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CIA IAD 'UR DEE 'S 'UR DUILE TREUN. AKA and see "Where Are Your Gods and
Mighty Hopes?"
CIA
MAR IS URRA SINN FUIREACH O'N DRAM (How
Shall We Abstain From Whiskey). AKA and see "How Shall We Abstain from
Whisky?" "Constant Billy,"
"The Legacy [1]." Scottish.
Composed by John MacMurdo of Kintail in the 18th century, a later emigrant to America.
CIARAN O’REILLY. AKA and see “Master Seamus.”
Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. The tune was composed by fiddler
Charlie Lennon who originally titled it “Master Seamus.” The man whose name is
associated with the tune, Ciaran Ó Raghaillaigh, is a fiddler from Dublin with a strong Cavan background,
active since the 1960’s, associated with the Abbey Tavern players, according to
Finbar Boyle. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne),
2004; No. 136, pg. 89. Nimbus NI 5320, Tommy Peoples
& Seamus Gibson - “Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal”
(1991).
X:1
T:Ciaran Ó Raghallaigh
T:Master Seamus
C:Charlie Lennon
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Ted Hastings
K:G
B,C|DB, ~B,2 DGBG|FC ~C2 EGcG|FD ~D2
FAdc|edcd BGEG|
DG,B,D GB,DG|ECDE GCEG|FADF AcBA|1
GFAF G2:|2 GEDB, G,2||
Bc|dggf gdBd|eccB ceag|fddc
dfc'b|agfe dcBc|
d2 Bd gdBd|~c2 Bc ABAF|EccB
cBAG|FDCA, G,2:||
CIARAN TOURISH. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard. AA’BB’.
Composed by fiddlers Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) and his neighbor Dougie MacDonald
(Queensville, Inverness County, Cape Breton) in honor of Donegal fiddler Ciaran
Tourish from Buncrana, County Donegal, who has toured with the bands
Altan and De Dannan. MacDonald wrote the first half, Holland the second. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 102, pg. 30. Odyssey
ORCS 1051, Jerry Holland – “Fiddler’s Choice” (1999).
CIARAN'S CEOLTA TIRE. Irish, Polka. The title Seamus Connolly gave to a polka played by Paddy
Neill of Newport, County Tipperary, heard on Ciaran MacMathuna's
weekly program of Irish music on Radio Eireann. Green
Linnett GLCD 1087, Seamus Connolly - "Notes From My Mind" (1988).
CIARRAIOCH MALLAITHE, AN (The Accursed Kerryman). AKA and see “The Accursed Kerryman.”
CIDER. AKA and see "Cider Mill."
CIDER APPLES (Afalau Seidr). Welsh, Hornpipe. Comosed by Welsh Triple Harp
player Robin Huw Bowen. It “commemorates a wild dancing trip to Somerset , where the hosting side showed us
a cider-mill in the morning, and several members of my team decided to get our
ears pierced that afternoon. Flying Fish FF70610,
Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Bgwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land”
(1996).
CIDER MILL. AKA - "Cider." AKA and see "Stillhouse." Old‑Time, Breakdown.
D Major. ADae. ABB'. A Blue Ridge dance tune, popular in Patrick County and the Galax, Va./Mt. Airy, N.C.
areas.
***
William Sydney Mount (1807-1868). Cider Making.
***
Paul
Tyler finds this vignette in W.H. Venable’s Footprints of the Pioneers of
the Ohio Valley: A Centennial Sketch (1888):
***
The old-time apple-cutting was an occasion of unbounded mirth. . . . After
the apples were cut, and the cider boiled, the floor was cleared for a
"frolic," technically so-called, and merry were the dancers and loud
the
songs with which our fathers and mothers regaled the flying hours. The
fiddler was a man of importance, and when, after midnight, he called the
"Virginia Reel," such shouting, such laughter, such clatter of
hilarious
feet upon the sanded puncheon floor, startled the screech-owl out of doors,
and waked the baby from its sweet slumber in the sugar-trough. . . . The
apple-cutting was fifty years ago . . .
***
Source for notated version: Bruce
Molsky with Bob Carlin [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 53. County Records, Tommy Jarrell, Fred
Cockerham & Oscar Jenkins ‑ "Down to the Cider Mill."
Living Folk LFR‑104, Allan Block ‑ "Alive and Well and
Fiddling." Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin (with Bruce Molsky)‑
"Banging and Sawing" (1985).
CIEL D’AUTOMNE (Autumn Sky). French, Air. Composed by Andre
Brunet after the death of his father, when he felt his father’s spirit looking
down on his young son from the autumn sky.
CILL' A CHASAIDH. AKA and see "Killachassy."
CILL ABHAILL (Killavil). AKA and see “Killavil Reel [1].”
CILL BEATHACH (Kilbaha). AKA and see "Tom(m) Steele," "The Laurel Groves." Irish, Reel. D
Major. Standard. AB. Breathnach (1963) says there is a ‘faulty version’ called
“Tom Steele” (a colleague of the Irish statesman Daniel O’Connell) in Kerr’s Violin Instructor and Irish Folk Song Album (83).
Source for notated version: fiddler John Kelly/Sean O'Kelly (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE I), 1963; No. 196, pg. 76.
CILL CHAIS. AKA - “What are we going to do without timber?” Irish, Slow Air (3/4
time). Ireland, County Clare. E Minor. Standard. One part (Ó
Canainn): AB (Russell). The tune appears as “An Arran Air” in Hoffman’s 1877
arrangement of melodies mostly taken from the George Petrie collection. Russell
(The Piper’s Chair), 1989; pg. 28. Ó
Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs),
1995; No. 90, pg. 77.
CILLE CHOIRILL (Cairell's Bell). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time) and Pipe March (6/8 time). C Major.
Standard. One part. The air was composed by Kenneth Kennedy, with the pipe
march setting by Pipe Major Stewart (Mrs.). According to Neil (1991), the title
is taken from the name of the ancient burial ground in the Braes of Lochaber,
and is named for Saint Cairell. Cairell was originally an Irish missionary who
crossed the Irish
sea in
small hide‑covered frame boats, called coracles, to Scotland around 600 A.D., accompanied by
some followers. After proselytising in Scotland for some time he returned to his
native Ireland to live in the monastery at Clonkeen‑Kerrie,
where he died. Though "a humble and
unostentatious man, small in stature, with poor health but strong in
spirit," Cairell's ministry in Scotland was successful and there are a
number of sites in that country associated with him, including Glen Urquhart,
Appin, Tayniult, and Ruthven parish in Banffshire, "where both a cairn and
a well are named after him." The
graveyard bearing the Saint's name is the resting place of many generations of
Highlanders, including some of the composer's ancestors who struggled at
Culloden and with Wolfe at Quebec, and the similarly ancient church
is thought to have been built by Cameron of Lochiel sometime in the 1400's to
atone for his sins.
***
Oh where in the whole world, such beauty and grace,
As Cille Chairill in the braes of Lochaber,
'Neath the green mossy mounds many clans lie asleep,
All around are the hills they did wander.
In this heaven on earth rest ancestors blest;
Their children so true, shall never forget
Till the hills fade away and the last tune is played,
With love, they will always remember.
***
Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 155, pg. 201.
CIMETIERE. See "La Queue d'Tortue."
CINCINNATI [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Cumberland Plateau (Ky./Tenn. border area). Rounder CD 0238, John Lusk Band - "Altamont: Black String Band Music
From the Library of Congress." Tune also recorded by Blaine Smith on Pine
Breeze Records.
CINCINNATI [2]. American, Quickstep March. A Major. Standard.
AABB. Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers’ and Fifers’
Guide, 1862; pg.
58.
X:1
T:Cincinnati
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Quickstep March
S:Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers’ & Fifers’ Guide (1862)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E | A/B/c/d/ e/A/~A | f/A/g/A/ a/A/~A | F/d/E/c/ D/B/C/A/ |
B/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/ |
A/B/c/d/ e/A/~ A |
f/A/g/A/ a/A/~A | F/d/E/c/ D/B/C/A/ | c/B/A/G/ A :: c/d/ |
e/A/~A f/A/~A | a/g/a/e/ f/e/d/c/ | (f/^e/f/).c/ (d/c/d/).F/
| G/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/ |
A/B/c/d/
e/A/~A | f/A/g/A/ a/A/~A | F/d/E/c/ D/B/C/A/ | c/B/A/G/ A :|
CINCINNATI (LANCASHIRE)
CLOG. American, Clog or Hornpipe. G
Major. Standard. AABB. The composition credited to one Frank Livingston in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 122. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 160.
X:1
T:Cincinnati (Lancashire) – Clog
M:C
L:1/8
R:Clog
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection
(1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(d>c) | B>db>a g>ec>e
| d>ed>B G>DG>B | A>cf>e d>cB>A | G>FG>e d2
d>c | B>db>a g>ec>e |
d>ed>B G>DG>B |
A>cf>e d>cB>A | G2 {f}g2 G2 :: (B>^A) | =A>ce>g
c’>ba>g | f>ba>f d>cd>^d |
f>ec>A G>Af>e |
e>dA>F D2 B>^A | =A>ce>g c’>ba>g | f>ba>f
d>cd>^d | f>ec>A b>ag>e |1
d2f2d2 :|2 (3dDF (3A=cd f>ed>c
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CINCINNATI
HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Brown's Hornpipe," "Cliff Hornpipe," "Cork Hornpipe [1]," "Dundee Hornpipe," "Fisherman's Favorite,"
"Fred Wilson's Clog,"
"Granny Will Your Dog
Bite" (Pa.), "Harvest Home [1],"
"Kephart's Clog" (Pa.),
"Kildare Fancy," "Higgins’ Hornpipe," "Lady of the Lake [4]"
(Burchenal), "Ruby Lip," "Snyder's Jig," "Standard Hornpipe," "Wilson's Clog [1],” “Zig-Zag Hornpipe/Clog." American,
Hornpipe. USA; New England, Arkansas, Missouri. D Major. Standard. One part
(Burchenal): AABB (most versions). The composition has occasionally been
credited to “Fischer,” without further explanation. The tune has been used in New England for the dance "Lady of the Lake," and has been sometimes called
by that name. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by
musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. It was in the
repertoires of Ohio fiddler Estill Adams, Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters (b.
1889) and Missouri fiddler Kelly Jones (b. 1947), who, having the ability to
read music, learned this and other tunes from Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes, as previous sight-reading mid-western
fiddlers had learned such tunes from both Cole's
1000 and its predecessor, Ryan's
Mammoth Collection. Many of the alternate titles listed above are not exact
duplicates of the tune, but rather tunes which share a similar prominent
melodic motif. Sources for notated versions: Kelly Jones (Mo.) [Phillips]; VivianWilliams
(Seattle) [Silberberg]. Burchenal (American
Country Dances, Vol. 1), 1917; pg. 35. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 88. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 125. Appears in
"Old Familiar Dances," Theodore Presser Co. Page (Ralph Page Book of Contras), 1969; pg.
13. Page (Heritage Dances of Early America); No. or pg. 15. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol.
2, 1995; pg. 186. Silberberg (93 Fiddle
Tunes I Didn’t Learn at Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 8. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 51.
Tolman (Nelson Music Collection),
1969; pg. 15. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection,
1883; pg. 121. White’s Unique Collection,
1896; No. 137, pg. 24. F&W Records 1,
"F&W String Band." June Appal 003, John McCutcheon ‑
"How Can I Keep From Singing" (1975. Learned from fiddler Tommy
Hunter, Mars Hill, N.C.). Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers'
Association, Bob Walters - "Drunken Wagoneer." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers'
Association, Kelly Jones - "Authentic Old-Time Fiddle Tunes."
X:1
T:Cincinnati
Hornpipe [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
DA FA DA FA|dA fA eA fA|gA fA ed cd|ed cB AG FE|
DA FA DA FA|dA fA eA fA|gA fA ed cB|cd eg fd d2:|
Dd
dd ce ee|df ff eg gg|fg af bg ec|d2f2d2A2:|
CINCINNATI
HORNPIPE [2].
American, Hornpipe. G Major (‘A’ part) & C Major (‘B’ part). No relation to
“Cincinnati Hornpipe [1]." From a field recording of Washington
Courthouse, Ohio, fiddler Estil
Adams, made by the late Jeff Goehring.
CINCINNATI RAG
[1]. AKA and see "Trilby's Clog." Old‑Time,
Breakdown. USA. G Major ('A' part) & D Major
('B' part). Standard. AB. The melody was printed in 1896 by White‑Smith,
Universal Series, as "Trilby's Clog." Source for notated version: Bob
Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, Vol. 2),
1984; pg. 72.
CINCINNATI RAG
[2]. Old-Time, Country Rag. G Major.
Standard. AA'BB'. No apparent relation to "Cincinnati Rag [1]."
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 31.
CINDERELLA WALTZ. AKA and see "The
Green Hills of Tyrol [1],” “Spanish
Waltz [1]." English, American; Waltz. G Major (Raven, Howe/Diamond): C Major (Howe/Accordeon). Standard. AAB (Howe): AABB
(Raven). Howe (Complete Preceptor for the
Accordeon), 1843; pg. 21. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), c. 1861. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book), Vol. 2, 1954; pg.
29. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes),
1984; pg. 132.
X:1
T:Cinderella Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Elias Howe – Diamond School for the Violin (c. 1861)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
DGA|B2 BGBc|d2 deBe|dcAFAe|dBGDGA|B2 BGBc|
e2 eA^cA|de^cede|=cdBdAd|G2 z|DGA|B2 BGBc|
G2 GDBD|G2 z2 G2|g4 fe|ed dz e2|dc cz d2|cB Bz G2|
g2g2a2|g2
a2 b2|af d2 ef|gfgdfd|gfgdfd|g2 dcBA|G4:|
CINDY [1]. AKA and see "Cindy in the Summertime," "Cindy in the Meadows," "Get Along Home (Miss) Cindy,"
"Git Along, Cindy," "J'etais au Bal," "Old Time Cinda," "Run Along Home, Cindy," "Whoop 'Em Up Cindy," Old‑Time, Song and Breakdown. USA;
Arkansas, North
Carolina, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Georgia,
Mississippi. D Major (most
versions): G Major (John Brown). Standard or ADae tuning. AB (Brody): AABB
(Phillips/1989 {the 'B' part is 'crooked' in Phillip's version}): AA'BB
(Phillips, 1994). A widely known frolic tune, appearing in many folk music
collections and even old elementary school songbooks. The title appears in a
list of traditional Ozark Mountain
fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in
1954, and was recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Mississippi
fiddler John Brown. A very popular Cajun version of the tune, probably borrowed
from the American song, is "J'etais au Bal" (I Went to the Dance Last
Night). Verses set to the tune are many,
including several "floaters":
***
Cindy in the summertime, Cindy in the fall,
Can't have Cindy all the time, don't want Cindy
at all.
Chorus
Get along home, get along home,
Get along home, Cindy, fare you well.
***
You ought to see my Cindy, she lives way
down South,
She's so sweet the honey bees all swarm
around her mouth.
***
Wish I had a needle as fine as it could sew,
I'd sew that gal to my coat‑tail, and
down the road I'd go.
***
Went upon the mountain, to give my horn a
blow,
Hollered back to Cindy, oh yander she go.
(Rosenbaum)
***
When I was a little lad, about six inches
high,
I used to court the pretty girls to hear the
old folks cry;
Get a‑long down, down Big Sandy, Get a‑long down, down Big Sandy,
Get a‑long down, down Big Sandy, that's the place for you. (Thomas & Leeder)
***
The Big Sandy
River, referred to in Thomas &
Leeder's lyric, forms the border between Kentucky
and West Virginia and flows into
the Ohio River at Catlettsburg,
Ky.
It was a flat‑boat trade route before the advent of the railroads.
See also similar stanzas printed by African-American collector Thomas Talley in
Negro Folk Rhymes (1922) under the
title “She Hugged Me and Kissed Me.”
A song derived from the well-known “Cindy”, is a “Cindy” from the singing of
Dan Tate (b. 1896), of Fancy Gap, Carroll County, Va..
It goes:
***
Railroad, a plank
road,
A river and canal;
If it hadn’t have been
for Doctor Grey,
There never would have
been any hell.
***
Cho:
Get along home Cindy,
Get along home I say;
Get along home Cindy
girl,
For I am a-going away.
***
A railroad, a plank
road,
A river and canoe;
If it hadn’t have been
for old John Jones,
They never would
a-killed old Jude.
***
Tate said that Jude was a slave of a Doctor Gray, who abused
her when she became pregnant and would not tell who the father of her child
was.
***
Sources
for notated versions: New Lost City Ramblers [Brody]; Alan Block [Phillips];
Fox Fraley (Lawrence County, Ky., 1911) [Thomas & Leeder]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 69.
Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989;
pg. 10. Phillips (Traditional American
Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 53. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pgs.
12‑13. Thomas and Leeder (The
Singin’ Gathering), 1939; pg. 23. County 405,
"The Hill‑Billies." County 518, Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers‑ "Echoes of the Ozarks, vol.
I" (appears as "Get Along Home Miss Cindy"). County 544, Clayton
McMichen‑ "Georgia Fiddle Bands, Vol. 2." Document 8039, “The Hill
Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Compoe