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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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DRAG HER AROUND THE ROAD (Tarraing thar timpeall an Bhóthair í). AKA and see "The Pullet," "The Pullet and the Cock," “Shores of Loch Graney,” “Shores of Lough Graney.” Irish, Reel. E Minor ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB. The alternate titles are from Petrie’s Complete Collection (1905). Probably a reference to the old Irish custom of holding dances at crossroads. Cherish the Ladies recorded the tune as “The Pullet.” According to Bill Black, a local New York City name for the tune is “Bunratty Boys,” named for a Bronx Irish bar that hosted sessions with Andy McGann and other famous Bronx players. Source for notated version: flutist Éamonn de Stabaltún (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 112, pg. 47.

X:1

T:Drag Her Around the Road

T:Pullet, The

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Gm

dGGF G2BG|GFDG FGBc|dGGF G2FG|1 BcdB cABc:|2 BcdB cedc||\

B2dc Bdfd|edcd deef|d3c Bdfg|fdBd cedc|\

B2dc Bdfd|edcd e3a|bgfd egbg|fedB cABc||\

X:2
T:Drag Her round the Road
T:Shores of Lough Graney, The
R:reel
D:Four Men and a Dog: Shifting Gravel
D:Molloy, Peoples, Brady
Z:id:hn-reel-374
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Em
BEED E2GE|E2GE DEGA|BEED E2DE|1 GABG A2GA:|2 GABG A2BA||
~G3F GBdB|c2AB cded|~B3A GBde|dBGB A2BA|
~G3F GBdB|c2AB cdef|gedB c2ge|dBGB A2GA||
"variations"
|:BEED E2DE|GEDB, DEGA|BEED E2DE|1 GABG A2GA:|2 GABG ~A3F||
~G3F GBdB|cBAB cded|B2AB GBdB|GABG ~A3F|
DGGF GBdB|cBAB cdea|gedB cege|dBGA BA~A2||

                       

DRAG THAT FIDDLE. See "Draggin' the Bow."

                       

DRAGGER’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Eddy Arsenault. Perlman (1996) remarks that Arsenault, a fiddler and lobster fisherman born in 1921, received the inspiration for this tune one day while “dragging” for cod and hake. The tune has currency in Prince County today. See also note for similar or related tune “Hughie Shorty’s Reel.” Source for notated version: Eddy Arsenault (Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 52. Rounder CD 7014, Eddy Arsenault – “Fiddlers of Western Prince Edward Island” (1997).

 

DRAGGIN' THE BOW. AKA‑ "Drag That Fiddle." American, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning. One part (Brody, Phillips); ABB (Christeson). Widely known in a variety of genres and styles: western swing, Canadian, bluegrass, cajun, old‑timey. Sources for notated versions: Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers (Texas) [Brody], Cecil Brower and Cliff Bruner (Texas) [Phillips], Red Williams (Dallas, Texas) [Christeson]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 90. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pgs. 173‑176. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; pg. 44. Adelphi 2002, Hickory Wind‑ "At the Wednesday Night Waltz." Condor 977‑1489, "Graham and Eleanor Townsend Live at Barre, Vermont." Gusto 104, Harry Choates‑ "30 Fiddler's Greatest Hits" (appears as 'Drag That Fiddle'). June Appal 030, Marion Sumner‑ "Road To Home." MSOTFA 007, Charlie Walden - "Draggin' the Bow" (1985). Rebel 1552, Buck Ryan‑ "Draggin' the Bow." String 801, Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers‑ "Beer Parlor Jive." Voyager 309, Benny and Jerry Thomasson‑ "The Weiser Reunion: a Jam Session" (1993).

 

DRAGON FLY, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. One of the better tunes composed by flute player Vincent Broderick.

 

DRAGONFLY WALTZ. American, Waltz. A Minor. Standard tuning. AA'B. A jazz waltz composed in 1990 by Daniel Steinberg (Mt. View, CA) "late one night in the dance hall of a summer camp. The only witness to its birth was a persistent, and somewhat annoying, dragonfly. Hence the name" (Matthiesen). Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 16.

 

DRAGOON [1], THE. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 276, pg. 30.

X:1

T:Dragoon, The [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 276  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D3G3 | AGA Bcd | D3G3 | EAG FED | D3G3 | AGA Bcd |

efg dcB | ABG FED :: d3g3 | ege dBG | d3g3 |

eag fed | gbg faf | ege dBd | efg dcB | ABG FED :|

 


DRAGOON [2], THE. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Kerr): AA’BB’ (Songer). According to Susan Songer (Portland Collection), this jig is known among Portland, Oregon, fiddlers as “The Grey Buck” due to a misnaming by Deborah and Creighton Lindsay, who had the tune from a recording of an English band contained in a medley; “The Grey Buck” was the Lindsay’s guess as to the name and it was picked up under that title by local musicians. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 205, pg. 23. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 90.

X:1

T:Dragoon, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 276  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A3f3 | ede fdB | ABA ABc | def edB | A3f3 | ede fdB |

ABA ABc | def (e2d) :: g3e3 | f3d3 | BcB e2f |

gfe dcB | A3f3 | B3g3 | ABA ABc | def (e2d) :|

                       

DRAHAAREEN-O MOCHREE/DRAHAREEN-O-MACHREE. AKA and see "Little Brother of My Heart."

                       

DRAINPIPE, THE. English, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. A modern composition by Pete Coe. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 145.

                       

DRÁINÍNÍ NA MNÁ UAISLE. AKA and see "The Ladies' Pantalettes."

           

DRAÍOCHT NA GEALAÍ.  Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 19.

           

DRAKE’S LAD, THE (Buachaill an Bhardail). Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major/B Minor. Standard tuning. AA’B. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 126, pg. 73. Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989).

                       

DRAM SHELL, THE (Am Botal dubh 's an t-slige chreachann). Scottish, Reel. F Sharp Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Fraser): AABB (Miller). "Of the orphan, the editor remembers his father sing no more than one complete verse, which mentioned neither time nor place; he cannot therefore trace its occasion, which may be very remote, as death and war, with the barbarous animosities of times past, have produced applicable events at all periods,‑‑and till some poet of eminence takes up the subject, the performer is left in silent admiration of its beauty" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 33, pg. 11. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 148, pg. 96.

X:1

T:Dram Shell, The

T:Am Botal dubh ‘s an t-slige chreachann

L:1/8

M:C

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

C|F3a fecA|ce^dc BAG^E|F3a fecf|ecBG AFF:|g|afcf cfaf|

gebe gbeg|afcf cfaf|ecBG cAAg|afcf cfaf|gebe gbeg|agfg efcf|ecBG AFF||

 

DRAPER'S GARDENS. AKA and see "The Margravine's Waltz." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Draper’s Garden is the park adjacent to Draper’s Hall, London. It also appears to be the name of the dance associated with the tune “The Margravine’s Waltz.” A margravine is the wife or widow of a margrave, a title associated with the lord or military governer of a German border province, especially in Medieval times. The title had some longevity as a hereditary title for some princes in the Holy Roman Empire. Barnes dates the tune to 1721, however, Bruce Olson finds that it first appears in the 13th edition of Playford’s English Dancing Master (1706), and subsequently in Walsh’s Compleat Dancing Master, vol. 1 (1718), reprinted by Walsh in his third edition (1731). Daniel Defoe mentions Draper’s Gardens, London, in his Journal of the Plague Year, where he talks of the panic in the population the plague produced:

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Among these, several Dutch merchants were particularly remarkable,

who kept their houses like little garrisons besieged suffering none to go

 in or out or come near them, particularly one in a court in Throgmorton

Street whose house looked into Draper's Garden.

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Drapers’ Hall Garden

***

Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

 

DRAPER'S MAGGOT. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. “Draper’s Maggot” first appears in Playford’s 13th edition of his English Dancing Master (1706), then in Walsh’s Compleat Dancing Master, vol. 1 (1718), according to Bruce Olson. The word maggot derives from the Italian magioletta, meaning a plaything or something of slight or small consequence. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; pg. 8. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 28.

X:1

T:Draper’s Maggot

M:3/4

L:1/8

K:D

A,2 | D2 (DE)FG | (A2d2) A2 | B2 BA G2 | A2 AG F2 | G2 GF E2 |

F2 FE D2 | FG A2A,2 | D4 :: A2 | d2 (de)fg | a2 ag f2 |

g2 gf e2 | (f4 e2) | fg a2 gf | ef g2 (fe) | (de) (e3d) | d4 :|

 

DRAUGHT OF ALE, A (Deoc Leanna). AKA and see: "Farrell's Pipes," "The Fourpenny Girl,” “Grania’s Welcome Home [2],” “Highway to Dublin,” “The Priest’s Leap [3],” “Right Way to Dublin,” “Saddle the Pony [3],” “Sweet Tibby Dunbar.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 41. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 156, pg. 40.

X:1

T:Draught of Ale, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 156

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD AFD|GBA G2B|def gfg|ecA dBG|cAF G2:|

|:B|ded dcB|def gdB|ded dcB|AFD AFD|ded dcB|def gfg|ecA eBG|cAF G2:|

           

DRAW, CUPID, DRAW.  AKA – “Draw Cupid.” English, Air and Country Dance Tune (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB, Composed by dancing master Richard Motley c. 1710. Unfortunately, little is known of him. “Draw Cupid” was a popular song (beginning “Draw Cupid, draw, and make fair Sylvia know…”) and tune, appearing in all editions of John Young’s Dancing Master, vol. 2 from 1710 through the end of the series, in 1728. The melody also appears in John Walsh’s Second Book of the Compleat Dancing Master (editions of 1719, 1735 and 1749), and Thomas D’Urfey’s Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 6 (1719-1720), and on various song sheets. D’Urfey gives that it is “A Song. Set by Mr. Motley.” The melody was incorporated into the ballad operas The Merry Cobbler, or the Second Part of the Devil to Pay (1735), by Charles Coffey, and Silvia, or the Country Burial (1731) by George Lillo. Welsh versions of the air became ensconced in harper’s repertoire and were collected and published by Edward Jones in his Relicks (1794) as “Serch Hudol” (The Allurements of Love), and in Cambro-British Melodies (1820). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 34.

X:1

T:Draw, Cupid, Draw

M:2/2

L:1/8

R:John Young – Dancing Master (1710)

K:F

f2 Ff|e2- ed|BG Ec|A2- AA|Ad dc|=B2- Bg| c3/2d/2 d3/2c/2|c2- cf|fe ed|

dc cB|BA GF|E2- EA|Ad dc|BA GF| EF F/4G/4A/2 G/2F/2|F2- F2:||

c2 G G G/4A/4B/2|A2- Ae|fd ge|^c2- ca|ag ba|gf ed|

^cd d/4e/4f/2 e/2d/2|d2- df|Ad dc|BA GF|EF F/4G/4A/2 G/2F/2|F2- F2||

           

DRAW THE SWORD SCOTLAND. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 2, pg. 24.

X:1

T:Draw the Sword Scotland

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 24 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(GA)|BABc d2g2|e2g2d2g2|BABc d2 (gf)|edcB A2:||(ga)|b2 ag a2e2|

g2e2d2B2|b2ag a2e2|egfa g2 (ga)|b2 ag a2e2|gfge d2 (dc)|BABc d2 (gf)|egfa g2||

 


DRAWBACK. AKA and see "Hunt the Squirrel."

 

DREAM OF HEAVEN. American, Waltz. USA, Southwest. F Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & B Flat Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. In the repertoire of Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner, who learned it in 1911 (Shumway).

 

DREAM OF HOME, THE (An Tnúthán i ndiadh an Bhaile).  AKA and see “Michael Relihan’s,” “Mick Relihan’s.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Editor Jackie Small (CRÉ V) says the tune “is very popular among musicians in recent years.” Source Barrett called the tune “Mick Relihan’s,” and the tune is attributed to Relihan in Treoir (vol. 2, No. 4). Breathnach had the “Dream of Home” title from a manuscript source. Source for notated version: fiddler Tom Barrett (Listowel, County Kerry) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 117, pg.

 

DREAM OF THE LAKE. AKA and see "Le Reve du Lac."

 

DREAM OF THE LOST FIDDLE, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed December 16, 1963, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 39.

 

DREAM QUICKSTEP, THE. American, Quickstep or March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A fife march. Source for notated version: Harry Elliot (fiddler and fifer from Clarion County, Pa., 1954) [Bayard]. American Veteran Fifer, No. 103. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 179, pg. 135.

                       

DREAM SONG. American, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "(This tune) was heard in a dream...Mrs. Armstrong relates that she dreamed of seeing her Uncle Laney‑‑the most accomplished fiddler in the family, and the one who knew the greatest store of old music‑‑sitting on a log in a clearing and playing this air on his violin. The tune impressed her so by its wistful quality that she still recalled it when awake; so she at once tried it out on her fiddle and committed it to memory. The tune itself, it may be noted, is very much in the style of a British folk melody" (Bayard). Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 (composed by herself) [Bayard]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 28.

                       

DREAMY GEORGIANA MOON. AKA and see "Georgiana Moon."

                       

DRESS HER OUT IN FINE CLOTHES ("Cuir Eadaige Deasa Uirri" or "Cuir Eadaig Deas Air I"). AKA and see “McCarty’s Jig.” AKA – “Dress Her up Fine.” Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (O’Neill): AABB (Kennedy). Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 14, pg. 5 (appears as “Dress Her up Fine”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 86. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1165, pg. 219. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 439, pg. 86.

X:1

T:Dress Her Out in Fine Clothes

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 439

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2G F2A dzA|B2c dze fdB|A2G F2A dzA|Bcd AFD D2:|

||f2d d2f a2f|e2d cze gfe|f2d d2f a2f|ecA ABc d2g|

f2d d2f agf|e2c c2e gfe|fdf efg age|edc ABc dcB||

                       

DRESS HER UP FINE.  See “Dress Her Out in Fine Clothes,” “McCarty’s Jig.”

 

DRESSED SHIP, THE. English (originally), Country Dance Tune (cut time); New England, Polka. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune first appeared in print in Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1774, where it appears as a longways dance ‘for as many as will.’ A ‘dressed ship’ is one that has been decorated with signal flags and other pennants, usually for a ceremony or celebration. There are two distinctions: a dressed ship display employs smaller ensigns than does a full-dressed ship. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; pg. 14. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 25. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 102. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 25. Midsummer MR223, Jaqueline Schwab – “Mad Robin, Reflections on English Country Dances for Solo Piano.”

X:1

T:Dressed Ship, The

M:2/2

L:1/8

R:Country Dance or Polka

K:A

e2 | (c2A2) (E2c2) | d4 de f2 | (e2c2) (a2c2) | (d2B4) e2 | (c2A2) (E2c2) |

(d2f2) (e2a2) | (f2d2) (B2e2) | (c2A4) :: (fg) | a2e2c2A2 | fgaf e2c2 |

(d2f2) (e2c2) | (d2B4) fg | a2e2c2A2 | fgaf e2c2 | (f2d2) (B2e2) | c2A4 :|

                       

DRIBBLES OF BRANDY. AKA and see “Brothers in York.” English, Jig. E Minor (Aeolian). Standard tuning. AABB. A version (in the second, ‘B’, part) of a tune perhaps best known as (the Irish song) "Lannigan's Ball," although the melodic material was employed throughout the British Isles under a variety of titles. The whole tune appears in the 19th century Welch family manuscripts (Bosham, Sussex) under the title “Brothers in York.” However, the air first appears in Adam Thompson’s ballad opera The Disappointed Gallant, of Buckram in Armour (Edinburgh, 1738). The tune also appears in the Thomas Hardy manuscript collection, based on a handwritten book of dance music collected in Dorset in the latter part of the 18th century by a man named Hook. Barry Callaghan (2007) remarks the ‘B’ part was inserted into “Around the World for Sport” by the band Flowers and Frolics (who had learned it from harmonica player Barry Morgan) to make a 48-bar jig in the late 1970’s. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), 1788; vol. 3, No. 416. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 58. Beautiful Jo Records BEJOCD-28, The Mellstock Band – “The Dance at Pheonix: Village Band Music from Hardy’s Wessex and Beyond.”

X:1

T:Dribbles of Brandy

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:Emin

EGE G2A|B2e dBG|A2B c2A|B2G FED|EGE G2A|

B2e dBG|A2B c2A|BGE E3::e2f g2e|fag fe^d|

e2f g2e|fe^d e3|e2f g2e|fag fe^d|e2B c2A|BGE E3:|

                       

DRIMCONG (Droim Chonga). AKA and see “Tim Hogan’s Jig.”

 


DRIMIN DHU DHEELISH. AKA and see "Druimin Dubh Dilis" (Dear Black White‑Backed Cow). Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. "This is not a version of Bunting's Drimin dhu (Dear Black Cow: 1840 collection, p. 32): it is a different air, which I have not seen before.

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Chorus (written phonetically)

As O ru drimmin dhu och O ru agraw,

As O ru Drimmin dhu, go dhee tu slaun (Joyce)

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 210, pgs. 103‑104.

X:1

T:Drimin Dhu Dheelish

T:Druimin Dubh Dilis

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Melancholy”

N:The chorus starts at the double bars.

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

A2|A2e2e2|e2d2e2|c2c2d2|B4B2|c2B2A2|G2E2E2|A2G2E2|

E4E2|c2c2c2|d2c2d2|e2g2e2|e4d2|c2d2 ef|g2e2 ed|c2A2B2|A4||

GA|B4A2|G2E2E2|c4c2|d4 cd|e2g2e2|e3d cA|B4A2|A4||

                       

DRIMIN DONN DILIS (The Dear White-Backed Brown Cow). AKA and see "The Dear White‑Backed Brown Cow."

                          

DRIMIN DUFF. AKA – “Druim Fionn Dubh.” Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB (O’Neill): AABB (O’Farrell). O’Neill (1922) says: “In former times it was much more common to find a white stripe along the spine of brown or black cows, and this coloration was called "Druim-fionn", or white-black. which became "Drimmin" or "Drimen". Thus we have "Drimmin-fionn-dubh" or White-back black cow, etc. In poetical literature those titles are allegorical. "Drimmin Dhu" was a political password among the Irish Jacobites, and all "Drimmin" songs breathe a spirit of fealty to the Jacobite cause.” Source for notated version: copied from Burk Thumoth’s Scotch & Irish Airs (1742) [O’Neill]. O’Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 20. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:Drimen Duff

T:Druim Fionn Dubh

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Burk Thumoth Scotch & Irish Airs 1742

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Andantino expressivo"AB|c4 B2|A2 G2 AB|{d}c4 B2|A4 GA|B4 A2|G2 E>D E>G|

g2 dB cA|G4 AB|c4 B2|A2 G2 AB|c4B2|A4 B2|cB cd eg|

a4 g2|ed B2 dB|A4||AB c4 B2|A2 G2 AB|c2 Be dc|A4 GA|

B4 A2|(3GFD (3EFG (3gfe|(3dBg (3dcB (3cBA|G4 AB|c4 (3dcB|

A4 (3GAB|c4 B2|A4 B2|(3cBc (3cde (3efg|a4 g2| (3egf (3gfe (3dcB|A4||

                       

DRIMMIN DHOUN OGE (The Young Black Cow). AKA and see “The Young Black Cow.” Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804-1810) [O’Neill]. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 127 (appears as “Drimen Down Oge”). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:Drimmin Dhoun Oge

T:Druim-fionn Donn Og

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-1810

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:Bb

"Andantino"GF|D2 G2 GF|G2 A2 c2|d=e fe dc|A4 dB|A2 G2 GF|

G3 A B2|A2 G2 FD|D6|D2 G2 GF|G2 A2 c2|d=e fe dc|A4 fg|a2 gf =ed/4c/4|

d3 =e f2|G2 G2 AG/4^F/4|G4||d2 g2 gf|g3 a b2|a2 g2 fd|d4 =e2|f3 g fd|f2 g2 a>g|

fd cB AG|F4 dc|A2 G2 GF|G2 A2 c2|d=e fe dc|A4 fg|a2 gf =ed/4c/4|d3 =e f>A|

G4 {B}AG/4^F/4|G4||

                       

DRIMOLEAGUE FAIR (Aonac Druim-Da-Leac). AKA and see “Danny Boy,” “Derry Air,” “Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain,” “Londonderry Air.” Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Drimoleague is a town in south County Cork, at the opposite end of the country from Derry (as so perhaps a tongue-in-cheek title for “Derry Air”?). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 316, pg. 55.

X:1

T:Drimoleague Fair

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 316

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

F GA|B3 A BedB|AG E2 zG Bc|d3 e dBGB|A4 zF GA|B3A BedB|

AGED EFGA|B3c BAGA|G4 z||d ef|g3f fedB|dB G2z d ef|g3f fedB|

A4 zd dd|b3a ageg|dB G2z F GA|BedB AGEF|(G4 G)||

                       

DRINAN JIG. Scottish, Jig. Composed by American Scottish-style fiddler Bonnie Rideout, “my own musical description of Dr. (John) Purser” the author of Scotland’s Music (1992). Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire” (2000).

                       

DRINK AND BE MERRY (Ol Suas's Bi Sugac). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 64. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1068, pg. 201.

X:1

T:Drink and Be Merry

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1068

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d | cAG F2G | FDE F2D | DGG FGA | BBc ded |

cAG FED | GAG gfe | dBG AFD | DGG G2 :|

|: F/G/ | A>BA fef | gag fed | ^cAG FGA | ded ^cAG |

ABA fef | gag fed | ^cAG F2E | D2 D D2 :|

                       

DRINK OF BRANDY, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. ABA. The similarly named “Drops of Brandy [1]” is an unrelated slip jig. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 55. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 85.

X:1

T:Drink of Brandy, The

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|G2B BAB BAB|G2B BAB c2A|G2B BAB BAB|ABA A2B c2A|

G2B BAB BAB|G2B BAB c2A|G2B BAB BAB|ABA A2B c2A||

G2B d2B d2B|G2B d2B c2A|G2B d2B d2B|ABA A2B c2A|

G2B d2B d2B|G2B d2B c2A|G2B d2B d2A|ABA A2B c2A||

                       

DRINK OF THIS CUP. AKA and see "Paddy O'Rafferty [2]."

                       

DRINK THE WORTS AND SPILL THE BEER. Scottish. From The Piper’s Assistant (1877).

                       

DRINK YOUR TEA, LOVE. AKA and see "Hungarian Waltz," "Grand Duke Nicholas."  English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 71, pg. 35. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 139.

                       

DRINKING REEL, THE. AKA and see "The Atholl Brae(s)," "The Drunken Tailor," "Gallagher's Best,"  "Lagan Slashers," "League and Slasher," "Pigeon on the Pier [2]," "The Pigeon on the Gate [1]," "Reidy's Reel,” "The Scotch Braes,” “The Wandering Tinker.”

                       

DRINKING SONG. AKA ‑ "San Ol," "Ol San." Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "This air...was contributed by William Elliot Hidson, a well‑known Irish patriot and scholar of the last century" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 505, pgs. 275‑276.

                       

DRIOBALL NA FÁINLEOIGE. AKA and see “The Swallowtail Jig.”

                       

DRIOTAIR IR DIOMBAD TU LUAD LE MNAOI, A. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1087, pg. 275.

                       

DRIVE AWAY THE COLD. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune is from a broadside ballad of 1640. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg 7.

                       

DRIVE HAKKY. AKA and see "Ca' Hawkie (Through the Water),” “Lord Elphinston(e’s)." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. "Recognizable as 'Ca' Hawkie', but with several unusual features" (Seattle). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 70. Northumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book, 1981; pg. 18. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 273.

                       


DRIVE HOME THE MAINLANDERS. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 87, pg. 12.

X:1

T:Dragoon, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 87  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

b | B/B/B g2 BBdB | cAec fAec | B/B/B b2 BBdB | cAec B/B/B B :|

|: a | B/B/B (dB) fBdB | caea eAcA | BcdB fBdB | cAec B/B/B B :|

 

DRIVE THE CAT FROM UNDER THE TABLE. AKA and see "Whip the cat from under the Table," "Bimid ag Ol [1]," "Gilibeart Mhac Fhlannchadha," "Bemthe goal," "Humours of Panteen," "Huish the Cat," "The Humours of Parteen," "Dance light for my heart lies under your feet," "Peas on the Hearth."

 

DRIVE THE COLD WINTER AWAY. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 or 6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Watson): ABB (Sharp): AABB (Barnes): AABC (Chappell). The song was originally called "When Phoebus Addrest" and went to another, older air. The new air of "Drive the Cold Winter Away" (which name is derived from the burden of the old song) appears in Playford's The English Dancing Master of 1651 and all later editions, the 1666 and all later editions of Musick's Delight on the Cithren, Walsh's Dancing Master, and both editions of D’Urfey’s Pills to Purge Melancholy. Numerous ballads were written to the song in the latter 17th century, including a drinking song for Yuletide called “All Hail to the Days.”

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All hayle to the dayes that merite more praise

Then all the rest of the yeare!

And welcome the nights that double delights

As well for the poore as the peere.

Good fortune attend each merry man’s friend

That doth bat the best that he may,

Forgetting old wrongs with carols and songs

To drive the cold winter away.

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Jack Campin found the following passage in the memoirs of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus. She grew up in a manor in the Highlands in the early 19th century, and here she writes about the year 1812, when at age fifteen she and her sister arose under the direction of her governess:

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In winter we rose half an hour later, without candle, or fire,
or warm water.  Our clothes were all laid on a chair overnight
in readiness for being taken up in proper order.  My Mother
would not give us candles, and Miss Elphick insisted we should
get up.  We were not allowed hot water, and really in the high-
land winters, when the breath froze on the sheets, and the water
in the jugs became cakes of ice, washing was a cruel necessity,
the fingers were pinched enough.  As we could play our scales
well in the dark, the two pianofortes and the harp began the
day's work.  How very near crying the one whose turn set her at
the harp I will not speak of; the strings cut the poor cold
fingers so that the blisters often bled.  Martyr the second put
her poor blue hands on the keys of the grand-pianoforte in the
drawing room, for in those two rooms the fires were never lighted
till near nine o'clock - the grates were of bright steel, the
household was not early and so we had to bear our hard fate.

***

Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 173. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 41 (a facsimile copy of Playford’s version). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 68. Watson (A Rollick of Recorders or Other Instruments), 1975; No. 3, pg. 4. Flying Fish FF‑407, Robin Williamson ‑ "Winter's Turning" (1986).

X:1

T:Drive the Cold Winter Away

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

(D | F>ED A2) (d | c>BA f2) (F | G2A B>cB | A3 A2) (D |

F>ED A2) (d | c>BA f2) (F | G2A B>cB | A3 A2) ||

|: (d | c>BA c2) (c | B>AG B2) (B | A>GF E2D | f3 f2) (d |

c>BA c2) (c | B>AG B2) (B | A>GF E>DE | D3 D2) :|

 

DRIVE THE COWS HOME ("Tiomain Na M-ba 'Sa Baile" or "Tioman Na Ba a Baile"). Irish, Double Jig. A Mixolydian (O'Neill/Krassen): A Major (O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning. AABB'. O’Neill says that “although classed as a double jig, (it) was evidently a clan march.” Source for notated version: William McLean, “from whose piping I picked it up, (and who) played it in marching time on the Highland pipes” [O’Neill].

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Drover with Calves in a Country Cart (c. 1755). Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)

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O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 26. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 806, pg. 150. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1987; No. 77, pg. 29.

X:1

T:Drive the Cows Home

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 77

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

D|efe edB|dBA A2B|GAG GBd|BAG G2g|fed efg|aga e2f|gfg dBd|ecA A2:|

|:e|aga efg|aga e2f|gfg def|gfg d2e|1 agag efg|aga e2f|gfg dBd|ecA A2:|2

agf gfe|fed edB|gfg dBd|ecA A2||

                       

DRIVE THE GOLDEN SPIKE. Scottish. Composed by fiddler Brian McNeill. Tartan Tapes CDTT1004, Clare McLaughlin – “Heat the Hoose” (1998).

                       

DRIVE THE WORLD BEFORE ME [1]. AKA – “Drive the World Before You.” AKA and see “Waterford Girls.” Irish, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 15, pg. 5 (appears as “Drive the World Before You”). Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 37, pg. 16. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 12, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Drive the World Before Me [1]

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dfd f2g afd | dfd f2 d ecA | dfd f2g afd | faf gec d3 :: AcA c2d ecA |

fef c2d ecA | AcA c2d ecA | (f/g/a)f gec d3 :|

 

DRIVE THE WORLD BEFORE ME [2]. AKA and see “Stick the World Before You.”

                       

DRIVING OF THE CALVES, THE (Seoladh na nGamhan). Irish, Air. This melody is related to the well-known “Boyne Water [1].”

                       

DRIVING THE STEERS (Ioman nan gàmhna). AKA – “Malcolm’s Jig,” “Tending the Steer, with a Heavy Heart.” Scottish, Slow Air (9/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. "The words of this air personify a grazier and a sportsman recapitulating the events of a day's weary and solitary range through the forest. The editor does not apply this note to make his grandfather appear the composer. He was extremely fond of singing it as here given, which would not have been the case if it applied to himself" (Fraser). The Gaelic title, “(G’) Ioman nan Gàmhna, ‘s mi mulacach” translates as “(To) Driving the Steers, I am melancholy.” Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 120, pg. 47.

X:1

T:Driving the Steers

T:Ioman nan gàmhna

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

(3f/e/d/|dAA A>B/A/G/ FDD|cAA A>G/A/c/ d>f/e/d/|cAF A2 G/E/ FGA|

A2 G/F/ GA~c d2 (3f/e/d/|cAA A>B/A/G/ FDD|cAA A>G/A/c/ d>f/e/d/|

cAF A2 G/E/ FGA|A2 G/F/ GAc d2||c/B/|AAA f>gf edc|d2 c/A/ f>e/f/g/ a2 c/B/|

AAA f>gf edc|d2 c/B/ A>G/A/c/ d2 c/B/|AAA f>gf edc|d2 c/A/ f>e/f/g/ a2 c/B/|

Afa f/a/g/f/e/d/ cAf|A2 G/F/ GAc d2||

 

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