/G/F/E/ DFF B/4c/4d | e>EC>E B,>EG,>E |
D/E/F B,>A G/E/E B/4c/4d |
e>EC>E B,>EG,>E | B,>E A/G/F/E/ DF FG/A/ |
BGEe cADc|B<G F>A GEE || g |
e>Be>g e>cBG | AFGE DFFA | G<BE<e d<fB<a |
g<bf<a g<ee<a|g>edf
e<cB<G | A<FB<E D<FF G/A/ | G>EB>_D C2 A,<c | B<G
F>A GE[G,E] ||
CAPTAIN
JAS. ROBERTSON 76th
REGIMENTS REEL. AKA and see “Byer’s Maggot,” “Boyer’s Maggot.”
CAPTAIN JINKS/JINX. AKA and see "Down the Ohio."
American (originally), Canadian; Single Jig and Air.
***
I'm Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, I feed my horse on corn and beans, And often live beyond my means, Tho a captain in the army. |
“Captain Jinks, Hero” by Mark Twain. Frontispiece by Dan Beard. |
***
Bronner (1987) notes that the lyrics
reinforce the tune's connection to dancing:
***
I teach young ladies how to dance,
How to dance, how to dance,
I teach young ladies how to dance,
For I'm the pet of the army.
***
Bruce E. Baker communicates that he
finds reference to the tune in WPA-collected narratives from 1937 with former
slaves in South Carolina (reprinted in Edmund L. Drago’s Hurrah For Hampton: Black Red Shirts in South Carolina During
Reconstruction, Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1998, pg.100).
One interviewee, Charley Barber, born near Winnsboro,
***
A tune was much sung by de white folks on de place and took wid de
niggers. It went lak dis:
'I'm Captain Jenks of de Horse Marines
I feed my horse on corn and beans.
And captain in de army!'"
***
Sources for notated versions: Floyd
Woodhull, 1976 (
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Captain Jinks
L:1/8
M:6/8
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
S:Shaw – Cowboy Dances (1943)
K:G
B2D D^CD | E2D G2B | A2c E2F |G2A B3
| B2D D^CD | E2D G2B |
A2c E2F | G3G3 || c2c ccc|c2B B3 |
B2A A3 | A2G G3 | c2c ccc |
c2B B3 | B2A AB^c | d3 d3 ||
X:2
T:Captain Jinks
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
f2d
[D2B2]A d2 (3fgf | efg (B2c) | e2[Dd]
[Dd]Ad || [B3g3] [Bg]ag |
(f2d) Adf | e^de
CAPTAIN JOHN WHITE. Irish, Jig. Front Hall FHR‑024, Fennig's
All‑Star String Band ‑ "Fennigmania" (1981. Learned from
the McCusker Brothers Ceili Band).
CAPTAIN JOHN'S
HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Captain Corbett’s Hornpipe.” Irish,
Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "Learned in childhood from
fiddlers" (P.W. Joyce, 1827-1914). O’Neill prints the tune as “Captain
Corbett’s Hornpipe” in Waifs and Strays
of Gaelic Melody (1922). Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 51, pg. 28. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977;
vol. 1, No. 27. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 113.
X:1
T:Captain John’s Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
fg | afge dfed | ceAA ABAG | FA df
gfed | ceAA A2 fg |
afge dfed | ceAA ABAG | FA df gedc |
d dd d2 :|
|: cd|eAAA fdfd | eAAA fdfd | gfed
dcBA | GBBB B2AG |
FAAA dcBA | cdef gedc | dfaf bgec |
d2dd d2 :|
CAPTAIN KEELER. AKA – “Captain Keller.” AKA and see “Black-eyed Lassie.” Scottish
(originally), Canadian; Reel.
X:1
T:Captain Keeler
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
F|~B2 d/c/B fBbB|~B2 d/c/B AFcA|~B2 d/c/B fBbB|cAFA BGG:|
B|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGGB|
DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|DGBG dGBG|cAFA BGG||
X:2
T:Capt. Keller's Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:McGoun's Repository c.1803
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:Bb
A|B2 (3dcB fdbd|B/2B/2B (3dcB AFcA|B2 (3dcB fdbd|c>AFA BG G2:|
|:G|DGBG dGBG|DGBG AFcA|1DGBG dGBG|cAFA BG G2:|
2DGBG dBgd|c'afa bg g2||
X:3
T:Captain Keeler
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
G | A2
(3cBA eAaA | A2 (3cBA GEBG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | BGEG AFFG |
A2 (3cBA
eAaA | A2 (3cBA GEBG | A2 (3cBA eAaA | BGEG AFF ||
A | CFAF
cFAF | CFAF GEBG | CFAF cFAF | BGEG AFFA |
CFAF cFAF |
CFAF GEBG | CFAF cFAF | BGEG AFF ||
CAPTAIN KELLER. See “Captain Keeler.”
CAPTAIN
KELLY('S)/KELLEY REEL [1] (Cor
An Taoisig Ui Ceallaig). AKA and see "The
Monsignor's Blessing,” “New Policeman
[3],” “Twin Brothers [1]."
Irish, Reel. G Major (Cole, Kerr/Vol. 2, O'Neill {4 editions}): D Major
(Allan's, Kerr/vol. 4)). Standard tuning. AB (Allan's, O'Neill/1001, 1915 &
1850): ABB (Cole): ABB' (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Kerr/vol. 2): AABB’ (Kerr/vol.
4). The Captain was an illustrious 19th century piper of
X:1
T:Captain Kelly’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2|GBAF G2 ge|dBAc B~E3|GBAF G2
ge|dBcA BG G2|G2 ef (3ggg ge|
DBAc B~E3|G2 Bd {a}gfge|dBAB
G2||d2|g2 bg agbg|egdg egdf|g2 bgt agbg|
dgfa g2d2|g2 bg agbg|egdg egdf|gafg
efdf|(3efg fa gedB||
CAPTAIN KELLY('S) REEL
[2]. AKA and see "The Monsignor's Blessing.” Irish, Reel.
According to Brendan Brethnach (CRE III, No. 157), fiddler Kathleen Collins
also called this tune “Captain Kelly’s Reel”, which Breathnach noted was a
similar tune in O’Neill’s collections.
CAPTAIN
KENNEDY'S (REEL). AKA and see "Robert Kennedy's Reel."
Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow,
Shears). Barry Shears identifies his strathspey as a “Cape Breton composition
from the MacNeil manuscript,” referring to the c. 1915 music manuscript
collection of Cape Breton piper Captain Angus J. MacNeill of Gillis Point.
However, the composition was printed in
T:Captain Kennedy’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A|(F/G/A/B/) cF dFcF|fdc>A
BGGA|(F/G/A/B/) cF dFcF|BG (A/B/c/B/) AFF:|
A|(F/G/A/B/) cf dfAf|BfAf gGGA|(F/G/A/B/)
cf dfcA|BGc>B AFFA|
(F/G/A/B/) cf dfcf|BfAf
gGGA|(F/G/A/B/) cf dfcA|BGc>B AFF||
CAPTAIN LOCKHART OF
THE TARTAR. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection.
Captain John Lockhart (later Lockhart-Ross, 1721-1790), was the first captain
of the 28-gun frigate HMS Tartar, built in 1756 at Rotherhithe (wrecked in
1797). A recently discovered copy of a
newspaper, The
***
"
***
During his two-years command during the Seven
Years War, Lockhart gained a reputation for capturing some seven French
privateers of similar size in the Channel and the Baltic, and he was wounded
during the action with the 20-gun Mont
Ozier.
***
Lochart of the Tartar is probably
the same man as Sir John Lockhart-Ross, who rose to the rank of Vice-Admiral
and became a member of Parliament.
Unfortunately, this Lockhart-Ross is the infamous landlord who
introduced Cheviot sheep to the highlands, and who began the first wave of the
great
X:1
T:Captain Lockhart of the Tartar
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
e|c(GG)F “tr”E2 DC|D(dd)e
fede|c(GG)F E(c”tr”BA)|GEFD C/C/C C:|
f |ecgc e(g”tr”fe)|defg afda|ecgc
e(g”tr”fe)|fdge c/c/c cg|egcg ecgc|
fdad fdad|egde cdA|GEcE C/C/C C||
CAPTAIN LOCKER. Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard
tuning. From the playing of the Reilly family of Drumreilly,
CAPTAIN LUCAS’S FANCY.
English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection,
vol. 3 (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite
Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 134.
X:1
T:Cap. Lucas’s Fancy
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GABc
dBAG|ABcd edcB|cBAG AGFE|FEFD G2 G,2:|
|:bagf gfed|edcB cBAG|ecBA dBAG|Agfa g2 G2:||
CAPTAIN MAC BEAN’S REEL.
English, Jig (12/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is
unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance
collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country
Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 63.
X:63
T:Capt. Mac Bean’s Reel
M:12/8
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:C
G|”tr”c>dc GEG “tr”c>dc GEG|cCD EFG AGF EDC|”tr”c>dc GEG “tr”c>dc GEG|edc {g}^f2g B(d/c/B/A/) G2:|
|:d/c/|B(d/c/B/A/)
(GA)B c2d e2 (g/f/)|e(g/f/e/d/) (cd)e f2g a2g|(a/g/f/e/)d (ge)c (f/e/d/c/)B
(ec)A|(G/A/B/c/)d EFD C3 C2:||
CAPTAIN McDONALD’S FAVORITE. AKA and see “Come Under My Dimity.” Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804-10) [O’Neill]. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 11, pg. 4. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 136. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 194.
X:1
T:Capt. McDonald's Favorite (#194)
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-10
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
g|dBB BAB GEE|dBG ABc e2 g|dBB B2 A GAB|BAG ABd e2:|
|:f|gfg
a/2g/2fe dBB|gfg agf e2 f|gfg agf efg|dBG ABd e2:||
CAPTAIN
MACDUFF/McDUFF [1]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow, McGlashan, Skye): AABB' (Kerr).
Composed buy Daniel Dow, an
X:1
T:Captain McDuff
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
a|ecBc A2 EF|Acec B/B/B Ba|ecBc A2 EF|Afec A/A/A A:|
d|cee>f ecae|cee>f ecBd|cee>c acdf|ecBc A/A/A A>d|
cee>f
ecae|cee>f ecBd|ceea faef|ecBc A/A/A A||
CAPTAIN McDUFF [2]. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds
the earliest printing of this tune in Neil
Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 68). Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 17.
X:1
T:Captain McDuff [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, vol. 1 (1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
d|BGdG Bd2 f|AcFc A c2 d|BGdB
cfAg|fdcA BGG:|
d|gdBd GdBd|gdfc AFFd|gdBd gdbg|fdcA
BGGd|
gdBd GdBd|gdfc FcAc|Bdbg fdBd|cAFA
BGG||
CAPTAIN M'DUFF'S
DELIGHT. Scottish. Glen (1891) finds the
earliest printing of this tune in Robert
'Red Rob' McIntosh's 1783 collection (pg. 31).
CAPTAIN MACDUFF'S
FAREWELL. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. The melody appears in the 4th collection of Malcolm MacDonald of Dunkeld, a volume
dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1797; pg. 10. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
263.
X:1
T:Captain MacDuff’s Farewell to the Parliament House
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:MacDonald – 4th
Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
e | BEEF GABG | FdAd FDAF | BEEF GABa | gef^d e/e/e e :|
f|g/f/e Be gbeg | fdAd fafd | g/f/e Be gbeg | Bgf^d e/e/e e2 |
g/f/e Be gbeg | fdAd FdAF | EGFA GBAc | Bgf^d e/e/e e ||
CAPTAIN MACGREAL OF
CAPTAIN MACINTOSH [1]. AKA – “Captain “McIntosh.” English; March or Reel. A Major (Trim/Hardy): D Major (Kennedy) . Standard
tuning. AB (Kennedy): AAB (Trim): AABB (Mattson & Walz). “Captain
Mackintosh” was published in Button & Whitaker’s Pocket Collection of Favorite Marches, for Two German Flutes, Violins,
or Fifes (London, 1780). It also appears in Samuel Holyoke’s Instrumental Assistant, vol. 1 (pg. 31),
published in 1800 in Exeter, New Hampshire. In manuscript form it appears in
the Thomas Hardy family collection, Dorset England. Source for notated version:
Holyoke’s Instrumental Assistant
[Mattson & Walz]. Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 18, pg. 6.
Mattson & Walz (Old Fort Snelling),
1974; pg. 55. Trim (Thomas Hardy),
1990; No. 95.
X:1
T:Captain Mackintosh [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
S:Button & Whitaker’s Pocket Collection of Favorite Marches, for
Two German Flutes, Violins, or Fifes (London, 1780).
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d>e df dA AA|d>e df
a3f|(bg)(ge) (af)(fd)|ef ge (dc) BA|d>e df dA AA|
d>e df a3f|(bg)(ge)
(af)(fd)|(ge)(ec) d3::d|a>b a>b ge ef|g>a g>a f3d|
A(d/e/ f)d B(e/f/ g)e|bg ed (dc)
BA|d>e df dA AA| d>e df. A3f|(bg)(ge) (af)(fd)| (ge)(ec) d3:|
CAPTAIN McINTOSH [2]. AKA and see “Captain
Macintosh’s Fancy.” AKA – “Captain MacIntosh.” Scottish, Country Dance Tune
(whole time or 2/4). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. The Gows include the tune in
their 1788 2nd Collection,
in a section denoted for country dances fashionable in Edinburgh in the 1787-88
season. The melody appears as “Captain
Macintosh’s Fancy” in the key of ‘D’ major in the music manuscript
collection of the Winder family of Dolphinhome, Wyresdale, Lancashire, penned
by various members (and generations) of the family from 1789 to 1841. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels),
1788; pg. 35 (3rd ed.). Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 3. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1816; pg.
113.
X:1
T:Capt. McIntosh [2]
R:Country Dance
M:C
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005
K:A
U:T=!trill!
TE | A>BA>B AEETE | A>BAc e2 (ec) | fddf ecTc>A | TB>cdB AGFE | A>BAB AEEE | A>BA>B (cde)(e/g/) |
Tf>dd>f ecA>c | TB>ABc A2A || (c/d/) | e>fe>f d>BB>c | d>ede cAAc | (FB/c/) (dB) (Ac/d/) (eg) |
Tf>dBA B<GFE | A>BAB GEEE | A>BAc e2 (eg) | fdTd>f eccA | B>AAc B2 B |]
CAPTAIN MACKENZIE [1]. Scottish. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 36).
CAPTAIN M'KENZIE [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of
the tune in Robert Ross's 1780
collection (pg. 2). The melody was included by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler
and composer Robert Petrie in his Second
Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances (1796, pg. 9). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 137, pg.
17.
X:1
T:Captain
McKenzie [2]
T:Inverey's
Strathspey
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 9
%
Gore's Index gives earliest publication as John Hamilton's
%
"A Choice Coll of Scots Reels, or C.C. & Str." no date, Petrie's may be older
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:Am
A>Bc>e
eA/A/ ce|G<GB>A G2 G>B|A>Bc>e eA/A/ ca|g<eg>B A2 AB:|
c>BA<a
ge g2|G<GB>A G2
G>B|c>BA<a ge
g2|a>eg>B A2 AB |
c>BA<a
g<e g2|G<GB>A
G>AB<G|A>Bc<A c>de<a
|g<eg<B A2 A2|]
CAPTAIN MAGAN. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind
Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 93, pg. 73.
CAPTAIN MAGUIRE. AKA and see “Dan O’Leary’s [2],”
“Humours of Listowel [1].”
Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard. AA’BB’. See also “Tuar Mór [2]” for a closely related tune.
Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 63,
pg. 24.
CAPTAIN MAITLAND'S. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1763-1831), another of his compositions dedicated to Scottish Napoleonic-era
naval heros. Captain Frederick Maitland (1777-1839) of Lindores House, Fife,
commanded the HMS Bellerophon, when on July 15th, 1815, Napoleon
surrendered to him at Rochefort. Maitland’s Napoleonic duties were primarily as
a fighting frigate captain, but his successful career enabled him to purchase
the estate of Lindores. He died of a fever in India, however, where he had been
appointed commander-in-chief of the East Indies station. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 452.
CAPTAIN MARSHALL'S
FANCY. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833). Marshall had four sons in the military (two of whom attained the
rank of Captain or above), though three died young from service connected circumstances.
The surviving son lost an arm at Waterloo and returned home. Cowie (The Life
and Times of William Marshall, 1999) says the tune was dedicated either to John
Marshall of the 16th Foot who died of cholera in Madras, India, or
his older brother, who rose to the rank of Colonel in the 79th
Cameron Highlanders. Marshall, Fiddlecase
Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 14.
X:1
T:Captian Marshall’s Fancy
L:1/8
M:C|
S:Marshall – 1822 Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
(AG)AB (AB)cd|edcB AcBA|(BA)Bc
(dc)de|fedc BAGE|(AG)AG (AB)cd|
edcB AcBA|dfed cedc|FBGE
A2A2||(A,CE)(A ce)ag|(ag)fe (fe)dc|(B,EG)(B eg)ba|
(gb)ag (ag)fe|||(A,CE)(A
ce)ag|(ag)fe (fe)dc|dfBd ceAc|FBGE A2A2||
CAPTAIN MONEY'S MARCH. AKA and see "Give Me the Girl That's
Ripe for Joy." Once a popular fife tune. The earliest known version
was printed in Rutherford in 1756; Bayard believes Oswald may have been
influenced by the tune, popular during the time, when he wrote "The Tulip," to which it bears a resemblance. See
also "Balance a Straw."
Dovey MS, pg. 44. Keller Gibbs, pg. 14. Longman and Broderip, pg. 24. Mattson
Fife, pg. 63. Preston, pg. 16. Rutherford, pg. 18. Skillern, pg. 24. Thompson,
pg. 21. (The above are fife publications).
CAPTAIN MOONLIGHT’S ARMY. AKA and see “Downey’s (Polka),”
“Séamus Cussen’s [1].”
CAPTAIN
MORGAN’S MARCH. Welsh, March. The tune first appears
in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical
Relicks of the Welsh Bards, 1st ed., 1784. “Captain Morgan’s March”
was reprinted in the 1794 edition of that work. Parry included it in his 1809 Welsh Melodies, but altered the terminal
notes, which is the present form of the air. Kidson (Groves) says that, like
many Welsh airs, great antiquity has been claimed for it, as, for example did
Jane Williams in her History of Wales
(1869) when she associated the tune with the rising of Rhys ap Morgan in
Glamorganshire in 1294, and suggested the march was ‘probably composed or
selected by this Prince to animate the march of his followers’. Kidson himself
finds no evidence of great antiquity, and on structural terms dates it the no
later than the middle of the 18th century. He classifies it as one of the martial tunes
that as a genre were immensely popular in the second half of the 18th
century, and says that “it most likely is the composition of a regimental
band-master, who has named it after some Captain Morgan associated with the
regiment.”
CAPTAIN MOSS. Irish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Similarities to “Cuckoo’s Nest [14].” O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 354,
pg. 172.
X:1
T:Captain Moss
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
de | fdBd fdBd | fdcd B2 cd | ecAc
ecAc | ecAc F2 GA | BABc dcde | fbab “tr”f3e |
dfdB AcAF | B2B2B2 :: Bc | dBdB fdcB
| cAcA ecBA | dBdB fdcB | ABcA FEDC |
B,DFB DFBd | FBdf Bdfb | fedc BAGF | B2B2B2 :|
CAPTAIN MULLIGAN. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'.
Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial
Tune Book), 1974; pg. 34.
CAPTAIN MURRAY'S REEL. AKA – “Captain Murray’s Fancy.” AKA and see "Polly's Reel," "The Tap House," "Cock Your Pistol,
Charley/Charlie [2]," “Gooseberry
Blossoms,” "Hopetoun House,"
"The Youngest Daughter [1],"
"The Mountain Lark [7],"
"Sweet Molly [4]," "Baintreach na Radaireacht."
CAPTAIN NORMAN
ORR-EWING. Scottish, March (2/4 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABCCD. Composed by Pipe Major W. Ross. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 3), 1988; pg. 32.
CAPTAIN O'CLERY'S
FANCY (Roga an Taoisaig Ui
Cleirig).
Irish, Hornpipe. A 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. 202.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),1979; No. 1719, pg. 319.
X:1
T:Captain O’Clery’s Fancy
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1719
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E2|A>Bc>d e>ca>f|(3efd
(3cdB A2 BA|G>AB>c d>cf>e|dcBA GBEG|
A>Bc>d e>ca>f|(3efd
(3cdB Aceg|agfe gfe^d|eBgf e2:|
|:f>g|a>ga>f
e>ca>f|(3efd (3cdB A2 BA|G>AB>c d>cf>e|dcBA GBEg|
a>ga>f e>ca>f|(3efd
(3deB Aceg|agfe gfe^d|eBgf e2:|
CAPTAIN
O'KANE/O'KAIN. AKA and see “Cailin tighe moir,” "Captain Henry O'Kain," “Giolla an
Bimhoir,” "The Wounded Hussar,"
"The Small Birds Rejoice." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time). E
Aeolian (Johnson, Matthiesen, O'Neill, O’Sullivan): G Aeolian (Gow): A Minor
(O’Farrell): D Minor (Martin). Standard tuning. AB (Complete Collection, Matthiesen, O'Neill, O’Sullivan): AAB
(Johnson, Martin): AABB (Gow, O’Farrell). O’Farrell directs: “Slow.” “Captain
O’Kane” is thought to have been composed by blind Irish harper Turlough
O'Carolan (1670‑1738) for his friend Captain O’Kane (or O’Cahan), a ‘sporting’
Irishman of a distinguished County Antrim family who was well-known in his day
as “Slasher O’Kane”(O’Sullivan, Carolan,
The Life and Times, based on information in Hardiman’s Irish Minstrelsy, 1831). O’Carolan authority Donal O’Sullivan could
find no attribution in any source to O’Carolan, but says the style is his and
he generally accepts it is a composition of the bards. O’Sullivan also could find no further
information on ‘Slasher’ O’Kane. O’Neill (1922) says: “We learn from Alexander
Campbell’s song ‘The Wounded Hussar’ printed with the music in Smith’s Irish Minstrel (Edinburgh, 1825) the
O’Kain was Captain Henry O’Kain who died of his wounds ‘on the banks of the
dark rolling Danube.’” O’Sullivan’s attribution is based on a comment by
Hardimann (who said O’Carolan wrote it) and because of stylistic similarities
with other O’Carolan works. O’Neill (1913) quotes Patrick O’Leary, an
Australian correspondent, who wrote that the Captain of the title was “the hero
of a hundred fights, from Landon to Oudenarde, who, when old an war-worn,
tottered back from the Low Countries to his birthplace to die, and found
himself not only a stranger, but an outlawed, disinherited, homeless wanderer
in the ancient territory that his fathers ruled as Lords of Limavady.” The
earliest printing of the tune Captain Francis O’Neill could located was in
James Aird’s 1788 Selection of Scotch,
English, Irish and Foreign Airs (vol. 3), although he also found it (under
the title “Captain Oakhain: A Favourite Irish Tune") in McGoun's Repository of Scots and Irish Airs,
Strathspeys, Reels, etc.(Glasgow, 1803)—the same title and presumably the
same tune was printed in Alexander McGlashan’s 1786 collection. Gow also gives
“Irish” as the tune’s provenance.
***
The song
“The Wounded Hussar” was written to the melody by Alexander Campbell
(O’Sullivan gives his name as Thomas) and appears in Smith's Irish Minstrel (Edinburgh, 1825). It was also included in
Surenne's Songs of Ireland without Words
(Edinburgh, 1854). The Scots poet Robert Burns wrote his song “The Chevalier’s
Lament” to the tune of “Captain O’Kean”. It goes:
***
The small birds rejoice at the green leaves
returning,
The murmuring streamlet runs clear the vale;
The primroses blow in the dows of the morning,
And wild scattered cowslips bedeck the green
dale.
But what can give pleasure, and what can seem
fair,
When the lingering moments, are numbered by
care;
No birds sweetly singing, nor flowers gaily
sprining,
Can soothe the sad bosom, of joyless despair.
***
The deed that I dared, could it merit their
malice,
A king and a father, to place on his throne;
His right are these hills, and his right are
these valleys,
Where wild birds find shelter, but I can find
none.
But ‘tis not my suff’ring, thus wretched
forlorn,
My brave gallant friends, tis your ruin I
mourn;
Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody
trail,
Alas, can I make it, no sweeter return.
***
Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 325. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes,
1984; No. 133, pg. 95. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd
ed., originally 1800; pg. 23. Hardiman, Irish
Minstrelsy, 1831. Johnson (The
Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 5
(includes a harmony part). Jones [ed]. (Complete
Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 2. Martin (Taigh na Teud), 1990; pg. 14
(appears as “Captain O’Kean”). Matthiesen (Waltz
Book II), 1995; pg. 10. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786;
pg. 36 (appears as “Captain Oakhain”). O’Farrell (Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), c.1799‑1800.
O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol.
1), c. 1805; pg. 45. O'Neill
(Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 627, pg. 111. O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 245. O’Neill (Waifs
and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922. O’Sullivan (Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No.
133, pg. 173. Green Linnet GLCD 1151, Seamus McGuire -
“The Wishing Tree” (1995). Maggie's Music MM107, "Music in the Great
Hall" (1992).
X:1
T:Captain O'Kain, or The Wounded
Hussar
B:O'Neill's Waifs & Strays of Gaelic Melody, 1922
Z:Paul de Grae
S:McGoun’s Repository (1803)
R:air
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Em
E/D/|B,EF G2 F/E/|F/G/A/G/F/E/
DEF|GBG B/A/G/F/E/D/|
B,EE E2 E/D/|B,EF G2
F/E/|F/G/A/G/F/E/ DEF|
GBB B/A/G/F/E/D/|B,EE E2 E/F/|
GBB B2 A/G/|FAA A2 d/c/|Be^d
e>fg|Be^d e2 e/f/|
g>fe d>cB|AFd DEF|GBG
B/A/G/F/E/D/|B,EE E2||
X:2
T:Captain Oakhain
L:1/8
M:6/8
N:”A favourite Irish Tune”
S:McGlashan – Reels (c. 1786)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
G/F/|DBA B2 A/G/|A/B/c/B/A/G/ FGA|BdB cB/A/G/F/|DGG G2:|
|:G/A/|Bdd d2 c/B/|Acc c2f|d>g^f g>ab|dg^f g2 g/a/|bag f>ed|
d/c/B/A/f FGA|BdB d/c/B/A/G/F/|DGG G2:|
X:3
T:Captain O'Kain.
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.]
K:Bb
U:T=!trill!
U:w=!wedge!
(G/F/) | (DG)wA TB2 (A/G/) | (A/B/)(c/B/)(A/G/) F>GA | wBwdwB (d/c/)(B/A/)(G/^F/) | wDwGwG G2 :||: (G/A/) Bdd Td2 (c/B/) | Acc c2 (f=e) |
d>g^f Tg>ab | d>g^f g2 (g/a/) wbwawg f>ed | (d/c/)(B/A/)!fermata!f F>GA | wBwdwB (d/c/)(B/A/)(G/^F/) | (DG)wG G2 :|]
CAPTAIN O'NEILL (An Taoiseac Ua Neill). AKA and see "Charms of Music," "Push About the Jorum [1],"
“Rattle the Bottles [1],”
"The Rowan Tree [1].” Irish,
Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. “Push about the Jorum” is a related tune.
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 100. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1222, pg. 230. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 499, pg. 95.
X:1
T:Captain O’Neill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No.
499
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
ge|dGBG FGAc|BGBd g2 fe|dGBG
FGAc|BGAF G2:|
||z2|d>g {a}(3gfg a>g
{a}(3gfg|d>g {a}(3gfg a2 a2|
d>g {a}(3gfg agfd|(3efg fa
g2g2|d>g {a}(3gfg a>g {a}(3gfg|
d>g {a}(3gfg a2 ga|bgaf
gfed|(3efg fa g2||
CAPTAIN O'NEILL'S
MARCH. AKA and see "A Hard Road to Travel."
CAPTAIN PATRICK McKENZIE’S
STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert Petrie,
of Kirkmichael, Perthshire. Petrie (Collection
of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; pg. 17.
X:1
T:Captain
Patrick McKenzie's Strathspey (standard tuning)
C:Robert
Petrie
S:Petrie's
Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's First Collection, page 17
N:transposed
from scordatura by Steve Wyrick
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:A
%Petrie's
original is in scordatura (tuning: A,EAe); see X:2 -SW
A | A,<A,A,>C (EF/G/)TA>G |
TF>EF<A B/A/B/c/ B<c | A,<A,A,>C (EF/G/) Af | (3(ef)d
(3(cd)B c<AA :|
(e/f/4g/4)
| Ta>ga>e c<ea<c |
d<Be>A (GBBd) | c<ae<a f<aB<d | ceEd cAA (e/f/4g/4) |
Ta>ga<e
c<ea>c | d<Be>A G<BB>E | F<AE<A D<AC>A | B,C/D/
E/C/C/B,/ CA,A, |]
X:2
T:Captain
Patrick McKenzie's Strathspey
C:Robert
Petrie
S:Petrie's
Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's First Collection, page 17
N:Scordatura,
tuning A,EAe -SW
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:A
%See
X:1 for my version in standard tuning -SW
"^Scordatura"
G
| G,<G,G,>B, (DE/F/)TG>F | TE>DE<G B/A/B/c/ B<c | G,<G,G,>B, (DE/F/) Gf | (3(ef)d (3(cd)B
c<AA :|
(e/f/4g/4)
| Ta>ga>e c<ea<c | d<Be>A (FBBd) | c<ae<a f<aB<d
| ceDd cAA (e/f/4g/4) |
Ta>ga<e
c<ea>c | d<Be>A F<BB>D | E<GD<G C<GB,>G | A,B,/C/
D/C/B,/A,/ B,G,G, |]
CAPTAIN PETERSON OF
MELBY.
Scottish, Reel.
CAPTAIN POPKIN'S FANCY. English, Jig. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Knowles (Northern Lass), 1988;
No. 110.
CAPTAIN PRINGLE OF
YAIR.
Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs.
92-93.
X:1
T:Captain Pringle of Yair
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pgs. 92-93 (1852)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B | A>BA>F A>Bd>e |
(f<d)g>f (e<E)E>F | A>BA>F A>Bd>g | (f/4g/2<a)
(e/4f/2<g) (f<d)dB |
A>BA>F A>Bd>e | (f<d)g>e
(e<E)E>F | A>BA>F A>Bd>g | (f/4/g/2<a) (e/4f/2<g)
(f<d)d ||
f/g/ | (a<f)(f<a)
(b<g)g>b | a>f (g/f/e/d/) (c<e) ef/g/ | (a<f)(f<a)
(b<g)(g>b) | a>f (g/f/e/d/) (A<d)d>f |
(a<f)(f<a) (b<g)g>b |
(b/a/g/f/) (g/f/e/d/) (c<e) ef/g/ | a>fg>e f>de>c | (3Bcd (3efg
(f<d)d ||
CAPTAIN PUGWASH. AKA and see “Trumpet Hornpipe [2].”
CAPTAIN REED’S DELIGHT.
English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances,
vol. 2), 1765; No. 163.
X:1
T:Capt. Reed’s Delight
M:C
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D2|F2 D>F A2 F>A|d2 A<d f2 d>f|a2 b>a g2 (3fef|e2 e>e e2 D2|F2 D>F A2 F>A|
B>cd>e {d}c2 B>A|B>cd>g f2 “tr”e2|d2 d>d d2::A|d2 f>d B2 d>B|AfdB AFED|
FAdc
BAGF|E2 E>E E2D2|F2 D>F A2 F>A|B2 g>e {d}c2 B>A|B>ba>g f2
“tr”e2|d2 d>d d2:||
CAPTAIN REED'S MARCH. English, March (4/4 time). England, North‑West. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk),
1988; No. 67 (includes 2nd fiddle part).
CAPTAIN ROBERTSON
LUDES. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB'. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 3; No. 21, pg. 5.
X:1
T:Captain Robertson Ludes
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 21
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|A,<D D>E
F>GA>B|A>Bd>F G/F/E/D/ B,<D|A,<DD>E
F>GA>B|A>FE>F D/D/D D:|
|:f|d>fa>f
a>ba>f|e>de>f d>B B>d|1 d>fa>f
a>ba>f|e>de>f d/d/d d:|2 A>Bd>e f>ga>f|e>de>f
d/d/d d||
CAPTAIN ROCK(E’S) [1]. AKA and see "The Humours of Ballyconnell
[1]," “O’Neill’s Maggot [1].”
Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. ABC. The title comes from a street song
set to the air, which was also employed for the songs "Pratie Apples," "McKenna's Dream," "Under the Rose," "The Grand Conversation of
Napoleon," "Napoleon's
Farewell to Paris," "The
Bold Sportsman," "The
Carpenter's March." Captain Rock is a fictitious name
assumed by the leader of certain Irish insurgents in 1822, etc. All notices,
summonses, and so on, were signed by this name. Tipperary was notorious for "Whiteboy" activities, as was most
of Munster and much of Ulster, but groups were active to varying degrees, at
different times, all over Ireland. The groups had various names: Rockites, led
by "Captain Rock" (whom some say was a Fitzmaurice), Rightboys,
"Captain Midnight", Molly Maguires, Houghers (who specialized in
cutting the hamstrings/hocks of farm animals), The Duagh Boys, Whitefeet, Terry
Alts, Hearts of Steel (Steelboys), Hearts of Oak (Oak Boys, active in Ulster),
Greenboys, etc.). Fintan Vallely believes the tune is a version of Neil
Stewart’s “The Duke of Athole’s
Rant,” published in 1761 in Scotland. Nowadays “Humours of Ballyconnell” is
the name most frequently associated with the tune, popularized by the Boys of
the Lough and others; however, the Ballyconnell title was originally only the
local County Fermanagh title for the tune, which was usually known as “Captain
Rock” [Boys of the Lough]. Source for notated version:
fiddler Fred Finn (1919-1986, Kiltycreen, Kilavil, County Sligo, Ireland)
[Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo),
1990; pg. 84 (appears as "Captain Rockes"). Coleman
Music Center CHC 009, fiddler Phil McConnan – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The
Home Place” (2005. Various artists).
X:1
T:Captain Rockes [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Flaherty – Trip to Sligo (1990)
K:D
FA|:d2 fe dB A2|BFAF E2 FA|d2 fe dB A2|BFAF D2 FA|
d2 fe dBAF|BFAF E2 FA|d2 fe dBAF|BFAF D2 DE||
FDAD FDAD|GEBE GEBE|FDAD FDAD|BFAF D2 DE|
FDAD FDAD|GEBE GEBE|FDAD FDAD|BFAF D2 fg||
~a3f ~a3f|gece gece|~a3g abag|fgef d2 fg|
~a3f ~a3f|gece gece|~a3g abag|fgef d2 AB||
CAPTAIN ROCK [2] (Captaen Roc). AKA and see “The
Bush Reel,” “The Long Hills of
Mourne,” “The Old Bush (Reel).”
Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the cognate "The Bush's Reel," "The Old Bush (Reel),"
"Cnoic Fhada Mhughdhorna,” and, more distantly, the “Greenfields of America [1]”
family of tunes. The tune was
first recorded on a Columbia 78 RPM (No. 33068) in New York in 1925 by the
great Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman in a duet with flute player Tom Morrison,
preceded by the (other) “Captain Rock [1]”/”Humours of Ballyconnoll” tune. Brian
McNamara (notes to “A Piper’s Dream”, 2002) remarks that the tune was a
favorite of Clare piper Willie Clancy’s, and was also associated with the
playing of Paddy Canny, P.J. Hayes and Peter O’Loughlin. However, “Captain
Rock” may have been an earlier title (by which it appears in the older
collections of Petrie (1880) and O’Neill (1903). Petrie suggested provenance
for the tune to County Clare. O'Neill
(Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 781, pg. 136. Columbia 33068-F, Michael
Coleman & Tom Morrison (78 RPM).
X:1
T:Captain Rock [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 781
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
G|AGAB cAGB|Adde fdec|(3AAA AB
cAGc|dfed cAGB|AD (3DDD cAGB|
Adde f2 fg|(3agf (3gfe fdec|dfed
cAA||f|g2 gec2 e|g2 ge d3e|f2 fd e2 ec|
dfed cAAf|g2 ge a2 af|gfge abag|f2
fd efec|dfed cAA||
X:2
T:The Old Bush [1]
T:The Long Hills of Mourne
N:printed settings include CRE I 105, O'Neill's DMI 781
N:("Captain Rock") and Petrie's "Complete Collection" no.
907
R: reel
M:4/4
Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae
L:1/8
K:Dmix
A2 GA cA ~A2 | d^cde fdec | A2 GA cAGA | dfef cAdc |
A2 GA cAGB | Add^c defg | (3agf (3gfe fde^c | dfed cA A2 ||
eg ~g2 edcd | efge ~c3 d | eg ~g2 afge | dfed cA A2 |
eg ~g2 ag ~g2 | fgfe defg | (3agf (3gfe fde^c | dfed cA A2 ||
CAPTAIN ROCK'S
FAREWELL. English, Waltz or Air (6/8 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. One part. A modern composition by Michael Raven. Raven
(English Country Dance Tunes), 1984;
pg. 205.
CAPTAIN
ROSS [1]. Scottish, Reel. A Major (most
versions): G Major (Aird, Howe). Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Gow): AABB
(Aird, Bremner, Howe): AABB' (Kerr). The tune appears in the Bodleian Manuscript, residing in the
Bodleian Library, Oxford. It is inscribed "A Collection of the Newest
Country Dances Performed in Scotland written by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740".
Glen (1891), evidently not knowing of the earlier publication, finds the
earliest printing of the tune in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1782; No. 45, pg.
17. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reel),
1757; pg. 8 (appears as “Captain Ross’s Reel”). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 414. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 26. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 148. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 112, pg. 14. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 22.
X:1
T:Captain Ross
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c|E2 E>c BAFB|A/A/A cA eAcA|E2 E>c BAFf|ecdB A/A/A A:|
f|ef/g/ ac BA Ff|ef/g/ ae fe ae|f/g/a ec B>A Ff|efac A/A/A Af|
ef/g/ ac B>A Ff|ef/g/ ae feae|fg/a/ ec B>A Ff|ecdB A/A/A A||
X:2
T:Captain Ross’s Reel
L:1/8
M:C
R:Reel
B:Aird, vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D3B A>GEA | G/G/G BG dGBG | D3B (A>G)Ee | de/f/ gB GG/G/ G2 :|
|: (de/f/) gB A>GEe | (de/f/ g)d edgd | e>gdB A>GEe
| (de/f/ g)B G/G/G G2 :|
CAPTAIN ROSS [2]. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB.
Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial
Tune Book), 1974; pg. 37. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 184.
X:1
T:Captain Ross [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
dc | BGdG eGdG | BG B/c/d g2 dc | BGdG eGdG | cAAB c2 :|
Bc | dBGB gBGB | dBGB d3e | dBGB gBGB | cAAB c3e |
DBGB gBGB | dBGB d2 ef | gefd ecdB | cAAB c2 ||
CAPTAIN ROSS’ FAVORITE.
Scottish, March (2/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 75.
X:1
T:Captain Ross’ Favorite
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
|: de fd | ge fd | e>d c>e | ge c2 | d>e fg |
a>bag | fd e/f/g/e/ | fd d2 :|
CAPTAIN RUTHEVEN’S FANCY. English, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance
Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 19, pg. 7.
CAPTAIN
SIMON FRASER OF KNOCKY’S FAVORITE. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A
Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Gow (1817) notes: “The musical world is much
indebted to this Gentleman for his successful labours in rescuing from oblivion
many beautiful native Airs that must ever be dear to the Scot & the
Highlander in his work entitled The Airs
& Melodies peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland.” Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg.
18.
X:1
T:Captain Simon Fraser of Knocky’s
Favorite
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow with expression”
S:Gow – 4th Repository (1817)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
A|(E<A) A>^G A>B
cA|(E<A) A>^G {G}A3 =G/F/|(E<A) A>^G A>Bce| d>cB>A G3:|
|:~B|(c<e) e>A (d/c/)(B/A/)
eA|(c<e) ec A3B|ce e>c e>^f g>e|d>cB>A G3:|
|:a|(e<a) a>^g
a>bc’a|(e<a) a>^g {g}a3 {b}c’|(e<a) a>^g a>bc’e’|
{e’}d’>c’ {c’}b>a g3~:|
|:b|(c’<e’) e’>a
(d’/c’/)(b/a/) e’>a|(c’<e’) e’>c’ a3b|(c’<e) e’>c’ e’^f’g’e’|
{e’}d’>c’ {c’}b>a g2g:|
CAPTAIN SINCLAIR. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Scottish
collector John Glen (1891)
found a tune by this name earliest in print Daniel
Dow's c. 1775 collection (pg. 13). It presumably is the same tune that
later appeared in print in James Aird’s Selection
of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 5 (1797, pg. 12), although
I have not seen the Dow melody. Aird’s version can be found in a few musician’s
manuscript collections; that of fiddlers John Burks (dated 1821) and John Rook
(1840), both virtually note-for-note the same. Unfortunately, nothing is known
of Burks—although he may have been from the north of England—while Rook was
from Cumbria.
X:1
T:Captain Sinclair’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook manuscript copybook
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
a|A/A/A cd e2 ea|efce fBBa|A/A/A cd
e2 ea|ceac eA A:|
|:e|cAec aefc|B/B/B cd fBBd|cAec
aefc|e/e/e ac eAAe|
cAec aefc|B/B/B ce fBBd|cedf
ceBd|ceac ec A:|
CAPTAIN SLATTERY. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part.
Source for notated version: “From F. Keane” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie
(Complete Collection), 1905; No. 392,
pg. 99.
X:1
T:Captain Slattery
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Allegretto”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 392
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
B | A2G A2c | B2G A2B | c2A B2G |
F2F F2B | A2G A2B |
c3 c2d | _e2d c2B | A2B c2B | A2G
A2B | c3 c2d | _e2d c2B |
A2B c2B | A2G A2c | B2G A2B | c2A
B2G | F2F F2 ||
CAPTAIN SUDLEY. AKA and see "Planxty
Sudley," "Carolan's Dowry."
Irish, Air. D Major (Complete Collection):
C Major (Heymann). Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough
O'Carolan (1678-1730). The tune may have served as dowry for the marriage of
Carolan’s daughter Siobhán to an English army captain named Sudley who was
stationed in Ireland. The harper Patrick Lynch preserved the words which were collected
by Edward Bunting and appear in his manuscripts at Queens University, Belfast.
There is some indication from Lynch’s notes, written in Irish, that the
marriage took place “against his/her will”, although the statement is ambiguous
and it is not known which of the parties (including Carolan) might have been
dissatisfied at the union. The second verse contains the passage “Well did you
play your card,” addressed to the daughter, leading some to believe that it was
not Siobhán who might have been unhappy. Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 163, pg. 110-111. Heymann (Off the Record), 1990; pgs. 8-9. Clairseach Records 2381,
Ann Heymann – “Ann’s Harp” (1981).
CAPTAIN TAYLOR’S. Irish, March. A military march. O’Neill (1913) reports the tune was
played during a Melbourne, Australia, concert in 1883 by Irish Uilleann piper
John Coughlan.
CAPTAIN THOMPSON. AKA and see "Maid of
Castlecraigh,” “Stormy Voyage."
Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. "An indifferent
setting of this fine melody, under the name of 'The Maid of Castlecraigh,' was
published in 1842, in The Native Music of
Ireland. I give here what I believe to be a much superior setting, as I
heard it sung from my earliest days among the people of Limerick, and as it was
published in 1872 in my Ancient Irish Music. The first part closely resembles
the first part of the air to which Moore has written his song 'Oh, Arranmore,
loved Arranmore'" (Joyce).
***
As we were safely sailing to a place called Newfoundland,
The wind arose ahead of us, and our ship was at a stand:
“All hands aloft”—bold Thompson cries—“or we’ll be cast away;
***
Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 18. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 380, pg. 188.
X:1
T:Captain Thompson
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Slow”
K:Dmin
(3A=Bc|d3e f2e2|(d3c) A2 GE|D3E
F2G2|A6 A2|d3e f2e2|(d3c) A2 GE|A2 GE D2D2|D6||
AG|F2F2F2 ED|E2E2E2DC|D3E
F2G2|A6A2|d3e f2e2|(d2c2)A2 GE|A2 GE D2D2|D6||
CAPTAIN THORNTON'S
DELIGHT. AKA and see "Get Up Old Woman and
Shake Yourself," "Conor O'Sullivan's Vision,"
"Growling Old Woman,"
"Irish Whim," "Last Night Amid Dreams,"
"O'Tuomy's Drinking Song."
CAPTAIN TOM CONNOLLY’S. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County
Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and compser Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Connolly was a
fiddler from New York and a friend of Reavy’s, to whom Reavy had promised a
tune. Reavy (The Collected Compositions
of Ed Reavy), No. 70, pg. 77.
X:1
T:Captain Tom Connolly's
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For an old New York friend of Ed's and a fine fiddle
N:player himself. This fulfills a promise to Tom made
N:several years ago.
K:G
Bc | dBgB cAFA | DGBG FGAF | DGBd gdBd | cBAG FGAF | DGBG B,DFA |
GABd cABc | dg (3gfg defd | cAFA G2 :|| ef | g2 dg Bgdg | Bcde fdde | fgaf defa |
gfge fddf | gbag fagf | d^cde fefg | (3agf (3gfe defd | cAFA
G2 :||
CAPTAIN TYRRELL'S
MARCH. Irish, March. Grattan Flood (1906)
reports that MacGeoghegan wrote of an incident which took place in early
September, 1597, in which this tune played a prominent part. Captain Richard
Tyrrell and 400 native Irishmen ambushed and annihilated an Anglo‑Irish
force of men of Meath, led by Lord Trimelston at Tyrrell's Pass, near
Fertullagh, Co. Westmeath. As part of his force lay in ambush Tyrrell led the
rest of his men in an attack, and "caused the drums and fifes to play
'Captain Tyrrell's March,' this being the signal agreed on for an attack"
(pg. 129).
CAPTAIN WARD. AKA and see "Lusty Gallant."
CAPTAIN WHITE('S JIG)
[1]. Irish, English, Canadian; Jig and
Country Dance Tune. D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Major ('B' part).
Standard tuning. ABC (Kerr): AABC (Kennedy, Messer & Raven): AABCC
(Miller). Donegal fiddlers play the tune as an untitled single jig, according
to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh. It was played, for example, by Mairead ni
Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy
in the 1980’s. A similar jig is in the Fleishman index (6566), originally from
a publication by Thomas Mooney called A History of Ireland (Boston 1846), where it is called “Rockeby or
Captain Wyake,” itself similar to another jig in the same index (5454) called
“Lady Pert’s Reel or Rockeby,” originally from Maurice Hime’s Hime’s New Collection of Country Dances
(Dublin, 1814). There may be some relationship to the first part of “The Belfast Boat” (CRÉ IV, No. 2) and to “Tim Clifford's” or “Micho
Russell's.” Source for notated version: a c. 1957 recording of Eugene
Leddy’s Ceili Band (County Cavan—Leddy {1913-2002}, a dairy farmer and fiddler,
founded his band in 1938 and performed throughout Ireland, but was a regular at
Cornafean Hall, Cavan) [Miller & Perron]. Kennedy (Fiddlers
Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 83, pg. 41. Kerr (Merry Melodies), c. 1875, vol. 1; No. 9, pg. 28. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 76. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980;
No. 134, pg. 88. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 58. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd
Edition), 2006; pg. 17. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 109. Blarney
Castle Records BC‑507, Eugene Leddy’s Ceili Band "Ceili Bands of
Ireland" (c. 1957. Various artists)
See also listing at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Captain White
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
DFA d2f|edc B2d|A2d F2B|AGF EFE|\
DFA d2f|edc B2d|A2d F2B|1 ABc dAF:|2
ABc d3||\
efe A2f|ece a2f|efe dcB|A2B c2d|\
efe A2f|ece a2f|efe dcB|1 ABA c2d:|2
ABA GFE||\
D2f fef|d2A AFG|A2f fef|g2f edB|\
A2f fef|d2A AFA|Bcd ecA|d2A GFE:||
CAPTAIN
WILLIAM McLEOD’S FANCY, OF THE 6th VETERAN BATTALION. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Marshall.
Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978;
1822 Collection, pg. 54.
X:1
T:Captain William McLeod’s Fancy, of
the 6th Veteran Battalion
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Marshall – 1822 Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f2c cdB|A2G F3|gab agf|e2d c3|d2B
b2B|c2A a2A|1 GAB AGF|EGF EDC:|2
AGF CDE|[A,3F3] [A,3F3]||
|:CCC C2f|ef/g/e c2z|CCC C2f|fg/a/f
c3|b2g a2f|g2e f2c|dcB ABG|F3 F3:|
CAPTAIN WITH HIS
WHISKERS, THE. AKA and see "The Month of May,"
"The
Captain and His Whiskers." English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 or
2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB x7, A (Mallinson): AABA (Howe). A comic
music hall song by Hayness Bayly that found its way into traditional dance
accompaniment and military use. The morris version is from the village of
Brackley, Northamptonshire, England. The following ditty was sung by the morris
dancers during the performance of the dance:
***
Oh! I wish he'd do it now,
Oh! I wish he'd do it now,
Oh! the captain with his whiskers,
Oh! I wish he'd do it now.
***
The above appears to come from a
bawdy song to the same tune called "I Wish They'd Do it Now," which begins
"I was born of Geordie parents, one day when I was young..." The tune
and title were known in tradition in America:
it was in the repertoire of fiddler and Confederate veteran Arnold A.
Parrish (Willow Springs, Wake County, N.C.), as recorded by the old Raleigh News and Observer. Parrish was a
contestant at fiddler’s conventions held in Raleigh prior to World War I. The
title also appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes
compiled by folklorist/musicologist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. Source
for notated version: Cecil Sharpe, and Dr. Kenworthy Schofield from Blackwell
& Giles, 1937 [Bacon]. Bacon (The
Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 100 & 104. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; pg 78. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 33. Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song
Society, Dec. 1955. Mallinson (Mally’s
Cotswold Morris Book), 1988; No. 27, pg. 19. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 81.
X:1
T:Captain
and His Whiskers
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GA | B2 BB
B2cB | BAAA A2 Bc | d2 cB dcBA | AGGG G2 :|
gf | eccc
c2 ge | dBBB B2 dB | cAAA A2 cA | G2G2z2 ||
CAPTAIN WYAKE. AKA and see “Captain White(’s Jig) [1].”
CAPTAIN WYNNE’S. Donegal fiddler John Doherty’s name for the reel “Martin
Wynne’s.”
CAPTAIN'S MAGGOT, THE. English. The 'A' part is similar to "The Lass of
Peatie's (Peaty's/Paty's) Mill." Also similar in the 'A' part
and the beginning of the 'B' part to Bayard's (1981) No. 289 ("Old
March"). Walsh (Compleat County
Dancing Master, vol. 1), 1731; No. 130.
CAPTURE OF SERINGAPATAM, THE. Scottish. This melody appears in William
Campbell's 16th Book of Strathspey Reels,
Waltz's, and Irish Jiggs (c. 1801), though it was not composed by him but
by Duncan MacIntyre. MacIntyre was a Scotsman who had gone to India and who
probably served as a Master of Ceremonies to the Governor‑General's
Court, though little else is known of him. There was a Battle of Seringapatam
in 1809, a great victory for the British in honor of which the Honourable East
India Company awarded medals for all those who took part--gold for generals,
silver for all other officers, bronze for non-commissioned officers and tin for
privates (Farwell, 1981).
CAPUCHIN, (THE). English, Jig. England, Yorkshire. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The title refers either to a Franciscan friar or a type
of ladies garment involving a cowl and hood. Cappuccino coffee derives from
this word: it is said the first cappucinno coffee served had little peaks of
milky foam that resembled the pointed hoods of the friars. Source for notated
version: a MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby,
Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Aird
(Selections), vol. 2, c. 1786; Pg. 5,
No. 13. Merryweather & Seattle (The
Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 49, pg. 41.
X:1
T:Capuchin,
The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Aird,
vol. II
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | d2d dcd
| e2e efg | fed dcd | ecA A3 | d2d dcd | e2e efg | fed edc | ddd d2 :|
|: g | f2f fdf | g2g gbg | f2f fed |
ecA A3 | f2f fdf | g2g gbg | fed edc | ddd d2 :|
CAPUCHINE COTILLON, LA. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Seattle (William Vickers), 1988, Part
3; No. 544.
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