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DR. ... See "Doctor ..."
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
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.
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 (
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 (
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 (
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 |
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
DRAKE’S LAD, THE (Buachaill an Bhardail). Irish, Slide (12/8 time).
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
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,
***
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.
***
***
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
X:1
T:Draught of Ale, A
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
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
X:1
T:Draw the Sword
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.
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
DREAM OF THE LOST
FIDDLE, THE. Canadian, Reel.
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
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)
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
X:1
T:Dress Her Out in Fine Clothes
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
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);
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
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.
***
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
X:1
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.”
***
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.
***
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:
***
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
***
Drover with Calves in a Country Cart (c. 1755). Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788)
***
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 26.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 806, pg. 150. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Drive the Cows Home
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
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
X:1
T:Drive the
World Before Me [1]
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Levey – Dance Music of
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
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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