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CAR DRIVER, THE. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 195, pg. 22.

X:1

T:Car Driver, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 195  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2d B2d|ABc def|g2e f2d|efd cdB|A2d B2d|ABc def| gab afd|e3d3:|

|:a2f b2f|agf fed|g2e f2d|efd cdB|A2d B2d|ABc def|gab afd|e3d3:|

           

CARA MO CROIDE, A. AKA and see "Friend of My Heart."

           

CARABAT AN LOINGSEOIR. AKA and see "The Sailor's Cravat."

           

CARABAT MIC SEOIN. AKA and see "Jackson's Cravat."

           

CARACASTLE LASS, THE. AKA – “Carracastle Lass,” “Carrowcastle Lasses.” Irish, Reel. Played in both the key of ‘G’ and ‘D’. Caracastle is a town in County Mayo. The tune is associated with flute and whistle player Roger Sherlock, who has a personal setting. Sherlock was originally from County Mayo, directly on the border with County Sligo, and he is an inheritor of the south Sligo/north Roscommon musical tradition, although he spent much of his adult life in London where he played famously with other Irish émigrés throughout the 1950's and 1960's. He was the source for Breathnach's "Jack Maguire's" (CRÉ III, 105). Coleman Center CD CC004, Paddy Ryan & Jim Corry – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”).

                       

CARADALE BAY. Scottish. Green Linnet GLCD 1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts” (1997).

           

CARAQUET, LA. Described by Anne Lederman in her article on “Fiddling” in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (1992) as an Acadian tune that is typically played with the ‘D’ string removed and the lowest (‘G’) string tuned to ‘A’ in order to facilitate a droning effect throughout.

 

CARA’S SONG. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard. AB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988) for his grandaughter Cara, a child who was autistic but who had a love of music. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 126, pg. 140.

X: 1

T:Cara's Song

R:Air

C:Ed Reavy

M:2/4

L:1/16

Z:Joe Reavy

N:An air Ed wrote for his granddaughter Cara.  Cara is autistic,

N:but has a special fondness for music.  Maybe someday his

N:music will touch her, too.

K:G

D2EF G2FG | A2FD B2GE | c2AG F2A,B, | C2B,A, B,2B,C |

D2B,D G2FG | A2FD B2GE | c2AG F2EF | G>G G2Bc ||

d2ed B>G | Ec cBAG (3F2D2F2 | G2FG A2FD | (3c2B2A2 B2Bc |

d2^cded B2G2 | EccBAG (3F2D2B,2 | C2B,C F2EF | G2>G/2 G6 z ||

           

CARAVAT AND SHANAVEST, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Aeolian. Standard tuning. AABB. Caravat and Shanavest were the names of two fighting factions in and around Co. Kilkenny, about the beginning of the 1800's. See note for "Shanavest and Caravat [1]" for explanation. Roche Collection, 1982; Vol. 2, pg. 9, No. 207.

           

CARAVAT JIG, THE. AKA – “Carawath Jig.” AKA and see "When the Wind Blows," “Basket of Eggs,” "Green Goose Fair [1]," "The Onehorned Cow [2]," "O'Sullivan Mor(e's March) [1]," “Our Own Little Isle,” "Painseach," "Painneach na nUbh [1]," "Pretender's March," "The Retreat," "A Rock and the/a Wee Pickle Tow," "The Scotch March [1]." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The Caravat was a secretive, gang-like organization that grew out of agrarian unrest which eventually degenerated into faction fighting. The earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster, although he also gleaned melodies from printed sources and collections. See note for “Shanavest and Caravat [1]" for more detailed explanation of factions. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 268, pg. 127‑128. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 189, pg. 78.

X:1

T:Caravat Jig, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|GFG AGA|Bee dBA|BAB GAB|AGE E2D|GFG AGA|

Bee dBA|BAB GAB|AGG G2:|f|edB g2e|fed e2d|

ege dBA|Bee e2f|gfe agf|gfe dBA|BAB GAB|AGG G2:|

X:2

T:Caravat Jig, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:James Goodman manuscripts  (mid-19th century)

K:G

D/E/|G2G AGA|Bdd dBG|BAB GAB|AGE EDE|GAG AGA|

Bdd dBG|BAB GAB|AGG G2::d|def g2e|f2d edB|

ded dBd|efe e2f|g2e fdB|ded dBG|BAB GAB|AGF G2:|

           

CARAWITH JIG. See “Caravat Jig.”

           

CARBAD NUAD NA LITREACA. AKA and see "The New Mailcoach."

           


CARBRAY'S FROLICS (Sugacas Ui Cairbre). Irish, Single Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. An untitled single jig named by O’Neill in honor of the source. Source for notated version: obtained from an Edison recording by fiddler James Carbray, from Québec, Canada, who later moved to Chicago [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 407, pg. 81.

X:1

T:Carbray’s Frolics

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Single Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 407

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d|c2A Bcd|AGF E2d|EFE E2D|EFE E2d|c2A Bcd|AGF E2D|F2D GEC|DED D2:|

|:F/G|A3 AFD|FED AFD|EFE E2D|EFE E2 F/G/|A3 AFD|FED AFD|F2D GEC|DED D2:|

           

CARD AND SPIN. AKA and see “Camstrodden’s Rant,” “Jack in the West,” “Mr. McPhadden’s Favorite.” English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carding is the process of preparing the wool for spinning by drawing the raw fibers into line with each other. The melody appears under the “Card and Spin” title in the 1770 music manuscript book of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about who unfortunately little is known. Other versions of the tune are modal or minor-key. Vicker’s own version may correctly have been in the mixolydian or dorian mode, rather than in two sharps he sets the tune in. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 365.

X:1

T:Card and Spin

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript book, pg. 101

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2d D2E F3|E2c B2A GEC|D2d D2E F3|D2d c2B AFD:|

|:d2g faf e3|cde e2c ege|d2g ee2 d3|ABc dAG FED:|

           

CARDEUSE (ET LE GRAND TRIOMPHE), LA. French-Canadian, Reel. Canada, Québec. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC’. A cardeuse refers to the person who performs the task of carding wool, straightening it between wire brushes in preparation for spinning. La Cardeuse is supposedly a dance from the St. Jean region of France, brought to the New World by French immigrants to Québec. The step-dance La Cardeuse is from the Saguenay region of Quebéc, and imitates the carding of wool, according to Hart & Sandell, giving rise to the title. Guy Bouchard notes that, while this ‘crooked’ tune was quite popular in the past, modern fiddlers seem to have forgotten it. Source for notated version: fiddler Lisa Ornstein (Maine), based on the playing of William Gagnon (1st, 3rd parts) and Louis Boudreault (2nd part) [Hart & Sandell, Remon & Bouchard]. Hart & Sandell (Dance ce Soir), 2001; No. 52, pg. 87. Remon & Bouchard (25 Crooked Tunes, vol. 2: Québec Fiddle Tunes), 1997; No. 2 (appears as “La cardeuse”). Voyager 322, Louis Boudrealt - "Old Time Fiddler of Chicoutimi, Québec" (1977, 1993). Les Tétes de violon - “Le talencourt.” Daniel Roy - “Au tour du flageolet” (1996).

           

CARDIGAN BOWER.  See “Deildy Aberteifi.”

 

CARE, THOU CANKER OF OUR JOYS. AKA and see "When the rosy morn appearing." English, Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AA. Chappell (1859) identifies the composer of the tune as John Garth of Durham, who adapted English words to Marcello's Psalms, while the words were written by the Rev. Dr. Grant. In Chappell's time the air was better known as a round from the opera Rosina, called "When the rosy morn appearing." Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 184.

X:1

T:Care, Thou Canker of Our Joys

M:C

L:1/8

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time  (1859)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

B3c B2e2|B2A2A2G2|E3G G2F2|F3A A2G2|

B3c Bcde|B2A2A2G2|E3G F2 (3FGA|G2F2E4:|

                       

CARELESS LOVE. Old‑Time, Song and Fiddle Tune. USA, Arkansas. Originally a country music song, the title appears in a list of fiddle tunes from the Ozark Mountains compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

                       

CARELESS SALLY [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 110, pg. 61.

 

CARELESS SALLY'S REEL [2]. New England, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late New England caller and musician Ralph Page; no relation to "Careless Sally [1]." Page (Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; pg. 5.

                       

CARENCRO WALTZ. See "Valse de Carencro."

                       


CAREY'S DREAM (Aisling Uí Chiardha). AKA and see "The Cameronian Reel [1]," "Carey's Reel," "Roger's Fancy." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Sources for notated versions: one of "two very old well‑written manuscripts lent to me in 1873 by Mr. J. O'Sullivan" (Bruff, Co. Limerick) [Joyce]; piper Seán Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 128, pg. 52. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 236, pg. 114.

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T:Carey’s Dream

L:1/8

M:C

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2AF DFAF|GFEF GBdB|A2 AF DFAF|GBAG FDdB|A2 AF DFAF|GFEF GBdB|

ABAF dcdA|GBAG FD D2||d4 d2 ed|cdef gfed|cAeA fAeA|cdef gfed|

faeg afge|cege d>efg|afge fdec|dABG FAdB||

                       

CAREY'S REEL. AKA and see "Carey's Dream," "The Cameronian Reel [1]," "Roger's Fancy."

           

CARFRAE FROLIC. Scottish, Jig. C Sharp Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Arranged for piano on a music sheet published by Gow and Shepherd (1813).

X:1
T:Carfrae Frolic
S:Miss Platoff's Wedding (music sheet, Gow and Shepherd, 1813)
B:NLS Mus.E.l.78(65)
C:Mr. Mather
M:6/8
L:1/8

Z:Posted to Scots-L 2/27/03 by Jack Campin
K:C# Minor
{^A}G^^FG {A}GFG |{^A}G^^FG {A}GFG |e3 d2c|^Bcd  G3   |
cdc BAG | ABA GF^E|FGF =EDC|^B,CD G,3 :|
{F}EDE   {F}EDE | cde BAG |ABc  BAG| FGE  DC^B,|
{D}C^B,C {d}c^Bc| A=BA GAF |EFG  FED| C3 c3 :|

 

CARIBOU BARREN. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. C Minor. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 48.

           

CARIBOU REEL. Canadian, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late Manitoba fiddler Andy de Jarlis. The version in Songer’s book, current among Portland, Oregon, contra dance musicians, is slightly distanced from the original (which appears in the Appendix). Source for notated version: Kevin Carr (California) [Songer]. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 46.

           

CARIGOIM BROACH. Canadian (?), Reel. AMI 92 EMI 94, Ashley MacIssac - “Close to the Floor” (1992). Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Ashley MacIssac - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994).

           

CARILLON AT SNEEK, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

                       

CARILLON, THE.  Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream); 17.

 

CARILLIONS, THE. Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by fiddler Maire Breathnach.

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T:Carillions, The
C:Maire Breathnach
S:session at Fahy's
R:double jig
Z:id:js_1117
M:6/8
K:Edor
EGA ~B2 e|edB ded|~B3 ABA|GFG AFD|
EGA ~B2 e|edB d3|~B3 ABA|GFD E2:||
f|gfe fed|ABd ~B2 A|GFD EGA|Bef def|
gfe fed|ABd ABA|GFD EGA|Bcd ~e3|
gfe fed|ABd ~B2 A|GFD EGA|Bef def|
gfe fed|edB AdB|B,B,D E3|]

                       

CARINSKYE LODGE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by George Rutherford. AABB. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 9.

           

CARL BEATON’S.  Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Mabou, Cape Breton, fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1982), for one of his sons. Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

 

CARL ELLIOT’S HORNPIPE.  Canadian, Hornpipe. Composed by fiddler Carl Elliot, born in 1928 in Pleasant Hills, Nova Scotia. As a teenager Elliot played fiddle and guitar for dances in a family band, along with his mother and brother. He has resided since the late 1940’s in Ontario. 

 

CARL WALK. English, Polka. G Minor. A modern tune composed by Dave Shepherd.

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T:Carl Wark

R:polka (?)

C:Dave Shepherd

B:Encyclopaedia Blowzabellica

Z:Transcribed by Jeff Lindqvist (as notated)

M:2/2

L:1/8

K:Gm

d|d2de d2cB|c3d BAGA|B2G2 A2AB|c2Bc d4|

d2de d2cB|c2cd BAGA|B2G2A2AB|c2B2 G4:|

|:d2dc d2g2|g2fg d4|b2ab g2gf|d2de c4|

c2Bc d2fg|d2cB G4|D3B B2Bc|A2AB G4:|

 

CARLE AN’ THE KING COME. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (McGibbon): AA’BB’ (Gow). This melody appears in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd, published 1725. Although it predates Gay's famous Beggar's Opera it was not performed until after Gay's work became a hit in London. A 'carle' in Scottish usage is a 'bloke', or common man. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 20. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 53.

X:1

T:Carle an’ the King come

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B2G4BA|G3E DEGA|B2A4B2|{B}A4G E3G|D3E G2G2|A2B2 g3a|(ba)ge (de)gB|1

A3G E2c2:|2 A4G E2A2||

G2g2 ~g3a|g3e d2g2|e2a2~a3b|{b}a3g e2 ga|b3a g2e2|d2 ef g2d2|e2g2 d2B2|1

{B}A3G E2A2:|2 {B}A3G E2c2||

X:1

T:Carle & the King come

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 63 (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA | B2 AG G2 BA | G3E DEGA | B2A2A2 (AB) | ({B}”tr”A3GE2 (DE) | G3A BABG |

A2B2g3a | bage degB | “tr”A3GE2 :: (ga) | b2 ag g2 (ga) | “tr”g3e dega | b2a2a2 (ab) |

({b}”tr”a3)g e2ga | b2 ab g3e | dBde dega | bage degB | (cB)”tr”(AG) E2 :|

 

CARLE HE CAME O'ER THE CRAFT [1], THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB (Gow): AABB' (Athole). John Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in print in . AKA and see "Port a Bhodich." A 'carle' in Scottish usage is a 'bloke' or common man.

                       

CARLIN, IS YOUR DAUGHTER READY?  AKA and see "The Bob O'Dooly." AKA – “Port Nan Con.” Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian (Athole, Johnson): D Mixolydian (Mackintosh). Standard tuning. AABB. A carlin is a Scots word meaning an old woman. Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 1, 1782; No. 24, pg. 9. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), vol. 10, 1992 (revised 2001); pg. 3. Mackintosh, vol. 3, 1796; pg. 39. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 14. Queltic Q‑104, Ten Strike ‑ "Neuantics."

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T:Port Nan Con

T:Bob o’ Dooly, The

M:C

L:1/8

S:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A>ee>f e>d c2|A>ee>c d=GdB|A>ee>f edcA|BEEF =GABG:|

A>a a2 eaca|=G>=g ~=g2 dgBG|aAA2 eaca|BE~E>F =GABG|

Aaa2 eaca|B=GG2 dGB=G|aAAe f<eae|=gbeg dgB=G||

                       

CARLIONNE. AKA and see "Carolan's Receipt." Scottish, Air. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "A favorite Irish tune (Gow)." Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 535.

           

CARLISLE BAY WALTZ.  Irish, Waltz. Composed by fiddler Ciaran Tourish, during a holiday to Antigua, lying on the beach in the morning. Compass Records 7 4407 2, Ciaran Tourish – “Down the Line” (2005).

 

CARLISLE LASSES. AKA and see “Lass o’ Corrie Mill.” Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AA'B (Athole): AA’BB’ (Perlman). The name Carlisle was originally Caer Leul, caer being Welsh for castle while Leul is a contraction of the Latin form of the name of a Celtic deity known by the Irish as Lug, all processed by Norman clerks who knew nothing of the spelling of either (Matthews, 1972). Carlisle, in Cumbria, was a Celtic settlement since prehistoric times. The Romans garrisoned and fortified it and made it the anchor of the western end of Hadrian’s Wall, al