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FIN DE SIECLE , LA. AKA and see "Findy Sickle Two‑Step."

 

FINALE IN THE BATTLE OF PRAGUE. English, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. One of the most widely published piano pieces in Britain and America at the turn of the century and into the nineteenth was The Battle of Prague  (c. 1788) by the Czech-English composer Franz Kotzwara, who died in England in 1791. A descriptive, episodic work for piano, it features trumpet calls, patriotic airs, low bass rumbles in imitation of cannon fire, spirited passages for marching and attacking armies; each section bears a title or a description of what aspect of the battle is depicted in those measures. Indeed, many of the melodies from the piece were employed in popular music, including several marches. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 126.

X:1

T:Finale in the Battle of Prague

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d | gd d2 | ge “tr”e2 | d>B c/B/A/G/ | F/G/A/F/ D2 | gd d2 | ge “tr”e2 |

dB d/c/B/A/ | G2G2 :: FF FE/F/ | GG GA/B/ | cc d/c/B/A/ | Bd BG |

FF FE/F/ | GG GA/B/ | cA GF | G2G2 :| fdef | (g/f/)g/a/ gb/g/ | fd ef |

g3 b/g/ | fdef | (g/f/)g/a/ gb/g/ | fdef | g2 g>d | cABG | A/G/A/B/ Ad |

cABG | A/G/F/E/ D2 | c/A/B/G/ | A/G/A/B/ Ad | cABG | A3 z ||

                                   

FINBAR DWYER’S FAVORITE.  Irish, Jig. Green Linnet GLCD  1211, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company” (2001. Learned from fiddler Conor Tully).

           

FINBAR DWYER’S (JIG). Irish, Jig.

X:1

T:Finbar Dwyer's

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Siobháne Peoples

R:jig

Z:Barney

K:D

~d3 faf|gec Ace|dcd AFA|=cB=c EFG|

ded ~f3|gec ABc|dcd AFA|GEA D3:||

~d3 ada|gfg ~a3|dcd ada|gef gec|

def ecA|GAB AFG|Adf ecA|1 GEA D3:|2 GEA D2 D||

(4DEFG A2B|=cAG A3|dcd efd|ABG FED|

~d3 afd|Bef gag|~f3 ecA|1 GEA D2 A:|2 GEA D3||

                       


FINBAR DWYER'S (REEL) [1]. AKA and see “Dwyer’s Reel [1],” "The Holly Bush [2].”

 

FINBAR DWYER'S (REEL) [2]. AKA and see “Molly Bawn [3].” Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian/Major. AB. Finbar Dwyer is one of the musically talented Dwyer brothers of West Cork. Brendan Mulvihill calls it “Finbar Dwyer’s.” It was recorded by Mary Bergin as an untitled reel on her album “Feadóga Stáin,” and by Paddy Canny as “Molly Bawn” on “Paddy Canny: Traditional Music from the Legendary East Clare Fiddler.” Sources for notated versions: whistle player Mary Bergin [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 123 (appears as “Gan Anim”). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 90, pg. 29. Shanachie SHA 79006, Mary Bergin “Feadóga Stáin” (appears as “Gan Ainm”)

X:1

T:Finbar Dwyer’s [2]

M:C

L:1/8

S:from Mike Rafferty

R:Reel

Z:Tom Madden

K:D

|:A2 EA ceed|BGG2 eBdB|eAce a2ed|cedB BAA2:||

|:a2 ea agba|ge~e2 g3z|a2 ea agba|gedB BAA2|

a2 ea agba|ge~e2 g3a|bzba gaba|gedB eBdB:|"Fine"A4z4||

 

FINBAR DWYER’S (REEL) [3]. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler Willie Kelly (New Jersey) [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 158, pg. 83.

X:1

T: Finbar Dwyer's

S: Willie Kelly

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: Ador

D | EA,CA, EA,CA, | G,3 A, B,A,B,D | EA,CE ABAG | EB,DB, A,2 AG |

EAAG EDGE | DB,ED B,A,B,D | EA,CE A3 G | EB,DB, A,3 :|

D | EA (3AAA EAAF | G2 dG eGdG | EA (3AAA EAef | ecBA GAEA |

EA (3AAA fAeA | EAec d2 ed | c3 A (3Bcd BA | GEDB, A,3 :|

 

FINBAR DWYER’S (REEL) [4]. AKA and see “Fox on the Town,” “Richard Dwyer’s [2].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB’. Carol 1108, Matt Molloy – “Shadows on Stone.”

X:1

T:Finbar Dwyer's

T:Fox on the Town, The

T:Richard Dwyer's

R:reel

C:Finbar Dwyer

H:See also #619 (different version)

Z:id:hn-reel-301

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se

M:C|

K:G

gdBd edBA | G2Bd edBd | gdBd edef | gefd efga | bggd edBA | G2Bd edBd |

efgb agef |1 gbaf 2gf :|2 gbaf g2ga || be~e2 edBd | e2Be dega | be~e2 edBd | efgb a2ef |

~g3d edBA | G2Bd edBd | efgb agef |1 gbaf g2ga :|2 gbaf g2gf ||

                                   

FINCH IN THE THISTLES.  American, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB’. Composed by New Hampshire flute player Rick Gagne, honouring “ecstatic” goldfinch he observed on Naushon Island, Massachusetts, in the act of furiously trying to tear open seed heads in a stand of thistles (Miller). Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 156, pg. 100.

 

FIND THE KEY (Faigh an Gleas). AKA and see "Feagh an Geleash" (Try if it is in tune).

                                               

FINDLATER’S HIGHLAND FLING. Scottish, Fling. B Flat Major. Standard.

X:1

T:Findlater's Highland Fling

C:J R Findlater

S:MS Collection, Athole Collection, Perth Library

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Bb

f|d<B B/B/B F<BD<B|d<BB<c (3dgf (3edc|e<c c/c/c G<cE<c|\

e<cc<d (3egf (3edc|

b<BF<B D<BB,<B|d<BB<c (3dgf (3edc|e<ge<c d<fd<B|G<ccd (3egf (3edc|]

d/c/B f>B b>Bd>B|d/c/B F>B (3dgf (3edc|e/d/c g>c b>ce>c|\

e/d/c G>c (3egf (3edc|

d/c/B F>B D>B B,>B|d/c/B f>B (3dgf (3edc|e<ge<c d<fd<B|\

G<c F>A B2 B|]

                       

FINDLAY. Scottish. Bayard (1981) sees this tune as one of the "special developments" of the tune best known as "Boyne Water," which first began as "Playing Amang the Rashes," to be found in William Graham's Lute Book of 1694.

                       

FINDY SICKLE TWO-STEP. Old‑Time, Two‑Step. USA, Nebraska. C Major ('A' and 'B' parts), F Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. ABC. Christeson says a piece of music titled "La Fin de Siecle" was published around the turn of the century. Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 126‑127.

                       

FINE COMPANION, THE. AKA ‑ "Fine Companions." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 6/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in Playford's first edition of his English Dancing Master (1651). It is perhaps associated with the play by Shackerley Marmion (1603-1639), his second, a comedy that was also entitled A Fine Companion, staged by Prince Charles’s Men at Salisbury Court and published in 1633. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; pg. 8. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 40 & pg. 24 (appears as "Fine Companions"). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 15. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 34.

X:1

T:Fine Companion

L:1/8

M:6/8

K:F

d2 f dda|cde fed|a2 g aag|a e2 e2 d|eee e2 d|cde A2 e|f2 d cde| d3 f3 ::\

d| cAA e2 d|cAB A2 e|fde fde | f3 g3 aaa cde ffe fda| ccd ecA d3 f3:|

                       

FINE FUN AT OUR HOUSE. AKA and see "Fine Times At Our House."

                       

FINE KNACKS FOR LADIES. English, Air. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. A peddler’s song by one of the greatest composers and musicians of his time, John Dowland. Kines (1964) believes the lyrics to be an expression of his feelings for his homeland during his voluntary exile in Denmark. It appears in his "2nd Book of Airs" (1600). Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time), 1964; pgs. 58‑59.

                       

FINE TIMES AT OUR HOUSE [1]. AKA ‑ "Fine Fun at Our House" (Pa.). AKA and see "Kitty's Got a Baby‑O." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; central W.Va., Virginia, Indiana, southwestern Pa. D Major/Mixolydian (Krassen {Hammons}, Bayard {Yeager & Yaugher}): A Mixolydian (Bayard {Smalley & Ireland}). AEae, ADae (Hammons) or standard tunings. ABB (Bayard, 1981): AABB (Krassen). Bayard (1981) points out that the tune "shades" between major and mixolydian in many versions, which is "a genuine, and once common, feature of our fiddling tradition" (pg. 255). He sees some vague resemblance between this tune and the Scottish "Crieff Fair," but was unable to trace the tune further in British Isles collections. Bayard's (1944) source 'Bub' Yaugher knew the following rhyme associated with this tune:

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Possum up a gum stump, Coonie in the holler,

Devil's on the other side‑‑Don't you hear him holler?

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While another from Fayette County, Pa., (Bayard, 1981) gave the following:

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Fine times at our house, Sally's got a little one:

A great beg yellow devil just like the other one.

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Gerry Milnes collected this verse in West Virginia:

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Fine times at our house, Kate’s got a little one;

Bless its little soul, it’s another little pretty one.

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(Bayard, 1944). See "Possum Up a Gum Stump." Sources for notated versions: Burl Hammons (Marlinton, Pochahontas County, W.Va.), who says he learned it from his Uncle Neal (rather than Edden Hammons, who played a similar, but somewhat different version) [Krassen]: John Summers (Marion, Indiana) [Krassen, Phillips]: Irvin Yaugher Jr. (Mt. Independence, Pennsylvania, 10/19/1943, learned from his great‑uncle) [Bayard, 1944]: James Smalley (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1944), Walter Ireland (Greene County, Pa., 1944), Henry Yeager (Centre County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard, 1981].  Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 76. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 301A‑C, pgs. 254‑255. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 80 and pgs. 137‑139. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 84. Wilkinson, Southern Folklore Quarterly, VI, I, March, 1942; pg. 10. Flying Fish Records FF089, The Red Clay Ramblers ‑ "Chuckin' the Frizz" (1979. Learned from Indiana fiddler John Summers, whose version was in ‘A’, standard tuning). Greenhays GR 710, John McCutcheon ‑ "Fine Times at Our House" (1982. Learned largely from W.Va. fiddler Burl Hammons). Library of Congress AFS L65‑66, Burl Hammons‑ "The Hammons Family." Rounder Records CD1504/05, Burl Hammons – “The Hammons Family.” WVU Press SA-1, “Edden Hammons Collection I” (1999).

X:1

T:Fine Times at Our House

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:James H. “Uncle Jim” Chisholm, Greenwood, Albermarle County, Va.

K:A Mixolyian

E2 E>D CD E2|EAA>A A>BcA|E2 E>D CDE>F|G>EAG F D3|

E2 E>D C>D E2|EA A2 ABcd|efgf e2d2|cABd c A3||

A,4 CD E2|EA A2 ABcA|EDCD E2F2|GEAG F D3|EDCD E2A2|

A2A2 ABcd|edcB Aagf|edcB c A3||

K:A Dorian

ed c2 (d//c)Bcd|efga gagf|ed c2 (d//cBcd|ea2b a2 gf|edcB ABcd|1

efga g2d2|efgf e2d2|^cABc c A3:|2 egfa g2d2|ed^cB Aagf|ed^cA c A3||

X:2

T:Fine Times at Our House

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Breakdown

S:Edden Hammons (W.Va.), transcribed by Alan Jabbour

K:D

[EA]{F}[E/A/][D/A/] C/[A,/D/]E/(G/ [D/A/]F/)[A,/G/]A/ A/(B/[c/e/][A/e/]) | [EA]{F}[E/A/]D/ C/[A,/D/][E/A/][E/A] |

(3[F/A/]E/D/ [C/D/][A,/D/][DD][DD] | [EA]{F}[E/A/]D/ C/D/[E/A/](G/ [D/A/]F/)[A,/G/]A/ [A/e/][B/e/][c/e/][d/e/] |

M:5/4

L:1/8

[e/e/][e/e/][e/e/](e/f/ (3[A/g/]f/e/[de] (3[c/e/]B/A/ [G/A/][D/A/] [E/A/](A[A/B/]) AA :|

M:4/4

L:1/8

[A/d/][d/e/][c/e/]d/ [A/e/][d/e/][c/e/][d/e/] [A/e/]d/[A/e/][A/f/] [A/g/][A/a/][A/g/]d/ |

[A/e/][d/e/]c/[d/e/] [A/e/]d/[c/e/][d/e/] | [A/e/][Aa][A/b/] [A/a/][A/b/][A/a/][A/g/] |

[A/e/]d/[c/e/][d/e/] [A/e/][d/e/][c/e/][d/e/] [A/e/][d/e/][A/e/][A/f/] [Ag]d |

e/[Aa][A/b/] [A/a/]g/(e/d/) c/(A/[B/e/]G/) [A,A][A,A] :|

 

FINE TIMES AT OUR HOUSE [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This is West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine's version? (high part is similar to "Devil in the Woodpile"). Source for notated version: Gerry Milnes (W.Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 85.

                       

FINE TIMES AT OUR HOUSE, KITTY'S GOT A BABY-O. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Ohio. This version is distantly related to "Fine Times at Our House" [1] and is from Arnold Sharp, a retired coal miner late of Oak Hill, Jackson County, (south-central) Ohio. GFS-901 (Gambier Folklore Society, Kenyon College), Arnold Sharp - "Seems Like Romance To Me, Traditional Fiddle Music From Ohio" (1985).

                       

FINE TOAST TO HEWLETT. AKA and see “Hewlett.”

                       

FINERTY'S FROLIC (Cleasa Uí Finnactaig). AKA and see "Bliven's Favorite," "By your leave, Larry Grogan," "Coppers and Brass [2]", “The County Limerick Buckhunt," “Green Sleeves [3]," "Hartigan's Fancy," “The Humours of Ennistymon [1]," "The Humours of Miltown [2]," "Larry Grogan(‘s) [1]", "The Lasses of Melrose," “Lasses of Melross,” "Little Fanny's Fancy," "Lynn's Favourite," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,” "The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Nearly identical to “Bliven’s Favorite.” Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 42, pg. 36. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1016, pg. 189. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 231, pg. 52.

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Finerty’s Frolic

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’NeillDance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 231

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/F/|DGG GAB|cAG FGA|BAB cAF|AGG G2F|

DGG GAB|cAG FGA|d/e/fd cAF|AGG G2:|

|:d|def g2g|fed cAF|Ggf gag|fdd d2e|f/g/ag fed|cAG FGA|d/e/fd cAF|AGG G2:|

                       

FINGAL('S) MARCH. Irish, March. E Dorian. Standard. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 216, pg. 82. Maggie’s Music MM107, "Music in the Great Hall" (1992).


                       

FINGALIAN AIR, A (Fonn air Dàin Féinne). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard. AABB. "This Fingalian air was acquired through the predecessor of Mr. Fraser of Leadclune, referred to in note No. 28 ('An Air to Which Ossian in recited')" {Fraser}. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 129, pg. 51.

X:1

T:Fingalian Air, A

T:Fonn air Dàin Féinne

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C
G2|c4G2|c4 c/d/c/B/|A2d2B2|c4 d>e|a4g2|g>a g2f2|e4 d>e|a4 c>d|e4d3|c4:|

|:e>d|c4B>A|G4c>B|A2d2B2|c4d>e|a4g2|g>a g2f2|e4 d>e|a4 e>d|c4B2|A4:|

                       

FINGALIANS’ DANCE, THE. Irish, March? G Major. Standard. AB. O’Neill says an identical setting with variations was printed in Burk Thumoth’s Twelve English and Twelve Irish Airs (London, 1743). Source for notated version: copied from the Hibernian Muse (1787) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 92.

X:1

T:Fingalians' Dance, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:The Hibernian Muse 1787

Z:Paul Kinder

K:G

B2 G2 G2 Bc|d2 G2 d2 G2|B2 G2 G2 Bc|d4 {c}B4|

c2 A2 A2 cd|e2 A2 e2 A2|c2 A2 A2 cd|e4 {d}c4||

G2 g2 g2 fg|agfe dcBA|A2 a2 "tr"a2 ga|bagf dcBA|

G2 g2 "tr"g2 fg|f2 ga D2 g2|f2 ga D2 g2|f4 {e}d4||

                       

FINGAL'S CAVE [1]. AKA and see “Miss Guthrie’s.” Scottish, Strathspey. E Major. Standard. AABBCCD. The tune was composed by John Gow (1764-1826), one of the sons of the famous fiddler Niel Gow. John removed from Scotland to London, and with his brother Andrew established a publishing firm, becoming the English distributor of the Gow family publications. Fingal's Cave is a 230 ft. deep cave on the island of Staffa on west coast of Scotland near the islands of Mull and Iona. It is a sea cave carved from Tertiary basalt lava flows that have cooled to form hexagonal columns similar to those of the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland. A path on one side of the cave travels from column to column back into the cave that stretches 250 feet into the rock, with a height of 70 feet above sea level. It is fabled in art; the great watercolor painter John Turner painted Fingal’s Cave in 1832. Composer Felix Mendelsohn wrote an overture called The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave), having been inspired by the sight of the caves while on a trip to Scotland and Itlay, sent by his father at age 20. Curiously, the cave has no real associations with Fingal. John Purser explains that the original name of the main cave is, in Scots Gaelic, Uamh Bhin, meaning a musical or sweet-sounding cave, and that it is misinterpretations of the Gaelic name that led to its being called Fingal’s Cave.

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Photo: Paul McNeil  http://www.webcraft.co.uk/westbound/index.htm

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Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 58. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 6. Redwing Music RWMCD 5410, Abby Newton – “Castles, Kirks and Caves” (2001).

X:1

T:Fingal’s Cave [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Gow – 2nd Repository  (1802)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E

B,|E>FGG (F/A)G/F/ E>B,|E>FGB (c/B/)(A/G/) (F/A/)(G/F/)|E>F GG (F/A/)G/F/ E>B,|

C>B,C>B, CEE:|

|:B|(e2 e/)B/c/d/ (e2 d/)g/b/g/|(e2 g/)e/ b/g/ c’f (f/a/)g/f/|(e2 e/)B/c/d/ (e2 e/)f/g/e/|

{c}a>g {g}f/e/f/d/ {d}e2 E:|

|:G/F/|(E/F/)G/F/ (E/G/)B/e/ c/B/A/G/ (A/G/)F/E/|(E/e/)(B/c/) (G/B/)(B,/A/) GF F2|

E/(e/d/)c/ (B/A/)(G/F/) G/c/(B/A/ G/F/E/D/)|(C/E/)(B,/E/) (C/E/)(B,/E/) CEE:|

B|(e/d/)(e/d/) (d/B/)c/d/ (e/d/)(e/d/) (e/g/)(b/g/)|e2 (3g/f/e/ (3b/a/g/ c’f f/a/g/f/|

eg/f/ e/B/(c/d/) (e2 e/)f/g/e/|{c} a>g {g} f/e/f/d/ e2 EB|

(e/d/)(e/d/) (e/B/)(c/d/) (e/d/)(e/d/) (e/g/)(b/g/)|(e/B/)(g/e/) (b/g/)(e’/b/) c’f (f/a/)g/f/|

e/(e/d/)e/ (c/e/)(B/e/) (c/e/)(d/f/) (e/g/)(f/a/)|(g/b/)(a/c’/) (b/g/)(f/a/) gee||

 

FINGAL'S CAVE [2] (Gul Fhin). AKA and see “Cuilfhionn,” “Fingal’s Weeping.” Scottish, Air or March (2/4 time, slow). A Dorian. Standard tuning. A popular Highland march. AAB (Kerr, Lerwick, Martin): AB’B’ (Morison). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 17, pg. 48. Lerwick (The Kilted Fiddler), 1985; pg. 62. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 74. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), c. 1882; No. 26, pg. 13. BM-91, Buddy MacMaster – “Glencoe Hall.” Shanachie SHAN‑79017, John & Phil Cunningham ‑ "Against the Storm" (1980).

X:1
T:Cuilfhionn
T:Fingal's Weeping

T:Fingal’s Cave [2]
D:Old Blind Dogs, Fit?
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
K:A dorian
E/G/ | A2 B/A/G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ | BA/G/ ed/B/ | d>G  GE/G/ |

A2 B/A/G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ | BA/G/ ed/B/ | eA  A :|
B/d/ | ed/e/ gf/g/ | ae/a/ ge/a/ | ed/e/ ge/g/ | e/d/B/A/ GB/d/ |
ed/e/ gf/g/ | ae/a/ ge/a/ | ge/a/ g/e/d/B/ | eA  AB/d/ |
ed/e/ gf/g/ | ae/a/ ge/a/ | ed/e/ ge/g/ | e/d/B/A/ GA/B/ |
dc/d/ ed/e/ | gf/g/ ae/a/ | ge/a/ g/e/d/B/ | eA A |]

X:2

T:Fingal’s Cave [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

S:MorisonHighland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

A2 B/A/ G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ | BA/G/ ed/B/ | dG G2 | A2 B/A/ G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ |

B/B/ A/G/ ed/B/ | eA A2 || ed/e/ g^f/g/ | {a}ae/a/ ge/g/ | ed/e/ g^f/g/ | e/d/ B/A/ G2 |

ed/e/ g^f/g/ | ae/a/ ge/g/ | g/e/ f/d/ g/e/ d/B/ | eA A2 || (3e/f/e/ d/e/ g^f/g/ | ae/a/ ge/g/ |

ed/e/ g^f/g/ | e/d/ B/A/ G/A/ B/G/ | cB/c/ dc/d/ | ed/e/ ga | g/e/ f/d/ g/e/ d/B/ | eA A2 ||

                       

FINGAL’S DIRK.  Scottish, Pipe Quickstep (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 49.

X:1

T:Fingal’s Dirk

M:C

L:1/8

R:Pipe Quickstep

C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mix

.A/.B/ | .c.ed>B c(A A).A/.B/ | ceg>d B(GG)B | ce({c}d>)B ceAa | e>c({c}d>)B cAA :|

|: .A/.B/ | c/d/e/c/ d/f/B/d/ c/d/e/d/ c/e/A/a/ | c/d/e/A/ g/e/d/c/ .B(GG).B | c/d/e/c/ d/f/B/d/ c/d/e/d/ c/e/A/a/ |

e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/e/ ({c/d/}c)AA :: a | e>cdB cAAe | ceg>d .B(GG).f | e>cdB ce Aa | e>cdB ({B}c)AA :|

|: a | e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/d/ c/e/A/e/ c/A/a/A/ | c/d/e/A/ g/e/d/c/ BG<G Gg | e/a/c/a/ d/c/B/e/ c/d/e/d/ c/e/A/a/ |

e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/e/ cAA :|

 

FINGAL'S MARCH. See "Fingal March."

                       

FINGALL'S LAMENTATION. AKA and see “Miss Guthrie’s.” Scottish, Air ("Very Slow"). F Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. "A very old Gaelic air" (Gow). Despite Gow’s assertion that the tune was very old, John Purser could find no earlier printed version than Gow’s own. Purser regards it as typical example of the ‘Celtic revival style’ of Scottish fiddle composition of Gow’s era. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 539. Redwing Music RWMCD 5410, Abby Newton – “Castles, Kirks and Caves” (2001).

                       

FINGAL’S WEEPING. AKA and see “Cuilfhionn,” “Fingal’s Cave [2]."

           

FINGER LOCK, THE. Scottish, Pibroch. A piece of piobaireachd music attributed to Ranald MacAilean Og of Cross on the Island of Eigg (c. 1662-1741), said to have been a good performer on harp and fiddle, though he was best known as a piper. The tune is sometimes associated with Calum MacRaibeart, the son of an Irish armorer who had been imported (along with his brother David, a harper) to Muckairn by the Earl of Cawdor. There are numerous stories and legends about Ranald, colorful and robust. He is said to have been a man of enormous physical strength—he stopped a mill-wheel turning at full speed, and was called upon to hold down the dying chief of Clanranald, Evil Donald (Domhnall Dona Mac ‘ic Ailean), when the Devil came to claim him in payment for a debt Donald owed. Ranald was supposed to have overcome the ghost of a headless woman which was terrorizing the district of Morar and Arisaig. He was known to have been on good terms with the local witches (though he avoided participating in their rites), and they warned him that they had forseen impending danger, saving him from drowning on the river Lochy. In his old age he became blind and bedridden, but scarcely diminished in temper, for if he thought himself neglected by his kin he would lull them into approaching by his pleasant talk and calm demeanor, then cuff them a terrible blow about the head (Sanger & Kinnaird, Tree of Strings, 1992).

                                   

FINGER RING. AKA and see "I Wish't I Had a New Five Cents," "New Five Cents [2].” Old‑Time, Breakdown/ Song. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning. AABB. Originally from African-American tradition. The melody is not the same as the Kentucky tune “New Five Cents,” although the lyric suggests at least a floating connection.

***

I would not have a yeller gal, I'll tell you the reason why,

She'd blow her nose on yeller corn bread and call it pumpkin pie.

***

Refrain

Wish't I had a finger ring (or, new five cents),

Wish't I had a dime;

Wish't I had a finger ring (new five cents),

To give that gal of mine.

***

I would not have a yeller gal, I'll tell you the reason why,

Her neck's so long and yeller I'm afraid she'd never die.

***

Mawsy had a yeller gal, brought her from the South,

Her mouth looked like an old fireplace with the ashes all raked out.

***

Mawsy had an old gray mare I know her mighty well,

If she ever jumps in my corn patch she'd better jump in hell.

***

Mawsy had an old blind horse, he calls him Bawly Sam,

Every tooth in his old head is sixteen inches round.

***

(See "Old Joe Clark," "Old Dan Tucker" for similar floating verses, also the song "Raise a Ruckus (Roughhouse) Tonight" and “Sook Pied”)

Source for notated version: R.E. Perkins (Sequoyah County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 67.

                                   

FINGER THE SHIFT. AKA and see "The Calendar," "Reice an Mhi‑adha."

                       

FINGERING WITH YOUR FINGERS. Old-Time, Breakdown. B Flat Major. Standard. AA'B. The 'B' part tonality approximately follows a circle of 5ths. Source for notated version: Lonnie Chatmon with the Mississippi Sheiks [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 49.

                       

FINLAY IS HIS FATHER'S DARLING (Se gaol a'bhodaich Fionnlagh). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 7.

                       

FINLAY MACKENZIE. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AABBCCDD. Composed by N. MacLennan. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 11.

                       

FINLAYSTON HOUSE. Scottish, Slow Air. The melody was composed by amateur fiddle‑composer John Riddell of Ayr (1718‑95), son of a wig‑maker and his wife, and first appeared in his collection of Scots tunes published by Robert Bremner, c. 1766. It was the music for the Scots poet Robert Burns' ("rather indifferent lyric," according to Collinson {1966}) elegiac song "Fate gave the word—the arrow sped," and Burns thought much of the tune, writing in Cromck's Reliques: "This most beautiful tune is I think the happiest composition of that bard born genius John Riddell of the family of Glencarnock at Ayr" (in fact, there is no conclusive evidence that Riddell had any connection with the Glencarnock family). Finlayston House, on the Firth of Clyde near Glasgow, was the seat of the Earl of Glencairn, and is the seat of the Chief of the MacMillan clan.

                                      

FINLEY CREEK BLUES. Rounder 0437, Jim Beeler Kate  – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, Vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties.”

                                      

FINN JENTA WALTZ (Finnish Girl Waltz). Norwegian, Waltz. G Dorian. Standard. AA'BB'. "This is a variant of a well‑known Norwegian waltz, done in the style of Hans Brimi, a famous Norwegian folk fiddler" (Reiner). Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1977; pg. 56.

                                      

FINN POLKA (Kauhauan Polkka). Finnish, Polka. A popular folk tune with the Finnish ethnic community in northern Wisconsin (Leavy).

                       

FINNEA LASSES. AKA and see “Killarney Wonder Schottische [1].” Irish, Schottische. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The melody was recorded by Donegal fiddler Hughie Gillespie in New York in the 78 RPM era (paired with “Gurren’s Castle,”—there is some confusion of tunes and titles, but “Finnea Lasses” is a version of the “Killarney Wonder”, while “Gurren’s” is a version of “Miss Sarah Drummond of Perth”). Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 222, pg. 130.

 

FINNEGAN'S DREAM. AKA and see "Garryowen," "The Scotch Laddie." American, Jig or March. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. An originally Irish tune usually known as "Garryowen." Source for notated version: Thomas Patterson (Elizabeth, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 632B, pgs. 554‑555.

 


FINNEGAN'S WAKE [1] (Torran UíFinnguine). AKA - "Tim Finnegan's Wake." AKA and see “(An) Bhean Spáinneach,” "Doran's Ass," "The French Musician," “Paddy Doyle,” “The Spanish Lady.”  Irish, New England; Air (cut time), Polka or March (2/4). D Major (Mallinson, Miller & Perron, Taylor): C Major (O'Neill): G Major (Tubridy). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill): AABB (Mallinson, Miller & Perron, Taylor. Tubridy). A tune derived from a comic "stage‑Irish" song, which Bayard (1981) says was known in Pennsylvania as a folk song called "Dolan's Ass." The first part of the tune, he observes, is perhaps older than the second.  Cazden (et al, 1982) report that Edwin Ford Piper gives