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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
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[AK] |
DRUNK
AT NIGHT AND DRY I' THE MORNING [1]. AKA and see "Lude's Lament." Scottish, Irish,
English; Slow Air.
X:1
T:Drunk at Night and Dry in the
Morning
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Gow – 3rd Repository
(1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
{AB}c4 ~B2| c>BA>B c2 | (E2A2)
(B/c/d) | (d2c2)B2 | {d}c>BA>B c2|
E>DC>D E2| (F2A2)G2 | A6 :| A2
(ef/e/) c2 A2 (ef/e/) c2 | (A2e2)e2|e3d
c2 |
A2 (ef/e/) c2|A2 (ef/e/)c2 | A2c2c2
| c3BA2 | ~c>BA>B c2 | E>DC>D E2| (F2A2) (Bc/d/)|
(d2c2)B2| c>BA>B c2 |
E>DC>D E2 | (F2A2)G2 | A6 || (A,B,/C/) | D2 (FD) (FD)|
C2 (EC)(EC) | A,2 A2 (Bc/d/) |
(d2c2)B2|D2(FD)(FD) | C2 (EC)(EC) |
A,2 A2G2 | A4 (A,B,/C/)|D2 (FD)(FD)
| C2(EC)(EC) | A,2 A2 (Bc/d/) | (d2c2)B2 |
~c>BA>B c2 | ~E>DC>D E2
| (F2A2)G2 |A6 || A2 (fA)(fA) | A2(eA)eA | A2e2e2 |
e3d c2 | A2 (fA)(fA) | A2(eA)(eA) |
A2c2c2 | c3BA2 | c>BA>B {AB}c2 | E>DC>D E2 |
F2A2 (Bc/d/) | d2c2B2 | {d}c>B
A>B {AB}c2 | E>D C>D E2 | (F2A2)G2 | A4 ||
X:1
T:Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:The second part is marked “slow”
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d/e/ | fdB AGF | Eee e2 d/e/ | fdB AFA | Bdd d2 :: A | dfa dfa | dfa
afe |
dfa dfa | bee e2 f/e/ | dfa dfa | dfa a2g | fdB AGF | Eee e2 d/e/ | fdB AFA |
Bdd
d2F | GB/G/B/G/ FA/F/A/F/ | Eee e2 d/e/ | fdB AFA | Bdd d2 :|
DRUNK IN
DRUNKARD'S BLUES. AKA and see "Blues de
Soulard."
DRUNKARD'S DREAM [1]. AKA‑ "The Husband's Dream" (
***
Oh, Edward you look so happy now
You dress so neat and clean
I never see you drunk about
Pray tell me where you've been.
***
Your wife and family air they well
You once did use them strange
How come this happy change
***Cho:
How come this happy change
You have kinder to them grown
How come this happy change
(Thede)
***
More verses in Thede. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 56‑57.
DRUNKARD'S DREAM [2]. AKA and see "Reve de Soulard."
DRUNKARD'S HICCUPS. See "Drunken Hiccups".
DRUNKARD'S SORROW
WALTZ (La Valse de
Bamboche). See "Valse d'Evangeline."
DRUNKARD'S WALTZ. Cajun, Waltz.
DRUNKEN BILLY GOAT. AKA and see "Rocky Mountain
Goat," "Mud Fence." Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
DRUNKEN BLACKSMITH, THE.
English, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears
unique to Charles and Samuel Thomson’s 1765 collection. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 27.
X:1
T:Drunken Blacksmith, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F/E/|DEF GAB|ABc AGF|GAB cde|fdA B2 F/E/|DFB cAB|cd=e fga|bg=e cfe|(f3 f2):|
|:f/f/|fg_a
def|Gc=B c2 c/c/|efg cde|FBA B2 B/_A/|GFE GcB|AGF GAB|cde fdB|ecA B2:||
DRUNKEN
DRUMMER, THE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II,
1785; Nos. 170, pg. 63. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 114.
X:1
T:Drunken
Drummer, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Aird,
vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d | BAG G2D | GAG B2d | BAG G2D | EFE E2d |
BAG G2D | GAG Bcd | efg dBG | “tr”A3 G2 :|
|: A | Bcd ded | ded dec | Bcd def | gdB A2G |
Bcd
ded | ded def | gdB dBG | A3 G2 :|
DRUNKEN FRIDAY. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Glen (1891) finds the
earliest appearance of the tune in print in Neil
Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 38). It also appears in Kirkmichael,
Perthshire, fiddler and composer Robert Petrie’s 2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances,
1796, with the note “An auld Highland Reel.” Petrie’s volume was dedicated to
his patron and employer, Mrs. Garden of Troup.
X:1
T:Drunken
Friday
C:"An
auld Highland Reel"
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 17
%
Gore's Index gives earliest publication as Neil Stewart's
%
"Collection of the Newst & Best R. or C.D.s for VnÉ."
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
K:Dm
d/d/d (fe) dAA=B|cdcA G/F/E/D/ CE |d/d/d fe dAAc|d/c/=B/A/
cE D/D/D D2:|
|:(F/G/A)
(FD) FAdF |(E/F/G) (EC) EGcE|(F/G/A) (FD) FAdF|GEcE D/D/D D2:|
DRUNKEN GANGER'S, THE. Irish (?), Slip Jig. A Major. Standard tuning.
AB. The title probably a corruption of “Drunken Gauger” (see note below). Cole
(1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 63. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 94.
X:1
T:Drunken Ganger’s, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
Ace (f/g/a).f ecA | Ace (f/g/a).f e2c
| Ace (f/g/a).f ecA | BAF ABc d2B |
Ace (f/g/a).f ecA | Ace (f/g/a).f
e2c | Ace agf edc | BAG ABc d2B ||
cBA BAF AFE | cBA ABc d2B | cBA BAF
AFE | (A/B/c).A BAG A3 |
cBA BAF AFE | cBA ABc d2B | cBA BAF
AFE | (A/B/c).A BAG | A3 ||
DRUNKEN
GAUGER [1], THE (An Tuiséara ar
a Mheisce). AKA
and see "The Munster Rake,"
"Welcome the Piper"
(Failte don Piobaire), "The
Swaggering Jig [1]," "The Noggin
of Cream," "Taggit along
the Room," "An Seanduine Coileailte,"
"The Silly Old Man [1],"
"Girls take care how
you marry," “Give
Us a Drink of Water [2], "Just at/in the height of
her bloom." Irish, Set Dance (6/8).
***
Charlie Piggott, in his book Blooming Meadows (1998), in the essay on Kilmaley, County Clare,
fiddler, flute player and uilleann piper Peader O’Loughlin, remarks on tunes
being disseminated into local, isolated traditions in Ireland by visiting
musicians. It is remembered that “The Drunken Gouger” was introduced into the
Kilmaley-Connolly, Clare, area “from the repertoire of dancing-master Paddy
Barren, who regularly visited the O’Loughlin household and held dancing classes
there.” The tune is now commonly played throughout Clare. Clare fiddler Junior
Crehan was recorded playing the tune and talking about it beforehand; he
remembered it from the mendicant dancing master Barron’s second visit to his
area, around 1935 (Barron’s first visit had been for an extended period from
1914-1918). Crehan learned the tune at the behest of Barron, who wanted him to
play for the dancers, to whom Barron would teach both steps and sets for a
shilling for three nights of instruction. Source for notated version: fiddler Bobby Casey (
X:1
T:Drunken
Gauger [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:learned
from David Kidd
R:Jig
Z:Lorna
LaVerne
K:G
D | GAB c2A
| BAG AGE | GBd g2e | dBe dBG |
c2A BdB |
AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2
D | GAB c2A
| BAG AGE | GBd g2e | dBe dBG |
c2A BdB | AGA
BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2
D | GBd g2e
| dBe dBG | Ace a2a | agb age |
dBd g2e |
dBe dBG | c2A BdB | AGA BGG |
GBd g2e |
dBe dBG | Ace a2a | agb age |
dBd g2e |
dBe dBG | c2A BdB | AGF G2 ||
X: 2
T: Drunken Gauger [1]
S: "Treoir"
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig (set dance)
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
K: G
D | GAB c>BA | BAG AGE | GBd g2 e | dce dBG |
c3 B3 | AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2 :|
D | GBd g2 e | dce dBG | A^ce a3 | agb age |
dcd g2 e | dce dBG | c3 BdB | AGA BGE |
GAB c2 A | BAG AGE | GBd g2 e | dce dBG |
c3 B3 | AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2 :|
X:3
T:Drunken
Gauger [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Based on
Bobby Casey’s version from “Ceol an Clair.”
R:Jig
Z:Jeffrey
Erickson
K:G
D | GAB c2A | BAG AGE | GBd g2e | dBe dBG |
c3 BdB | AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2
D | GAB c2A | BAG AGE | GBd g2e | dBe dBG |
c3 BdB | AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2
D | GBd g2e | dBe dBG | Ace a2a | agb age |
dBd g2e | dBe dBG | c3 B3 | AGA BGE |
(6DEFGAB c3 | BAG AGE | GBd g2e | dBe dBG |
c3 BdB | AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2
D | GBd g2e | dBe dBG | Ace a2a | agb age |
dBd g2e | dBe dBG | c3 BdB | AGA BGE |
(6DEFGAB c3 | BAG AGE | GBd g2e | dBe dBG |
c3 BdB | AGA BGE | DEG AGA | BGG G2 ||
DRUNKEN GAUGHER [2], THE. AKA and see “The Cook in the Kitchen [2],” “The Angry Peeler,” “The Boys of Thomastown.” See also “The Tromore Jig.”
DRUNKEN GAUGHER [3], THE. See note for “The Funny Tailor.”
DRUNKEN GAUGER [4], THE. AKA and see “The Ganger [2],” “The Steampacket [2].” Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 19, pg. 6.
X:1
T:Drunken Gauger [4]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
K:G
d | BGG AGE EDD | BGG AGE c2A | ….
DRUNKEN HICCUPS [1]. AKA‑ "Drunkard's Hiccups," "Drunken
Hiccoughs." AKA and see "Clinch
Mountain," "The Cuckoo [5]" (Ford), "Jack of Diamonds [3]," "The Lame Beggar" (Ire.),
"The Mocking Bird" (Pa.), "My Name is Dick Kelly" (Ire.),
"Rye Whiskey [1]," “Un livre
de tabac” (A pound of tobacco), "Way Up on Clinch Mountain."
Old‑Time, Texas Style; Air, Waltz, Jig, and Song Tune (3/4 time).
***
***
to the first (or sometimes second)
strain. Most American versions include a part that is supposed to suggest
hiccups.
***
I'm a rambler and a gambler a long ways from home,
And them that don't like me can leave me alone.
***
I'll take up my fiddle and rosin my bow,
I'll make myself welcome wherever I go.
***
I'll eat when I'm hungry and drink when I'm dry,
If a tree don't fall on me I'll live till I die.
***
Its beefsteak when I'm hungry and whiskey when I'm dry,
Money when I'm hard up, sweet heaven when I die.
***
I'll cross the wide ocean my fortune to try,
And when I get over I'll sit down and cry.
***
It isn't the long journey that troubles me so,
Its leavin' the darlin' I've courted so long.
***
Hic‑cough, O Lawdy, how bad do I feel,
Hic‑cough, O Lawdy, how bad do I feel.
***
Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, you're no friend to me,
You killed my poor daddy, goddam you try me.
***
Raw whiskey, raw whiskey, raw whiskey, I cry,
Sweet heaven, sweet heaven, whenever I die.
(Thede)
***
Rye Whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey I crave,
If I don't get rye whiskey I'll go to my grave.
***
I eat when I'm hungry, and drink when I'm dry,
And if whiskey don't kill me I'll live till I die. (Ford)
***
Way out on
Drunk as the devil and can't find my home.
***
Oh Lordy, how drunk I do feel {Hic}
Oh Lordy how sleepy I feel. (Clayton)
***
Played cards in
Goin' back to
***
I'll tune up my fiddle, and rosin the bow,
Make myself welcome, wherever I go.
***
Jack o' diamonds, jack o' diamonds, I know you from old,
Robbed by poor pockets of silver and gold.
***
Corn whiskey and pretty women, they've been my downfall,
Beat me and they bang me, but I love them for all.
***
My shoes is all tore up, my toes're stickin out,
Don't get some corn whiskey, I'm agoin' up the spout.
***
Gonna' beat on the counter, or I'll make the glass ring,
More brandy, more brandy, more brandy to bring.
***
Gonna' drink I'm gonna' gamble, my money is my own,
Them that don't like me can leave me alone.
(T. Jarrell)
***
A Cajun tune (in the repertoire of
Dewey Balfa) called “Un liver de tabac” (A Pound of Tobacco) is the same melody
but employs an entirely different lyric.
***
Sources for notated versions: Benny
Thomasson (
X:1
T:Drunkard’s Hiccoughs
T:
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948).
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(GA)|:B2G2
(GE)|D2B,2D2|E2G2G2|B4(GA)|
B2G2 (GE)|D2B,2D2|E2G2A2|G4 (GA):|
|:G2A2 (Bc)|d2G2A2|B2c2B2|A4 (GA):|
B2G2(GE)|D2B,2D2|E2G2A2|G4 B,2||
|:C[CE] [CE][CE][CE][CE]|B,[B,D]
[B,D][B,D][B,D][B,D]|
E[B,G [B,2G2] [B,2G2]|[G4B4]
B,2|C[CE] [CE][CE][CE][CE]|
B,[B,D]
[B,D][B,D][B,D][B,D]|E2G2A2|[B,4G4]:|
DRUNKEN HICCOUGHS [2], THE. AKA and see "Oil City Quickstep [2]."
American, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time).
DRUNKEN HORNPIPE.
Scottish, “Old” Hornpipe. From the MacFarlane manuscript. See also the
related “The sailors are all at the bar” and “The Rolling Hornpipe.”
DRUNKEN HUSSARE. English, Jig. B Flat Major/A Major. Standard
tuning. One part. A hussar is a type of
19th century cavalryman. The melody is contained in the Joseph
Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote,
DRUNKEN
LANDLADY, THE. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard
tuning. AABB. Many have pointed out the similarity of this tune with the
perhaps better known “Pigeon on
the Gate,” which sometimes makes for confusion in sessions. Seamus Ennis is
often cited as the source for this tune, and, according to piper Néillidh
Mulligan, Ennis collected the tune as an untitled piece in Inishnee,
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:Drunken
Landlady, The
M:C
L:1/8
S:Séamus
Ennis
K:A Dorian
f|eA A2
edBd|eA A2 edBd|dedB G3A|Bddf edBd|eA A2 edBd|
eA A2 (3gfe
dB|d2 ef gbaf|1 (3gfe dB A3:|2 (3gfe dB A2||
Bd|:eaag a2
ga|b2 gb a2 ge|dedB G2 GA|Bddf edBd|
eaag
aaga|b2 gb a2 ge|d2 ef gbaf|gedB A2:|
X:2
T: Drunken Landlady
Q: 350
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
S: Mary Bergin
Z: transcribed by B.Black
K: Edor
A | BE E2 BAFA | BE E2 BAFA | ABAF D2 FD | FAAd BAFA |
BE E2 BAFA | BE E2 BAFA | A2 Bc dfec | dBAF E3 :|
A | Beed e2 de | f2 df efdB | ABAF D2 FD | FAAd BAFA |
Beed e2 de | f2 df efdB | A2 Bc dfec | dBAF E3 :|
DRUNKEN MAN'S DREAM. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
DRUNKEN MEG YOUNG. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). The melody appears in the Bodleian Manuscript, in the Bodleian
Library,
DRUNKEN PARSON, THE. AKA and see “Sheela O’Gara,” "Shilanagary." Scottish, Irish, English,
American; Country Dance Tune (6/8 time).
X:1
T:Drunken Parson, The
D:Jimmy Greenan, The Jeenius of Jim
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:A
e|Acc Bdd|cee d2 f|ecc dBB|cAA BAE|
Acc Bdd|cee d2 f|ecc dBe|cAA A2:|
B|Ace aga|fdd d2 c|B^df bab|gee e2 c|
Ace aga|fdd d2 f|ecc dBe|cAA A2:|
DRUNKEN PEASANT. English, Country Dance Tune
(cut time). D Major (‘A’ and ‘B’ parts): D Minor (‘C’ and ‘D’ parts). Standard
tuning. ABCD. The last measure of the ‘C’ part might be an A8. The melody also
appears in John Johnson’s Compleat Tutor
for the Hautboy (Oboe),” c. 1750, pg. 28, and his A Choice Collection of
200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3, 1748, and in Walsh’s Fourth Book of the Compleat Country Dancing Master (1747).
Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the
Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; pg. 32.
X:1
T:Drunken Peasant
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe (c. 1745-46)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D4A4 | FGAF D4 | A4d4 | cdec A4 |
a2A2a2gf | g2A2g2fe | f2ed c2d2 | e8 || A2d4A2 |
BcdB G4 | B2e4B4 | cdec A4 | A2 Bc
defg | a2c2d2g2 | f2 ed c3d | d8 ||
K:D Minor
D2E2F2G2 | A G3 B A3 | d2 ef e2d2 |
^c2de A4 | D2E2F2G2 | A G3 BA3 | d2A2G2 FG | B8 ||
F2G2A2B2 | cA3 GF3 | c2A2G2F2 | GFED
C4 | G2A2B2c2 | dB3AG3 | d2B2A2G2 |
AGFE D4 | A2B4A2 | d2 cB A2G2 | F2D2
A2A2 | D8 ||
DRUNKEN PEELER, THE. AKA and see “Maurice O’Keeffe’s [5].” Irish,
Polka.
DRUNKEN PIPER [1], THE. English, Reel: Scottish, Canadian; March (2/4
time).
X:1
T:Drunken Piper [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Ador
|: E | A/A/A/c/ e>=f | e/d/c/d/
eg | G/G/G/B/ d>e | d/B/G/B/ de | A/A/A/c/ e>=f |
e/d/c/d/ ea | ge/g/ | e/=f/e/d/ |
BAA :: e | ac ea | e/d/e/f/ ga | gG Bd |
dG/B/ de | ac ea | e/d/e/f/ ga |
ge/g/ e/=f/e/d/ | BAA :|
DRUNKEN PIPER [2]. Irish, Reel.
X: 1
T: Drunken Piper
S: J. O'Brien: "Irish Folk Dance
Music"
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 325
R: jig
K: Edor
F | DFF FEF | AFF F2 E | DFF FEF | AFE E2 F |
DFF FEF | DFA d2 e | fed BdB | AFE E2 :|
f | ecA AcA | ecA A2 f | ecA Ace | fdB Baf |
ecA BAF | Ace a2 b | c'ba faf | ecB B2 :|
A | dFF FEF | AFF FEF | dFF dFF | AFE E2 A |
dFF FEF | DFA d2 e | fed BdB | AFE E2 :|
DRUNKEN PIPER [3], THE. English, Dance Tune (9/8 time).
DRUNKEN POLICE CAR, THE. AKA and see “Coleman’s Reel [1].” Irish, Reel. A
Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: Kevin Burke
(London/County Clare/Oregon) [Sullivan]. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 50, pg. 21.
DRUNKEN REEL, THE. Irish, Reel.
DRUNKEN SAILOR [1], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time);
American, Dance Tune.
DRUNKEN SAILOR [2], THE. AKA and see "Brigade March or Old
Number Four," "Old
Three‑Part Two‑Four," "The General [2]." American, March (2/4
time).
DRUNKEN SAILOR [3], THE (Mairnealac Meisceamail). AKA and see “The Groves.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Dorian
(Vallely) or A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Phillips): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill,
Vallely). The tune is a minor-key version of “The Groves.” It is perhaps
slightly more common in the tradition in the key of G Minor. A sixth part for
the tune appears on a recording by fiddler Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson,
and is sometimes heard at sessions. Source for notated version: Jimmy Powers. O'Neill
(O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987;
No. 311, pg. 154. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Drunken Sailor, The [3]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:Ador
|:AG|A2 AG ABcd|edcB AGEF|G2 GF
GABc|dBGB edcB|
A2 AG ABcd|edcB AGEF|G2 gf edcB|cAAG
A2:|
|:AB|c2 cB cdef|gdBc dBGA|(3BAG dG
eGdG|(3BAG dG edcB|c2 cB cdef|
gdBc dB GB|A2 ag edcB|cAAG A2:|
|:cd|e2 ag a2 ga|bagf e3 g|(3fed ad bdad|(3fed
ad bagf|e2 ag a2
ga|bagf e3 d|(3efg (3fga gedB|cAAG
A2:|
|: A2|EAce EAce|DGBd DGBd|EAce
EAce|e=fed c2 B2|
EAceEAce|d2 BG DGBd|(3e fg (3fga
gedB|cAAG A2:|
|: A2|ae (3abc' ae (3abc'|gd (3gab
gd (3gab|ae (3abc' ae (3abc'|gedB
ecd B|cdcA B3 B| cdcA d3 d|(3efg
(3fga gedB|cAAG A2:|
DRUNKEN SAILOR [4], THE. American, March (2/4 time).
DRUNKEN SCOTCHMAN, THE.
English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning.
AA’BB’. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s
1757 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 60.
X:1
T:Drunken Scotchman, The
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ABAF AFdF|A>Bd>F D/D/D B2|A>FD>F AA/A/ ag|1 f>de>f d/d/d d2:||2 f>de>f d/d/d df|
|:afdf agfd|gafg e/e/e fg|afdf abaf|geaf d/d/d df/g/|afdf dAFD|
GBdF E/E/E B2|FAGB A>a e>g|1 f>def d/d/d df:||2
f>def d/d/d d2||
DRUNKEN TAILOR, THE. AKA and see "The Atholl Brae(s)," "The Drinking Reel," "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.” Scottish,
Hornpipe; Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB' (Kerr): ABCD
(Mulvihill). The tune was recorded in
X:1
T:Drunken Tailor, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 331
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Edor
(d/c/) | BE (3EEE (BE)dE | dE (3EEE
(BA)FA | AD (3DDD (AD)dD | AD (3DDD (BA)FA |
BE (3EEE (BE)dE | dE (3EEE (BA)FA | BABc
defc | dBAF (3EEE Ez || Be (3eee (dc)dB |
ce (3eee (BA)FA | Be (3eee (dc)dB |
AFDF (3EEE E2 | Be (3eee (dc)dB | ce (3eee (BA)FA |1
BABc dfec | dBAF (3EEE E2 :|2 Bdce
dfeg | fdec dBAd ||
DRUNKEN TINKER, THE. AKA and see “The
Boreen Reel,” “The Donegal
Traveller Reel,” “Gillespie’s.”
Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Brendan
Mulvihill (
X:1
T:Drunken Tinker, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Mulvihill – 1st Collection
(1986)
K:Ador
(AG) | EAAG EGDG | EAAa fAeA | EAAG
{F}(ED)EF | G2 DG B,GDG |
EAAG (EG)DG | EAAa fAeA | EAAG
(ED)EF | G2 (BG) EGBG ||
A2 eA fAeA | A2 e^c dBGB | A2 eA
fAe^c | d2 BG DGBG |
A2 eA fAeA | A2 e^c dBGB |e3f g3e |
d2 BG DGBG ||
X:2
T:Donegal
Traveller, The
T:Gillespie’s
T:Drunken
Tinker, The
T:Boreen
Reel, The
R:reel
S:Session
at Shoot the Crows,
Z:id:hn-reel-401
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
A2EA
CAEA|A2 cA GABG|~A3B cAGc|1 d2 ed cABG:|2 d2ed cAAc||
~e3d
ecAc|~e2c dcBc|1 eA~A2 fA~A2|eAed cAAc:|2 d2 dc dcBA|Feed cdBc||
DRUNKEN WAGONEER, THE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
DRUNKEN WIFE, THE. AKA - "'Chailleach Mhusgach."
Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. Bremner (Scots
Reels), c. 1757; pg. 48. Stewart-Robertston
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
30.
X:1
T:’Chailleach Mhusgach
T:Drunken Wife, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e | ceec BcdB | ceec e/f/g ae | ceec BcdB | cA c/d/e f2e :|
f | aece fBBe | aece f2ef | aece fBBe | cA c/d/e f2 ef | aece fBBe |
afce
f2ef | aece fBBe | ceae faef ||
X:2
T:Drunken
Wife, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner –
Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
d | cAec
dBgB | cAec A/A/A ae | cAec dBgB | cA A/A/A “tr”f2 e :|
|:
(f/g/|a/g/f/e/) ca B/B/B gB|(a/g/f/e/ a)e “tr”f2 e(f/g/|a)efc B/B/B gB|cA A/A/A
“tr”f2 e :|
DRUNKEN WIFE O’
X:1
T:Drunken Wife o’
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>AG B>cd | A>BA c>de |
G>AG dBd | g>fe dcB | cec BdB | A>BA c2e |
g>fe dBd | G>AG B2d | G>AG
B2d | A>BA c2e | g>fe dBd | G>AG B2g ||
DRUNKEN WIVES IN
PEARSON'S CLOSE, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). A 'close' is an alleyway that lets out into a courtyard surrounded by
buildings. The melody appears in the Bodleian
Manuscript (in the Bodelian Library,
DRUNKEN WIVES OF
DRUNKEN WIVES OF
FOCHABERS, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. Scottish,
***
Aw sing a sang, aw ming a mang,
A cyarlin an a kid;
The drunken wives of Fochabers
Is a’ rinnin wid.
***
The tune appears as a country dance
in the Drummond Castle Manuscript, in
the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at
X:1
T:Drunken Wives of Fochabers, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
A|D/D/D D2 F>GA>F|G/G/G G>A B>GA>d|D/D/D D>E F>G A<c|
d>fc>f A<GG:| =e | f>dc>A f>ga>g | g/g/g g>a b>ga>g | f>dc>A f<g a>g |
f>dc>A B<G G>=e | f>dc>A f>ga>f |
g/g/g g>a b>ga>g | f>dc>A f>ga>g | f<dc<f A>GG ||
X:2
T:Drunken
Wives of Fochabers, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmin
A|D/D/D D2
F>G AF|G/G/G G>A B>G A<d|D/D/D D2 F>GA>c|d>f d/c/B/A/
A<G G:|
|:d|f>dc>A f>gaf|g/g/g ga b>gag|f>dc>A f>gag|f>dcf
A<G G:||
DRY AND DUSTY [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Dry and Dusty
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Breakdown
S:Absie Morrison (
N:One of several tunes recorded by
Judith McCulloh from the playing of Morrison, April, 1962.
N:Currently housed in the Archives
of Traditional Music at
N:Transcribed by McCulloh for her
article “Uncle Absie Morrison’s Historical Tunes,” Mid-America
N:Folklore 3 (Winter, 1975): 95-104.
K:D
d/e/ | gg/b/ ag/a/ bd dd/e/ | gg/b/
ag/a/ bd’ d’d/e/ | gg/b/ ag/a/ bd/ b>a | b/a/g e/g/d/e/ gd d :|
|: g/e/ || dB Bg/e/ dG Gg/e/ |
d/c/B/c/ B>B AG Gg/e/ | dB Bg/e/ | d/c/B/c/ B>B AG G ||
DRY AND DUSTY [2] . AKA and see "The Charge of Bonaparte," “Napoleon’s Charge,” “Piney Ridge.” Old‑Time, Breakdown.
USA, Oklahoma. E Major. EEbe or DDad tuning. AABB. See also the Kentucky
variants “Napoleon’s Charge” and “Piney Ridge.” A somewhat distanced, more
modern version of the Ozark melody “Dry and Dusty,” usually played in the key
of ‘D’. Sources for notated versions: Max Collins (Pottawatomie County,
Oklahoma) [Thede]; Kenny Baker [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 75. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 48‑49.
County 2705, Kenny Baker - "Master Fiddler."
DRY AND DUSTY [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown.
DRY BRANCH. Rounder 0436, Ray Curbow – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol.
2: On the Springfield Plain.”
DRY CREEK REEL. American, Reel or Breakdown. USA, North Dakota. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB (Pancerzewski): AA'BB' (Phillips). Schottische versions of this
tune are also heard. Sources for notated versions: learned by Joe Pancerzewski
in the 1920's from the four fiddling Nelson brothers, who homesteaded on Dry
Fork Creek, near Ginnell, North Dakota, and who were in great demand as square
dance fiddlers in the area [Pancerzewski]; Vivian Williams (Seattle)
[Phillips]. Pancerzewski (Pleasures of
Home), 1988; pg. 17. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 75.
DRY GIN RAG. Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major.
Standard. From the playing of Narmour and Smith.
DRY RIVER, THE. Canadian, Waltz. G Major. Standard. AB. Messer
(Way Down East), 1948; No. 89. Messer
(Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes),
1980; No. 166, pg. 112.
X:1
T:Dry River
Waltz
R:Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:G
Bc|:d4^cd|c2B2A2|G3
AGF|G2B2c2| d4^cd|e2d2B2|A3 BA^G|A2d2c2|
B3 cBA|B2A2G2|e6-|e2f2g2|
f6|f2e2d2|g3 agf|g2B2d2:|
b4b2|b2g2e2|d3
ed^c|d2B2d2| f6-|f2e2f2|a2g2e2|d2B2G2|
b4b2|b2g2e2|d3 ed^c|d2f3g| a6|c'2b2a2|g3
agf|g6:|
DRY TOWN BLUES. Old‑Time. County 532, "The Leake
County Revelers: 1927‑1930 Recordings" (1975).
DRYNAUN DHUN, THE. AKA ‑ "Draoigheanan donn."
Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. One part. "'Drynaun Dhun' is the
blackthorn or sloebush. The name is here applied metapphorically to a young man‑‑a
lover. I have known both song and air all my life. Both have been published
elsewhere, though not the same as here, and never in combination till now. I
give the air as I learned it in early days from singers, pipers, and fiddlers.
Bunting and Moore have a different air with this name. The words also are
mainly from memory, but partly from a printed ballad‑sheet, and partly
from Duffy's version in his Ballad Poetry
of Ireland" (Joyce). Joyce (Old
Irish Music and Folk Songs), 1909; No. 196, pg. 205.
DRYSTONE WALL, THE.
American, Reel. D Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Alstead, New
Hampshire, fiddler Randy Miller. Miller (Fiddler’s
Throne), 2004; No. 150, pg. 97.
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