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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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DOW EVERLY [1]. AKA and see "Will
Rarie Old March [1]” (
DOW EVERLY [2]. AKA and see "Grand/Slow March in
the Battle of Prague."
DOWBUSH KOZAK. See note for “Flop-Eared
Mule [1].
DOWD'S FAVORITE. AKA – “Dowd’s Reel,” “O’Dowd’s
Favourite.” Irish, Reel. G Aeolian (Gm) ('A' and 'C' parts) & B Flat
Major ('B' part) [Brody, Vallely]. Standard. AABBCC (Brody): ABC (Miller & Perron,
Vallely): ABCD (Miller & Perron/2006). The melody is a setting of the
Scottish march/strathspey “The
Braes of Bushbie,” perhaps composed by John
Bowie and appearing in his 1789 Collection.
It was said to be a favorite of the great Scots fiddler Niel Gow’s. Reworked as
“O’Dowd’s Favourite” (often called “Dowd’s Favorite”) it was famously recorded
by
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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 |
T:Dowd’s Favorite
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G Minor
DGGA B2BF | D~F3 CFA,F | DGGA BABd |
(3cBA FA BGAF |
DGGA BAGB | A~F3 DFCF | DGGA BABd | cAfc
BGGA ||
B2 dB FBdB | ~B3d cAFA | BABd fdBd |
cAFA BGGA | B2 dB FBdB |
BdBd cAFA | GBAc Bbag | fdcA BGBd ||
g~d3 gbag | f~c3 fgaf |
gddc dbag | fdcd BG G2 | (3gag fa
gbag | (3fgf =eg fdcA |
GBAc Bbag | fd^cd BG G2 ||
DOWD’S FAVORITE [2]. AKA and see “Tom Dowd’s
Favourite.” Irish, Reel.
DOWD’S (JIG). AKA – “Dan Dowd’s.” AKA and see “The Nightingale [6].” Irish, Jig.
DOWD’S NO. 1. Irish,
Reel. Composed by
DOWD'S NO. 9. AKA and see "The Cow with the Crooked Horn,"
"Hugh Gillespie's,"
"Jackson's No. 9,” "Summer in
Ireland." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB'. The tune is
attributed to
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See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Dowd’s #9
T:Summer in
R:reel
D:Matt Molloy & Sean Keane:
Contentment is Wealth
D:Davy Spillane: Shadow Hunter
Z:id:hn-reel-369
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
DFAF GFEF|D2FA dABA|~F3A ~G3B|AGFD
A,B,CA,|
DFAF GFEF|D2FA dABA|~F3A ~G3B|1 AGFD
EDDA,:|2 AGFD EDD2||
|:fd~d2 g2ag|fedf ecA2|fd~f2
gfed|dcde fddA|
dfaf gfeg|fedf ecAF|GABG FAdB|1 AGFD
EDD2:|2 AGFD A,B,CA,||
“Variations of 1st part”
|:DFAF GEFG|FDFA dABG|F2AF G2BG|AGFD
A,B,CA,|
DFAF GEFG|FDFA dABG|F2AF ~G3B|AGFD
EFD2:|
DOWN AMONG THE BANKS OF ROSES. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard. One part. Howe includes the melody in his section of Scottish tunes. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867), pg. 156.
X:1
T:Down
Among the Banks of Roses
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E | A>B
c>d e2 ee | B>c d>e f3e | a2 ga f2 ec | A2 B>B c3e |
a2 ga f2
e>a | (ec)BA B2 AB | e3e fefc | B4 A2 z2 ||
DOWN
AMONG THE DEAD MEN. English, Air (4/4 time). C Minor (Chappell):
D Minor (Howe). Standard tuning. One part (Howe): AB (Chappell). An English
song that gained great notoriety. The ‘dead men’ of the title are nothing more
sinister that empty bottles rolled under the table, a metaphor still in use
today for empty alcoholic beverage containers. Kidson (
***
Here’s a health to the King and a lasting
peace,
Let faction be damn’d and discord (cease).
***
The tune appears on broadside
sheets, and also in Playford's Dancing
Master (vol. iii, c. 1726), Hogg’s Jacobite Relics (1st
series) and Walsh's Compleat Country
Dancing Master (vol. iii). Chappell (Popular
Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 173‑174. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 45.
X:1
T:Down Among the Dead Men
M:C
L:1/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C Minor
GG|c2 c=B c2 cG|A2F2 G3G|A2 GG
F2E2|B2B,2 E4|c3=B c2G2|
A2 GF G2G2|A2G2F2E2|B2B,2
E2||G2|c3=B c2d2|e3d e4|EF GA B2B2|
DOWN AMONG THE DITCHES
{OH} (Sils Ameasg Na
Diogaib).
Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively"). D Major (O’Neill): D Mixolydian
(Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 295, pg. 51.
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 508, pg. 128.
X:1
T:Down among the ditches, oh.
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | A2d d2e | =c3 A2G | A2d d2e |
=f2A A2G | A2d d2e | =c3 B2A |
G2E A2G | E2D D2 || D | D2A A2B | G3
F2E | D2A A2B |
=c2E F2E | D2A A2B | G3 F2E | =c2A
B2G | E2D D3 ||
DOWN AT THE MOUTH OF
OLD STINSON. Old-Time, Breakdown.
X:1
T:Down at the Mouth of Old Stinson
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:105
S:Gerry Milnes
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
||{f}a2d2 a/f/a/a/ ba|
M:5/4
L:1/8
f/ab/ ag/e/ f/d/e/d/ B(A A2)|
M:4/4
L:1/8
a2d2 a/f/a/a/ ba|!
f/ab/ ag/e/ f/d/e/d/ B(A|
M:2/4
L:1/8
A>)A Bd
M:5/4
L:1/8
||ff e/d/B/e/ f/d/B A>A Bd|!
M:4/4
L:1/8
ff e/d/B/e/ f/d/B (A2|
M:2/4
L:1/8
A)A/A/ Bd|
M:5/4
L:1/8
ff e/d/B/e/ f/d/B A>A Bd|!
ff e/d/B/e/ f/d/B A4||
DOWN AT THE
X:1
T:Down at the
M:C
L:1/8
N:”Graceful”
R:Air
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DE | F>EFA BAFD | A>^GAB A2
(dc) | B3c dec>B | B4 z2 (DE) |
F>E F(G/A/) GFED | A>F AB/c/
d3c | B>cde “tr”f2 e>d | d6 || (cd) |
edef g2 (cd) | e(d/c/) dB A2 (Bc) |
d>cde dcBA | B4 z2 (dB) |
(AF)(ED) D2 (FG) | (A>F)(ED) d2
(fe) | (d>c) (3Bcd (A>F) (E>D) | D6 ||
DOWN BACK O’ SHODDY. AKA and see: "The Bridge of Lodi," “Huntsman’s Hornpipe,” “Lochmaben Hornpipe,” “Lord Nelson’s Hornpipe,” "Nelson's (Hornpipe) [2],” “Saxon’s Hornpipe,” “Worcestershire Hornpipe.” English,
Hornpipe.
DOWN BESIDE ME (Sin Sios agus sios liom). AKA and see "Lie up with me and lie
down with me." Irish, Air (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Brendan Breathnach points out that this composition is probably the first Irish
air with associated lyrics to have appeared in print, along with a relative
called "The Bands of Banna" (in Moffat, Minstrelsy of Ireland,” 4th ed., 1897) and reproduces a
British broadside sheet of the song which appeared c. 1714 with the note
"An Irish song sung by Mr. Abell at his consort at Stationers Hall."
Samuel Bayard writes (in “A Miscellany of Tune Notes,” in Studies in Folklore, pg. 160)
the earliest set he saw was in The
Merry Musician, or a Cure for the Spleen, Pt. 1, printed in London in 1716
(pgs. 327-28), also labelled an Irish song likewise referencing “sung by Mr.
Abel at his Consort at Stationers-Hall.” Words printed with the tune in the
***
Shein sheis shuus lum
Drudenal as fask me;
Core la boe funareen,
A Homon crin a party;
Tamagra sa souga
Ta she Loof her Layder;
Hey ho, rirko,
Serenish on bash me.
***
Several early collections carried
the melody, finds O'Sullivan (1983), including Wright's Aria di Camera (c. 1730), Neale's Celebrated Irish Tunes (c. 1726), Thompson's Hibernian Mus (c. 1786), Holden's Collection of Old-Established Irish Slow and Quick Tunes (1806) and
Holden's Collection of Most Esteemed Old
Irish Melodies, book I (post 1806). A tune by this title has been
attributed in some sources as an early composition of the 18th century harper
Turlough O'Carolan, though it is not mentioned as such by either Bunting or his
editor O'Sullivan. Sources for notated versions: the Irish collector Edward
Bunting variously attributed his sources to "Denis a Hempson, Hugh Higgins
and Mrs. Bristow, who was taught it by Dominic Mungan" (MS. version), "D.
Black, Harper in 1796" (index, 1840 collection) and "from the
performance of Dominic Mungan, the celebrated harper the father of Bishop
Warburton" (introduction, 1840 collection). O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No.
38, pgs. 59-60.
X:1
T:Sin sios agus liom
T:Down Beside Me
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Merry Musician, 1716, 327
K:E
e4 g4|e4 B4|=d3d d2e2|c4 B4|e2 e2 ef
g2|B3c B2 G2|c3B c2 AG|F4 E4||
G3 F
G2A2|B4 B4|c3B cd e2|d4 B4|e4 G4 c4 F4|B3c B2 G2|F4 E4||
DOWN BY
X:1
T:Down by
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 714
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
G/F/ | E>F GA B2 ce | _d>c BF
G2 E d/e/ | (fd) (Bd) e2 fd | B2 ef e3 B/>c/d/e/ |
f>e df e2 dc/B/ | AF EF A2 Bd/e/ | fedc B2 F>A | AG EE E2 ||
DOWN BY THE
DOWN
BY THE BANKS OF THE SWEET PRIMROSES. Irish, Air (3/4 time). C Major
(Joyce): B Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. One part. Source for
notated version: "...given to Forde by Patrick MacDowell, R.A., the
distinguished sculptor: born in
X:1
T:Down by the banks of the sweet
Primrose.
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 804
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
F BA | Bc/d/ e/d/c/B/ GB | F3 c/d/
ee | d3c B/G/A/B/ | c3 c/d/ e/f/g/f/ |
f>d B(3d/c/B/ GB | F3 c/B/
B/A/G/F/ | B2 f>e d/B/c/B/ | B3 :|
DOWN BY THE OCEAN TIDE. AKA ‑ "Sios Toab an Tias Fairge." Irish, Air (2/4 time,
"with spirit"). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 351, pg. 61.
X:1
T:Down by the Ocean Tide
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With Spirit”
S:O’Neill – Music from
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GA/G/ FG|A=f dc/A/|G/F/G/B/ A{B/A/}G|FD
DD|GA/G/ FG|A=f d(3A/B/c/|
dc/A/ GG|G3||d|dd/e/ fg|=fd/c/
BA/G/|G/F/G/B? A/G/F/E/|F2 DD|GA/G/ FG|
A=f d/A/B/c/|dc/A/ GG|G3||
DOWN BY THE OLD MILL (Sios Taob An Sean Muilleann). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James
O’Neill, a fiddler originally from
X:1
T:Down by the old mill
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>A | B2d2e3d | eg/f/ ed B2 GA |
B2d2 g>e dB | A6 G>A | B2d2g2b2 |
agfd g2 f>e | d2 BG A2A2 | G6 ||
g2 | f>
g6 ge | dBAG G2 G>A | Bg a/g/f/g/
e2 f>e | d2 BG A2A2 | G6 ||
DOWN BY THE RIVER SIDE (Sios Le Bruac Na Amne). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 45, pg. 8.
X:1
T:Down by the river side
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
dc | B2G2G2 | F2G2A2 | B2G2B2 | c4
(Bc) | d2g2g2 | d2e2=f2 | A2F2A2 |
c4 dc | B2G2G2 | F2G2A2 | B2G2B2 |
c4 Bc | d2g2g2 | d2e2=f2 | A2G2G2 | G4 ||
Bc | d2g2f2 | g2a2g2 | =f2d2e2 |
=f2z2d2 | g2f2d2 | c2d2c2 | d2B2G2 | F4 dc |
B2G2G2 | F2G2A2 | B2G2B2 | c4 Bc |
d2g2g2 | d2e2=f2 | A2G2G2 | G4 ||
DOWN BY THE
***
Down by the sally gardens my own true love and I did meet,
She passed the sally gardens a‑tripping with her snow‑white
feet,
She bid me take life easy, just as the leaves fall from each tree,
But I being young and foolish with my true love would not agree.
***
Later W.B. Yeats rewrote the lyrics and published them in 1889. Regarding the poem by Yeats called "An Old Song re-Sung" and later called "Down by the Salley (sic) Gardens," Ó Boyle (1976) is certain that it was derived from the lyrical matrix of a ballad popular in the 18th century called "The Rambling Boys of Pleasure," which tells of rejected love but which ends in a spirit of youthful high adventure. It begins:
***
Ye rambling boys of pleasure give ear unto
these lines I write,
'Tis true I am a rover and in rambling I
take great delight;
I placed my mind on a handsome girl and
often times she did me slight,
But my mind was never easy only when my darling was in my sight.
***
Ó
Boyle finds a handwritten American version of the song from 1785 (now in the
possession of the Baker Memorial Library,
***
It's down in Sally's Garden, O there hangs
Rosies three,
O there I met a fair maid who told to me her
mind so free;
She bids me take love easy, as leaves they
do fall from the tree,
But I being young and Crazy, could not with her agree.
***
Source for notated version: Mr.
James Cogley (Duffrey Hill,
DOWN BY THE
DOWN BY THE SEA. AKA and see "Thios
Cois Ma Fairrge".
DOWN EAST STAR, THE. Fiddler FRLP001, Tom
Doucet (
DOWN HOME BLUES. Old-Time, Country Rag. D Major. Standard tuning. AABCB. Source for
notated version: Jimmy McCarroll with the Roane County Ramblers (
DOWN HOME RAG. Old‑Time, Country Rag, Breakdown.
DOWN HOME WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Source for notated
version: Art Galbraith (
X:1
T:Down Home
R:Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Tony Ludiker
K:D
ABc|d2 c2 (3BcB|A2 G2 (3FGF|E3
FGA|B6|
A3 BGA|F3 FEG|F4 FG|F3 ABc|
d2 c2 (3BcB|A2 G2 (3FGF|E3 FGA|B6|
A3 BGA|F3 FEF|D6|A,2 D2 FA|
E3 FGB|A4 AG|F3 Ace|d4 dc|
B3 cde|f3 fed|B3 gfg|e3 ABc|
d2 c2 (3BcB|A2 G2 (3FGF|E3 FGA|B6|
A3 BGA|F3 FEF|(D6|D3)||
DOWN IN ALABAM. AKA and see "Out of the
Wilderness," "The White
Horse [2]." American. Composition credited to J. Warner under this
title. Perhaps the original of the tune now better known as "The
Old Grey Mare (Came Out of the Wilderness)," which begins:
***
The old grey mare, she ain't what she used to be,
Ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be.
DOWN IN ROCKINGHAM. AKA and see "Rockingham Cindy."
Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional
DOWN IN
DOWN IN THE CANEBREAK. AKA and see “Cane Brake [1].”
DOWN IN THE
X:1
T:Down in the
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
AG|F2A2c2|dc A2FA|G2F2F2|F4zc|d2
defe|d2c2A2|c2F2E2|D4 zc|
d2 defe|d2c2A2|F2A2B2|c4
AG|FGABc_e|dc A2 FA|G2F2F2|F4||
DOWN IN THE NORTH
COUNTRY. AKA ‑ "Farmer's Daughter of
Merry Wakefield." English, Air. The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) under the title
"What gudgeons are we men." Kidson (1922) says it was a popular 17th
century tune that appears under various names as the vehicle for numerous
songs. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes),
1984; pg. 221.
DOWN ON THE BIG
DOWN ON THE FLOOR (Síos Air An Úrlár). Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major/A Dorian.
Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "Sent to me
...during 1884 by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑on‑Suir,
a good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and songs. He must have
been well over seventy years of age. some of these he wrote from memory, and
others he copied from MSS." (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 267, pg. 127.
X:1
T:Down on the floor
T:Síos Air An Úrlár
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Dorian
GEF GEF|G3 G2A|GED EAB|c3c2B|Agf
gaa|ged e2d|cAA GEG|A3A2||