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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

DRUNK AT NIGHT AND DRY I' THE MORNING [1]. AKA and see "Lude's Lament." Scottish, Irish, English; Slow Air. England; North West, Northumberland. A Major (Gow): G Major (Kershaw). Standard tuning. AABCDC. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, which he published c. 1800. It is a British Isles version (printed variously in 3/4 or 6/8 time, and with parts often juxtaposed) of what became the American old‑time tune "Drunken Hiccups.” Source for notated version: contained in the 19th century Joseph Kershaw Manuscript—Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, according to Jamie Knowles [Kershaw]. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 1. The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 62. J. Murphy (Irish Airs and Jiggs), 1809; pg. 18. O'Farrell, 1797‑1800; pg. 19. Culburnie CUL110, Abby Newton – “Crossing to Scotland” (1997).

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 ||

 

DRUNK AT NIGHT AND DRY IN THE MORNING [2]. Irish, Air (6/8). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The second part is marked “slow” by O’Farrell, and the tune is claimed as Irish in his publication. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pg. 59.

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 SHILOH. American. G modal. 6/8 time.

                   

DRUNKARD'S BLUES. AKA and see "Blues de Soulard."

 

DRUNKARD'S DREAM [1]. AKA‑ "The Husband's Dream" (England). Old‑Time; Tune and song (3/4 time). USA; Oklahoma, Missouri. A Major. AEac# tuning. AABB. The Collins family (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. The words below are from Missouri:

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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

You have kinder to them grown

How come this happy change

***Cho:

 How come this happy change

 You have kinder to them grown

 How come this happy change     (Thede)

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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. USA, Louisiana. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB(Vocal), etc.  A related song is Aldus Roger's and Phillip Alleman's "La Valse d'Ennui." Source for notated version: Chuck Guillory [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille Chère!), 1990; pg. 118.

 

DRUNKEN BILLY GOAT. AKA and see "Rocky Mountain Goat," "Mud Fence." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard or AEae tuning. AABBCC. A related tune is "Brilliancy." Source for notated version: Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 91. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1), 1994; pg. 75. American Heritage 25, "Poor Richard's Almanac." Elektra EKS 7285, The Dillards with Byron Berline‑ "Pickin' and Fiddlin.'"

 

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>, 6/11/04

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." Edinburgh 1761

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). Ireland, County Clare. G Major. Standard tuning. One part (Roche): AABB (Breathnach). At one time a ‘gauger’ was a functionary whose job it was to monitor public houses to insure that various sized drinks were served in vessels of accurate measure: i.e. that a pint drink served actually measured a full pint, a gill measured a gill, and so on. Such intense scrutiny of alcoholic conveyances would undoubtedly be a thirsty business, perhaps helped along by a hopeful or sly publican if the measure might be short. Not a few gaugers probably achieved the level of inebriation required for the title.  The set dance is supposed by some to imitate the attitude of a staggering gauger, weary and perhaps too ‘affected’ by his work. Breathnach says the set dance is especially associated with County Clare. The term ‘gauger’ has largely died out, says Caoimhin Mac Aoidh, although it is retained in modern usage (with a derogatory connotation) in County Donegal for a social service functionary whose job it is to monitor fraud with regard to welfare, or ‘the dole’.

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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 (County Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 61, pg. 30. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 90. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. 3, pg. 68, No. 193. Treoir. Claddagh CC47, Ronan Browne & Peter O’Loughlin - “The South West Wind.” Mulligan Records LUN 018, Bobby Casey ‑ "Taking Flight" (1979).

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). USA; Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona. A Major. AEac# (Brody, Jarrell, Reiner & Anick, Shumway): AEae (Ford) tunings. AABCC (Brody, Ford, Thede): AA'BB'CC'DD' (Reiner & Anick, Shumway). Paul Clayton identifies the tune as "old and of English origin." Arizona fiddler Kartchner called it a "favorite from the South." The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph. It was listed by the Tuscaloosa News of March 28, 1971, as one of the specialty tunes of Tuscalosa, Alabama, fiddler "Monkey Brown," who frequently competed in fiddlers' contests in the 1920's and 30's (Cauthen, 1990), and it was recorded by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress in 1939 on two separate occasions by Mississippi fiddlers Charles Long and W.E. Claunch. Mt. Airy, North Carlolina, fiddler Tommy Jarrell knew the melody as a show piece in a repertoire heavy with dance tunes, having learned it from his father, Ben Jarrell (who recorded it with Frank Jenkins in 1927). Ben Jarrell, according to Tommy, had the tune from "old man" Houston Galyen at Low Gap, North Carolina. Bayard (1981) states it was a vocal piece before it was an instrumental one, and identifies the following songs from the British Isles and America as using the tune: "Johnnie Armstrong," "Tod(d)lin’ Hame," "Bacach," "Robie Donua Gorach," "The Wagoner's Lad," "Clinch Mountain," "The Cuckoo [5]," "Rye Whiskey [1]," "Jack of Diamonds [3]," "Saints Bound for Heaven," "Separation," "John Adkins' Farewell." Instrumental variations from the British Isles he has identified include "Drunk at Night and Dry i' the Morning [1]" (noted variously in 3/4 and 6/8 time) and "Lude's Lament."  Two and a half pages of the song can be found in "The Oxford Book of Light Verse." In Pennsylvania, reported Bayard, it was customary for fiddlers to sing the repeated line:

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Oh, I will never get drunk anymore!

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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.

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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 Clinch Mountain I wander alone,

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 England, I've gambled in Spain,

Goin' back to Rhode Island, Gonna' play my last game.

***

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.

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Sources for notated versions: Benny Thomasson (Texas) [Brody]; 'old man' Houston Galyen (Low Gap, N.C.) via Ben Jarrell via his son Tommy Jarrell (Mt. Airy, N.C.) [Reiner & Anick]; Louise and W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Kenner C. Kartchner (Arizona) [Shumway]; Emery Martin (Dunbar, Pa., 1946) [Bayard]; John Wolford (elderly fiddler from Fayette County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]; Mary Ann Rogers (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 646, pgs. 566‑567. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 92. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 126. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; pg. 93. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 17, pg. 8. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 54‑55. County 519, Reaves White County Ramblers ‑ "Echoes of the Ozarks, Vol. 2." County 723, Tommy Jarrell ‑ "Down at the Cider Mill" (appears as "Jack of Diamonds"). County 756, Tommy Jarrell (N.C.) ‑ "Sail Away Ladies" (1976). Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997. Appears as “Clyde’s Hiccups” as version was from Clyde Davenport). Voyager 304, Ora Spiva‑ "More Fiddle Jam Sessions" (appears as "Rye Whiskey"). County 724, Benny Thomasson (Texas) ‑ "Country Fiddling." Rounder Records, Hobart Smith – “Southern Journey, vol. 6: Sheep, Sheep, Don’t You Know the Road” (a reissue of Alan Lomax recordings). Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky – “Lost Boy” (1996. Learned from Tommy Jarrell). Rounder CD1518, Various Performers – “American Fiddle Tunes” (1971. Played by W.H. Stepp). Tradition Records TLP1007, Hobart Smith ‑ "Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians" (1956). Recorded for Victor in 1928 by Jilson Setters (as Blind Bill Day) {b. 1860, Rowan County, Ky.} under the title "Way Up on Cinch Mountain."

X:1

T:Drunkard’s Hiccoughs

T:Rye Whiskey

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). USA, Western Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. "This tune is also quite popular in Fayette County. Its variants show little change. The title is one of the 'floating' variety, being mentioned in Odum, 'An American Epoch', p. 202, and Carmer, 'Stars Fell on Alabama', p. 276; and found in connection with a quite different air in Ford, p. 126. The tune's usual title in Pennsylvania is 'The Oil City Quickstep'" (Bayard). Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 52.

         

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, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards. The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No’s. 15 & 16.

                             

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, Connemara, in the 1940’s, but subsequently heard the title “The Drunken Landlady” from musicians in County Cavan. However, it was not until the 1970’s that “The Drunken Landlady” was recorded commercially, and it does not appear in printed collections until the next decade after.  Breandan Breathnach included the tune "The Drunken Landlady" (in A Dorian) is his Man and His Music article on Seamus Ennis, from 1982. A similar tune called "The Drunken Tailor" was recorded by accordionist Michael Grogan and fiddler John Howard in 1946. Sources for notated versions: Donal De Barra (Co. Limerick) [Mulvihill]; Bothy Band [Sullivan]; from the playing of piper Séamus Ennis (Dublin), who learned them from his father, a piper taught by Nicholas Markey who in turn had been taught by the renowned piper and pipemaker Billy Taylor of Drogheda and later Philadelphia [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 9, pg. 5. Breathnach (Ceol V, No. 2), 1982. Breathnach (The Man and His Music), 1997; No. 2, pg. 71. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 63. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 77, pg. 24. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 70, pg. 30. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 149, pg. 97. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 5, pg. 2. Peoples (Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1986; 36. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 61, pg. 25. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 33, pg. 24. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 15. Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Kim Vincent - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994). CCE Néillidh Mulligan - "The Leitrim Thrush" (learned from Seamus Ennis). DMPCD 9401, Karen Tweed – “Drops of Springwater” (1994). Islander Records, Kim Vincent - “Welcome Paddy Home” (1989). Shanachie 79006, Mary Bergin- “Feadoga Stain.” Shaskeen ‑ "My Love is in America."

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

R: reel

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. USA, eastern Ky. Composition credit claimed by Doc Roberts. James Roberts, Doc's son, thought his father may have named this tune for a dream he had while under the influence of "John Barleycorn.” It seems the elder fiddler would often have nightmares after an evening drinking, and when asked about them in the morning related having dreamed of being butted by a goat (Art Rosenbaum/Charles Wolfe). Champion 16208 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (1930). County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts" (1983).

                   

DRUNKEN MEG YOUNG. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). The melody appears in the Bodleian Manuscript, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. It is inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740."

                   


DRUNKEN PARSON, THE. AKA and see “Sheela O’Gara,” "Shilanagary." Scottish, Irish, English, American; Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kerr): AABB (Ashman). “The Drunken Parson” melody has a long history in Ireland as “Sheela O’Gara” (Síle ní Ghadra), an air and jig tune that was first published in the middle of the 18th century in Burke Thumoth’s 12 Scottish and 12 Irish Airs. The second strain is very similar to "Ripley's Delight" or "The Drunken Parson" printed in Runterford's Country Dances, Vol. 1. The melody was found by the author of English Folk-Song and Dance (pg. 144) in the repertoire of fiddler William Tilbury (who lived at Pitch Place, midway between Churt and Thursley in Surrey), who, in his younger days, used to play at village dances. Tilbury learned his repertoire from an uncle, Fiddler Hammond, who died around 1870 and who was the village fiddler before him. The conclusion was that “The Drunken Parson” and tunes of similar type survived in the tradition (at least in southwest Surrey) well into the second half of the 19th century. In America the tune was printed in Riley’s Flute Melodies of 1814 and in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 83b, pg. 34. Kerr (Merry Melodies) vol. 1; No. 15, pg. 29. McNamara Family – “Leitrim’s Hidden Treasures.”

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). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian (Kennedy, Raven): A Minor (Martin): A Mixolydian (Perlman). Standard tuning. AABB (Kennedy, Raven): AABB' (Martin, Perlman). The tune is a standard among many Cape Breton fiddlers and pipers. Source for notated version: Hilda MacPhee MacDonald (b. 1904, Selkirk, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resides in Souris) [Perlman]. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 21. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 23. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 82. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 151. Regal-Zonophone 78 RPM MR1388, Jimmy Shand.

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. Ireland, northern Ireland. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. A distanced variant of “Drunken Piper [1]” and “Drunken Reel,” and related to “Pigeon on the Gate [1].” Source for notated version: fiddler John McKeown [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 236.

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). England, Northumberland. An unusually-timed 9/8 piece whose measures are three pairs of eighth notes and one group of three eighth notes. The tune was the vehicle for Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick’s song “Byker Hill,” first recorded on Swarbrick’s 1967 album “Byker Hill.” (subsequently reissued and re-recorded by the pair several times).

 

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. Ireland, northern Ireland. E Dorian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. Related to “Pigeon on the Gate [1].” See also “Drunken Piper [2].” Source for notated version: fiddler Peter Turbit [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 236.

 

DRUNKEN SAILOR [1], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time); American, Dance Tune. USA, souterwestern Pa. D Major (Raven): G Major (Ford, Sweet). Standard tuning. AABB (Ford, Raven): AABBCC (Sweet). The tune has been used for numerous songs, play-party tunes, and ditties, including "Ten Little Indians" and "The Monkey's Wedding." Bayard (1981) thinks that the tune is a simplified version of the Irish hornpipe called "The Groves" (O'Neill's Music of Ireland, Nos. 1598 & 1703), which in turn appears to based on a "simple, fundamental strain" of the Scottish "Johnnie Cope." Ralph Sweet, in his collection for the fife, tacks on as a third part to the usual two parts of the tune the first part of the nautical melody known as "Earl-ie in the Morning." Fuld, in The Book of World Famous Music, traces the tune to manuscript collections of around 1800 and in print to the mid-1820's.  Sources for notated versions: George Strosnider (elderly fidder from Greene County, Pa., 1930's), Thomas Patterson (Elizabeth, Pa., 1930's), Frank King (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1960). Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 223, pgs. 179‑180. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 74. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 201. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 2, 1954; pg. 22. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 144. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 52. White's Excelsior Collection, 1898; pg. 78. Edison 51548 (78 RPM), 1923, John Baltzell (appears as 1st tune of "Drunken Sailor Medley" {Baltzell was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, as was minstrel Dan Emmett (d. 1904). Emmett returned to the town in 1888, poor, and later taught Baltzell to play the fiddle}.

 


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). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The alternate titles stem from its martial uses, "Old Number Four" being its position in a series for performances and "The General" being any tune formerly used to call soldiers to camp duties. Bayard (1981) notes that at the outbreak of the Civil War the demand for fifers outstripped the ability of the Army to train musicians in the approved military calls, so fifers substituted tunes they already knew from home for various soldierly functions; he found that almost every traditional fifer he met played this tune. The 'A' part is the "Drunken Sailor" of version #1, but the 'B' part originated in the early 1700's (as it appears in several ballad operas from the 1739's) and is known variously as "Butter'd Pease," "The Reel of Stumpie" ("Stumpie"), and  "No Man's Jig." Source for notated versions: Bayard (1981) gives versions from 6 different southwestern Pennsylvania fifers or fife manuscripts. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 224A‑F, pgs. 181‑183.

 

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 Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 948, pg. 162. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook: British Isles), 1989; pg. 17. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 54, pg. 46. Bounty Records 6040, Jimmy Powers. Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin‑ "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977). Tommy Potts - “The Liffey Banks.” Paddy Glackin & Jolyon Jackson – “Hidden Ground” (a six-part version).

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). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This fife march is not related to any of the above versions, and Bayard (1981) has identified it as a 2/4 version of "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning." Source for notated version: Clyde Lloyd (Indiana County, Pa., 1952) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 225, pg. 183.


                       

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 Dublin by accordionist Michael Grogan (c. 1880’s-1059) and Dublin fiddler John Howard in 1946 on a 78 RPM for the Regal Zonophone label. Reg Hall (1995) says Grogan, originally from Winetown, The Downs, near Mullingar, County Westmeath, was a pioneer of the two-row button accordion, lived in Dublin, and recorded and performed on radio from the late 1920’s well into the 1940’s. See also “The Drunken Landlady” for a similar tune. Source for notated version: L. Donnelly [Mulvihill]. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 331, pg. 36. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 160, pg. 44. Topic TSCD 602, Michael J. Grogan – “Irish Dance Music” (1995. A reissue of the 1946 original).

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 (Baltimore, MD) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 197, pg. 53. Green Linnet BLCD 3009, Kevin Burke - "If the Cap Fits" (1978).

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, Sligo, 1992

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. USA, Nebraska. G Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' and 'C' parts). Standard tuning. ABCC. Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pgs. 77‑79. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bob Walters (b. 1889) - "Drunken Wagoneer."

 

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’ GALLOWAY. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 133.

X:1

T:Drunken Wife o’ Galloway

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, Oxford) and is inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740."

 

DRUNKEN WIVES OF CARLISLE. AKA and see "Gie the Mauking Mair O't." Scottish, Reel. Scotland, Lowlands. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. ABCDEFG. A tune double tonic tune (based on two chords) composed for the lowland pipes from the early‑mid eighteenth century, commenting on that Lowlands town's women. Source for notated version: the Sinkler Manuscript, pg. 9. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 14, pg. 29.

 

DRUNKEN WIVES OF FOCHABERS, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. Scottish, Highlands. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. A companion piece to "Drunken Wives of Carlisle," written in the latter 18th century, this time commenting on a northeast Scottish Highland town's women. Fochabers lies near the River Spey in the county of Moray, not far from Elgin, and is most famous to fiddlers as the home of Scots fiddler-composer William Marshall. The following Scottish folk rhyme mentions the title (from Walter Gregor’s Folk-lore of the North-East of Scotland, 1881, Chapter 18, “Place Rhymes”:

***

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 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." Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 6, 1803; pg. 4. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 36. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 9. Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; pg. 3. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 199.

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:||

 

DRURY LANE. AKA and see “The Royal Circus.” Scottish, Jig. F Major. From the repertoire of Cape Breton fiddler Carl MacKenzie.

 


DRY AND DUSTY [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Arkansas, Missouri. D Major. DDad, ADad or Standard tunings. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Christeson, Phillips, Reiner & Anick). “Dry and Dusty” is on Charlie Walden’s list of ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, particularly from Arkansas fiddler Lon Jordan (whom Kerry Blech says played the melody in AEae tuning, set in the key of ‘A’). However, it was commercially recorded for Victor Records during the 78 RPM era by Apsie Sherdon Morrison (1876-1964) and Abbie Sherman Morrison (1876-1965), of Searcy County, Arkansas, who were twin brothers and fiddlers. They both survived into the 1960’s and Abbie’s post-commercial playing was recorded by folklorists, including Alan Lomax. Ken Perlman (1979) relates that whenever an Ozark fiddler wanted a drink while playing for a dance he played this tune as a cue that he was feeling "Dry and Dusty". Reiner & Anick (1989) suggest the title refers rather to the "drought and dust endured by settlers on government‑provided, free land claims in the West." A variant of the usual "Dry and Dusty," in DDad tuning (the same tuning the Morrison Twin Brothers used), appears as an untitled tune on Texas fiddler Eck Robertson's County LP (County 202). Texas style fiddler Benny Thomasson also played the tune in DDad tuning. Occasionally one hears versions in ADad (e.g. Benny Thomasson, the Morrison Brothers Twin Brothers Band)—Mark Wilson (liner notes to Dwight Lamb’s 2005 Rounder release) says it’s the older versions—but Missouri fiddlers often use conventional tuning. Iowa fiddler Dwight Lamb calls the tune “The Missouri ‘Dry and Dusty’” (as played, for example, by Cyril Stinnett and Pete McMahan) to differentiate the non-related tune called “Dry and Dusty [3]” he learned from Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters. Two different sources indicate that “Dry and Dusty” was a companion piece to “Bonaparte’s Retreat”, says Wilson: Missouri fiddler Apsie Morrison (referenced above, who told it to Judy McColloh) and Alva Greene of Sandy Hook, Kentucky (although he called it “Bonaparte’s Charge”). Sources for notated versions: Gus Vandergriff (Pulaski County, Missouri) [Christeson]; Morrison Twin Brothers (Ark.) [Reiner & Anick]; Lynn ‘Chirps’ Smith [Phillips]; Oscar “Red” Wilson [Silberberg]. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 68. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; pg. 121. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 75. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 37. Caney Mountain Records CLP 213 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66. County 518, Morrison Twin Brothers String Band (Ark.) ‑ "Echoes of the Ozarks" (orig. rec. 1930). County 724, Benny Thomasson – “Country Fiddling from the Big State.” County 790, Leftwich & Higginbotham - "No One to Bring Home Tonight" (1984). Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly ‑ "Forked Deer" (1986). Rounder 0320, Bob Carlin & John Hartford - "The Fun of Open Discussion." Victor Vi V-40323 {78 RPM}, The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band (backed with “Ozark Waltz”).

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 (Landis, Arkansas)

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 Indiana University (accession #62-4-28).

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. USA; Nebraska, Iowa. Not the tune usually known as “Dry and Dusty” in the Midwest, but rather “a variant of the “Rocky Mountain Goat/Grand Hornpipe/Mud Fence” family of hornpipes-played-as-reels,” states Mark Wilson (in liner notes to Dwight Lamb’s 2005 Rounder album), at least in the second part. The first part appears unrelated to the “Rocky Mountain Goat” family. Iowa fiddler Lamb says he can’t play the tune without thinking of how Walters’ was forced out of farming in 1936 due to a combination of drought and grasshoppers, and that Walters told him that when he played sometimes with other old friends they would play “Dry and Dusty,” in a remembrance of sorts of how things had been. Rounder 0529, Dwight Lamb – “Hall Agin the Barn Door” (2005. Learned from Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters).

                             

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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