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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc
notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via
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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
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DRUNK IN
DRUNKARD'S BLUES. AKA and see "Blues de Soulard."
DRUNKARD'S DREAM [1]. AKA‑ "The Husband's Dream" (
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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.
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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
DRUMMER, THE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard.
AABB. Aird (Selection of Scotch,
English, Irish and Foreign Airs), Vol. II, 1783; 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 (1782)
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. 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. 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).
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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. 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 "Rye Whiskey [1]," "Jack of Diamonds [3]," "Way Up on Clinch Mountain,"
"Clinch Mountain,"
"The Mocking Bird" (Pa.), "My Name is Dick Kelly" (Ire.),
"The Lame Beggar"
(Ire.), "The Cuckoo [5]" (Ford). 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.
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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)
***
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 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,
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
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