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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with
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intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to
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CRA CROI AN PHIOBAIRE (The Piper’s Broken Heart). AKA and see “The Piper’s Despair.”
CRAB AND THE CAPSTAN. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, North Yell and Unst.
CRABBIT SHONA. Scottish. Composed by by Shooglenifty fiddler Angus Grant, son of
CRABS IN THE GREASEPOT (Na Portáin sa Ghréiscphota). Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian.
Standard. ABC. Source for notated version: fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier
(Farnaght, Co. Leitrim), who wrote his manuscripts in the early 1880's
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV),
1996; No. 3, pg. 4.
CRABS
IN THE SKILLET (Portanide/Portáin
Annsa Sgileid).
Irish, Double Jig or Air.
X:1
T:Crabs in the Skillet
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D|:G3 d2^F|G2A B2c|ded cBA|dcB
AGF|G3 d2^F|
G2A B2d|dAd f^ed|1 cAF F=EF:|2 cAF
G2||
|:d|gag gf=e|fgf f=ed|cd=e fed|cAF
G2d|gag gf=e|
fgf f=ed|cd=e gfe|1 cAF F2:|2 cAF
F=EF||
|:G2z A2z|B2z c2z|ded cBA|dcB
AG^F|G2z A2z|
B2z c2z|cAc f=ed|1 cAF F=EF|2 cAF
G2||
CRACOVIENNE
(QUICKSTEP). AKA ‑ "Krakovienne," "Krakoviak." AKA and see "Jacket Trimmed in Blue,"
"I Have a Bonnet
Trimmed with Blue [1]," "Walk
Jawbone [2]," "Alex Dice."
T:Cravovienne Quickstep
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G | FAce | dB B2 | B(3d/e/d/ cA | GBBG | FAce | dB B2 | d(3d/e/d/ cA | AG G :|
|: cege | dB B2 | d(3d/e/d/ cA | GBBG | cege | dB B2 | d(3d/e/d/ cA | AG G2 :|
K:C
G2 Bd | f2 ef | .g.c.B.d | ce/c/A z | G2 Bd | f2 ef | .g(cB).d | c2 z2 :|
|: A2 cf | aag^f | gag^f | g2ez | G2 Bd | f2 ef | .g.c.B.c.d
| c2 z2 :|
CRADLE SONG, THE. Scottish, Slow (“Pastoral”) Air (4/4 time). A
Major. Standard tuning. One part (Hunter, Neil): AB (S. Johnson, Skinner).
Composed by the self-styled “Strathspey
King,” James Scott Skinner (1843-1927), and printed
in his Logie Collection. Originally written as a song and extremely
popular when he was alive, it's inspiration was Skinner's sympathetic
observations of a mother caring for her sick child in a hotel room in Forres.
***
Sprites that guard young children enter here tonight,
O'er my fevered darling watch till morning light.
From our home forever went my Love away,
Crossed the darling river, entered endless day.
Sleep my own fair darling, I will cling to thee,
Sure my cup of sorrow cannot fuller be.
***
Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 106, pg. 183. Hunter
(Fiddle Music of
X:1
T:Cradle Song, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
(AcBA) (e2f2) | (e4c2) z2 | (AcBA)
(e2c2) | {c}B6 (c2 |
(A)cBA) (e2f2) | (e4c2)A2 |
{F/G/}(FEAB) {A/B/}c2 {A/c/}B2 |
A6 z2 || (fdAd) (f2a2) | (e4c2)z2 |
(AcBA) (e2c2) | {c}B6 z2 |
(AcBA) (ef).g.a | (e4c2)A2 |
{F/G/}(FEAB) {A/B/}c2{A/c/}B2 | A6 z2 ||
CRADLE
WILL ROCK AND THE BABY WILL FALL,
THE. Irish,
"Nurse Song" (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909;
No. 601, pg. 311.
CRADLING
X:1
T:Cradling
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Quadrille
S:Ford – Traditional Music in
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
efe c3|efe c3cd|EGB dcB|fee e3|efe
c3|efe c3|EGB dcB|A3A3:|
|:EGA ABc|eee {f}edc|eee {f}edc|eee
{f}edc|EGA ABc|
eee {f}edc|Bcd efg|a3 a3:|
CRAFTON BLUES [1]. Old-Time, Country Rag. C Major. Standard. AAB. Related to "I Don't Love Nobody." Source for
notated version: Cecil Brower [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 36.
CRAFTON BLUES [2]. Old-Time, Country Rag. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated
version: Ricky Boen and Rudy Booher [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 36.
CRAIG A’ BHODICH. Scottish, Strathspey. Composed by Donald
MacLeod. MacLeod (The Donald MacLeod Pipe Collection, Book 4). RCA Records, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards – “Amazing Grace”
(1992. Appears as “Craig-a- Bodaich”).
CRAIG CHATTAN. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 164.
X:1
T:Craig Chattan
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Air (“Even Song”)
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(A2f2) (e2d2) | (A2d2) (c2B2) |
(B2g2) {g}(f2e2) | (G2c) {c}(B2A2) | (A2f2) {f}(e2d2) | (A2d2) (c2B2) |
(B2g) f2e2 | ({G}.B2) .c2 d4 || f3e (^d2B2)
| b3 a (a2g2) | e3d (c2A2) | a3g (g2f2) | (A2f2) (e2d2) |
(A2d2) (c2B2) | (B2g2) .f2.e2 | .B2
~c2 d4 ||
CRAIG COYNACH. Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
Alexander Walker.
CRAIG ELACHIE. Scottish. Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Angus
Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 1).
CRAIG FADA, AN. AKA and see "The Long Strand
[1]."
CRAIG O'/OF BARN'S, THE. Scottish; Strathspey or
X:1
T:Craig o’ Barns
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
d2 c>A G<G G>A|c>F c<A c>F A<c|d2 cA G<G G>A|c>Fc>A G2G2:|
F>Ac>d cA c2|d>=ef>a g>fd>e|f<ad<f F>GA>c|d>fc>A G2G>A|
F>Ac>d
c<A c2|d>=ef>a g>fd>e|f<ad<f F>GA>c|d<fc>A
G2G2||
CRAIG PARK. See “Craigpark” below.
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
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X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A,|D<D F>A d/c/B/A/ F<D|E<=C =c>E G2 G<B|A>DF>A d/c/B/A/ F<D|
E<e c>A d2d:|
f|d<d f>a d>a f<a|=c>g e<f g2 ga/b/|a>df>d a>df>d fg/a/ g<f|d<d f>a d>a f<a|
g/f/e/d/ c<e g2 ga/g/|f<a e>f d>fB>d|A<F d>F A2A:|
c|d/c/B/A/ G/F/E/D/ d/c/B/A/ G/F/E/D/|E<=C =c>E G2 G>E|
D/E/F/G/ A/B/c/d/ D/E/F/G/ A/B/c/d/|D>dF>d B>AG>F|D>dE>d F>dE>d|
=C<c c>E G2 G>E|C>dE>d F>dE>d|E<e c>A d2d:|
f|d<df<a d>af>a|=c>ge>f g2 ga/b/|a<df<d a>d g<b|a<d f>d fg/a/ g<f|
d<d
f.a d>af>a|g/f/e/d/ c<e g2 ga/g/|f<a e>f d>fB>d|a<f
d>f A2A||
CRAIGELLACHIE LASSES, THE. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AB.
Composed by Willaim Marshall (1748-1833). Craigellache
is Gaelic for 'windy' (craig) rock (aileach), and refers to two rugged
outcroppings in Bannfshire. Neil (1991) relates the westernmost (or upper) rock
marked the boundary between Strathspey and Badenoch and was the wartime
rallying point of the Clan Grant. The lower rock is located at the confluence
of the Spey and Fiddich rivers and marks the point where the parishes of
Aberlour, Hnockando and Boharin meet. The clan's crest incorporates the image
of a mountain in flames to commemorate the old clan practice of lighting fires
on the top of both rocks to call the clan to war. Similarly, the clan's
armorial motto is "Stand Fast Craigellachie." There is a pipe tune
called “Stad Creageilichie!” (Craigellachie, stand firm!) that derives from
this connection.
X:1
T:Craigellachie Lasses, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d2 d dcB|A>BG F>ED|d2d d>cd|e>fd c>BG|d2d d>cB|A>BG
F>ED|
EC>A, A,>B,C|D3 D2||f/g/|afd def|gec Ace|fdA GBe|ecA FGA|
BGE EFG|AFD DFA|ECA, A,B,C|D3D2f/g/|afd afd|gec gec|
fdA fdA|ecA ecA|BGB dcB|AFA Bcd|Bgf e>dc|d3 D||
CRAIGENDORAN. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Craigendoran,
according the Gazetteer for Scotland,
is “an eastern suburb of Helensburgh in Argyll and
X:1
T:Craigendoran
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 119
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddlers’ Companion
K:G
d<d B>d
e>dB>d|g>ab>a g3d|e<e c>e d<d B>d|1 c>BA>G F>
|:d|g<g b>a
g>dB>d|G>DB,>D G,3d|e<e a>b c’>ba>g|1 (3fga (3gfe d3:|2
(3fed (3cBA G3||
CRAIGENROAN. Scottish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by Alexander Walker.
CRAIGIE DHU. Canadian, Reel.
CRAIGIE HALL. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Craigie Hall is an
historic building in
X:1
T:Craigie Hall
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d/B/|A<D B/A/G/F/ G<E E>F|A<D B/A/G/F/ A<d d>A|(3Bcd (3AGF G<E E>c|
d>B A<F A<dd:| g|f<d f/g/a/f/ g<e e>g|f<d f/g/a/f/ d>af>a|(3bag (3agf g<e e>f|d>B A<F A<d d>g|
f>d f/g/a/f/ g<e e>c|(3def (3edc (3Bcd (3AGF|(3GAB (3AGF G<E E>c| d>BA>F A<dd||
CRAIGIELEA
POLKA. Scottish, Polka. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by Carl Volti,
born Archibald Milligan in
CRAIGLUG BRIG. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A
Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Peter Milne
(1824-1908), the “Tarland Minstrel”. The bridge at Craiglug, a village in
Aberdeenshire, dates from 1829. It is properly called the
CRAIGLUG REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Peter Milne as a
companion piece, to be played following his slow strathspey “Craiglug Brig.”
Source for notated version: Hector MacAndrew
[Martin]. Martin (Traditional Scottish
Fiddling), 2002; pg. 137.
CRAIGPARK. Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’AA’BB. Stately
Craigpark House was built in 1798 in the city of
X:1
T:Craigpark
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 286
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D2D2 DEFG|A2A2 ABcd|e2e2 edcB|A^GAB
A=GFE|D2D2 DEFG|
A2A2 ABcd|cecA BdB^G|A2c2A2z2::d2d2
dedc|BcBA G2B2|e2e2 efed|
cdcB A2 (Bc)|d2d2 dfed|B2e2g2
(fe)|fafd egec|d2f2d2 z2:|
CRAIG'S PIPES. AKA and see "Cobbler's
Hornpipe [2]," "Connolly's
Reel," "The Fiddler is
Drunk," "The
Foxhunters (Reel) [1]," “Greg’s Pipe Tune,” “Gregg’s Pipes,” “Gun Do Dhuit Am Bodach
Fodar Dhomh” (The Old
Man Wouldn’t Give Me Straw), "The
Kerry Huntsman," "Kregg's Pipes," “The Manchester Reel [1],”
"Píopaí Greig,” "Willie
Wink(ie)'s Testament [2]," "Willy
Wilky." Irish, Reel. G Major.
Standard tuning. ABC (Mallinson): ABBCC (Sullivan). Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 9, pg. 4. Sullivan
(Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 9, pg.
5.
X:1
T:Craig's Pipes
T:Kerry Huntsman, The
R:reel
S:P. Keenan
E:7
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
B2 BA BAGA|B2GB AGED|~B3A BAGB|~A2
BG AGED|\
B2 BA BAGA|B2GB AGED|(3.B.c.d ed
BcdB|AcBG AGEG||*
DG ~G2 DGBG|DGBG AGEG|DGGF~G3 B|dBAc
BG~G2::\
d2 Bd efge|dGBG AGEG|d2Bd efge|agbg
ageg:|**
X:2
T:Craig's Pipes
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Greg Taylor
K:G
B2 B BAGA|B2 DB AGEG|B2 B BAGA|c2 Bc
AGEG|
B2 B BAGA|B2 DB AGEG|Bded BcdB|AcBG
AGEG ||
|: D2 G2 (3GGG DGBG|DGBG AGEG|DG
(3GGG GABc|dBAc BAGE :|
|: dB (3Bcdefge|dB (3BBB AGED|dB
(3Bcd ef (3gfg|1 agbg ageg :|
CRAIG'S REEL ("Seiso uí Carraig" or "Cor Uí
Carraig").
Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB'
(O'Neill/Krassen). The tune was recorded by
X:1
T:Craig's Reel
B:O'Neill's "Dance Music of
D:Jackie Daly, "Many's A Wild
Night"
Z:transcribed by Han Speek
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
A2 G2||{A}FDFA B2 B/=c/^c|dBc/Bc/A
BEEG|
{A}FDFA B2 B/=c/^c|dBAG FDDE|
{A}FDFA B2 B/=c/^c|dBc/B/A BEEF|G3 A
B/c/d eg|fdec AddA||
d2 f/e/d Adf/e/d|Adf/e/d eBBA|d2
f/e/d Adf/e/d|faeg fddA|
d2 f/e/d Adf/e/d|Adf/e/d eBBA|g2 fd
(3efg fe|dBAG FD D2||
CRAITH NA
CLEITÍ/CLEITEACHA. AKA and see "Toss the Feathers."
CRAMP, THE. English, Country Dance Tune and Air (6/4
time). G Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Chappell (1859) finds the only known
version of the tune in Pammelia (1609)
arranged with two other country dances, "to be sung all three together; it
is not very trustworthy." Chappell (Popular
Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 143.
CRAN HILL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by C.F.
Sherrit. Sherrit (A Third Collection of
Scottish Music). Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh),
1990; pg. 22.
CRANBERRY BOG, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.
Composed by
X:1
T: Cranberry Bog
C: © B.Black
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
A | dBge dBBc | dedc BAGF | EBBc BGEG | (3FED AF BDAD |
dBge dBBc | dBcA BGGF | ECEG B,DGB |1 cdAF GABc :|2 cdAF G3 ||
B | dg (3gfg bg (3gfg | afdf gece | d2 Bd cAEA | (3FED AF BDAD |
dg
(3gfg agba | gecA dBGF | ECEG B,DGB |1 cdAF GABc :|2 cdAF G3 ||
CRANBERRY ROCK. Old-Time, Breakdown.
X:1
T:Cranberry Rock
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Bruce Molsky, based on the playing
of Burl Hammons
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
g3 a gedA|c2 cd cAGc|e a2 a
abag|ea2b agef|g2 ga gedA|c2 cd cAGD|
(E/F/G) AB AGED|EGEC D C2D
M:2/4
L:1/8
|1 C2G,2:|2 C2 G,A,||
M:4/4
L:1/8
C2 EG EDCE|DCA,C [EA][DA][E2A2]|A2
c2 AcAG|EGEC D C2D|
M:2/4
L:1/8
C2 [B,2D2]|
M:4/4
L:1/8
[C3E3]G EDCE|DCA,C
[EA][DA][E2A2]|A2c2 AcAG|EGEC D C2D|
M:2/4
L:1/8
[C4E4]||
CRANE SKIN BAG, THE. See “Crane’s Leg.”
CRANE'S LEG, THE. AKA and see “The
Crane Skin Bag,” “The Glen of
Aherlow [2],” “Lafferty’s,” “The Woman I Never Forgot.” Irish, Reel.
E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was named “The Crane’s Leg” in
Flaherty’s volume, although it was originally a Sean Ryan composition called
“The Glen of Aherlow.” The “Lafferty’s” title comes from Kevin Burke (recorded
on “Promenade”), also used by Martin Byrnes on his album “Paddy in the Smoke.”
Fiddle player Vincent Campbell, of Meenahalla near Glenties, Donegal,
maintained that older fiddlers would place a portion of crane or heron leg
inside the fiddle to act as an extra soundpost (!?). Supposedly
X:1
T:Crane’s Leg
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:E Dorian
B2AF BFAF | ~E3 F EDB,D | B2AF
BFAF | DFAF FE E2 | ...
CRANKING OUT. Canadian, Reel.
CRANN AR AN CHOILL. See "Ta Crann ar an gCoill."
CRANN CARACH, AN. AKA and see "The Oak Tree."
CRANN-TARA [1], AN. AKA and see "The Fiery Cross."
CRANN TARA [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. The crann
tara, or ‘fiery cross’, was the signal to clansman to gather, or it signified
the gathering itself. Allan MacDonald, Moidart
Collection. Green Linnet GLCD 1182, The Tannahill
Weavers - “Choice Cuts” (1997).
CRANNCIUIL AN ATAR
DOLLARD. AKA and see "Father Dollard's Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN
BARRA-BUAD.
AKA and see "The Trumpet
Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN DREOILIN. AKA and see "The Wren
Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN FIAGUIDE. AKA and see "The
Hunter's Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN
MAIRNEALAIG. AKA and see "The Sailor's Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN REALT. AKA and see "The Star
Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN
SGUABADORA. AKA
and see "The Sweep's Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL AN TROIGIN. AKA and see "The Slipper Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL BEANTRAIGE. AKA and see "The Bantry
Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL
CAISLEAN-GLAS. AKA and see "The Greencastle (Hornpipe)."
CRANNCIUIL CAIT NI
MATGAMNA. AKA and see "Kit O'Mahony's Hornpipe."
CRANNCIUIL CAROLINE NI
NIALL. AKA and see "Caroline O'Neill's Hornpipe."