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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

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'D' & 'A' POLKA. AKA and see "The Quadrille Polka." American, Polka. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB'. Source for notated version: Jehile Kirkhuff (Pa.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 344.

           

'D' & 'G' TWO-STEP. American, Two‑Step (6/8 time). In the repertoire of Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner, who learned it from sheet music in 1911.

           

D. DICK'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Braes of Tullymet."

           

D. G. LYNCH’S. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Source for notated version: piper Kirk Lynch (Kansas City) [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 220, pg. 118.

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T: D.G. Lynch's

S: Kirk Lynch

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: D

e | dcAG A3 B | GEFG AFDE | F3 G AGAB | (3gfe dc AFGA |

dcAG A3 B | GEFG AFDE | F3 G AGAB | Addc d3 :|

e | fedf ecAB | =cABG AFDE | F3 G AGAB | (3gfe dc AFGA |

|1 fddf ecAB | =cABG AFDE | F3 G AGAB | Addc d3 :|

|2 dcAG A3 B | GEFG AFDE | F3 G AGAB | Addc d4 ||

                       

D. J. MACINNIS. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 22.

                                   

D. MORRISON'S SEVEN THISTLES. Scottish, March. Composed by the great Scottish violinist/fiddler J. Scott Skinner. Olympic 6151, The Scottish Fiddle Festival Orchestra ‑ "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).

                       

DA... The Shetland form of "The..." See listing beginning with the first letter of the second word.

                       

DÁ bFAGFAIN-RE SIOBAN ‘R A COFRA. Irish, Air (9/8 time). D Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From T. MacMahon” [Petrie]. Standford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1522, pg. 381.

                       

DÁ bhFAIGHINN MO ROGHA. Irish, Air or Polka. C Major. Standard tuning. One part. The song tells of a woman who would not marry the blacksmith, tailor or fisherman, but instead selects the fiddle player--”se an bheileadoir is fearr liom.” Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 46.

                       

DÁ mBEADH BEAN AGAM. AKA and see "If I had a wife."

                       

DÁ mBEADH CUIRT AGAM IS CAISLEAN (If I had a court and castle). Irish, Air (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Sullivan (1983) finds no other version of this air or words. The tune is irregular with respect to measures (eight bars in the first section and twelve in the second), and the words Bunting prints do not fit the tune. Source for notated version: the Irish collector Edward Bunting obtained the melody from Miss Murphy, Dublin, in 1839. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 135, pgs. 190-191.

                       


DÁ mBEAD LAN PAINCE &c. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1523, pg. 381.

                                      

DÁ SIURAD GO LEIR. AKA and see "Courting Them All."

                       

DADDY KILLED THE BROWN BULL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Source for notated version: Issac Morris (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 44, pg. 35.

                       

DADDY SHOT A BEAR. AKA and see "Jaybird," "The Pennsylvania Fifers." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Pa. E Major. Standard tuning. AB. A version of the tune known as "Jaybird" in America, child of the older tune known in the British Isles as "The (Bonny) Breast Knot(s)" or "The Lady's Breast Knot." Source for notated version: Hiram White (elderly fidderl from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 176, pg. 130.

                       

DAD'S FAVORITE JIG. Canadian, Jig. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by Don Messer. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 147, pg. 96.

                       

DAD’S REEL. French-Canadian, Reel. A Major. From French-Canadian fiddler Louis Beaudoin (Vt.).

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T:Dad's Reel

L:1/8

M:4/4

K:A

(3e/f/g/|a3 A c2 e2 | Bcde (3f/g/f/ ef/g/ | a3 A c2 e2 | fege aefg |

a3 A c2 e2 | Bcde fefg | aege (3f/g/f/ ec| dfec A2:|

|: ed | cAEA cc[ce][ce] | Bcde (3f/g/f/ ed |cAEA cece |

fege a2 ed | cAEA cece | Bcde (3f/g/f/ eg|aege (3f/g/f/ ec |dfec A2:|

|:z A | cAEA cAAA | cAEA cAAA| Bcdf (3f/g/f/ ec|A6 A2 |cAEA cAAA |

cAEA cAAA | Bcde (3f/g/f/ eg| aege (3f/g/f/ ec|dfec A2:|

|:EA | AAcA AAGA | BcdB B2 EB| GBEB GBEB|EB A2 A2 EA|

AAcA AAGA | Bcde fgae| gf (3f/g/f/ ecdf|ec A4:|

                       

DAD'S WALTZ [1]. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Missouri. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Dwight Lamb (b. 1934, Moorehead, Iowa) - "Old Ladies Pickin' Chickens."

 

DAD'S WALTZ [2]. AKA and see "Valse a Pap'."

                       

DAESUIG AN SROL. AKA and see "Trim the Velvet."

                       

DAFFEEDOWNDILLY, THE. AKA and see "The Mistake."

                       

DAFFY, DON'T YOU. American, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 17. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 7. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 40.

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T:Daffy, Don’t You

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F|B/d/f/a/ b/f/g/f/|e/d/c/B/ A/c/F/E/|D/F/B/d/ D/F/B/d/|E/G/B/e/ E/G/B/e/|

B/d/f/a/ b/f/g/f/|e/d/c/B/ A/c/F/E/|D/F/B/d/ E/G/c/e/|C/F/A/c/ B:|

|:(F/E/)|(D/F/)(B/F/) (d/F/)(B/F/)|.D/.F/.B/.F/ .d/.F/.B/.F/|(E/G/)(B/G/) (e/G/)(B/G/)|

.E/.G/.B/.G/ .e/.G/.B/.G/|(D/F/)(B/F/) (d/F/)(B/F/)|.D/.F/.B/.F/ .d/.F/.B/.F/|.e/.A/.c/.e/ .e/.A/.c/.e/|.e/.c/.A/.c/ B:|

                       

DAFT ROBIN (Robie Donua Gorach). Scottish, Air. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB (O’Farrell): AABBCCDDEEFF (Gow). Gow notes it is an "old Highland song." Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 538. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 36. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 14.

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T:Daft Robin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

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A/B/ | {A/B/}c2 BA F2 AF | E2 FA B2 A>c | c>e (d/c/B/A/) F2 AF | E2 FA A2 :|

|: c | d>cde f2 a>f | ecBA “tr”e3f | e>c d/c/B/A/ F2 AF | E2 FA A2 :|

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T:Daft Robin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:Gow – First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (2nd Edition, 1801)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A>B|{AB}c2 BA “tr”F2 A>F|E2 FA “tr”B3 A/B/|c(3c/d/e/ (d/c/B/A/) “tr”F2 A>F|”tr”E2 FA A2:|

|:(AB/c/)|”tr”dc)(de) “tr”f3a|(e<c)”tr”BA ~e3f|(e<c)BA (F2{F})A>F|”tr”E2 FA A2:|

|:(A>B)|(cB)(cA) (FG)AG/F/|(EF)(GA) “tr”(B3A/B/)|(ca) (d/c/B/A/) “tr”F2 A>F|~E2 FA A2:|

|:(AB/c/)|”tr”(d>c)(de) (f>g)ag/f/|{f}e(d/c/) (3d/c/B/ (3c/B/A/ ~e3f|(.e/.a/.g/.f/ .e/.c/.B/.A/) “tr”.F2 A>F|~E2 FA A2:|

|:(A>B)|(c/B/)(c/d/) (c/B/)(c/A/) (F/E/F/G/) (F/G/A/F/)|(A,/C/E/)e/ (c/A/)(e/A/) “tr”B/(A/B/c/) B/(d/c/B/)|

(c/a/).g/.e/ (B/c/).B/.A/ .E/(F/E/).D/ (C/B,/)C/A,/|(d/c/)B/A/ {c}”tr”B>A A2:|

|:(AB/c/)|(d/f/)a/f/ (c/e/)a/e/ “tr”f3a|(e/f/)a/f/ e/(c/B/A/) ~e3f|e/a/”tr”a2 c/a/”tr”a2 F2 A>F|~E2 F>A A2:|

                       

DAFT WILLIE DAWSON. Scottish, Strathspey and Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; Nos. 19 & 20, pg. 5.

See also listing at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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T:Daft Willie Dawson

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 19  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | F<D D>D A,<D D>D | F<D D>G F/G/A/F/ D<F | G<E E>E B,>EE>F | G<E E>d c/d/e/c/ A<c |

d<D D>D A,<D D>D | F<D D>G F/G/A/F/ D<F | G<B E<G F<A d>B | c/d/e/c/ A>c d<(D D) ||

g | f>da>d b>da>g | f<d d>g f/g/a/f/ d<f | g>eb>e g<e e>f | g<eb>e g/a/b/g/ e<g | f>da>d b>da>g |

f<d d>g f/g/a/f/ d<f | g<b e<g f<a d<f | c/d/e/c/ A>c d<(D D) ||

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T:Daft Willie Dawson

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 20  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | F<D D/D/D (A,D)DG | FDDG F/G/A/F/ DF | G>E E/E/E (G,E)EF | GEEd c/d/e/c/ Ac |

d>D D/D/D (A,D)DG | FDDG F/G/A/F/ DF | GBEG FAdA | ceAc d/d/d d || g |

fdad bdag | fddg f/g/a/f/ df | gebe geef | gebe g/a/b/g/ eg | fdad bdag |

fddg f/g/a/f/ df | gbeg fadf | ceAc d/d/d d ||

                       

DAFTY DILLY. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 79, pg. 36.

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T:Dafty Dilly

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:LeveyDance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(d/B/) |: ADDD FEFA | ADDD FA Bd | ADDD FDFA | B2 EE FA Bd :|

| d2 (dB) A2 FF | d2d2 cdef | d2 dB A2 FF | B2 EE FA Bd | d2 (dB) A2 FF |

d2d2 cdef | fd ec dB AF | B2 EE FABd ||

                       

DAFYDD Y GARREG WEN (David of the White Rock). Welsh, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A popular Welsh traditional song, the tune first appears in Jones’s first edition of Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards (1784), a collection of Welsh harp music. The title refers to the 18th century blind harper and composer David Owen—y Garreg Wen, or ‘the White Rock’ was the name of the farm on which he lived near Porthmadog in Caernafonshire, Wales. The tradition of calling one by the first name and the house where he lived was common in Wales at the time, and still is sometimes heard. David was said to have had his harp continually at his side.  He died young, at age 29, and, as the story goes, before expiring he asked for his instrument and played this melody, requesting that it be played on a single Welsh harp at his funeral. The words below were written in the 19th century by poet John Ceiriog Hughes:

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“Cariwch,” medd Dafydd, “fy nhelyn imi,                        Ceisiaf cyn marw roi tôn arni hi.                                      Codwch fy nwylaw i gyrraedd y tant;                             

Duw a’ch bendithio fy ngweddw a’m plant!”

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?Neithiwr me glywais lais angel fel hyn:

‘Dafydd, tyrd adref, a chwarae trwy’r glyn!’

Delyn fy mebyd, ffarwel I dy dant!

Duw a’ch bendithio fy ngweddw a’m plant!”

 

 

Dafydd said, ‘Bring me my harp, I’ll try to put a tune on it before I

die. Raise my hand to reach the string. God bless you my widow and

my children.

 

Last night I heard the voice of an angel saying: ‘Dafydd, come home

and play through the glen!’

 

Harp of my childhood, farewell to your music, God bless you my

widow and my children.

 

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David was the hero of Sir Walter Scott’s poem “The Dying Bard.” Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 18.

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T:Dafydd y Garreg Wen

T:David of the White Rock

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

K:A Minor

Ae dc BA|A2^G2A2|E^G Bd cB|{c/d/}c4B2|A2a2g2|f2 ed e2 |c2 ed cB|c6:|

|:{e/d/}c2 ec gc|d2 cB A^G|AB cA e/d/B/c/|B6|Ac ec’ ba|ed cB c2|B>c A2 ^G2|A6:|

                       

DAICHEAD IS DATHUIL. AKA and see "Fair and Forty."

                       

DAILEY'S REEL. AKA - "Daley's Reel." Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Brody): AABB' (Phillips). According to the notes on Joe Greene’s LP, the tune is Canadian in origin. Source for notated version: Kenny Baker [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 82. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 64. County 775, Kenny Baker‑ "Farmyard Swing." County Records, Joe Greene‑ "Joe Greene's Fiddle Album" (1969). County 2705, Kenny Baker - "Master Fiddler."

                       

DAINGNIG AN COS ORTI. AKA and see "Fasten the Leg in Her."

                       


DAINTY BESOM MAKER, THE. AKA and see AKA and see “Bhíosa lá I bport láirge,” “Forgive the muse that slumbered,” "The Gimlet," “I’d  mourn the hopes that leave me,” “Johnny’s Grey Breeks [2],” "The Old Lea Rigg," "Little Mary Cullinan," "Little Sheila Connellan,” “Maureen from Giberland,” “Port Láirge,” “The Rose Tree [1]," “The Rose Tree in Full Bearing."

                       

DAINTY DAN. American?, "Straight Jig" (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABB'. This appears to be a type of old‑time banjo tune, unrelated to the 6/8 time Irish jig, and which perhaps became associated with 'jig dancing' (a name for a solo dance in Britain) or perhaps a derogatory name for African Americans. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 6, pg. 2.

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T:Dainty Dan

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:”Straight Jig”

S:Harding’s All-Round Collection (1905), No. 6

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

z/(g<B) z/(f<B) | z/(e<B) dc | z/(B<^D) z/(B<E) | z/(B<F) GE |

z/(g<B) z/(f<B) | z/(e<B) dc | z/(B<^D) z/(B<E) | z/B/F/G/ Ez ||

|: D/>E/F/>A/ c/>a/d/>c/ | B/>g/d/>B/ G/>B/A/>G/ |1 F/>e/d/>e/ d/>e/c/>A/ |

G/>b/g/>d/ e/>d/B/>G/ :|2 f/<a/ c/>d/ ^d/>e/c/>A/ | B[Bg][Bg] z ||

                       

DAINTY DAVIE (WAS A LAD). AKA – “Rantin’ Rovin’ Robin.” Scottish (originally), Shetland, English; Strathspey, Reel: Irish, Highland, March or Air (4/4 time). F Major (Athole, Dixon, Honeyman, Johnson/Cooper, McGibbon, Skye, Surenne): G Major (Colclough, Joyce, Kennedy, Kerr, Miller, O’Farrell, O'Neill, Wilson). Standard tuning. AB (Honeyman, Joyce, Surenne): AAB (Johnson/Cooper, Kerr): AABB (Miller): AABB' (Athole): AABCCD (Gow, Skye): AABBCCDD (McGibbon): AABBCCDDEE (Kennedy, O’Farrell, O'Neill): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJ (Colclough, Dixon).

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Ewan MacColl (Folk Songs and Ballads of Scotland) maintains that the name Dainty Davie refers to the Reverend David Williamson, who died in 1706. It seems, says MacColl, that the Reverend was the subject of an unauthenticated incident related by Dean Swift. Williamson found himself pursued by dragoons, the story goes, and while sensibly fleeing he found refuge in the bed of the daughter of the Laird of Cherrytrees. Hiding was apparently not the only act he engaged in while so occupied, but afterward he married the lass. A variant of the story has it that the young miss (from whose voice the song is told) disguised the Reverend in her clothing, tweaking him a bit by calling him ‘dainty’ Davie.

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"This spirited tune was developed from a simple Scottish strain about the end of the 18th century, by O'Farrell, a famous Irish piper well known on the London stage" (O'Neill). "I know nothing about this, farther than that the air and a bit of the song remain in a remote corner of my memory from dim old times" (Joyce). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, which he published c. 1800, and the tune appears in the 1799 Calvert Collection, an assembly of tunes by Thomas Calvert, a musician from Kelso. A note with his collection states that Calvert supplied “a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun’d and repaired.” It also appears in Issac Cooper of Banff’s (b. 1755-d. 1810 or 1811, although sometimes the year is given as 1820) Collection of Strathspeys, Reels and Irish Jigs for the Piano-Forte & Violin to which are added Scots, Irish & Welch Airs Composed and Selected by I. Cooper at Banff (London, Edinburgh, c. 1806). Purser (1992) believes Robert Burns wrecked the words of “Dainty Davie” with successive revisions, attempting to clean them up for George Thompson’s publications.  

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Dainty Davy was a lad;

He sold the shirt upon his back,

To buy his wife a looking‑glass,

To see how nice her beauty was:

So there was Dainty Davy! (Joyce).

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Cooke prints the following words, collected on the island of Whalsay, in Shetland:

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Wis du what I'm telling dee

Boanie Davie, daintie Davie

Wis du what I'm telling dee

Boanie daintie Davie. (Cooke)

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Dixon (1995) prints the tune with variation sets by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler originally from Morpeth, Northumberland. Source for notated version: an unattributed 19th century manuscript in the collection of Tommy Breckon [Dixon]. Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes), c. 1830; pg. 16. Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; pg. 58. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 27. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 24. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 7 (from the I. Cooper collection). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 91, pg. 47. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 30, pg. 9. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 2, No. 5, pg. 4. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 143. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), c. 1762; pg. 72. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 333, pg. 196. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 83 (appears as “Danty Davy”). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 116, pg. 65. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 209. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 102-103. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1815; pg. 39.

See also listing at:

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

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T:Dainty Davie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

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

K:F

d|c>BA>G F<D F2|F>c A/B/c/A/ f>cA>f|c>BA>G F<D F2|f>g a/g/f/e/ d>ef:|

|:c|f<af<a f<a ag/f/|e<g c>g e<g gf/e/|1 f<af<a f<a ag/f/|e>c a/g/f/e/ d>ef:|2

f>ga>g g>fe>c|d>e a/g/f/e/ d>ef||

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T:Dainty Davy was a Lad

M:C

L:1/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d>cBA GEE>D|GBBd GBB>d|d>cBA GEE>D|GBBd GBB>f|gefd e2d2||

gbef gbba/g/|fbd>e faa g/f/|gbbg faaf|gefd e2e2||

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T:Dainty Davie

M:C

L:1/8

B:The Calvert Collection (1799) - Page 14

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f|cA “tr”AG/A/ FD ~F2|Fc A/B/c/A/ FcAf|cA “tr”AG/A/ FD ~F2|1

f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ d/c/d/e/ f/e/f/d/:|2 f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ d/c/d/e/ f/e/f/g/||

fafa fa ag/f/|ec gc eg gf/e/|fa ag/f/ eg gf/e/|d/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ “tr”d/c/d/e/ f/e/f/g/|

[cf][fa] [cf][fa] [cf][fa] [ca]g/f/|ec [eg]c e[eg] [eg]f/e/|

f/g/a/b/ [fa]g/f/ e/f/g/a/ [eg]f/e/|d/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/ “tr”d/c/d/e/ f/e/f/d/||

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T:Dainty Davie

M:C|

L:1/8

N:”Brisk”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 72  (c. 1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f2 | c3BA2 GA | (GF)(ED) F4 | F2 c2 ABcA | F2c2A2f2 | c3B A2GA | (GF)(ED) F4 |

F2f2 gfef | “tr”d4f2 :: c2 | f2a2 (fg)a2 | (fgab) a2 (gf) | e2g2c2g2 | (efga) g2 (fe) | f3ga2ga |

Bagf “tr”e2 dc | defg (ag)”tr”(fe) | “tr”d4f2 :: f2 | c>dcB ABGA | (GF)(ED) F2 AG |

F2c2 ABcA | FcBc Afef | (dc)((BA) (BA)(GA) | (GF)(ED) F2 de | f2 gf egfe | “tr”d4f2 :|

|: c2 | fgag fgag | fgab a2 “tr”(gf) | (ec)(gc) (ac)(gc) | efga gfge | fefg afga |

(b/a/g) (a/g/f) edec | defg agfe | “tr”d4f2 :|

                       

DAIRY GIRL, THE. See “The Dairy Maid” [1].

                       

DIARY MAID [1], THE (An Banairgeac). AKA - “The Dairy Girl.” Irish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O’Neill). Sources for notated versions: “From T. Davis” [Stanford/Petrie]; Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1100, pg. 207. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 596, pg. 150.

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T:Dairy Maid, The [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’NeillMusic of Ireland (1903), No. 1100

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F
F/A/ | c2d c2A | GFF F2A | c2f dcA | BGG G2 A/B/ | c2A GFG |

AGA f2e | d2c fcA | GFF F2 :: c | f2d dcf | c2A AGA | cfe dcf |

AGF G2 A/B/ | c2A GFG | AGA f2e | d2c fcA | GFF F2 :|

 

DAIRY MAID [2], THE (An Banairgeac). AKA and see “The Dairy-Maid’s Wish.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century manuscripts as “The Dairy-Maid’s Wish.” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 70. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1101, pg. 207. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 292, pg. 63.

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T:Dairy Maid, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’NeillDance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 292

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

A/G/|FDD FEF|DGG G2A|BAB GBd|cAG F2A|BAB Bcd|cBc ABc|d/e/fd cAF|AGG G2:|

|:d|gfe fdc|BGG G2g|fef d/e/fd|cAG F2c|BAB Bcd|cBc ABc|d/e/fd cAF|AGG G2:|

 


DAIRY MAID [3], THE (Bhanarach dhonn a'chruidh). AKA and see "The Brown Milkmaid." Scottish, Slow Air (3/8 time). G Minor (Fraser): A Minor (Johnson). Standard tuning. ABB' (Fraser): AABB' (Johnson). "A very imperfect set, indeed, of this melody pervades a good part of the country. In Burns' Reliques, published by Mr. Cromek, there is a song, called 'The Banks of the Devon,' said to be to this air, of which the editor was ignorant; but it is observed that Burns acquired the air from a young lady in Inverness,‑‑doubtless from one who had similar access with the editor to the compilations of his progenitor and Mr. Fraser of Culduthel" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 55, pg. 19. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 10: Airs & Melodies of Scotland's Past), vol. 10, 1992 (revised 2001); pg. 5. MacDonald (Patrick), Patrick MacDonald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs (Edinburgh, 1784). Topic 12TS381, The Battlefield Band ‑ "At the Front" (1978).

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T:Dairy Maid, The [3]

T:Bhanarach dhonn a’ chruidh

M:3/8

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

G/>F/|g>Ac|~d>cd|fdc|A>GF|G>AB|d>^fg|d>cB|G2 |: (3d/=e/^f/ | gdg/a/ | b>ag |

fdc | A>GF |1 gdg/a/ | b>ag | dg^f | g2 :|2 G>Ac | d>^fg | d>cA G2 ||

 

DAIRYMAID [4], THE (Bean an Bhainne). AKA and see “Kiss the Bride in the Bed,” “Kiss the Maid in Bed,” “Maids of Tipperary,” "The Milkmaid [3],” “Shuffle the Cards,” “Tom the Fisherman.”  Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian (Breathnach): D Major (Moylan, Sullivan). Standard tuning. AB (most versions): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). The tune was recorded in 1926 in New York by County Sligo fiddler James “The Professor” Morrison, as part of a three-tune medley. See also the related “Billy Brocker.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Tommy Peoples (Donegal, Ireland) [Breathnach]; recorded in Ballydesmond, February, 1973, from the playing of accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra) who associates the tune with box-player John Brosnan [Moylan]; Planxty [Sullivan]; fiddler Sean McGuire [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 191, pg. 86. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3, No. 38. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 111, pg. 34. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 21, pg. 13. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 54, pg. 22. Copely Records 9-116 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?). MKM 7590, Mike McHale – “The Schoolmaster’s House” (2000. Learned from Pat Lavin). Shanachie 29003, Tommy Peoples ‑ "The High Part of the Road" (1979). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway – “First Through the Gate” (2002).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

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T:Dairymaid, The [4]

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L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Brian Conway

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dB||A(~F3 D2)dB|AFD(E {G}FE)EB|A~F3 B(FA)F|(3EFE D(E {G}F)DDB|

A(~F3 D)A{c}dB|AFD(E {G}FE)EB|[F3A3] d B2AF|(3EFE D(E {G}F)DD(c||

{e}dc)df abag|(3fgf eg f(dB)(c|{e}dc)df adfa|bgeg fd{e}dc|

dfa(f {a}g2) ag|(3fgf eg f(eB)c|def(g af)bf|afeg {fg}fedB||

 

DAIRY MAID [5], THE (An Cailín Déirí). Irish, Slide (12/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. 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. 50, pg. 27.

 

DAIRYMAID [6], THE. AKA and see “Bobbing for Eels,” “The Bottle of Punch,” “The Bottle of Claret,” “The Butchers of Bristol [1],” “Fishing for Eels,” “Jackson’s Jug of Punch,” “