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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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FOCHABER'S RANT, THE. Scottish, Reel. G
Mixolydian. Standard. AAB.
Composed by William Marshall
(1748-1833), whose birthplace was Fochabers in its original site in Banffshire.
Fochabers is a small town in the Moray parish of Bellie, six miles from the
mouth of the river Spey. It was created a burgh of Barony in 1598 and
originally stood somewhat closer to the walls of
X:1
T:Fochaber’s Rant, The
L:1/8
M:C|
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 bg afgd|g2 bgaf g2|g2
bgafge|=fdcf AFcA:|
(Bc/d/) (BG) ecdc|(Bc/d/) (BG) gB
d2|(Bc/d/) BG ecdB|cA=FA fA c2|
(Bc/d/) (BG) ecdc|(Bc/d/) (BG) gB d2|(Bc/d/) BG ecdB|cA=FA fA c2||
FOD MONA, AN. AKA and see "The Sod of Turf."
FOE, THE. AKA and see "The
Ewe Reel," "The
Ew(i)e Wi' the Crooked Horn [1]," "Bob with the one Horn [2],"
"The Ram with the Crooked Horn," "The Lowlands of Scotland,"
"My Love is Far away",
"The Merry Lasses," "The Kerry Lasses [1]," "The Red Blanket," "The Pretty Girl in Danger,"
"Go see the Fun," "Sweet Roslea and the Sky over
it," "Miss Huntley's."
FOGGY DEW [1], THE (Drucd An Ceo). Irish, March or Air (4/4 or 2/4 time). E
Minor. Standard. ABB. Flood (1915) states the air is "certainly" as
old as the year 1595, and was used by
***
The words below are credited to
Father P. O’Neill, “as a tribute to the martyrs of 1916.”
***
´Twas down the glen one Eastern morn, to a city fair rode I
When Ireland´s lines of marching men in squadrons passed me by.
No pipes did hum, no battle drum did sound its loud tattoo.
But the Angelus bell o´er the Liffey´s swell, rang out in the foggy dew
***
Right proudly high over Dublin town, they hung out a flag of war.
‘Twas better to die ´neath an Irish sky than at Suvla or Sud El Bar;
And from the plains of Royal Meath, strong men came hurrying through,
While Brittanias´s huns, with their long range guns, sailed in from the foggy
dew.
***
O, the night fell black and the rifles crack made "Perfidious
Abion" reel
´Mid the leaden rail, seven tongues of flame did shine o´er the lines of
steel
By each shining blade a prayer was said that to
and when morning broke
still the war flag shook out its fold in the foggy dew
***
´Twas
But their lonely graves are by Suvla´s waves, on the fringe of the Grey
North sea
But had they died by Pearse´s side, or had fought with Cathal Brugha,
Their names we would keep where the fenians sleep, ´neath the shroud of
the foggy dew.
***
But the bravest fell, and the requiem bell, rang mournfully and clear,
for those who died that Eastertide in the springtime of the year.
And the world did gaze, in deep amaze, at those fearless men, but true
who bore the fight that freedom´s light might shine through the foggy
dew
***
Ah, back through the glen I rode again and my heart with grief was sore
For I parted then with valiant men whom I never shall se more
but to and fro in my dreams I go, and I´d kneel and pray for you,
for slavery fled, O glorious dead, when you fell in the foggy dew.
***
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 185, pg. 33.
Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music,
vol. 1), 1999; pg. 3. RCA 62702, The Chieftains -
“Long Black Veil.” Veteran VT111, Francis Shergold - "Greeny Up"
(1988. Recorded from
X:1
T:The Foggy Dew [1]
C:Irish Trad.
N:March Tempo
M:Cs
% 4/4 ?
K:Em
Bd || e2 dB | e2 dB | A2B2 | D2 EF
|GB AG | E2D2 |E4‑|E2 Bd|
e2 dB | e2 dB | A2 B2 |D2 EF|GB AG |
E2D2 |E4‑|E2 F2|
G2B2 | d2 cB | A2A2 |B2 GA|B2 gf |
ed Bd | e4‑|e2 Bd|
e2 dB | e2 dB | A2 B2 |D2 EF|GB AG |
E2E2 | E4||
X:2
T:The Foggy Dew [1]
C:Trad
R:Air
N:I´ve figured this out after
listening to Chieftains The Long Black
N:Veil/Sinned O´Connor. It´s made
for fingerstyle arpeggiostyle, with low
N:D droning here and there. Guitar
tuned DADGAD
Z:Tomas Embréus
tomas.embreus@swipnet.se
M:C
L:1/8
Q:40
K:Dm
Ac|:([D,d]A cA) ([D,d]A
cA)|[D,G]{GAG}F GA CE [Gc]E|
[D,D]A GF [D,A]F E/2D/2C|1 [D,D]Adc
[D,d]d Ac:|2 [D,D]A dc d2 DE||
[D,F]A AF [A,c]F BA| GF GA [D,d]d
FA|
[D,A]A fe d{ded}c AG|Bd fd ce
ge|[D,d]A cA [D,d]A cA|
[D,G]{GAG}F GA CE [Gc]E|F,F [Ac]F
[E,2E2G2^B2] [D,D]C|[D,D]A dc d2|| Ac|
FOGGY DEW [2], THE (Drucd an Ceo). AKA and see "Sloan's Lamentation," "Granuaile." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G
Major (Roche, O'Neill): A Flat Major (O'Sullivan Bunting). Standard. AB
(O'Neill/1850): AAB (Roche). The tune converts easily to the minor key (see
versions #1 & #3). Cazden (et al, 1982) mentions that the tune strain itself
came to serve as a symbol of Irish nationalism and was used for a number of
"songs of resistance." He finds the earliest printed version to be an
1828 setting of a poem by William Kennedy called "The Irish
Emigrant," where it is called an "old Irish melody." Also
related to Bunting's melody is a
X:1
T:Foggy Dew, The [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
(EF) | G2 GA B2 gf | e2 dB A2 GA |
BABG EGFA | G2G2G2 || ef | g2 gf e2 fg |
(ag)(fe) d2 (B^d) | e2 ef gfe^d |
(e4 e2) EF | G2 GA B2 gf | e2 dB A2 GA |
(BA)(BG) (EG)(FA) | G2G2 G2 ||
FOGGY DEW [3], THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. A minor key rendition of the famous tune. Joyce learned this air as
a child in
***
When I was a bachelor airy and young,
I followed the bachelor's trade,
And all the harm that ever I done
Was courting a pretty maid.
I courted her for the long summer season,
And part of the winter too,
Till at length we were married‑‑myself and my darling,
All over the foggy dew.
***
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 58, pgs. 31‑32.
X:1
T:The Foggy Dew [3]
R:song
H:
I learned this air when I was a child.
Compare it with "Air thaobh na
H:carraige b\'aine": Petrie,
Ancient Music of Ireland, p. 143.
H:Bunting, in his 1840 volume, gives
a different air with the same name.
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk
Music and Songs"
M:C
L:1/8
W:When I was a bachelor airy and young,
W:
I followed the bachelor's trade,
W:And all the harm that ever I done
W:
Was courting a pretty maid.
W:I courted her for the long summer
season,
W:
And part of the winter too,
W:Till at length we were married‑‑myself
and my darling,
W:
All over the foggy dew.
K:Bb
Bc|d dc B2 fd|c2 BG F2 GA|BGcB G2
G2|G6 Bc|
d2 dc B2 fd|c2 BG F2 GA|BGcB G2
G2|g6||GA|
B2 BG Bcd=e|f2 gf d2 cB|c2 Bc d=e
f2|g6 gf|
e2 e2 d2 fd|c2 BG F2 GA|BGcB G2
G2|G6||
FOGGY DEW [4], THE. English, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. This air is from a MS collection of about 1825. Kidson remarks
that the air is different from Bunting’s in his 1840 book Irish Music, although Margaret Dean-Smith (in "A Guide to
English Folk Song Collections," pg. 67) maintains it “is of the same
structure as that in (English collector Cecil) Sharpe's English Folk Carols (1911) but the melody is different from that
usually associated with the English version of the song and nearer to that
noted by Bunting." The tune goes to a bawdy song. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg.
24.
X:1
T:Foggy Dew, The [4]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Frank Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F|F>GA>B c2f2|({e}d2) c>B
({B}A2) zc|({B}A2) GF E>FG>A|
F6 zF|F>GA>B c2f2|({e}d2)
c>B ({B}A2) zc|({B}A2) GF E>FG>A|F6:|
|:z|c|c3 d _e3e|({_e}d2) cB ({B}A2)
zF|f2f2 g_ecB|({B}A6) zc|
F>GA>c c2f2|({e}d2) c>B
({B}A2) zc|({B}A2) GF E>FG>A|F6:|
FOGGY MORN [1], THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning.
AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music),
1915; No. 79, pg. 47.
X;1
T:Foggy Morn [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F | FE FG/B/ c2 dB | AFEF D2 CD/E/ |
FE FG/B/ c2 dB | AB GF F3G | FE FG/B/ c2 dB |
AFEF D2 CD/E/ | FE FG/B/ c2 dB | AB
G>F F3 || A | cA cd/e/ f2 ef | dcde d2 cA |
dcde f2 ef/e/ | dcAc d3f | ecde f2
ed | cA GF D2 CD/E/ | FEFG A2 dB | AB GF F3 ||
FOGGY MORN [2], THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard
tuning. One part. "On a calm foggy morning as I wandered alone"
(Joyce). Source for notated version: "Paddy Conneely, the
FOGGY VALLEY. American, Polka. G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & C Major ('C' part).
Standard tuning. AABCC'. Source for notated version: Mary Trotchie [Phillips].
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 346.
FOGHLAIDHE, AN. AKA and see "The Robber."
FOINS, LES. AKA and see “Danse des Foins.” The name of a dance
with its own tune in Québec, perhaps dating to the 1700’s and which may have
French origins, according to Marius Barbeau (Anne Lederman, “Fiddling”, Encyclopaedia of Music in Canada, 1992).
FOLDING DOWN THE
SHEETS. AKA and see "Hanging Out
the Sheets" (
X:1
T:Folding Down the Sheets
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:D
|:af|edcB ABc2 |dBAF D2EF|G4 F4|EDE2 A2:|
|:edef gfgf|Ace2 a4|A2a2A2g2|1edef e4:|2ede2d2|]
T:Folding Down the Sheets
L:1/8
M:4/4
S:Henry Reed, from a transcription by Alan Jabbour
K:D
(a/g/|f/)e/d/B/ e/d/c/A/ dF A/F/A/(d/|B/)G/B/(B/ A/)F/A/F/ A,2 D (a/g/|
f/)d/f/d/ e/c/e/c/ d[FA] A/F/A/d/|[D/B/]G/B/[G/B/] [D/A/]F/(A/F/) A,2 D2|
[A>e>](f g/f/)(g/f/) [A/e/]c/(e/f/4g/4) aa|c(e/c/ Bg (f/d/)(e/c/ d)d|
e(e/f/ g/f/)(g/f/) [A/e/]c/(e/f/4/g/4) aa|[c2e2] Bg f/d/e/c/ d2||
[A>e>]g|fd[Ae]c dF A/F/A/(d/|B/)G/B/(G/ D/F/)(A/F/) A,2 D2 e>(g|
f)d (e/c/)(e/c/) dF (A/F/)(A/d/)|(B/G/)(B/G/) (D/F/)(A/F/) A,2 D2|
e>(e/4f/4 g/f/)(g/f/) (e/c/)(e/f/) [A2a2]|[c2e2] [Bf]g f/d/(e/B/4c/4 d2)|
(e>f
g/f/)[B/g/]f/ [A/e/]g/(e/f/) a2|[c2e2] Bg (f/d/)(e/c/ d)||
X:1
T:Folichon, La
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Daubat – Cent Contredanses en Rond (1757), No. 32
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
Aeec | Aa a2 | AccA | B/A/G/F/ E2 | Aeec | Aa a2 | EddB | cB B2 :|
|:
Be e/(f/g) | Be e2 | Be e/(f/g) | Be e2 | ea a/(b/c’) | ea {b}a2 | fdcB | A2A2
:|
FOLIES d'ESPAGNE. AKA and see "Joy to
Great Ceasar." AKA ‑ "Farinel's Ground," "The King's Health [1]."
FOLLIES OF YOUTH,THE (bAois Na N-Oige). Irish, Double Jig (12/8 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche
Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 96, pg. 29.
FOLLING A ROLLING. AKA ‑ "The Folling." Irish, March (3/4 and 6/8 time). D
Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Mixolydian ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard
tuning. AABBCCDD. Roche Collection,
1982, vol. 2; No. 316, pg. 52.
FOLLOW HER OVER THE
BORDER. English, Jig (9/8 time).
X:1
T:Follow Her Over the Border
L:1/8
M:9/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
e|d2B BGB BGB|d2B BGB d2g|d2B BGB BGB|c2A ABA c2:|
|:e|dBB
gBB dBB|dBB gBB d2e|dBB gBB dBB|c2A
X:2
T:Follow her over the border
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, pg. 14, 3rd ed. (orig. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
d|”tr”c2A AFA AFA|”tr”c2(A A)FA c2f|”tr”c2A AFA AFA|”tr”B2G GAG B2:|
|:d|”tr”c.A.A
f.A.A c.A.A|cAA fAA “tr”c2d|cAA fAA cAA|”tr”B2G GAG B2:|
FOLLOW ME. AKA and see "Follow Me
Down to Carlow [1]."
FOLLOW ME DOWN. See "Follow Me Down to
Carlow."
FOLLOW ME DOWN TO
CARLOW [1] (Lean Me Sios Go
Ceatair-Loc).
AKA – “Follow Me Up (to Carlow).” AKA and see "An
Ril Cam," "Bonnie Annie
[3]," “The Crooked Reel,” “Dinny Delaney’s [2],” “Flip McGilder’s Reel,” "Miss Murphy [2]." Irish,
Reel. A Dorian (O'Neill): B Minor (Taylor). Standard tuning.
AB (O’Malley): AA'B (O'Neill): AABB (Taylor). O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music,
vol. 1), 1976; No. 64, pg. 32. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1281, pg. 241. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 547, pg. 102.
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X:1
T:Follow Me Down
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill –Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
AGAG E^FGB | A^GAB cded | cBcA E^FGa
|1 gedB cAdc :|2 gedB cA A2 ||
ec (3ccc ecgc | BGdG BGdG | ec (3ccc
eg^fa | gedB cA A2 |
agea gedB | cBcG E^FGB | A^GAB cea^f |
gedB cA A2 ||
X: 2T:Follow Me UpC:TraditionalD:Cran, The Crooked StairZ:Gordon Turnbull, EdinburghR:reelM:CL:1/8Q:350N:Posted to the woodenflute mailing list January 2002K:ADorABAG EGA{B}G | A{BA}GAB d3 B | ABAG EGBd | ge{g}ed BA A2 :||agea gedB | ABAG EG G2 | agea gedB | GBdB {c}BA A2 |
agea gedB | ABAG EG G2 | A{BA}GAB d2 de | ge{g}ed BAAG |]
FOLLOW ME DOWN TO
CARLOW [2] ("Lean Me Sios
Go Ceatair-Loc" or "Lean go Ceatharlach sios me"). AKA ‑ "Follow Me
Down," “Follow Me Up (to Carlow).” AKA and see "An Ril Cam," “The Crooked Reel,” “Dinny Delaney’s [2],” "Miss Murphy [2]," "Bonnie Annie [3]." Irish, Single Jig, Slide, March (6/8 or 4/4 time) or Reel;
X:1
T:Follow Me Down to Carlow
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Dorian
ABA A2G|E2F G2B|ABA A2B|c2d e2d|c2A
B2G|E2F G2B|ABA B2G|A3A3||
e2g g3|e2a a3|BcB B2A|G2A B3|e2g
g3|e2a a3|BcB B2G|A3A3|e2g g3|e2a a3|
BcB B2A|G2A B2d|e2f g2e|a2f ged|BcB
B2G|A3A3||
X:2
T:Follow Me Down to Carlow
M:C
L:1/8
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
(3ABA A>G E>^F G2|(3ABA A>B
c>de>d|c>bc>G E>^FG>B|(3ABc B>G A2A2:|
||e>aa>g e>^f g2|(3BcB
B>A G>A (3Bcd|e>aa>g e>^f g2|(3BcB B>B A2 A2|
e>aa>g e>^f g2|(3BcB B>A
G>A (3Bcd|e>g^f>a g>ag>e|d>BG>B g>dB>G||
FOLLOW ME DOWN TO
CARLOW [3]. AKA and see “Tom Ward’s Downfall.” Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. The title “Follow Me Down to Carlow”, usually
applied to other melodies, was the title Mike Rafferty’s father, Barrel
Rafferty, had for the tune. It is properly called “Tow Ward’s Downfall” or “The Mourne Mountains [1].” Source
for notated version:
FOLLOW ME DOWN TO
X:1
T:Follow Me Down to
D:Mike & Mary Rafferty, The Old
Fireside Music (1998)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Am
A2 BG A2 Bd|e2 dg eAAD|G2 GD G2
AB|cABA GEDE|A2 BG A2 Bd|egdg eaae|
gedB c2 (3Bcd|egdB BA A2::abae
abae|gaba gede|g2 gd g2 (Bcd|
gaba ge d2|abae abae|gaba gede|gedB
c2 (3Bcd|egdB BA A2:|]
FOLLOW ME DOWN TO
FOLLOW ME, HARRY. American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 71.
X:1
T:Follow Me, Harry
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
cBAc B2A2 | G3G ABcA | BdAF G3z || g2f2d2B2 | cBAc B2A2 |
G3G ABcA | BcdB c2A2 | g2e2d2B2 | cBAc B2A2 | G3G ABcA | BdAF G3z ||
FOLLOW ME UP. AKA and see “Follow Me Down to Carlow [1].” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB.
X: 1T:Follow Me UpC:TraditionalD:Cran, The Crooked StairZ:Gordon Turnbull, EdinburghR:reelM:CL:1/8Q:350N:Posted to the woodenflute mailing list January 2002K:ADorABAG EGA{B}G | A{BA}GAB d3 B | ABAG EGBd | ge{g}ed BA A2 :||agea gedB | ABAG EG G2 | agea gedB | GBdB {c}BA A2 |agea gedB | ABAG EG G2 | A{BA}GAB d2 de | ge{g}ed BAAG |]
FOLLOW ME UP TO CARLOW. AKA and see "The Sweets of May."
AKA and see "Follow Me Down to
Carlow [2]."
FOLLOW YOUR LOVER. AKA – “Follow Your Lovers,” “Follow My Lover.” AKA and see "The Triumph [1]."
FOLLOW YOUR LOVERS. AKA and see “Step and Fetch Her [3].” English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 & 6/4
time). G Major. Standard tuning. Originally published by Playford.
X:1
T:Follow Your Lovers
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
G2 A B2 B2|cdcA B2 B2 cdcA B2 B2| c2 c2 B2 B2|A2 GA B2 B2 cdcA B2 B2|\
M:6/4
cdcA B2 B2 A2 FA\ M:4/4 G2 B2 G4||\
A3 A B2 B2 |A2 AA B2 B2 | A3 A B2 c| dcBA G4| A3 c B2 B2|A3 A B2 c2| dcB A G4||\
B2 d2 d2 c2|ABAB c2 B2|GABc d2 g2|f6 d2|B2 d2 d2 c2|ABAB c2 B2|GABc d2 g 2|\
f2
f2 g4||
FONAB HOUSE. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel Gow, Jr. (c. 1795-1823), the son of Nathaniel Gow and the grandson of family scion Niel Gow. While it looks like a jig on paper, Gow directed it be played ‘Slowly’, as it twists i