Fiddler’s Companion

© 1996-2008 Andrew Kuntz

_______________________________

HOME       ALPHABETICAL FILES        REFERENCES

[COMMENT1] [COMMENT2] 

DRO - DRUM

[COMMENT3] 

 

Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html 

 

**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]

 

 

[COMMENT4] 

DROCHAID LUIDEACH, AN (The Twisted Bridge). Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Green Linnett GLCD 1146, The Tannahill Weavers - "Capernaum" (1994). Green Linnet GLCD 1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts” (1997).

X:1
T:An Drochaid Luideach (The Twisted Bridge)
M:12/8

L:1/8

R:Reel

Z:Transcribed by Juergen Gier
K:AMix
ce (3eee feef eca2|ce (3eee feef ecB2|\
ce (3eee feef eca2|AAAB ~c3d BGA2:|
|:ae (3eee feef eca2|ae (3eee feef ecB2|\
ae (3eee feef eca2|AAAB ~c3d BGA2:|

                       


DROCKETTY'S MARCH. Irish, March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Darley & McCall's note states that Drocketty is supposed to be a corruption of the Gaelic 'Draoideactad', meaning enchantment or magic. The tune was used for "the famous Druid's Dance still performed every winter by the Mummers of the Co. Wexford." Patrick Kennedy, in his "Banks of the Boro," calls it a "war‑dance" and gives a descriptive account of "the fantastic manner in which it is danced." See also notes for “Mummer’s March” and “Droghedy March.” Source for notated version: flutist John Ferguson, a farm laborer (Rathangan, Co. Wexford, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 68, pg. 31.

                       

DROGHEDA BAY. AKA and see “Tie the Ribbons [1].” Irish, Reel. Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy – “Heathery Breeze” (1999).

                       

DROGHEDA LASS/LASSES [1], THE ("Na Cailinide Ua Droicild Ata" or "Cailini Droiciod-Ata"). AKA and see “Hand Me Down the Tackle,” “Hielanman’s Kneebuckle,” "The Pure Drop [2]," “Reidy Johnson’s [2]," "The Road to Drogheda,” “Tom(m) Steele." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Drogheda is a Gaelic word for ‘bridge by a ford’. Breathnach prints a version of this tune as an untitled reel from Frankie Gavin in his Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. III (No. 189). Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 113. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1292, pg. 243. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 557, pg. 103.

X:1

T:Drogheda Lasses, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 557

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dD (3DDD ABAF | Dgfe dcBc | dD (3DDD ABAF | BEEF GABc | dD (3DDD ABAF |

Dgfe dcBc | dBcA BGAF | BEEF GABc || d2 fd fafd | Adfa gece | d2 fd fafd |

BEEF GABc | d2 fd fafd | Adfa gece | f2 ec dABG | FABc dcBc ||

 

DROGHEDA LASSES [2].  AKA and see "The Drogheda Reel," “Eddie Moloney’s [2],” “Mary of the Grove [1],” “Paddy Doorhy’s.” Irish, Reel. “Drogheda Lasses” was the title used by Mick Gavin. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 189, pg. 85 (untitled reel).

                       

DROGHEDA REEL, THE. AKA and see "The Drogheda Lass/Lasses [1]."

                       

DROGHEDA WEAVERS, THE (Na Figeadoiri Ua Droicead Ata). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Neill (1913) States there was a special dance performed to this tune.  Drogheda is a Gaelic word for ‘bridge by a ford’. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 361, pg. 74.

X:1

T:Drogheda Weavers, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 361

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AFD DFD|AFD G2E|AFD DFG|AFD E2d|AFD DFD|AFD G2E|DFA B2d|AFD E2D:|

|:D/E/F/G/A/B/ c3|B3 A2D|DFA d2B|AFD E2D|

D/E/F/G/A/B/ c3|B3 A2B|ABc d2B|AFD E2d:|

                       

DROGHEDY MARCH. AKA and see “The Mummer’s March.” Irish, March (6/8 time). Standard tuning. ABCDEFDH.  Fleischmann gives a reference for this tune in J. Brysson’s A Curious Selection Of Favourite Tunes With Variations to which is added upwards of fifty favourite Irish Airs for the German Flute or Violin, with a Bass for the Harpsichord or Violoncello. Harmoniz'd by an Eminent Master (Edinburgh, c. 1790). He notes that the title probably refers to Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Drogheda who as involved in the siege of that same town in 1642. He was killed in clashes with Owen Roe O’Neill in 1643. The title may also be a corruption of the Irish word draiocht, meaning magic (see note for “Drocketty's March”).

***

A “Droghedy's March” from county Wexford is described by Patrick Kennedy in 1812 in his book On the Banks of the Boro:
***
The tune called Droghedy's March was occasionally danced to among the
hornpipes, by a performer furnished with a short cudgel in each hand, which
he brandished and clashed in harmony with the tune. But we had the good fortune
to see it performed in a complete fashion on the borders of the barony of Bargy,
in the old manor-house of Coolcul, whose young men, joined by the stout
servants and labourers on the farms, were well able, in country parlance, to
clear a fair. Amongst these the present chronicler was initiated into the
mysteries of mumming, and was taught to bear his part in that relic of the
Pyrrhic or Druidic dance, "Droghedy's March." We practiced it in one of the
great parlours, and this was the style of it's execution: six men or boys
stood in line, at reasonable distance apart, and six others stood opposite
them, all armed as described. When the music began, feet, and arms, and sticks
commenced to keep time. Each dancer, swaying his body to the right and left,
described an upright figure of 8 with the fists, both of them following the
same direction, the ends of the sticks following the same figure, of course.
In these movements no noise was made, but at certain bars the arms moved
rapidly up and down, the upper and lower halves of the right-hand stick
striking the lower half of the left-hand stick in the descent of the right arm,
and the upper half of it in the ascent, and vice versa. At the proper point of
the march each man commenced a kind of fencing with his vis-a-vis, and the
clangs of the cudgels coincided with the beats of the music and the movements
of the feet. Then commenced the involutions, evolutions, interlacings and
unwindings, every one striking at the person with whom the movement brought
him face to face, and the sounds of the sticks supplying the hoochings in
the reels....The steps, which we have forgotten, could not have been difficult,
for we mastered them.....This war dance is (or was) performed to a martial tune
resembling Brian Boru's march...
[Pp.231-32]

***

See O’Neill’s “Mummer’s March” and Darley & McCall’s “Drocketty March” for more.

                       

DROICEAD NA CIULIN. AKA and see "Cooleen Bridge."

                       

DROICHEAD BEAG, AN (The Little/Small Bridge). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. A modern composition by Frankie Lane (Stamullen, County Meath). It was perhaps named for the pub “The Small Bridge” which was a famous session pub in Dingle, County Kerry, which Lane and others frequented. Kells Records, Frankie Lane - “Live at Hughes.” Kells Records, Brendan Begley - “We Won’t Go Home Till Morning.” Kells Records, Brendan Begley et al. - “Mighty Session.”

X:1

T:Droichead Beag, An

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D Major

ag|f2 df edce|ddcd BAFA|DDFA dcde|fgfd e2 ag|

ffdf eece|ddcd BAFA|DDFA dcde|fgef d2 dc :|

B2 BcdB BB|fgfg fBBB|AAFA dcde|fgfd e2 dc|

(3BcB BcdB BB|fgfg fBBB|AAFA dcde|fgef d2 dc :|

ef|ggfg eAAA|ffef dAAA|DDFA dcde|fgfd e2 ef|

ggfg eAAA|ffef dAAA|DDFA dcde|fgef d2 eg :|

                       

DROICHEAD LOCH GEARR (The bridge of Lough Garr).  AKA and see “Black Rogue [2].” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was included three times in the music manuscripts of Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman (1828-1896), notes Paul de Grae. Goodman was an Irish speaker and uilleann piper who collected in tradition in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster, and who also gleaned tunes from other musicians’ manuscripts and printed sources. See also his “Billy O’Rourke” and “Black Rogue [2].” Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 437, pg. 171.

X:1

T:Droichead Loch Gearr

T:Bridge of Lough Garr

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century)

K:D

(3f/e/d/|cAA BGA/G/|FGA cde/f/|cAF GBG|AFD D2(3f/e/d/|cAA BGA/G/|

FGA cde/f/|cAF GBG|AFD D2::z|fff gfg|afd ecA|

fff gfg|afd d2e/f/|agf gfe|fed dfd|cAF GBG|AFD D2:|

 

DROIGNEAN DONN, AN. AKA and see "The Brown Thorn."

                       


DROIM CHONGA (The Ridge of Cong?). AKA – “Drimcong.” AKA and see "The Lark on the Strand [1],” “Tim Hogan’s Jig." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler George Rowley/Seoirse Ó Roghallaigh (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 26, pg. 11.

                       

DROLL JOHNNEY (sic). English, Jig. England, Dorset. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 18.

                       

DROMADOIRI UÍ DUNLAINGE. AKA and see "Delaney's Drummers."

           

DROMEY’S FANCY. Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB’. O’Neill (1922) remarks: “This catchy strain which is a superior variant of ‘The Dancing Master’ in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland was introduced to Chicagoans by John Dromey an excellent fluter, and amateur piper, whose name it bears. Mr. Dromey who is yet hale and hearty, was in his prime, a generation ago, the star of every Irish gathering, for as a traditional singer of Irish songs, he was unrivalled.” The closely related tune “The Swallowtail” is perhaps the best-known member of this tune family at present. Source for notated version: Patrick Stack (Chicago) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 127.

X:1

T:Dromey's Fancy

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Patrick Stack, Chicago

Z:Paul Kinder

K:E Minor

E/2F/2|GEE BEE|GEE BAG|FDD ADD|dcB AGF|

GEE BEE|GEE B2 c|ded BAF|GEE E2:|

|:A|Bef gfe|fed BAG|FDD ADD|"tr"A2 G FED|

1Bef gfe|fed BAG|GEE BAF|GEE E2:|

2EDE G2 A|BAB def|edB BAF|GEE E2:||

           

DRONEY’S DRUMMERS. AKA and see “The Three Little Drummers.”

                       

DRONEY'S FAVORITE. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: concertina player Chris Droney [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vol. 4, No. 6. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; pg. 129, No. 221.

           

DRONEY'S JIG. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; pg. 143, No. 247.

           

DROP, THE. AKA and see "Ward's Drop." English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 318.

                       

DROP OF DRAM, THE. AKA and see "Jack the Jolly Ploughboy." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 133.

X:1

T:Drop of Dram, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (c. 1810)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G2 B>G c<AGF | GB d<d B>d | dc Ac cBGB | cAGF G3 :|

d | d>c Bd dgfe | d>c Bc d2 g>g | g2 eg gf2d | fed^c d=c BA |

G2 B>G cAGF | GB d2d2 B>d | dcAc cBGB | cAGF G3 ||

                                   

DROPPET, THE.  English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the 1770-1772 music manuscript of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is unfortunately known.

X:1

T:Droppet, The

M:C|

L:1/8
R:Reel

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript (1770-72)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G,B,DG BdBG|AcAF EGDB,|G,B,DG BdBG|AcAF G2G,2:|

|:d2 bd BdBG|c2 ac AcAF|d2 bd BdBG|AcAF G2G,2:|

 

DROPS OF BRANDY [1] (“Braona Brannda” or “Braoinini Brannda”). AKA and see “Cummilum,” "Drops of Whiskey," "A Drop of Whiskey," "New Drops of Brandy," "Oh, Mary Take My Advice." Irish (originally?), Scottish, English; Jig (9/8 time). England; Shropshire, Lancashire, Northumberland, Lincolnshire. G Major (most versions): A Major (Martin, Silberberg, Trim). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1001, Silberberg): AAB (Tubridy): AABB (most versions). AABB’ (Martin). There are two main versions of this tune, an old and a new, the latter often known as "New Drops of Brandy." The older versions can be found in the English manuscripts of John Moore and William Vickers. Merryweather (1989) notes it bears some resemblance to Playford's "Scotland." The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, which he published c. 1800 and also appears in the Scottish Drummond Castle Manuscript in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle. This latter MS is inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734" (and for this reason it is sometimes called the Duke of Perth MS). Editor Seattle (1987) says Vickers' version is a non-standard variation. There is some evidence a 17th century Scots jig called “Hey My Nannie” is ancestral to “Drops of Brandy.”

***

Drops of Brandy is also the name of a specific country dance known throughout the British Isles under two names. In Ireland, O’Neill (1913) tells us “a special dance was performed to the melody,” and indeed, “Drops of Brandy” is a favorite tune for solo step dancing competitions. A Scottish dance called Drops of Brandy was performed to a schottische, while the exact same figures were danced to a jig and known as the dance Strip the Willow, report Flett & Flett (1964). In fact, the R.S.C.D.S.’s “official” tune for the dance Strip the Willow is “Drops of Brandy,” although a variety of suitable jigs in 6/8 time are also employed on the ceilidh circuit. Emmerson (1972) states that the tune “Drops of Brandy” is often associated with the dance Strip the Willow, so much so that in England the dance is known by the title Drops of Brandy (although it is performed there to schottische-type tunes); “Today, Strip the Willow can be encountered danced to marches or to reels with Country Dance steps, or more often with unbridled abandon.” Martin (2002) also suggests the tune as a vehicle for the dance Strip the Willow (played in a medley with “Brose and Butter” and “I Hae a Wife of my Ain”). Compare also with untitled slip jig collected from Donegal fiddler John Doherty, printed in The Northern Fiddler (1979, pg. 61b), and with the related “Jaunting Car for Six.” “Drink of Brandy” is a similarly named, although unrelated slip jig.

***

Anne Lederman, in her entry on “Fiddling” in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (1992), identifies “Drops of Brandy” as one of two important tunes in the ‘fur-trade’ repertoire of the 18th and 19th centuries in Canada (along with “La grande gigue simple” and cognates). It was the vehicle for the Scottish line dance (also called Drops of Brandy), and Lederman suggests the tune was derived from a Scottish 6/4 hornpipe (or ‘Old Hornpipe’ time). The tune also went by the titles “Le Brandy,” “The Hook Dance” and “La danse du crochet” as well as various titles in native languages, writes Lederman. See also the version in Ann Winnington’s music manuscript book (no. 19), c. 1810, wherein the frontispiece indicates she resided in New York.

***

Sources for notated versions: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; a c. 1847 manuscript from Lancashire musician Ellis Knowles [Plain Brown Tune Book]; Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871) was a papermaker and musician from the village of Tealby, near Market Rasen, in the Lincolnshire Wolds, who compiled a manuscript collection dated 1823-26 [Sumner]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 331, pg. 10. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 60 (appears as 'A Drop of Whiskey"). Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 75, pgs. 156-157. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 284. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 16, pg. 5. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 235, pg. 26. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 46. Merryweather (Merryweather’s Tunes for the English Bagpipe), 1989; pg. 53. Northumbrian Pipers' Second Tune Book, 1981; pg. 23. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 448, pg. 87. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 218, pg. 116. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg 8. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 130. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 93. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 304.  Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 37. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 4. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 10. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 38. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 83 (appears as "Drops of Whiskey"). Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1817. Capelhouse Records, James Kelly – “Traditional Irish Music” (1996). Gael-Linn CEF 045, “Paddy Keenan” (1975).

X:1

T:Drops of Brandy

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 448

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

ded BGB BGB|d2c BGB c2A|ded BGB BGB|cBc AFA c2A|

d2c BGB BGB|ded BGB cBA|d2c BGB BGB|cBc A2B cBA||

GBd gdB gdB|GBd gdB c2A|GBd gdB gdB|cBc AFA c2A|

GBd gdB gdB|GBd gdB cBA|GBd gba gdB|cBc A2B cBA||

 

DROPS OF BRANDY [2]. Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. "(This tune) is an alternate selection used to accompany a traditional country dance of the same name performed by Metis dancers. Frank Lowery learned this melody during the 1970's from Graham Townsend (Canada)" {Gibbons}. Source for notated version: Frank Lowery (Prince George, British Coloumbia) [Gibbons]. Gibbons (As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia), 1982; No. 4, pg. 16.

 

DROPS OF BRANDY [3]. English (?), Jig (9/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Reels), 1999; No. 16 (2nd setting), pg. 5.

                   

DROPS OF DRINK. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Country dance figures are given in Saltator’s Treatise on Dancing (Boston, Mass., 1802 and 1807). The melody was printed in Gilfert’s Gentleman’s Pocket Companion for the German Flute or Viola (New York, 1802). However, the melody is older, having first appeared in Aird’s Selections, vol. 2 (Glasgow, 1785). “Drops of Drink” was included in a few music manuscript collections, including, in North America, those of Elisha Belknap (Framingham, Mass., 1784) and flute player Thomas Molyneaux’s copybook (Shelburne, Nova Scotia, 1788). In England, it appears in the music manuscript collection of musician John Rook (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840). Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 27, pg. 10. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 28 (appears as “Dauntless Dorothy,” the name of a dance by Fried de Metz Herman set to the tune). Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 43. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 106.

X:1

T:Drops of Drink

L:1/8

M:6/8

K:E Minor

D|GFG G2g|dBG GAB|A2B c2d|ecA A2B|GFG G2g|gfg dBG|A2B c2A|BGE E2:|

|:f|e2f g2e|fed d2f|e2f g2a|bge e2g/a/|bgb afa|geg dBG|A2B c2A|BGE E2:|

X:2

T:Drops of Drink

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:John Rook manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria,1840)

K:G

E|G2G G2g|dBG G2B|A2B c2d|ecA A2B|G2G G2g|

Gfg dBG|A2B c2A|BGE E2::f|e2f g2e|fed d2f|e2f g2a|

bge e2 g/a/|bgb afa|geg dBG|A2B c2A|BGE E2:|

                   

DROPS OF SACK. English, Jig. England, North‑West. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 77.

                   

DROPS OF SPRINGWATER. AKA and see “(A) Blast of Wind,” “The Clout,” “The Cock in the Heath [2],” “The Humours of Caledon,” “The Humours of Westmeath,” “Kiss in the Furz [1],” “The Rakes of Westmeath [1].” Irish, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The “Drops of Springwater” comes from James Kelly and Paddy O’Brien, who say they got the tune from Paddy Moloney. See “The Clout” for the earliest appearance of this tune family. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 43. DMP Records, Karen Tweed – “Drops of Springwater” (1994). Kells Music 9507, Dervish – “At the End of the Day” (appears as part of “Packie Duignan Set”). Shanachie Records 29015, James Kelly & Paddy O’Brien – “Is it Yourself?” (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995).

                   

DROPS OF WHISKEY. See "A Drop of Whiskey," "Drops of Brandy." Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 60 (appears as "A Drop of Whiskey"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 130 (appears as "Drops of Brandy"). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 93. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 83 (includes Williamson's variations).

X:1

T:Drop of Whiskey, A

T:Drops of Whiskey

M:9/8

L:1/8

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d2c BGB BGB | d2c BGB c2A | d2c BGB BGB | {d}cBc AFA c2A |

d2c BGB BGB | ded BGB c2A | ded BGB BGB | {d}cBc AFA cBA ||

GBd gdB gdB | GBd gdB c2A | GBd gba gdB | {d}cBc AFA c2A |

GBd gdB gdB | GBd gdB c2A | GBd gba gdB | {d}cBc AFA c2A ||

 

DROPS OF WHISKEY [2]. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 102.

X:1

T:Drops of Whiskey [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g2G G2A | B>AG e>dc | g2G G2B | A2B dcA | g2G G2A | B2G d2B |

A2=f fef | A2B cBA || d2d d2c | BAG d2B | d2d edc | cAB cBA |

d2d d2c | BAG dcB | A2=f fef | A2B cBA ||

                   

DROUGHT, THE. AKA and see “Drown Drowth.” Irish, Slig Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (O’Farrell): AABB’ (Kennedy). O’Farrell gives the tune’s provenance as Irish. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 17. pg. 6. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808: pg. 66.

X:1

T:Drought, The

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | F/G/AF dAG F2D | F/G?AF GEE E2A | F/G/AF dAG F2D | F/G/AE FDD D2 :|

A | dfg afb afd | c2A cee e2f | d3 dfg afd | g2e fdd d2A |

dfg afb afd | c2A cee e2f | dfg abc’ d’c’b | abg fge d2 ||

                   

DROUN DROWTH. See “Drown Drowth.”

                   

DROUTH. Scottish, Jig. The tune appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript, in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle. It is inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734" (and for this reason it is sometimes called the Duke of Perth MS).

                   

DROVER LADS, THE (Gillan an Drover). AKA and see "Gillan the Drover." Scottish, 'Highland' Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. See note for “Gillan the Drover.” See also an untitled Irish version of the jig in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II (1976), No. 16.

***

The Thirsty Drover (1856). Francis William Edmonds.

***

Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 272, pg. 30. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 176. Green Linnet SIF 1047, John Cunningham - "Fair Warning" (1983).

X:1

T:Drovers Lads, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B|GBd g3|agf (g2e)|dBB (B2e)|dBB (B2A)|GBd g3|agf (g2e)|dBA A2e|dBA A2:|

|:GBd dBd|ege dBG|dBB (B2e)|dBB (B2A)|GBd dBd|ege dBG|dBA (A2e)|dBA A2:|

|:B|GBB gBB|aBB bBB|dBB (B2e)|dBB (B2A)|GBB gBB|aBB bBB|dBA (A2e)|

dBA A2:: g | bag agf | gfe efg | dBB (B2e) | dBB (B2g) | bag agf | gfe efg | dBA (A2e) | dBA A2 :|

                   

DROVER’S JOURNEY HOME, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 68, pgs. 74-75.

X: 1

T:The Drover's Journey Home

R:reel

C:Ed Reavy

M:2/2

L:1/8

Z:Joe Reavy

N:The drover was a part of the tradition that Ed felt

N:should be remembered. He drove his herds across the cold,

N:dark fields of that ancient land much as his father did

N:before him. A part of that story is told beautifully

N:in Padraic Colum's poem "The Drover."

K:D

D (3gfd dfed | cAGA cdec | dcAG FGAE | FEDB, CA,G,B, | A,2 DE =FD=CD |

=FEFG A^cde | (3fga gf dcAF |1 GE=cG EDCE :|2 GE=G EDD^c || d2 ad bdad |

(3ddd ag efge | d2 ad bdad | =cAGA cdec | d2 ad bdad | (3ddd ag efge | abag efge |

dB=cG EDD^c || d2 ad bdad | (3ddd ag efge | d2 ad bdad | =cAGA cdec |

d2 ad Adad | (3ddd ag efge | abag efge | dB=cG EDCE ||

                   


DROWN DROWTH. AKA – “Droun Drowth,” “Drown Drought.” AKA and see “Give Us a Drink of Water [1],” “Doon da Rooth,” “The Drought.” Scottish, Old Hornpipe or Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 65. Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 14. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 32. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), c. 1790; pg. 21. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 391.

X:1

T:Drown Drowth

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F | (D/E/F)D BFE “tr”D2 B, | (D/E/F)D ECC C2F | (D/E/F)D B>cd “tr”D2 B, |

(D/E/F)C DB,B, B2 :: F | BcB fdg fdB | “tr”A2F (A/B/c)c c2d | Bcd fga bag | fbd “tr”c2B B2 :|

X:2

T:Drown Drouth

S:Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 3/20/04

N:Petrie's First Collection, page 21

L:1/8

M:6/8

R:3/2 Hornpipe

K:Bb         

F | (D/E/FD) BFE | D2B, (D/E/FD) | ECC C2E | DEF (B/A/B/c/)d | D2B, (D/E/F)C |

DB,B, B,2 :: F | B>cB def  | fdB A2F | (A/B/c)c c2A | B>cB  fga | b>ag f>ed | TcBc B2"^Fine" :|

%In my opinion this tune should be notated in 3/2! -SW

                                       

DROWSY/DROUSY/DROWSIE MAGGIE [1] (Mairgreadin Taimeac/Suantac). AKA and see "Sleepy Maggy/Maggie," "Sleeping Moggie," "Sleepy Moggie," "Pegg in the Settle." Irish, Reel. E Dorian or E Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Cranitch, Feldman & O’Doherty/Byrne, Flaherty, Martin & Hughes, Mulvihill, O’Malley, O'Neill/1850 & 1001, Spandaro, Tubridy): AAB (Kennedy, Roche & Raven): AA’B (Vallely): ABB' (Feldman & O’Doherty/Doherty, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Brody, Phillips): AABB' (Sweet): AA'BB' (Harker/Rafferty, Reiner): AA’BC (Songer): ABCE (Breathnach). A very common reel, the basic form of which is known to most Irish traditional musicians. There is a version of “Drowsy Maggie” particular to County Donegal, where, again, it is a popular reel. A third part to the tune is sometimes played that was first recorded in 1938 by Frank O’Higgins (see abc’s below). Liz Carroll, in the notes to her album “A Friend Indeed,” says the same third part was composed by the famous accordion player Joe Cooley, but in view of the fact that he would have been 14 at the time of O’Higgins’ recording, this seems unlikely. Breathnach’s source, Michael “The Master” McDermott (d. 1947), a schoolteacher and fiddler from Pomeroy and Carrigmore, County Tyrone, had two additional parts than the usual two-part setting; the first was similar to O’Higgins, while the fourth is a variation on the third. See also the related “Lady’s Bonnet.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Peter Horan (b. 1926, Kilavil, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; “from my mother” [Mulvihill]; fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]; fiddler Peter Turbit [Feldman & O’Doherty]; fiddlers Francie and Mickey Byrne (County Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]; from the mid-20th century collection of Michael ‘Master’ McDermott, who got his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach]; an old recording of piper Tom Ennis [O’Malley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 143, pg. 70. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 91. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 86. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 35. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 68. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pgs. 162 & 235. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 70. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 75, pg. 24. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 15. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 48, pg. 13. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 39, pg. 20. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 136. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1425, pg. 264. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 662, pg. 118. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 16. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 178. Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles) 1977; pg. 51. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. 1, pg. 64, No. 163. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 66 (third part from the Massachusetts contradance band The Fourgone Conclusions). Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1969; pg. 18. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg.43. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 23. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 42, pg. 38. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 62 (appears as "Sleepy Maggie"). CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994). Claddagh CC14, Cheiftains‑ "Cheiftains 4" (1973). Coleman Center CD CC004, Seamus O’Donnell – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo.”)  Columbia C33397, Dave Bromberg ‑ "Midnight on the Water" (part of "Yankee's Revenge" medley). EMI Records ISRM 006, Tulla Ceili Band – “Dance Tunes” (1990).  Front Hall Records FHR029, Fourgone Conclusions - “Contra Dance Music from Western Massachusetts.” Green Linnett GLCD 1117, Altan - "Harvest Storm" (1992. A Donegal version learned from the playing of Con Cassidy, James Byrne and John Doherty). June Appal JA 028, Wry Staw ‑ "From Earth to Heaven" (1978). Maggie's Music MM107, "Music in the Great Hall" (1992). Shanachie 29008, Frankie Gavin‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland." Shanachie 79024, "Chieftains 4" (1983). Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy – “Heathery Breeze” (1999). Transatlantic 337, Dave Swarbrick‑ "Swarbrick." Dave Bromberg‑ "Midnight on the Water" (fifth tune in 'Yankee's Revenge Medley).

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

T:Drowsy Maggie

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:E Dorian

"Em"E2BE dEBE|"Em"E2BE "D"AFDF|"Em"E2BE dEBE|1 "Em"BABc "D"dAFD:|2 "Em"BABc "D"dAFA||"D"d2fd "A"c2ec|"D"defg afge|1 "D"d2fd "A"c2ec|

"G"BABc "D"dAFA:|"D"afge fdec|"G"BABc "D"dAFD||

X:2

T:Drowsy Maggie

M:4/4

L:1/8

Z:County Clare setting.

K:D

~E2BE ~E2BE |~E2BE AFDF | ~E2BE GBdB | AFDE FE{G}ED ::\

fedB A4 | fedB AFD2 | e3f gfec | dBAG FDD2 :|

X:3

T:Drowsy Maggie, 3rd part

S:Liz Carroll, A Friend Indeed B 4b

L:1/8

M:C|

Z:Transcribed by Jerome Colburn

K:EDor

dBfB dBfB | A2 eA fAeA | dBfB dBfB | def^g aecf |\

dBfB dBfB | A2 eA fAeA | EGBe aece | d2 ce dAFD |]

X:4

T:Drowsy Maggie, 3rd part

S:Frank O’Higgins

L:1/8

M:C|

Z:Transcribed by Philippe Varlet

K:A

dBfB dBfB | cAeA cAeA | dBfB dBfB | defg aecA |

dBfB dBfB | cAeA cAeA | (3Bcd (3efg aecA | ~B3 c dAFD ||

X:5

T:Drowsy Maggie

S:Michael (Master) McDermott, Tyrone

B:Ceol Rince na hE/ireann 4, Breathnach/Small

M:4/4

L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae

R:reel

K:EDor

~E2 BE dEBE|~E2 Bc dAFD|~E2 BE dEBB|BABc dAFD|

~E2 BE dEBE|~E2 Bc dAFD|~E2 BE dEBB|BABc dAFA||

d2 fd c2 ec|d2 fd fa{b}af|d2 fd c2 ec|BABc dAFA|

d2 fd c2 ec|d2 fd fa {b}a2|(3bag af {a}gfed|BABc dAFA||

dBfB dBfB|cAeA cAeA|dBfB ~B2 fB|defg aecA|

dBfB ~B2 fB|cAeA cAeA|(3Bcd (3efg aecA|~B2 Bc dAFA||

dff{gf}e dfBf|ce e2