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DEVALS DEAD. AKA and see "Braes of Mar [1]," "Some say the Devil's dead."
English, Scottish.
***
Some say the Devil's dead,
The devil's dead, the devil's dead;
Some say the Devil's dead
And buried in Killarney.
***
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; pg. 19.
DEVANNEY'S
GOAT (Gabhar an
Dubhánaigh).
AKA – “Devanny’s.” Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard. AB (Flaherty): AABB
(Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty, Miller). Bronx flute player Jack Coen attributes
the composition of the tune to Tommy Whelan, a flute player and composer
from the Woodford, east Galway, area; a member of the old Ballinakill Ceili
Band. Devaney was a neighbour
of Whelan’s, indeed, the owner of a goat who was nibbling on the vegetables in
Whelan’s garden when the tune came to him. Sources for notated versions:
fiddler Paddy Ryan, 1970 (Co. Roscommon, Ireland & Birmingham, England)
[Breathnach]; flute player Harry McGowan (b. 1937, Carrowmore, County Sligo)
[Flaherty]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co.
Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ
II), 1976; No. 267, pg. 138. Flaherty (Trip to
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Devanny’s
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
FE | DFAB
AFAB | defe dBAF | DF (3FFF BFAF | E2 ED EGFE |
DF (3FFF
ADFA | defe dBAf | efdB AFdB | AFEF D2 :: eg | faab afdf |
afef dB
(3BBB | ABde fedf | e3f edBd | Adcd fdcd | edfd edBd |
A2 dB AFDF
| AFEF D2 :|
DEVANT TA PORTE (As I Passed Your Door). Cajun. From the playing of the late
Cajun fiddler Louis Balfa. Green
Linnet GLCD 3107, Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham – “The
DEVER THE DANCER ("Cnuic Tiobraid-Arainn" or "Ua
Duibir, an Rinnceoir"). AKA and see "The
Humours of Whiskey [2]," "The
Peeler's/Policeman's Return," "Deel of the Dance," "The Bridge of Athlone [1],"
"Dillon's Fancy [2],"
"The Crossroads Frolic,"
"Barranna mora Chlann Donncha," "Humours of Derry,"
"Plearaca an Fuisce." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). E Dorian ('A' part)
& D Major ('B' part). Standard. AAB (O'Neill/Krassen & 1001): AABB
(O'Neill/1850, Tubridy). Flute player John McKenna
(1880-1947) and banjo player Michael Gaffney (d. 1972), both originally from
X:1
T:Dever the Dancer
S:78 RPM recording by flute player
John McKenna
Z:Transcribed by Frank Claudy
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
BEE BEF G2 A|BGE BAG FED|BEE BEF G2
A|
1 dcB ABG FED:|2 dcB ABG FGA||ded
cAF ~G3|
Adc def
gfe|fed cAF G2 A|1 Bdc ABG FGA:|2 Bdc ABG FED||
DEVERON REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB’. Composed by Iain MacFadyen,
producer of The White Heather Club for the BBC. Martin credits the tune to Neil
Grant. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle),
Vol.3, 1988; pg. 37. White Heather
Collection, 1961. Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod
& His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels"
(1979). Jimmy
Shand – “Guid Luck Go Wi’ Ye” (appears in “Mrs.
Cholomdeley’s Reel”). Ian Powrie Band – “On Tour –
DEVERONSIDE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard. AABBCCDD’. Composed
by Pipe Major J. Robertson. Martin (Ceol
na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 40.
DEVIL... See also "Deal...,"
"Deval...," "Deil..."
DEVIL AND HIS SISTER,
THE. Irish, Double Jig.
DEVIL AMONG THE
MANTUA-MAKERS. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard.
AAB. "Named so, at the request of a Lady in (
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:A
|: ~c3d edcd | efga fedc| ~c3d edcd | fedc c2B2 :|
|| ~E3G BGEG | ABcd ecAc | E3G BGEA | cAec c2B2
| E3G BGEG | ABcd ecAc | dfdB cecA |
dBAG A2A2 ||
DEVIL/DIVEL/DE'IL
AMONG THE TAYLORS/TAILORS [1]. AKA and see "Devil's Dream [1]" (New). Scottish, English, Irish, Canadian,
***
Wright. c. 1840’s. The Devil comes to town, fiddle an’ a’.
***
English novelist Thomas Hardy mentions the tune in Absent Mindedness in a Parish Choir, a passage which bears
repeating:
***
"...Twas a very dark afternoon,
and by the end of the sermon all you
could see of the inside of the
church were the pa'son's two candles
alongside of him in the pulpit, and
his spaking face behind 'em. The
sermon being ended at last, the
pa'son gi'ed out the Evening Hymn.
But no quire set about sounding up
the tune, and the people began
to turn their heads to learn the
reason why, and then Levi Limpet, a
boy who sat in the gallery, nudged
Timothy and Nicholas, and said,
church being so dark and his head so
muddled he thought he was at
the party they had played at all the
night before, and away he went,
bow and fiddle, at "The Devil
among the Tailors," the favourite jig
of the neighborhood at that time.
The rest of the band, being in the
same state of mind and nothing
doubting, followed their leader with
all their strength, according to
custom. They poured out that there
tune till the lower bass notes of
"The Devil among the Tailors" made
the cobwebs in the roof shiver like
ghosts; then Nicholas, seeing
nobody moved, shouted out as he
scraped (in his usual commanding
way at dances when the folks didn't
know the figures), "Top couples
cross hands! And when I make the
fiddle squeak at the end every man
kiss his partner under the mistletoe!"
***
"...Then the unfortunate church
band came to their senses, and
remembered where they were; and
'twas a sight to see Nicholas
the gallery stairs with their
fiddles under arms, and poor Dan'l
Hornhead with his serpent, and
Robert Dowdle with his claionet,
all looking as little as ninepins;
and out they went. The pa'son
might have forgi'ed 'em when he
learned the truth o't, but the
squire would not. That very week he
sent for a barrel-organ
that would play two-and-twenty new
psalm-tunes, so exact
and particular that, however sinful
inclined you was, you could
play nothing but psalm-tunes
whatsomever. He had a really
respectable man to turn the winch,
as I said, and the old players
played no more..."
***
One of the oddest appearances of the tune is on the barrel organ from
the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place of a ship’s fiddler
(common in those days), Parry introduced a mechanical barrel organ on board
ship to provide entertainment and a vehicle to which the men could exercise
(i.e. by dancing). “Devil Among the Tailors” was one of eight tunes on barrel
no. 5. Perhaps the earliest non-mechanical sound recording is from 1906 by
violinist Charles D’Alamaine, born in 1871 in
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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 Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
M:C|
L:1/8
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 75, pg. 14
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
|: e | {g}a2.e.a {g}a2.e.a |
{g}a2.e.a (fe).d.c| dfBf dfBf | dfBa gabg |
{g}a2.e.a {g}a2.e.a | {g}a2.e.a
(fe).d.c | .f(dc)”tr”B .e(cB).”tr”A |
E2”tr”G2 [C2A2]z ||
|: e | ceAe ceAe | ceAa fedc| dfBf
dfBf | dfBa gabg | ceAe ceAe | ceAa (fe)(dc) |
.f(dc)”tr”.B .e(cB)”tr”.A | E2”tr”G2 [C2A2] z ||
X:2
T:Deil Amang the Tailors, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:A
a2 eg a2 eg | a2 ea fedc | dfBf dfBf | dfBa gabg | a2 eg a2 eg | a2 ea
fedc |
defd ecBA | E2G2A3 || e | ceAe ceAe | ceag fedc | dfBf dfBf | dfba gfed
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ceAe ceAe | ceag fedc | defd ecBA | E2G2 A3 z ||
DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS [2], THE. Closely related to "Devil's Dream." Old‑Time, Breakdown.
DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS [3], THE. English, Jig. A
Major. Standard tuning. AABABA.
The melody appears under this title in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country
Dances, vol. 3 (
X:1
T:Devil Among the Tailors [3], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:May also be played an octave higher
R:Jig
S:Thompson – Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (1773)
K:A
CB,|A,
CEC A,CA,|B,DB, G,B,G,|A,2A, A,::CD|EFE EFE|DED DED|CDC CDC|
B,CB, B,CD|EFE EFE|DED DED|CDC CDC|(B,3
B,2)E|A,
ECE AEA|FAF DFD|EAE CEC|DFD B,DB,|CEC A,CA,|B,DB, G,B,G,|A3 A,:|
DEVIL AMONG THE YEARLINGS. AKA and
see "Hell Among(st) the Yearlings [1]."
DEVIL AND HIS SISTER, THE. Irish,
Double Jig.
DEVIL AND THE DIRK, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB
(Hardie): AAB (Skinner). Composed by J. Scott Skinner
and first published in his Harp and
Claymore collection where it is set with numerous variations and arranged
by Gavin Greig. Hardie (Caledonian
Companion), 1992; pg. 110. Skinner (Harp
and Claymore), 1904; pgs. 84-85. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 3.
X:1
T:Devil and the Dirk, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Skinner – The Scottish Violinist
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
{c}D | D/D/D FD AD {c}d2 | AD.F.D
C(EE)F | D/D/D FD AD {c}d2 | AF .G.E F(DD) :|
|| c’ | d’ddd’ c’ccc’ | bBBb aAAa |
gGGg fFFf | eBed ceac’ | d’ddd’ c’ccc’ |
bBBb aAAa | geag fae’b | (af).g.e
fdd || [A,4D4] ||
DEVIL ATE THE
GROUNDHOG. See “Devil Eat the Groundhog.”
DEVIL EAT THE
GROUNDHOG. AKA - “Devil Ate the Groundhog.”
Old-Time, Breakdown.
***
God almighty damned dog (x3)
The Devil’s eat the groundhog.
***
Sources for notated versions: Owen
“Snake” Chapman (Whitesburg, Letcher County, Ky., 1990) [Phillips, Titon];
Scott Marckx [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 68. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 34. Titon (Old-Time
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See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
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DEVIL CAUGHT A NIGGER. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional
Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954.
DEVIL CHASED ME ROUND
THE STUMP. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB.
X:1
T:Devil Chased Me Round the Stump
L:1/8
M:C|
S:James Bryan
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3GFE|D2 G2 BABG|D2 G2 B3G|D2 G2
BAGB|A2 G4 (3GFE|
D2 G2 BABG|A2 B2 e3d|e2 dA BAGB|A2
G2 G2:|
|:z(d|e2) d2 BABd|e2 f2 g3 f|e2 dA
BAGB|A2 G2 G4|
e2 (3ded BABd|e2 f2 g3f|efed BAGB|A2
G4:|
DEVIL DOWN HILL. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional
DEVIL IN A BUSH, THE. AKA and
see “Kincaldrum(‘s
Reel),” “Kurcaldrum’s Reel,” “Parson
in the Suds [2].” English, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. The melody appears in the 1770-1772 music manuscripts of William
Vickers, a Northumberland musician about whom little
is known. The title seems to be idiosyncratic to Vickers, as the tune can be
found in several Scottish collections as “Kincaldrum.” See also the related “England’s Glory.”
X:1
T:Devil in
a Bush, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William
Vickers’ manuscripts (pg. 21), 1770-1772
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g2 dc B2 AG|FGAB cAAB|g2 dc B2 AG|FGAc
BGG:|
|:E|DGBG AGBG|DGBG cAAB|cdef
gdcB|cAdc BGG:|
DEVIL IN A CANEBREAK, THE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in
America), 1980; pg. 124.
DEVIL IN DUBLIN [1],
THE. Irish,
Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. One of the airs "sent to me during
the last seven or eight years by Mr. Patrick O'Leary of Graignamanagh, Co.
Kilkenny, a good amateur musician with a great knowledge of the popular airs of
that part of Ireland. Most of these he wrote down from his own memory" (Joyce).
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song),
1909; No. 301, pg. 141.
DEVIL IN DUBLIN [2],
THE (An Diabal 'San Baile-Ata-Cliat). Irish, Jig or March (6/8 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. A variation of version #1. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 207, pg. 23. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1827, pg. 343.
X:1
T:Devil in Dublin, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig or March
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1827
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2B d2B | e2c A3 | BdB GBG | FAF D3
| G2B d2B | e2c ABc |
dBG EAF | G3 G2 z || AGA FGA | BAB
GAB | {d}cBc ABc |
dge d2B | cde ABc | Bcd GAB | {d}cAF
DEF | G3 G2 z ||
DEVIL IN DUBLIN [3],
THE. AKA and
see “Devils in Dublin.” Irish, Reel.
DEVIL IN GEORGIA [1],
THE. AKA and
see "Temperance Reel," "Teetotaler(‘s Reel)."
Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; eastern Ky., West Virginia. Doc
Robert's cover title for "Temperence Reel." Charles Wolfe
believes the tune to bear some resemblance to a familiar Kentucky tune called
"Stoney Point" or "Buck Creek Gals," but others
dispute this saying "Devil in Georgia" is not in fact in that tune
family. Cassette C-7625, Wilson Douglas - "Back
Porch Symphony." County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts" (1983).
Gennett 6942 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts.
DEVIL IN GEORGIA [2],
THE. Old-Time.
A member of the tune family which includes “Damon’s Window/Winder,” “Grand Hornpipe [1],” “Mud Fence,” “Railroad(ing)
Through the Rocky Mountains,” “Ride the Goat Over the
Mountains,” "Rocky Mountain Goat,”
“Swiss Chalet."
DEVIL IN IRELAND, THE.
English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Original key ‘C’ major, as
“The Divel in Ireland” in Gibbons’ manuscript. Source for notated version: the
1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of
Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua
Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 5.
X:1
T:Divel in Ireland, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Joshua Gibbons ms (1823-26)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|c2d ede|c2A A2c|B2d ded|B2G
G2B|c2d ede|ceg c’bc’|