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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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FISH IN THE MILLPOND. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
FISH MONGERS SHOP. English.
FISH ON A HOOK. AKA and see “Hook and Line.”
FISHAMBLE JIG, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major (‘A’ part) & G Minor
(‘B’ part). Standard. AABB. Composed by
X:1
T: Fishamble
C: © B. Black
Q: 300
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
B | dBG ecA | fdc BAG | DGB EGc | FAd G2 e |
b2 g a2 e | fga gdc | BGB AEE | dAF G2 :|
K: Gm
d |
b2
g a2 f | gdc BGG | ABc d^cd | BGF G2 :|
FISHER LAD, THE. English.
FISHER LADDIE. AKA and see "The Fairy Dance."
English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time).
X:1
T:Fisher Laddie
T:Fairy Dance
B:Sharp – Sword Dances of
N:Transposed
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:D
F2fd f2fd|f2fe dcde|f2fd gfed|cdec
d2d2|:
|:a2af b2b2|gefg a2a2|f2fd gfed|cdec
d2d2:|
FISHERMAN, THE. AKA and see “Bit of Ginger,” “Fisherman’s Lilt [2],” “Joe Derrane’s Jig,” “The Lilting Fisherman,” “Lissalumna Fiddler,” “Paddy’s Resource [2].”
FISHERMAN'S BALL, THE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
126.
FISHERMAN'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "California
Schottische," "Fred
Wilson's Clog," "Fred
Wilson's Hornpipe." Related to "Cincinatti Hornpipe [1]"
and "Harvest Home [1]."
FISHERMANS' FROLIC (
X:1
T:Fisherman’s Frolic
M:C
L:1/8
R:(
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
(A>.B) | (c>.A)(F>.A)
B>df>d | c>AF>A c>fa>f | {a}g>^fg>a b>cd>e |
(3fag (3fed c2 A>B |
c>AF>A B>df>d |
c>AF>A c>fa>f | {a}g>^fg>a b>Ad>e | f2a2f2 :|
|: (e>.f) | g>^fg>a
b>cd>e | f>ef>g a>c=B>c | d>.gb>a g>fe>g | (3fag
(3fed (3cdc (3BAG |
F>Ac>A B>df>d |
c>Ac>f a>fc>f | g>ab>g e>cd>e | f2a2f2 :|
FISHERMAN'S FROLIC, THE (Mireog An T-Iasgaire). Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard.
AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 61. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1047, pg. 196.
X:1
T:Fisherman’s Frolic, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | Add d>cd | f>ee e2g | fed
dfd | e>cA A2A | Add d>cd |
f>ee e2g | fed (f<a)A | ABc d2
:: a | afd dfa | agf g2a | afd dfd |
ecA A2 (B/c/) | dcd e^de | f^ef g2
(a/g/) | f>ed (f<a)A | ABc d2 :|
FISHERMAN'S HARVEST, THE. AKA – “Ed Reavy’s.” AKA and see “Fisherman’s Island.” Irish, Reel. D Major.
Standard. AABB. The tune’s name is actually “Fisherman’s
X:1
T:Fisherman's Harvest
T:Ed. Reavy's
T:Fisherman’s
D:Deanta No 1
Z:Transcribed by Dan Gjøske Petersen
R:Reel
M:C|
K:D
D2FA d3A|BAGB AF~F2|GEED EFGA|(3Bcd
ed cAAg|
fd~d2 edce|d2cd BAGF|EFGA Bded|cAGE
EDDE:|
fd~d2 AF~F2|DFAd f2ef|ge~e2
gfec|dfed cAGE|
DF~F2 Adcd|Bg~g2 edcB|Adfa gfed|cAGE
EDD2:|
FISHERMAN’S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Fisher’s Hornpipe.”
FISHERMAN'S
X:1
T:Fisherman's
T:Fisherman’s Harvest
T:Ed Reavy’s
T:Reavy’s
R:reel
L:1/8
M:C|
K:D
“D”DEFA d2dA|”E7”BAGB “D”AFDF|GEED
EFGA|”Em”(3Bcd ed “A”cAAg|
“D”fd~d2 “A”ecAc|”D”~d3A
BAGF|”A”EFGA (3Bcd ed|1 cAGE EDCE:|2
cAGE “D”EDD2||
|:”D”fd~d2 AF~F2|DFAd f2ef|”G”gece
“A”bece|”D”dfed “A”cAGE|
“D”DF~F2 Adfd|”G”Bg~g2
“A”edcB|”D”Adfa “Em”gbed|1 “A”cAGE “D”EDD2:|2 “A”cAGE EDCE||
X:2
T:The Fisherman's
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed believes that fishermen long to have their own island so
N:they can live surrounded by the sea they love.
N:This reel celebrates their quest for that elusive island home. It is
N:one of Ed's most popular compositions.
K:D
B, |: A,DFA d2 cd | BA^GB AFDF | (3GFD (3FED CDEF | GBed cBAg |
fd (3dcd edAc | dcdB AGFD | EFGA cded |1 cAGE FDEC :|2 cAGE FD E2 ||
|: fd (3ddd AF (3FEF | DFAd fdAf | gece bece | dfed cAGE | DF (3FEF Adfd |
Bg (3gfg edcB | Adfa gbed |1 cAGE FD D2 :|2 cAGE FDEC ||
FISHERMAN'S JIG. AKA and see "The Barony Jig
[1]," "The Green Gates [2],"
"Redican's Mother," "Trealock Lauder." Irish, Slip Jig.
B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Shanachie 79064, Matt
Molloy - "The Heathery Breeze."
X:1
T:Fisherman's
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Matt Molloy - Heathery Breeze
K:Bm
FAA FAd AFD|FAA FAd B2A|FAA FAd AFD|EDB DFA B2A:|!
f3 faf edB|Aff fef gfe|f3 faf edB|AFE DFA B2A:|!
FISHERMAN'S
LILT [1] (Streancán an
Iascaire). AKA
and see “Banks of the Inverness,”
"Cunningham's Fancy,"
"Funny Eye(s)," “Halligan’s
Fancy,” “Kerryman’s Daughter [1],”
“Michael Coleman’s Dream,”
"Molly what ails you?"
"The Pretty Girls of
the Village," "The Siege
of Ennis [1]," "You're
right my love." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Breathnach
finds the ‘B’ part of “Fisherman’s Lilt” to be the same as that of “Old
John’s Jig” (Port Shean tSeáin), and thinks the reel was derived from the
jig. The ‘A’ part of “Fisherman’s Lilt” is similar to the ‘B’
part of “Lady Mary Lindsay”
printed by Glen, who reprinted it from John
Riddell’s collection of 1766. See also the related “Siege of Ennis.” “Funny
Eye” is the title for the melody from a music broadsheet published by Hime in
Dublin about 1810, while the “The Pretty Girls of the Village” title comes from
Boston button-accordion player Jerry O’Brien’s Irish Folk Dance Music (178). O’Neill printed the tune as “Molly
what ails you,” among other titles.
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Fisherman's Lilt [1]
T:Molly, What Ails You?
R:reel
H:Also in C, #154. The second name is from O'Neill's
H:Also played as "The Kerryman's Fling", fling#4.
D:Bothy Band: Out of the Wind, Into the Sun
Z:id:hn-reel-206
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
~A3F ABde|fedc dB~B2|AF~F2 ABde|1 fedc d2dB:|2 fedc d2de||
|:fa~a2 bafb|afef dB~B2|fa~a2 fb~b2|abc'a b2ba| fa~a2 bafb|afef dB~B2|
AF~F2
ABde|1 fedc d2de:|2 fedc d2dB||
FISHERMAN’S
LILT [2]. AKA and see “Bit of Ginger,” “Joe Derrane’s Jig,” “Lilting
Fisherman.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Breathnach prints
the tune in Ceol Rince na hÉirreann
(vol. 3) as “Joe Derrane’s Jig,” a reference to
X:1
T:Fisherman’s
Lilt [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
B/c/|dBG
GBd|gfg efg|dBG GFG|AFD cBA|
dBG GBd|~g3
efg|dBG FGA|BGF G2:|]
K:D
F/G/|ABA
AFD|fgf f2 e|dfe dcB|AFF F2 G|
AFA AFA|BGB BAB|cde ABc|d3 d2:|]
FISHERMAN’S LILT [3]. AKA and see “Fisher’s Hornpipe.”
American, Hornpipe. Green Linnet GLCD 3127, Sharon
Shannon – “The Best of Sharon Shannon: Spellbound” (1999. Appears as first tune
of “The Bungee Jumpers” medley).
FISHERMAN'S LILT
HORNPIPE. Irish, American; Hornpipe. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB (Spandaro): AA'BB' (Alewine). Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips),
1987; pg. 18. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance),
1980; pg. 4. Shanachie 79009, "Planxty."
X:1
T:Fisherman’s Lilt Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
|:(3ABc|dAFA GBAG|FEFA dFGE|(3FFA dc dcBA|BGEF GABc|
dAFA GBAG|FEFA dFGE|(3FFA df gecd|(3efe de d2:|
|:g2|fddc dfaf|edcd efge|fAdc dfaf|(3gfe (3dcB ADFA|
BGGG
BG (3Bcd|AF (3ABc defd|AAfd Bgec|dfed d2:|
FISHERMAN'S REEL. AKA and see "Reel Du
Pecheur."
FISHERMAN'S SONG, THE (Abran Iasgadoire). Irish, Air (3/8 time,
"tenderly"). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 604, pg. 106.
X:1
T:Fisherman’s Song, The
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Tenderly”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|dd d/e/|fe d/>c/|AG
A/>B/|=c3 A/^c/|dd (3e/f/g/|fe d/c/|AG/E/ D/>E/|D2||
F/G/|AB =c/B/|A/F/ D F/>G/|A/B/
=cB|A2 (3A/B/c/|dd (3e/f/g/|fe d/c/| AG/E/ D/>E/|D2||
FISHERMAN'S
SONG FOR ATTRACTING THE SEALS,
THE. Scottish,
Air (6/8 time).
FISHERMAN'S WIDOW, THE (Baintreabac An Iasgaire). AKA and see “Baxter’s Big,” “The Friendly Neighbor,” “The Rambling Pitchfork,” “St. Patricks Day in the Evening.”
Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Mulvihill, O'Neill/Krassen
& 1915): AABB' (O'Neill/1850 & 1001, Plain Brown). The tune
usually goes by the title “Rambling Pitchfork” today. Sources for notated
versions: Francis O'Neill learned the tune from an accomplished West Clare
flute player (and Chicago police patrolman) named Patrick "Big Pat"
O'Mahony, a man of prodigious physique of whom he said: "the 'swing' of
his execution was perfect, but instead of 'beating time' with his foot on the
floor like most musicians he was never so much at ease as when seated in a
chair tilted back against a wall, while both feet swung rhythmically like a
double pendulum" [O'Neill, Irish
Folk Music]; a tape of the Birmingham grandfather of editor Tony Doyle, c.
late 1960’s, playing the melodeon [Plain Brown]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 7,
pg. 66. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music),
1915; No. 179, pg. 98. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 43. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 931, pg. 173. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Fisherman’s Widow, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F2G AFA|dcA AGF|G3 ABc|ded cAG|F2G
AFA|dcA AGF|
GFG ABG|AFD D3:||:d2e f2d|dcA
ABc|d2e f2g|afd dcA|1 d2e f2d|
ecA AGF|GFG ABG|AFD D3:|2 afa
geg|fed cAF|G2A BAG|AFD D3||
FISHER’S FANCY. Irish, Reel. A reel named by O’Neill (1913) in a tale of piper John
Hicks, a Kildare piper who emigrated to
FISHER'S FOY, DA. Shetland. Composed by fiddler/composer Gideon Stove. Great Meadow Music GMM 2003, “Rodney Miller’s Airdance”
(2000).
FISHER'S FROLIC. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
161.
FISHER'S HORNPIPE (Crannciuil {Ui} Fishuir).
AKA "The Fisher's," “Fisherman’s
Hornpipe.” AKA and see "The
Blacksmith's Hornpipe [1]" (Ireland {Joyce}), “Blanchard’s Hornpipe [2],”
"China Orange Hornpipe,"
"Egg Hornpipe," “Fisherman’s Lilt [3],” "The First of May [2]," “Kelly’s
Hornpipe [3],” "Lord Howe's Hornpipe,"
"O'Dwyer's Hornpipe [2],”
"Peckhover Walk Hornpipe,"
"Sailor's Hornpipe [2],”
"Wigs on the Green"
(Ireland {Roche}), “Y Dynwr.” English, Irish,
Scottish, Shetlands, Canadian, Old‑Time,
***
Many
older versions are in the key of ‘F’ major, although Joseph Kershaw’s in his
fiddler’s manuscript (from North West England) noted it in ‘D’. “Fisher’s”
appears in numerous musician’s manuscript books from the late 18th
century on (see Ann
Winnington’s music book—Winnington was born in
***
The
tune became widely popular in a short span of time. It was already known as
"Fisher's Hornpipe" in both
***
Around the Galax, Va., region quite a few fiddlers, like Charlie Higgins, Emmett Lundy and John Rector, played 'Fisher's' in the key of 'G' Major. Harvey Sampson played “Fisher’s” in ‘G’, but also in GDgd tuning! Tommy Jarrell, of nearby Mt. Airy, N.C., plays the tune in 'D' Major, as did his father, Ben Jarrell, though the tune usually appears in 'F' Major in early collections (the earliest American appearance, John Greenwood's flute MS of 1783, has the tune in 'G,' however). 'F' major renditions are still common (along with 'D' Major versions) among fiddlers in central and north Missouri-- though relatively rare in the Ozarks region of the state--perhaps because of the because of the influence of the old town orchestras or brass bands (with flat-keyed wind instruments), radio broadcasts from Canadian fiddlers, and local classically trained music professors. Despite the seeming prevalence of the hornpipe set in 'F' major in early publications, Jim Kimball finds that the John Carroll manuscript collection, copied before 1804, gives "Fisher's" in the key of D Major, as does the John Studderd manuscript, c. 1808-1815, and the John Seely manuscript, c. 1819-1830 (Carroll was an Irish-American military musician stationed at Fort Niagara at the time he wrote his manuscript who apparently played both fife and fiddle; Studderd was a native of England prior to emigrating to western New York state in the 1820's; Seely, according to family history, was a fiddler who lived in western New York state for whom "Fishers" was a favorite tune). “Fisher’s Hornpipe” was one of the tunes recorded for the Library of Congress on 78 RPM from the playing of fiddler Patrick Bonner of Beaver Island, Michigan. Bonner was the youngest son of immigrants from Arranmore Island, County Donegal (the island was destination for a number of Arranmore families), and the Donegal fiddle tradition can be heard in his playing.
***
The
title "Fisher's Hornpipe" has been mentioned frequently in
periodicals and other printed sources in
***
***
See also "Miss Thompson's Reel," which particularly resembles the "Fisher's" in it's second section.
***
Sources
for notated versions: Edson Cole (Freedom, N.H.) [Linscott]: Frank George (W.Va.)
[Krassen]; Frank Lowery (Prince George, British Columbia) [Gibbons]; Lorin
Simmonds (Prince Edward Island, 1944) [Bayard, 1981]; Carr, Evening Amusement (Phila., 1796)
[Mattson & Walz]; transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux
{1898-1982} (Concord, N.H.), who learned the tune when young in Quebec [Miskoe
& Paul]; Andre Alain
(Portneuf, Québec) [Hart & Sandell]; 6 southwestern Pa. fiddlers and
fifers [Bayard, 1981]; Ruthie Dornfeld and Major Franklin (Texas)
[Phillips/1995 {two different versions}]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary
(Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na
Piobairi Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; Dennis Pitre (b. 1941, St. Felix,
West Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton)
[Cranford]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, in the 1980’s
[Taylor]; appears as an untitled hornpipe in a c. 1847 music manuscript by
Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown
Tune Book]; Source for notated version:
the music manuscript of Joseph Kershaw, a musician from Slackcote,
Saddleworth, North West England who began his entries around the year 1820
[Kershaw]. Allan's (Allan's Irish
Fiddler), No. 105, pg. 27. Bayard (Dance
to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 345, pgs. 332‑334 and Appendix No. 3, pg.
573. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook),
1983; pg. 107. Burchenal (American Country Dances, vol. 1),
1918; pg. 47. R.P. Callaghan (Hardcore
English), 2007; pg. 17. Christeson (Old
Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 57. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 95. Craig (The
Empire Collection of Hornpipes), c. 1890’s; pg. 3.
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Fisher’s Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:C|
K:F
|:c2|fc Ac Bd cB|Ac Ac Bd cB|Ac Fc Bd Gd|Ac FA G2 (3cde|
fc Ac Bd cB|Ac Fc Bd cB|AB cd ef ge|f2a2f2:|
|:ef|ge ce ge bg|af cf af ba|ge ce ga ba|gf ed c2 Bc|
dB FB dB fd|cA FA cA fc|df ed cB AG|F2A2F2:|
X:2
T:Fishers
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Colletion (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dc|dAFA GBAG|FAFA GBAG|FDFD GEGE|FDFD E2 dc|dAFA GBAG|
FAFA GBAG|FAdf gedc|d2 d2 d2:||:cd|ecAc ecge|fdAd fdaf|ecAc ecgf|
edcB
A3A|BGDG BGdB|AFDF AFdA|BdcB AGFE|D2 D2 D2:|
FISHER'S RANT [1], THE. AKA and see “Drumnagarry.”
Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kerr): AA'B (Athole, Skinner).
J. Scott Skinner (1904) attributes the melody to J. Hardy. He notes: “The late
John Strachan…”Drumnagarrow,” is said to have had a hand in this tune.” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 124, pg.
15. Skinner (Harp and Claymore),
1904; pg. 56. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
169.
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Fisher’s Rant, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
F|:G>D C/B,/A,/G,/ B,<D D>G|E>A,F>A, G>A,F>A,|
G>D C/B,/A,/G,/ B,<D D>G|1 (3EFG (3ABc (3BAG (3FED:|2
E>A G/F/E/D/ G2G||
B|d>BA>G g>dB>G|(3cec (3BdB A>Bc>e|d>BA>G g>dB>G|
(3ced (3cBA (3GDC (3 B,A,G,|d>BA>G g>d B<G|(3cec (3BdB A>Bc>e|
(3dcB (3ABF (3GFE (3DCB,|(3CDE (3DEF (3GDC (3B,A,G,||
FISHER'S
RANT [2], THE. AKA and see “The Lasses of Ancrum.” Scottish, The
tune appears in the Calvert Collection (1799), a collection of Scottish tunes
by Thomas Calvert, a musician who lived in Kelso. A note with the collection
states that Calvert supplied “a variety of music and instruments, instruments
lent out, tun’d and repaired.”
X: 1
T:The
Fishers Rant or the Lasses of Ancrum
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:90
B:Calvert
Collection Page 22
Z:P
Whittaker 2001
K:D Minor
c |
A<dd>c Ac/2d/2 d<e | c>def g/2f/2e/2d/2 ce
|
A<dd>c Ad2 c/2A/2 | {A} B>GA>F D/2D/2 DD ||
c | f>g
a/2g/2f/2e/2 fdec | A>B AGF>G Ac
| f>g
a/2g/2f/2e/2 fd e c/2A/2 | {A}B>GA>F D/2D/2 DDc
| f>g
a/2g/2f/2e/2 fdec | A>B AGF>G Ag
|
a>fg>e f>de>c | {A} B>GA>F D/2D/2 DD ||
FISHERS' REEL O'
BUCKIE, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by blind musician Hing Inner of Sutherlandshire. A note
in Walker says "this reel inserted by request as it was the subject of
some discussion in the Banffshire Journal
in 1864 and was never before published." Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No.
26, pg. 10.
FISHER’S WEDDING. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince
Edward Island. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AABB (Kerr, Perlman,
Stewart-Robertson): AABB’ (Cranford/Fitzgerald). Sources for notated versions:
Kenny Chaisson (b.c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward
Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987,
Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston
Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 156, pg. 62. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 162, pg. 19. Lowe (A Collection of Reels and Strathspeys),
1844. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince
Edward Island), 1996; pg. 117. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 216. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 112. Culburnie COL 102, Alasdair
Fraser & Jody Stecher – “The Driven Bow” (1988).
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources
(Keyword Search for “Fisher’s Wedding”) |
X:1
T:Fisher’s Wedding, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A|~F2 Ac dcAc|dFcF AGGA|~F2 Ac dcde|fgag ~f2f:|
|:e|fc
~c2 dBAB|cfba gfed|cfag ~fdcA|BgcA F/F/F ~F:|
FISHING CREEK BLUES. Old-time. Composed by fiddler Tracey Schwartz. E Major.
FISHING FOR EELS (Ag Iasgaireacd Aor Easgaide). AKA and see "Bobbing for Eels," "Jug of Punch [5]," "The Bottle of Punch [5]," “The Dairymaid [6],” "Jackson's Bottle of Brandy,"
"The Butchers of Bristol [1]",
"The Old Man's Jig,"
"Pay the Reckoning,"
"Ioc an Reicneail." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979;
No. 1006, pg. 187.
X:1
T:Pay the Reckoning
T:Jackson's Bottle of Brandy
T:Fishing for Eels
B:Breathnach's "Ceol Rince na
hÉireann" I:19
S:Seán Potts, pipes
Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
G2e dBG|{c}BAB dBG|G2e dBG|{B}AGA
BGD|
G2e dBG|{c}BAB deg|age dBG|{B}AGA
BGD:|
|:gag f2 f|ede def|{a}gfg efg|aga
bge|
gbg a2 g|edB deg|age dBG|AGA BGD:|
FISHING OFF EILEAN NA
H’AIRDE. Scottish, Strathspey. Composed by
American Scottish-style fiddler Bonnie Rideout after catching dinner off the
southern coast of the Isle of Skye with Dr. John Purser (Scotland’s Music, 1992) and his wife. Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout –
“Scottish Fire” (2000).
FISHING ROD REEL. Canadian, Reel. G Minor. Standard. AABB. Composed by Ontario
fiddler Ward Allen, who won contest after contest in the 1950’s and who carved
out a career for himself as a radio fiddler. Sparton Records SP 213, “Ward Allen
Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, Vol. 3.”
X:1
T:Fishing
Rod Reel
C:Ward Allen
R:reel
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:Gm
DF|G2DG
BAGB|AFcF AcFA|G2DG BAGB|AdcA G2BA|
G2DG BAGB|AFcF
AcFA|G2DG BAGB|AdcA G2:|
|:=ef|g2df
bgd=e|ffcf afdf|g2dg bgd=e|^f=e^fa g2d=e|
g2ga bag2|f=efg afdf|g^fga
g=edc|BGA^F G2:|
FISHIN' TIME. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated
version: National Barn Dance Orchestra [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 87.
FISHING WITH VIC. Canadian, March (cut time).
FIT AS A FIDDLE. Irish, Jig. Composed by the late Irish fiddler Seán Ryan. Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), No. 27.
FIT IS COME OWER ME
NOW, THE. AKA and see "The Fit's Upon Me Now"??? Scottish. The air appears in the Panmure MS
#9454 Seventy Seven Dances, Songs and
Scots Airs for Violin, c. 1675. In his notes for the air Williamson calls
it "a quirky piece of unusual structure." Flying
Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol.
2."
FIT THE GUTTERS [1]. AKA and see "Appin House [1]."
Shetland, Whalsay. Cooke (1986) gives three texts for this tune:
***
Wis du at me bridal, fit the gutters, fit the gutters
Wis du at me bridal, fit the gutters brawly
Dat I
Dat I
***
Wis du at me wedding, Jaanie Nittle, Jaanie Nittle...
Dat I
***
...Dat I
FIT THE GUTTERS [2]. AKA and see "Appin House [2]."
The Shetland Fiddle Band version.
FITS COME ON ME NOW, THE. AKA and see "Fits
Upon Me Now."
FITS UPON ME NOW, THE. AKA and see "The Bishop of Chester's Jig,"
"The Fit is Come Ower Me Now."
English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). D Major (Chappell): F Major (Barnes,
Sharp). Standard tuning. AB (Chappell, Sharp): AABB (Barnes). The air dates to
1686 and appears in the 7th edition of Playford's Dancing Master; it was later called "The Bishop of Chester's
Jig." Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1986. Chappell (Popular Music
of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 27‑28. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 51.
X:1
T:Fit’s Come On Me Now, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
(F2c AFc d2)(c | F2c AFc f2)(c | F2c
AFc d2) (e | fcd cAF G2)(F |
F2c AFc d2)(c | F2c AFc f2)(c | F2c AFc d2)(e | fcd cAF G2F) ||
(f2c fcf g2)(a | f2c fag g2)(c | f2c
fcf g2) (a | fcd cAF G2)(F |
f2c fcf g2) (a | f2c fag g2)(c | f2c
fcf g2) (a | fcd cAF G2F) ||
FITZGERALD'S HORNPIPE
[1] (Cornphiopa Mhic
Ghearailt).
Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. James Goodman collected a
version of the melody—see “Fitzgerald’s
Hornpipe [2],” below. See also the related “Humours of Tuamgraney.”
Source for notated version: fiddler Mrs. Murphy, 1967 (Co. Cork, Ireland)
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II),
1976; No. 305, pg. 156. Copely Records 9-113 (78 RPM),
Paddy Cronin (195?).
X:1
T:Fitzgerald’s Hornpipe [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Breathnach – CRÉ II, No. 305 (1976)
K:G
DE/G/|A2 AB AGED|GABd edBd|efge
dBGB|(3cBA (3BAG AGEG|
A2 AB AGED|GABd edBd|efge dBGB|1 AcBA
G2:|2 AcBA (G2 G2)||
|:g2 a/g/f/g/ a2 b/a/g/a/|b2 ba ge
d2|efge dBGB|(3cBA (3BAG AGEG|
A2 AB AGED|GABd edBd|efge dBGB|AcBA
G2G2:|
FITZGERALD’S
HORNPIPE [2].
AKA and see “Corney Drew’s
Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. A version of
Breathnach’s “Fitzgerald’s Hornpipe [1],”
above. The title “Fitzgerald’s Hornpipe,” by which title the melody appears in
the music manuscripts of
X:1
T:Fitzgerald’s
Hornpipe [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:James
Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th
century)
K:G
DE|G2 GA
GABd|e2 de gedB|e2 de gedB|A2 Ac BAGE|
F2 FA
FABd|e2 de gedB|egde BdAB|A2 Ac BAGE|
g2 gg a2 ga|bage
gedB|egde BdAB|G2 GG G2:|
FITZGERALD'S REEL. AKA and see "Baintreach na Radaireacht,"
"Banrion Bhealtaine,"
"The Blossom of the New
Tree," "Captain Murray's Reel,"
"Cock your pistol,
Charlie [2]," “Granshaw Glens,”
“The Hard Road to Travel [2],”
"Hopetoun House," “In the Tap Room,” "The Lady's Top Dress," "Lord Edward," "Miss Fargherson's New Reel,"
"The Mountain
Lark [7]," "Polly's Reel,"
“The Ranting Widow,” “The Rakes of Abbey,” "Roll out the Barrel," "Scotch Maggie," "The Scotch Bonnet," "A Short Way to Heaven," "Sweet Molly [4],”
"The Tap House," "The Tap Room,” “The
Youngest Daughter [1].” Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning.
AB. Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (
FITZMAURICE'S POLKA. Irish, Polka. G Major (‘A’ and ‘D’ parts) & D Major (‘B’ and ‘C’
parts). Standard tuning. AA’BBCC’D. Composed by accordion player John “Dutch”
Kimmel.
X:1
T:Fitzmaurice's Polka
C:John Kimmel
S:Buttons & Bows
Z:Nigel Gatherer <gatherer@argonet.co.uk>
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:Polka
K:G
D|:G2G2 FGAF|Gg efge|dedB GABG|ABAF DE (3FED|
G2GG FGAF|Gg efge|dedB GABG|1 AFDF GDDD:|2 AFDF G3G|]
K:D
A2FG ABcd|D2c2 c2 z2|GGGG BBBB|F2FF F3A|
A2FG ABcd|B2GA ABcd|B2GA BGBd|gfge cABc|dBAF D3A:|
f4 fedB|A2A2 A3A|B2B2 BcdB|A2d2 f2d2|c6 Bc|d6 c2|B4- BcdB|
e2c2 B2A2|f2f2 fedB|A2A2 A3A|B2B2 Bcde|f4 f2f2|
g2g2 g2fe|a2a2 a2fd|B2 z2 c2 z2|1 d2A2 B2A2:|2 d2DD E2D2|]
K:G
G2G2 FGAF|Gg efge|dedB GABG|ABAF DE (3FED|
G2GG FGAF|Gg efge|dedB GABG|AFDF G3 z|]
FITZPATRICK’S JIG. AKA and see “Jackson’s Night
Cap,” “The Night Dance,” “The Piper’s Welcome,” “Strike the Gay Harp,” “Strike the Young Harp.” Irish, Double
Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Usually known as “Strike the Gay Harp,”
this tune may have been titled after Tim Fitzpatrick, a
FIVE CROSS ROADS, THE. AKA and see “Braes of Dumblane,” “Kiss Your Partner.” Irish, Reel.
Ireland, Co.
FIVE DOLLAR JOB
SCHOTTISCHE. American, Schottische. F Major.
Standard tuning. AABCDD. Howe credits “J. Norton” with the composition,
referring probably to Jimmy Norton, “The Boss Jig Player,” who is credited as
the source for several Howe tunes. Norton was probably a band-leader or
principal instrumentalist in the eastern
X:1
T:Five Dollar Job Schottische
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
(fg) | (^ga) c4 (fe) | (ed) G4 (ba)
| (ag) B4 (ag) | (gf) A4 (fg) | (^ga) c4 (fe) |
(ed) G4 (ba) | (ag) B2 =Bc(ag) |
f2f2f2 :|
K:C
ef | ge (c’2 c’)eag | fA (d2 d2) dc
| B>cd>e f>ga>g | e’d’ (c’2 c’2) ef | ge (c’2 c’)eag ||
K:F
fA (d2 d2) dc | B>cd>e
f>ga>b | .c.c.c.c .c.cd_e |
K:B_
fd (b2 b)dgf | eB (c2c2) e’>d’ |
d”>c’b>a g>f=e>f | d’c’ (b2 b2) d_e | fd (b2 b)dgf |
eB (c2 c2) cB | ABcd efga | b2b2b2
z2 :: g>^fg>a b>g d’2 | a^f d’2 bg d’2 |
f>=ef>g a>f c’2 |
g>=ec’>e ff(ef) | (ag^f=f =e_eGA) | Bd (f2 f)=e f2 |
_b=a(AA) f2 (ga) | (ab) (B2 B)f(=ef)
| (ag^f=f =e_eGA) | Bd (f2 f)=e f2 |
_a=a (A2 A)f_eA | B2B2B2 :|
FIVE FIDDLERS, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R.
MacDonald (1911-1976). There was a Cape Breton group called ‘The Five MacDonald
Fiddlers’ who recorded in the mid-20th century. Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 35.
FIVE FINGERED JOE. American, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. The term ‘five-fingers’ has meant different things in the history of slang. Several hundred years ago it referred to the five of trumps in the game of don or five-card, and more lately, in underworld usage, to a five year prison sentence. The most modern meaning refers to a thief, one who obtains a ‘five-fingered discount’ by shoplifting. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 81.
X:1
T:Five Fingered Joe
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
ef/e/ Bc/d/ | dfd :: aA/A/ Aa | fd/d/ df | {^g}aA/A/ Aa | (f2 df) | {^g}aA/A/ Aa |
fd/d/
df | {^g}aA/A/ Aa | d2 z :|
FIVE HUNDRED A YEAR. AKA and see “The Cordal Jig,”
"If I Had in the Clear,"
“Jackson’s Bouner Bougher,”
"Land of Potatoes,” “Morgan Rattler.”
FIVE LEAF CLOVER [1]. Old‑Time. Rounder 0194, John W. Summers ‑
"Indiana Fiddler" (1984).
FIVE LEAVED/LEAF
CLOVER [2], THE (Seamrog Na Cuig
Duille). AKA
and see “Bridie Morley’s,”
"The Old Bush [2]," “The Hawthorne [1],” “The Haymaker,” “Heel of the Hunt,” “The Hunter’s Purse,” “Paddy Kelly’s (Reel) [3],”
"An Sceach,” “Star
of Munster." Irish, Reel. A Minor (O'Neill/1915): A Dorian (O/Neill/1001):
A Minor/Mixolydian (Phillips): A Major (O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning. AB
(O'Neill): AABB (Phillips). The tonality is blurred to a great extent between
minor and major versions, as the 'C' note can be either sharped or natural. See
also the variants “Bridie Morley’s” (recorded by flute player John McKenna),
"The Hunter's Purse" (recorded by the great Sligo fiddler Paddy
Killoran), "The Haymaker," "The Heel of the Hunt," "An
Sceach," “Star of Munster.” Source for notated version: Matt Glaser [Phillips].
Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 119.
O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music),
1915/1987; No. 248, pg. 130. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1247, pg. 235. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 519, pg. 97. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 87.
X:1
T:Five-Leaved Clover, The
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – 1001 Gems (1907), No. 519
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Dorian
ed|cAAB AGEF|GEAE GEDF|EAAB
cBcd|eage dfed|
cAAB AGEF|GEAF GFED|EAAB cBcd|eage
d2||
cd|eaab agef|geae gede|c2 ce d2
df|eage d2 cd|
eaag agef|geae gede|dBcd efgb|afge
dfed||
FIVE MEN WENT OUT
TOGETHER. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat
Major. Standard. AB.
***
Five men went together (x2)
Four men, three men, two men, one man
And the mower went to mow the meadow.
***
With a stick upon her back
Saying Good morrow to you kindly madam.
***
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 869, pg.
217.
FIVE MILE CHASE [1], THE. AKA and see "Ballyvaughan," “Corporal Casey’s Fancy,” "The Four‑Hand Reel," “Lady Gardner’s,” “Miss Gardner,” “Parnell’s Reel,” “The Wild Fire Chase,” “Yellow Haired Laddie [1]."
Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Black, Harker/Rafferty, Kennedy):
AAB (O’Neill, Skinner): AABB (Levey): AABB’ (Perlman). Sources for notated versions:
Johnny Foe & Foncey Chaisson (b. 1918 & 1929, North-East Kings County,
Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Pat Henry (County Sligo/New York) & Mick
Tubridy (Dublin) [Black]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in
Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 345, pg. 184. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No.
26, pg. 9. Kennedy (Traditional Dance
Music of
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T: Five Mile Chase [1]
S: M. Tubridy
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
G2 BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2 BG dGBG | egfa gedB |
G2 BG dGBG | FADA FADA | G2 BG dGBG | egfa g4 ||
gdBd edBd | gabg agef | gdBd edBd | egaf g3 f |
gabg efge | dedc BGBd | e2 eg edBd | egfa gedB ||
X:2
T:Five Mile Chase [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:reel
Z:id:hn-reel-114
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
K:G
G2BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2BG dG (3Bcd|1 egfa gedB:|2 egfa ~g3f||
gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd|g2bg agef|gd (3Bcd ed (3Bcd|egfa ~g3f|
gabg
efge|dedc Bcd2|~e3f edBd|egfa gedB||
FIVE MILE CHASE [2], THE. Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D
Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is a version of “The New-mown Meadows,” sometimes called “The Old Silver Spear” or “The Threepenny Bit” according to Paul de
Grae. Source for notated version: fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County
Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 68.
FIVE MILE CHASE [3]. American, Reel. USA, Woodland Valley, Catskill Mtns., New York. G
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cazden (Dances
from Woodland), 1945; pg. 26.
X:1
T:Five Mile Chase [3]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
B/c/|d/B/d/B/ d/g/f/e/|d/B/d/B/
d/g/f/e/|d/B/d/B/ e/d/c/B/|e(A A)B/c/|d/B/d/B/ d/g/f/e/|
d/B/d/B/ d/g/f/e/|d/e/d/c/
B/c/A/F/|D(G G):|
|:B/c/|d/c/B/c/ de/d/|c/B/A/G/
AG/A/|B/G/B/G/ c/B/A/G/|F(A A)B/c/|d/c/B/c/ de/d/|
c/B/A/G/ de/d/|d/B/A/G/ AB/c/|d/g/f/e/ d/c/A/F/|D(G G):|
FIVE MILE HEAT. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 207, pg.
122.
FIVE MILES AWAY (Cuig Mile As So/Seo). AKA - “Five Miles Off.” Irish, Reel.
D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kennedy, O'Neill/1850): AABB (Levey): AA'BB'
(O'Neill/Krassen). Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 49, pg. 14
(appears as “Five Miles Off”). Levey (Dance
Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 56, pg. 24 (appears
as “Five Miles Off”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 137. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1434, pg. 266. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 671, pg. 119.
X:1
T:Five Miles Away
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 671
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2 {e}dB ABAF|d2 AF Agfe|dedF
ABAF|GFEF GABc|d2 {e}dB ABAF|
d2 AF Agfe|dedF ABAF|GBAG
FDD||g|fdAd fdad|fdAd ceeg|fdAd fdad|
bage
fddg|fdAd fdad|fdAd ceeg|(3fga ge fdec|dABG FDDz||
X:2
T:Five
Miles Off
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd
Collection (1873)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/ | d3F ABAF | d3F egfe | d3F ABAF | GBAG (FD)D :: g | fdad bdad |
fdad geeg | fdad bdad | gfeg fddg | fdadbdad | fdad geeg |
af ge fd ec | dA BG FD D :|
FIVE MILES FROM TOWN
[1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA,
Oklahoma. A Major (Thede): G Major. EEae, AEae or GDgd tunings. AABB. This
version has “migrated” to the key of G Major, standard tuning, according to
Kerry Blech, having progressed from AEae tuning to GDgd tuning and thence to G
standard. A comparison of the transcriptions in Thede and Silverberg shows how
distanced versions have become. Source for notated version: J.W. Johnson
(Custer County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor
Tavern), 2002; pg. 44. Thede (The
Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 20‑21.
FIVE MILES FROM TOWN
[2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, south-central
Kentucky (Cumberland Plateau). D Major. Standard tuning or ADae (Rayna
Gellert). AAB. A different tune than “Five Miles from Town” [1]. Bayard (1981)
believes this tune (and tune family) is derived from an Irish tune called
"May Day [2]" (Bealtaine) or,
as it is better-known today, "The
Mullingar Races [2]." Other American members of this family include “Dubuque,” “Old
Dubuque,” “Nancy Dawson” and “Duck River.”
Bobby Fulcher (1986) states that the tune was relatively unfamiliar outside
Wayne County, Ky., in the Cumberland Plateau region, although the name has some
wider currency. Titon (2001) similarly says that Clyde Davenport is the sole
source musician for this tune, and further, Titon clears up the dizzying
confusion among the many similar “Five Mile to/from/out of Town” titles. Bayard
(1981), however, collected a version similar in many respects from a fiddler
from Centre County, Pennsylvania, in the 1930's. [note: this is not the “Five
Miles from Town” sourced to John Sharp]. Sources for notated versions: D. George
Reed (elderly fiddler from Centre County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]; Clyde
Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky., 1990), who learned the tune from his
father, Will Davenport [Phillips, Titon]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 204, pg. 157. Titon (Old-Time
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 42, pg. 74. Copper
Creek CCCD-0196, Tom, Brad & Alice – “We’ll Die in the Pig Pen Fighting.”
County 788, Clyde Davenport ‑ "Clydeoscope: Rare and Beautiful Tunes
from the Cumberland Plateau" (1986). Rounder 0213, The Chicken Chokers ‑
"Chokers and Flies" (1985. Titled "Five Miles to Town").
Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997). Rayna Gellert – “Starch and
Iron.”
FIVE MILES OF ELLUM WOOD. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Mixolydian.
Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Bruce Reid [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes
I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 44.
FIVE MILES OFF.
AKA and see “Five Miles Away.”
FIVE MILES (OUT OF TOWN) [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Iowa, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not to be confused with what us usually called "Five Miles from Town" in Thede which is a different tune. It is on Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden’s list of ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ and has been recorded by such Missouri fiddlers as Cyril Stinnett and Dwight Lamb. Hans Nathan (Dan Emmett and Negro Minstrelsy, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1962, pg. 93) mentions that ‘Five Miles Out of Town’ was the name of an old blackface minstrel dance or series of steps. Source for notated version: Frame Davis (Des Moines, Iowa) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 81, pg. 60.
FIVE MILES OUT OF TOWN
[2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. The tune that
appears in Phillips Collection of American
Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1 (1994, pg. 87) under the title “Five Miles Out of
Town,” attributed to Clyde Davenport is mislabelled. Jeff Titon (2001) corrects
that it is Davenport’s “Johnny Come Along.”
FIVE MILES TO TOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Cumberland Plateau region of Ky./Tenn. D
Major. Standard or ADae (if played in the key of D) tunings. A different tune than either the Missouri “Five
Miles Out of Town,” Thede’s “Five Miles from Town,” or Clyde Davenport’s “Five
Miles from Town.” County 787, John Sharp Band (the
Kentucky Wildcats) ‑ "Five Miles Out of Town: Traditional Music from
the Cumberland Plateau, vol. 2" (originally a home recording of 1949).
FIVE POUND JIG, THE. AKA –
“Dia Luain ‘s Dia Máirt (Monday and Tuesday).” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Perhaps a member of the large “Gold Ring [1]” family of tunes. The
earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Church of Ireland cleric James
Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896)
was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County
Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and
printed collections. Shields/Goodman (Tunes
of the
X:1
T:Five Pound Jig, The
T:Dia Luain ‘s Dia Máirt (Monday and
Tuesday)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th
century)
B:Hugh Shields – Tunes of the
K:G
d|cAG GAG|cAG G2d|cAG GAG|cAG F2d|cAG
GAG|
cAF G2d|d2e f2d|cAG F2::A|B2G
B2G|cAG G2A|B2G B2G|
cAG FGA|B2G B2G|cAG G2A|d2e f2d|cAG
F2:|
FIVE POUND NOTE, THE. AKA
and see “The Brighton Hornpipe,” “Duke of Leinster [3],” “Hennessy’s,” “The
Kildare Hornpipe,” “O’Neill’s Hornpipe,” “Peggy Morrissey,” “Pretty Maggie
Morrissey,” “The Strip of Turf (Ciumhais na Móna),” “The Wexford Hornpipe.”
Irish, Hornpipe.
FIVE SERVANTS, THE. AKA and see “The
Ballybunnion Polka.” Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The
title comes from Sliabh Luachra musicians Billy and Julia Clifford. Claddagh CC29, The Chieftains - “Chieftains 8".
Shanachie 79050, The Chieftans - “The Chieftains in China.”
X:1
T:The Five Servants
T:The Ballybunnion Polka
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:142
R:polka
Z:Philippe Varlet
K:D
F3E F2A2|G3F G2B2|A2B2 c2d2|efge
d2A2|
B3c d2B2|ABAG F2A2|G2E2 F2E2|1 D4
D2E2:|2 D4 D3z||
f2d2 f2d2|f2d2 fgaf|e3f e2d2|efed
B2d2|
A3G F2G2|ABAG F2A2|G2E2 F2E2|1 D4
D3z:|2 D4 D4||
FIVE STEP WALTZ. American, Waltz (5/4 time). F Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B'
part). Standard tuning. AB. Ford (Traditional
Music of America), 1940; pg. 146.
FIVE STRING FIDDLE, THE. Scottish. A modern composition by traditional
musician, collector, teacher and compiler Nigel Gatherer, of Crieff, Scotland.
The tune honors septuagenarian fiddler Dick Rutter of Edinburgh, originally
from England. Rutter had come north to work but was laid off before his
retirement, and had some difficulty collecting his pension. To survive he began
busking in the streets and making fiddles by hand. Gatherer says: “He
once found a lovely piece of laburnum and made it into a fiddle, but said it
was very, very hard to work with. He has made a couple of five-stringed fiddles
(one of them, when sold, paid for a top-range hearing aid which enhanced his
busking abilities outside). Funnily enough, his favourite fiddle is still his
first.”
X:1
T:Five Stringed Fiddle, The
C:Nigel Gatherer
N:In honour of Dick Rutter, violin
N:maker, Edinburgh
M:3/4
K:D
L:1/8
A,2|D4 FG|A4 D2|B2 c2 d2|F A3 D2|G3 ABG|F4 D2|B, E3 D2|C2 A2 A,2|
D4 FG|A4 D2|B2 c2 d2|F A3 D2|G3 ABG|F3 EDF|E3 DCE|D4:|]
AB/c/|d2 f3 d|c2 e3 c|B3 cdB|A F3 D2|G3 ABG|F4 D2|B,2 E3 d|C2 A3 G|
F2
d3 F|G2 e3 G|A3 ceg|f3 dAF|G3 Beg|f3 edc|e2 d3 d|d4:|]
FIVE TINKERS. Old‑Time. USA, Tennessee. McDowell (Folk Dances of Tennessee), 1938; pg. 8.
FIVE UP. Old-Time. Morning Star 45005, H.L. Bandy
(southern Ky.) - "Way Down South in Dixie."
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