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FOUL WEATHER CALL. English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Barry Callaghan (2007) remarks that it was “popularised as a lumpy
step-hop” by modern bands. The melody comes from the music manuscripts of the
Welch family (Bosham, Susses), from the 19th century. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 36. EFDSS 6, Flowers & Frolics – “Sold Out” (1984). EFDSS CD04,
X:1
T:Foul Weather Call
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:Hornpipe
K:D
gfed e2a2 | gfed dcBA | d2A2 BcdB | g2f2e4 | gfed e2a2 | gfed dcBA |
d3B BcdG | F2E2D4 :: GFED A2A2 | Bcde dcBA | d2A2 BcdB |
g2f2e4 | gfed e2a2 | gfed dcBA | d3A BcdG | F2E2D4 :|
FOULA REEL. AKA and see "Da Auld Foula
Reel," "Da Shaalds O
Foula," "The Aald Reel." Shetland, Jig. E Minor (sometimes G
Major). Standard tuning. AABB. Hunter (1979) states the tune popularly used for
country dances is known today as "Da Shaalds O Foula" or "Da
Foula Shalds," but "The Foula Reel" is another tune altogether
whose dance has been lost. Anderson & Georgeson (1970), however, assert
there are many variations of both melody and dance (though most versions are in
jig time, with only a few in reel time) that go by all four titles mentioned
above. John Purser says the Foula Reel is still danced as a country dance in
jig time. He thinks the tune had its origins on the Scottish mainland. Anderson
& Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers),
1970; pg. 15. Barnes (English Country
Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 45. Hunter (Fiddle Music of
X:1
T:Foula Reel
T:Da Shaalds O Foula
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:E Minor
D|:E2G G2e|edB BAB|G2B A2B|G2A
GED|E2G G2e|edB BAB|
G2B A2B|d3 D3::edB ABd|edB BAG|g2B
A2B|
G2A GED|edB ABd|edB BAG|g2B A2B|d3
D3:|
FOULA SHAALDS, THE. AKA and see "Da Shaalds O Foula."
FOULLER'S
RANT. AKA ‑ "Fowler's
Rant"? AKA and see "Seme rune Rallanach,." “Tibby Fowler o’ the Glen [2].”
Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. John Glen (1891)
finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1780
collection. A
X:1
T:Fouller’s
Rant
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:McGlashan
– Strathspey Reels (c. 1781)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
G|A/A/A A2
G3B|A/A/A A>B G<E E>G|A/A/A A>B G>AB>d|e<A A>B G>E
E:|
|:a|g>e e<g g<dd<B|g>e e<a g<b e>B|d>eg>d e>d B<b|A/A/A A>B G>E E:|
|:g|a/a/a a2 g3b|a/a/a a>b g<e e>g|a/a/a a2 g3b|baab g>e e:|
|:a|g>e
e<g d>edB|g>e e<a g<b e>B|d>eg>b e>gd>g|A/A/A
A>B G<E E:|
FOUNDERING OF THE BOAT, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AB. “In Lough Derag,
X:1
T:Foundering of the boat, in Lough
Dearg,
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 571
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
de | c2B2A2 | F2F2A2 | B2B2c | d4 cd
| e2c2B2 | A2B2c2 | d2 c3 B | B4 ||
F2 | F2F2 AB | c2d2c2 | B2A2F2 | F4
FE | F2B2A2 | B2c2d2 | c2A2F2 |
F4 ed | c2B2A2 | F2F2A2 | B2B2c2 |
d4 cd | e2c2B2 | A2B2c2 | de c3B | B4 ||
FOUNDRY SQUARE HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the c. 1847 music manuscript
of Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown].
Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 26.
FOUR
AND TWENTY. American, Quadrille (4/4 time).
X:1
T:Four and Twenty
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Shaw – Cowboy Dances (1943)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c2c2 cGEG|A2A2 AFDF|B2B2 BGAB|c2e2
G4|c2c2 cGEG|
A2A2 AFDF|B2B2 BGAB|c4 c2 z2:|
|:e3d c3B|A2F2F4|d3c B3A|G2E2 E4|c3G
E3G|A2F2 F4|
B2G2 GABG|c2C2 C2z2:|
X:2
T:Four and Twenty
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
cc c/G/E/G/|AA A2|BB B/G/A/B/|c>e G2|
cc c/G/E/G/|AA A2|BB B/G/A/B/|c/B/c/d/ c2:|
|:e2
c>G|AF F2|d2 B>G|AE E2|A2 G>E|FA d2|BGAB|c/B/c/d/ c2:|
FOUR
AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS DANCING ON A FAWN SKIN. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source
‘Pappy’
FOUR AND TWENTY
HIGHLANDMEN. Scottish, Reel. The melody appears
in the Drummond Castle Manuscript,
1734, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David
Young, W.M. & Accomptant." The MS, in the possession of the Earl of
Ancaster at
FOUR BARE LEGS
TOGETHER. English, Scottish; Slip Jig and
Air.
FOUR CENT COTTON. Old‑Time, Song and Breakdown.
FOUR CORNERS OF ST.
MALO, THE. AKA and see “The Four Poster Bed.”
FOUR CORNERS REEL. AKA and see “The Four Poster Bed.”
FOUR COURTS [1], THE (Na Ceitre Cuirt). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. ABC. The Four Courts is a building in
X:1
T:Four Courts, The [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
dB|ADFD ADGB|ADFD G2 GB|ADFD
ADGF|(3EFE cA G2 FG|
ADFD ADGB|ADFD G2 FG|AGAc BABc|dBcA
G2||AG|F2 AF cFAG|
F2 cA G2 AG|F2 AF cFAC|dBcA G2 AG|F2
AF cFAG|F2 cA G2 (3ABc|
dfec dc (3ABc|dBcA G2||dB|A2 Ac B2
Bd|ABAF G2 dB|A2 Ac B2 Bc|
dBcA G2 dB|AFAc BGBd|ABAF G2
(3ABc|dfec dc (3ABc|dBcA G2||
FOUR COURTS [2], THE (Na Ceitre Cuirt). AKA and see “Pinch of Snuff.” Irish, Reel. A
Major. Standard. AABBC (O'Neill/1850): ABCD (O'Neill/1001). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1397, pg. 260. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Four Courts, The [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c2 Ac B2 Ad | c2 Ac BcdB | c2 Ac B2 Ac
| d2 fd BcdB | c2 Ac B2 Ad |
c2 Ac BcdB | c2 Ac B2 Ac | d2 fd
BcdB || ceeg f2 df | e2 cA BcdB |
ceeg (3fga ec | d2 fd BcdB | ceeg f2
df | e2 dA BcdB | ceeg (3fga ec |
d2 fd BcdB || a2 eg a2 eg | a2 ec
BcdB | a2 eg a2 ec | d2 fd BcdB |
agbg agbg | agec BcdB | agbg agec |
d2 fd BcdB || eAcA eAcA | eAcA BcdB |
eAcA eAcA | d2 fd BcdB | eAcA eAcA |
e AcA BcdB | eAcA eAcA | d2 fd BcdB ||
FOUR COURTS [3], THE. Irish, Reel.
FOUR COURTS [4], THE. AKA and see “Paddy in London.” Irish, Jig.
FOUR COURTS OF
FOUR CROSS ROADS, THE. Irish, Polka. Green
Linnet GLCD 1184,
FOUR DRUNKEN MAIDENS, THE. English, Reel.
FOUR-HAND
REEL, THE ("Seisd Na
Ceitre-Lam" or "Cor Ceatrair"). AKA and see "Ballyvaughan," "Corporal Casey [2],” “Corporal Casey’s Fancy,” "Five Mile Chase [1],” “Lady Gardner’s,” “Langford’s Reel,”
"Miss Gardner," "Parnell's Reel," “Wild Fire Chase,” "Yellow-Haired Laddie [1].”
Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Under the title “Langford’s Reel”
the melody appears in the mid-19th century music manuscripts of
***
The Scotch are
indefatigable when dancing this Reel; they seem almost
intoxicated with
it—they snap their fingers—throw their arms and feet in
the air—screech
out—and make such quick, and difficult steps, that the
eyes have trouble
following them. The figure is danced by
two ladies and
two gentlemen forming
a line of four, the ladies in the center. They begin
with a chain in
passing in and out of each other, until the two gentlemen
return to their
places, the ladies finish facing the gentlemen; then they
set (or balance) as
long as they can—in fact, they never seem tired, and
seem to acquire fresh strength each time they come to the balance.
***
See also
the Québec variant “Jack Delad.” Source
for notated version: “From my mother” [Mulvihill]. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 32. Levey (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Four-Hand Reel, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:G
(3DEF|"tr"G2 BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2 BG dGBd|egfa gedB|
G2 BG dGBG|FADA FADA|G2 BG dcBd|egfa g2||
(3def|gdBd edBd|gdBd "tr"e2 ef|gdBd edBd|egfa g3 d|
gabg efge|dedc BGBd|"tr"edef edBd|egfa gedB||
G2 BG dcBG|(3FED AD BDAD|G2 BG dcBd|egfa gedB|
G2 BG dcBG|(3FED AD BDAD|G2 BG dcBd|egfa g2||
(3def|"tr"g2 gf gdBd|faag fdef|"tr"g2 gf gdBd|(3efg af g3 d|
gabg efge|dedc BGBd|"tr"edef edBd|(3efg af gedB||
X:2
T:Four Hand Reel, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Levey - Dance Music of
N:Appears as untitled reel.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D | G(3B/A/G/ d/G/B/G/ | F/G/A/G/ (F/D/) D | G(3B/A/G/ d/G/B/d/ |
(3e/f/g/ f/a/ (g/e/) d/B/ | G(3B/A/G/ d/G/B/G/ | F/G/A/G/ (F/D/) D |
G(3B/A/G/ d/G/B/d/ | e/g/f/a/ g z || g/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/ | g/f/g/a/ b>a |
g/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/ | g/a/b/a/ g2 | gb/g/ e/g/e/g/ | d/e/d/e/ B/d/B/d/ |
e/g/e/g/ B/d/B/d/ | e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/ ||
FOUR-HAND REEL [2]. English, Reel. An irregular country dance
tune—the ‘A’ part has an odd number of bars. Source for this version was
Blakeney fiddler and blacksmith Herbert Smith
(1892-1961), who played it for BBC collector Peter Kennedy in 1952. Smith
described the dance thus: “The Four Hand Reel consisted of four of them and
they would compete against each other, make from corner to corner; and they
would reverse over from one corner to the other…they’d go round and make a reel
of it, you see…They would go round; after the corners they would go round and
get into the corners again. Why they call it the reel; well, they reel off,
d’you see” (quoted from Chris Holderness, “Herbert Smith: Fiddling blacksmith
of Blakeney”, Musical Traditions MTI 79).
FOUR HANDED REEL.
X:1
T:Four Handed
R:Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:”Lively”
S:Harding’s All-Round Collection (1905), No. 5
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
gf/e/ d/B/A/G/ | E/GE/ G/E/G/E/ | F/AF/ A/F/A/F/ | G/F/E/F/ G/B/e/f/ |
gf/e/ d/B/A/G/ | E/GE/ G/E/G/E/ | F/BF/ B/F/B/z/ | z/A/F/G/ Ez :|
|: D/F/A/d/ c/d/A/d/ | B/d/G/d/ B/b/a/g/ | f/a/e/g/ d/f/c/e/ | B/e/d/^c/ d/B/G/E/ |
D/F/A/d/ c/d/A/d/ | B/d/G/d/ B/b/a/g/ | f/a/e/g/ d/a/f/d/ | gbgz :|
FOUR HUNDERD YEARS OLD. American, Jig.
FOUR JACKS, THE. Canadian, March (?). D Major ('A', 'B' parts)
& G Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AABC. A version of this tune was in
the repertoire of Cape Breton fiddler Lee Cremo. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 184, pg. 126‑127.
FOUR KISSES, THE. Irish, Reel. Shanachie
SH-78010, Solas - “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers” (1997).
FOUR KNOCKS, THE. See “Dowser’s
Favourite.” Jack Wade collected this tune from the “Late T(om) Matthews,
Co. Meath.” Matthews was a musician from Greenanstown,
FOUR LEAVED SHAMROCK
[1], THE (Seamrog Na
Ceitre Duille).
Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part (O'Neill/1915): ABC
(O'Neill/1850). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish
Music), 1915/1987; No. 56, pg. 36. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 135, pg. 24.
X:1
T:Four-Leaved Shamrock, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Spirited”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d | dBce dgzg | g>fge d2 zd |
dcAF GBdg | gecA G2 {F/A/G/}F>d |
dBce dgfg | agfe d3d | dc{c}BA Ggfe
| dBB>A G3 || g | aefd gBcd |
eABc F3d | dBce dgfg | gfef g2e ||
dBA>G G2 [B2b2] | [Bb][Aa][Bb][Aa][G2g2] ||
FOUR LEAVED SHAMROCK [2], THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AA’BB’.
X:1
T:Four Leaved Shamrock, The [2]
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Paddy O'Brien
S:Dan Cummins and Bev Buchannan
R:reel
K:D
fd~d2 edBc|dfec dBAF|DEFB ABdf|~e2df efBd|
fd~d2 edBc|dfec dBAF|DEFB ABdf|1edef d3e:|2edef d3B||
Addc defa|bfaf efdB|BAFB ABdf|eB~B2 egfe|
dBAB defa|bfaf edBA|DEFB ABdf|1edef d3B:|2edef d3e:||
FOUR
MARY'S WALTZ. Scottish, Air and Waltz. G Major.
Standard tuning. AA (Kerr): AB (Perlman). The melody is an adaptation of a
famous Scottish song that usually goes by the title of “Mary Hamilton” or “The
Queen’s Maries,” whose chorus goes:
***
Last night there were four Maries, tonight
there’ll be but three,
There was Mary Beaton and Mary Seaton, Mary
Carmichael and me.
***
The ballad, a lament before the
fourth Mary’s execution, is based on a germ of truth. Four female children were selected to accompany the six year old
Scottish Princess Mary when she was sent to
X:1
T:Four Marys, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Waltz
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol.
3, No. 428 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2|(B4A2)|G2B2d2|e6|d4G2|B4B2|d2c2B2|(A6|A2)z2d2|
g4
g2|f2d2B2|e4e2|d2G2A2|B2d2B2|A2G2A2|(G6|G2)z2:|
FOUR MILE STONE, THE (Cloch na Ceithre Mhile).
Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. The tune was composed by
classically-trained Irish musician Arthur Darley (originally from Dun
Laoghaire, County Dublin), who had an appreciation for traditional music and
who performed (on the violin) and collected it (see Darley & McCall's
collection) in the early 20th century. Darley was employed as a
X:1
T:Cloch na Ceithre Mhile (The Four Mile Stone)
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Arthur Darley
S:Mairead Mhaonaigh etc. (Ceol Aduaidh)
R:Reel
K:C
~A,2 EA,~A,2 EA,|~A,2GE DB,A,B,|
G,2(3B,A,G, DG,B,A,|G,B, (3BBB, G,B,DB,|!
~A,2 EA, ~A,2 AB|(3BBA BG AGAB|
(3BBA BG AGEA|GEDB, G,A,A,G,:|!
(3A,EA BA eABA|A,E (3EEE D2 B,G,|
(3B,A,G, DG, EG,D2|(3ded (3BdB (3GAG DA,|!
(3B,DE AA AB (3cde|AGED E2 AB|
(3BBA BG AGEA|GEDB, G,A,A,G,:|
FOUR MILES TO
FOUR PATTER DOWN. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional
FOUR POSTER BED, THE. AKA and see “Four Corners of St. Malo,” “Four Corners Reel,” "Four Posts of the Bed," “Les Quatre
Coins du Lit,” “Les Quat' Coins de St Malo.” English, Scottish, Irish, Shetlands;
Polka, Reel or ‘Programme Piece’.
X:1
T:Four Posts of the Bed, The
M:C|
L:1/8
Q:220
S:John Doherty
R:polka
Z:Philippe Varlet
K:D
e2 ef e2 ef | edcB A2 E2 | A2 e2 f2 fe | g2 fe f2 a2 |
e2 ef e2 ef | edcB A2 g2 | f2 g2 e2 c2 |1 d4 g3 f :|2 d4 d2 Ad ||:
f2 gf e2 fg | abag fAde | f2 gf e2 fg | a2 ^gb a2 Ad |
f2 gf e2 fg | abag fAde | f2 gf e2 a2 |1 d4 d2 Ad :|2 d4 g3 f ||:
e2 ef e2 ef | edcB A2 E2 | A2 e2 z2 e2 | z2 e2 z2 e2 |
z2 e2 e3 f | edcB e2 eg | f2 g2 e2 c2 | d4 g3 f :||
FOUR POSTS OF THE BED
[1], THE. See "Four
Poster Bed." Reel or Polka.
FOUR POSTS OF THE BED
[2], THE. Irish, Double Jig. Shanachie SH-78010, Solas - “Sunny Spells and Scattered
Showers” (1997).
FOUR PROVINCES (FLING) No. 1. AKA and see “The First of May [1].” Irish, Fling. A
Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB.
X:1
T:Four Provinces Flings #1
T:First of May, The
S:Moloney/O'Donnell/Egan
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
z | E>AA>B c3 B | Adde f2 ef | gfec dfec | dcAF G3 F |
E>AA>B c3 B | Adde f2 ef | gfec dedc | A2 AG A2 :|
(3efg | a2 af g2 ge | f2 fd e3 f | gfec dfec | dcAF G3 F |
E>AA>B c3 B | Adde f2 ef | gfec dedc | A2 AG A2 :|
FOUR PROVINCES (FLING) No. 2. AKA and see “Duncan Davi(d)son.” Irish, Fling. D
Major. Standard tuning. AA’B.
X:1
T:Four Provinces Flings #2
T:Duncan Davidson (Kerr's MM Bk1p17)
S:Moloney/O'Donnell/Egan
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
z | D>FA>B A<F d2 | D>FA>B A<F E2 |\
D>FA>B A<Fd>e |1 f>de>g f>dA>D :|
2 f>de>g f>dd || e | f2 f2 g>f>e>d | c>AA>B
c>de>g |\
f2 f2 g>f>e>d | c>ea>g f>dd>e | f2 f2 g>f>e>d |
c>AA>B c>de>g |
(3fed (3edc d>BA>F | G>BA>F G>FE>F |]
FOUR PROVINCES (FLING) No. 3. AKA and see “Lady Mary Ramsey [2],” “The Queen’s Shilling.” Irish, Fling. G Major.
Standard tuning. AAB.
X:1
T:Four Provinces Flings #3
T:Lady Mary Ramsay (Kerr's MM Bk1p10)
T:The Queen's Shilling (DMI752)
S:Moloney/O'Donnell/Egan
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
z2 | G3 B d<BB>c | d<Bg>B d>BA>B | G3 B d<BB>d | (3efg
(3dcB A2 :|
g>a | b<gg>b a<ff>a | g2 gd e>fg>a | b<gg>b a<f
f2 | (3gfe (3dcB A2 g>a |
| b<gg>b a<ff>a | g2 gd e>fg>a | b>ga>f g>fe>d |
(3efg (3dcB A2 |]
FOUR SEASONS [1], THE. Irish, Air or Reel (4/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 416, pg. 105.
X:1
T:Bessy of Dromore
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 416
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | G2 GG GBdB | c2 BA Bdge | d2 de
dBGA| Bd cB A2 dB | G2 GG GBdB |
c2 BA Bdge | d2 de dBGB | A>GAB
G3 || B/>c/ | d2 dd dggf | edef g3 f/e/ |
d2 de dBGA | BdcB A3 d/B/ | G2 GG
GBdB | c2 BA Bdge | d2 d{f}e dBG>B | A>GAB G2 ||
FOUR SEASONS [2], THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCC. The jig appears in print in Straight and Skillern’s Two Hundred & Four Favourite Country
Dances, vol. 1 (
X:1
T:Four Seasons, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
aba f2f | agf e2A | d2A e2A | agf
e2e | a2a fdf | agf efe |
d2A e2A | fge d3 :: FGF EFG G2E F2D
| FGF EFG | GFE F2 D |
F2F EFG | FFDE FED | FGF FEF | GFE
D2 :: B |
ABA GAG | EFG F2D |
X:2
T:Four Seasons, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
d3 BGB|dcB A2D|G2D A2D|dcB A3|d3
BGB|dcB A2D|
G2D A2D|BcA G2::FGF EFG|GFE F2D|FGF
EFG|
GFE F2A|FGF EFG|GFE F2D|FGF EFG|GFE
D3:|
|:
FOUR SEASONS [3], THE. AKA –
“Four Seasons of the Year.” English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. This melody
was printed in Thompson’s Compleat Tutor
for the Hautboy (London, 1790), Skillern’s Compleat Collection of Two Hundred & Four Reels….Country Dances
(London, 1780), and, in America, Joshua Cushing’s Fifer’s Companion, No. 1 (Salem, Mass., 1805), The melody appears
in the manuscript flute books of Geoge Willis (1795), Ralph Pomeroy (1790), and
the commonplace books of Cushing Eells (Norwich, Ct., 1789) and Henry Beck
(1786), and the copybook of Silas Dickinson (Amherst, Ma., c. 1800).
X:1
T:Four Seasons, The [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
FOUR SHOVES [1], THE (An Ceithre Thurraing). Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: fiddler Seamus Creagh & accordion
player Jackie Daly (
FOUR SHOVES [2], THE (An Ceithre Thurraing). Irish, Polka. E Minor ('A' part)
& D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB'. Source for notated version:
accordion player Jackie Daly (
FOUR SISTERS, THE. Canadian, Reel.
FOUR STATES' WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz.
FOUR STRING POLKA. Canadian, Polka. Condor 977‑1489,
"Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at
FOUR THUMBS AND TWO
LEFT FEET. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The
title appears in a list of traditional
FOUR WHITE HORSES. American, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major (‘A’ part) & A
Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. Shaw (Cowboy Dances), 1943; pg. 391.
X:1
T:Four White Horses
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Shaw – Cowboy Dances (1943)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Dd Af|Dd Af|fd/e/ fa|g/f/e/d/
e/c/A|Dd Af|Dd Af|fd/e/ fa|g/e/d/^c/ dz:|
K:A
|:ea ec|e/d/c/B/ cE|d/c/B/^A/
BE|e/c/A/B/ c>d|ea ec|e/d/c/B/ cE| F/D/F G/E/G|Ac A2:|
FOUR WINDS. English, Country Dance Tune
(3/2 & 6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by English
collector, choreographer, musician and teacher Pat Shaw. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2),
2005; pg. 46.
FOURPENCE HA'PENNY
FARTHING. AKA and see "The Jockey [2]," AKA and see "Cailleach an Tuirne," "Cailin A' Tuirna," "Garrett Barry{'s Jig},"
"Gearoid de Barra," "Is
Maith Le Nora Ciste" (Nora Likes Cake), "Kiss Me, darling," “Kissed Behind the Garden,”
"The Ladies' Fancy [3],"
"The Maid at the Spinning
Wheel," "Maire an
Phortair," “Noran Kista,” “Nora’s Purse,” "Norickystie,"
"Port an Achreidh,” "The Road to Lurgan," “Sergeant Early's Jig," “The Spinning Wheel [4],”"Tune the Fiddle,” "Wreathe the
Bowl.” "The Wild Irishman [4].” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. ABB
(Sharp): AABB (Barnes). The tune dates to 1688 and was first published by
Playford, although derivatives of the tune in musicians’ manuscripts show that
it was altered in usage over time. It can be found under the “Fourpence
Ha’Penny Farthing” title in the music manuscript of Joshua Jackson (near
X:1
T:Four Pence Half-Penny Farthing
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Playford
K:Gm
B2 d dBd|A2 c cAc| B2 d dBd| f3 b3|B2 d dBd|A2 c cAF|
G/2A/2BG|A/2B/2cA|G 3 B3::f2 g fdB|b2 g fdB|e2 g fdB|
A3 c3|D2 F FDF|B2 d cAF|G/2A/2BG A/2B/2cA|G3 B3:|
X:2
T:Jockey, The, or Four pence
half-penny farthing
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Playford – The English Dancing Master (7th edition, 1688)
K:Bb
B4 d2 (d2B2) d2|A4 c2 (c2A2)c2|B4 d2
(d2B2)d2|f6 b6|
B4 d2 (d2B2)d2|A4 c2 (c2A2)F2|(GA)B2
G2 (AB)c2A2|G6 B6:|
|:f4 g2 (f2d2)B2|b4 g2 (f2d2)B2|e4
g2 (f2d2)B2|A6 c6|
D4 F2 (F2D2)F2|B4d2 (c2A2)F2|(GA)B2
G2 (AB)c2A2|G6B6:|
FOURPENNY BIT, THE (An Tuisduin/Tuistiun). AKA and see “Lománach Cross.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 148. O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 159. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1541, pg. 284. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Fourpenny Bit, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DGGB cABG | GBdB cAFA | DBBG AGAB |
cBAG FGAF |
DGGB cABG |GBdB c2 Bc | (3dcB cA
BGAG | (3EFG Ac BG G2 ||
d>g (3gfg b>g (3gfg |defg agfg
| dgfg dgfg | dBcA BG G2 |
d>g (3gfg b>g (3gfg | defg ag (3gfg |dgfg dgfg | abag fdcA ||
FOURPENNY GIRL, THE. AKA and see "Langstrom's Pony," "Lastrum
Pony," "Lostrum Ponia," "Lanstrum Poney," “(A) Draught of Ale,” "Farrell's Pipes," “Grania’s Welcome Home [2],”
“Highway to Dublin,” “The Priest’s Leap [3],” “Right Way to Dublin,” “Saddle the Pony [3],” “Sweet Tibby Dunbar.”
FOURSOME REEL. Scottish. A Scottish
dance which combines reel and strathspey tempos and which, along with the
"Reel of Tulloch" and the "Eightsome Reel," held a dominant
place on the programs of Scottish balls of the 18th and 19th centuries. Flett
& Flett (1964) call it a 'true Reel', also called the Scotch or Highland
Reel, which the setting steps are performed with the dancers in line, and the
traveling steps consist of a figure eight with an additional loop added. The
Foursome Reel is popular with country dancers in modern times, but is not
frequently danced at ceilidhs (Martin, 2002).
FOURTEEN DAYS IN
FOURTEENTH
OF OCTOBER, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1785; No. 152, pg. 56.
X:1
T:14th
of October, The
M:C
L:1/8
S:Aird,
vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>A | B3g (dB)(AG) | B2 de d2 AB | c3e (dB)(AG) | B2 A>B A2 GA |
(Bd)(eg) (dB)(AG) | B2 ga g2 Bc | d>edB (cB)”tr”(AG) | E2 G>A G2 :|
|: de | g>aba gedB | d2 g>a g2 AB | c>deg (dB)(AG) | B2 AB A2 GA |
BABG
EGAB | cBcd edef | gfga | babd | e2 g>a g2 :|
FOURTH DRAGOON'S
REGIMENTAL MARCH. English, March (cut time).
FOURTH OF JULY. AKA and see "Chinky Pin,"
"Love Somebody [2],"
"My Love
is/She's But a Lassie Yet [1]," "Too Young to Marry [1],"
"Midnight Serenade [1],"
"Yellow Eyed Cat," "Buffalo Nickel [1]," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room,"
"Hair in the Butter,"
"Richmond Blues," "Farmer Had a Dog," "Lead Out," "Sweet Sixteen," "Darling Child," "I’m My Momma's
Darling (Child)." Old‑Time,
Fiddle Tune. The tune was recorded under this title for the Library of Congress
by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph in the early 1940's from
FOURTH OF JULY WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. See also note for “Tommy
Don’t Go.” Bee Balm 302, “The Corndrinkers.”
FOWLER ON THE MOOR, THE. Irish, Slide or Single Jig (12/8 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Sources for notated versions: piper Willie
Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; fiddler Kathleen
Nesbitt [Treoir]. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No.
74, pg. 72. Treoir, vol. 37, No. 2,
2005; pg. 30. Claddagh 4CC 39, “The Pipering of Willie
Clancy Vol. 2” (1983).
X:1
T:Fowler on the Moor, The
M:12/8
L:1/8
R:Slide
S:Treoir, vol. 37, No. 2
(2005)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A | G2E (EDE) c2A B2G | AcA G2E A2c
B2A |1 G2E (EDE) c2A B2G | AcA (G2E) D3 D2E :|2
G2A B2c d3 B2G | AGE G2E D3 (D2E)
||: G2A B2c d3 B2G | ABA G2E A2c B2A |
G2A B2c d3 B2G |1 AGE G2E D3 (D2E)
:|2 AGE (G2E) D3 D2 ||
FOWLEY’S FAVOURITE. Irish, Mazurka. The tune was
named by Cloonlarin, Doocastle, Mayo, fiddler Verona Ryan after her source for
it, Vincent Fowley. Gregory Daly (liner notes to CHC 009) says the tune was
also played by Joe Dowd. Coleman Music Center CHC 009,
fiddler Verona Ryan – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place” (2005.
Various artists).
FOWLING PIECE, THE. AKA and see “Templehouse (Reel).” Irish, Reel. Rounder CD 1087, Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band – “From
FOWNEY. Irish, Air. A related tune is an untitled polka in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann IV, No. 79, from
the David Collins manuscript. Gael-Linn CEFC 123, Breandán
Ó Beaglaoich (Brendan Begley) – “Seana Choirce.”
FOX, THE. AKA and see "Brandlings."
FOX AND HIS WIFE, THE (An Bannac Agus a Ceile). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with
spirit"). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version:
M. O’Brien [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 271, pg. 47.
X:1
T:Fox and His Wife, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With spirit”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/ | BAB AzB | GFA Gzd | gfg edc |
B2c dzd | gfg e3 | d^ce d2 B/A/ |
GFA GAB | g3 eze | d^ce d=cA | G3 Gz
||
FOX AND HOUNDS [1], THE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
FOX AND HOUNDS [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown.
FOX AND GRAPES, THE. AKA and see "The Blue‑Tailed Fly." English,
Scottish; Reel or Country Dance Tune (2/4 time).
X:1
T:Fox and the Grapes, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 383
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
aa/g/ ff/e/ | dd/e/ f2 | ge/g/ fd/f/
| e/d/e/f/ e/f/g/e/ | aa/g/ ff/e/ | dd/e/ f2 |
ge/g/ fd/f/ | e/d/e/f/ da ||: efga |
efga | efgb | a^ga z :|
FOX CHASE [1]. Old‑Time,
FOX CHASE [2], THE. AKA and see “Hare in/among the Corn [1].”
Irish, March (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 354, pg. 63.
X:1
T:Fox Chase [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:G Major
S:Roche, vol. 2, No. 354
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/ | BGB def | gfe dcB | def gdB |
eAA A2 d/c/ | BGB def | gdc BAB | GBd gdc | BGG G2 :|
|: e | dBd GGG | dBd GGG |
FOX CHASE [3], THE (Seilg An Madradin Ruad). AKA and see "Fox Hunt," “Irish Fox Hunt,” "Modhereen Rua." Irish, March (4/4
time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABCDEFGHIJJKKLMNNOOPPQQ. A programatic piece
replete with 'horns' and the 'cry of the hounds', ‘death of the fox’, and winds
up with “The Foxhunter’s Jig.” Some sections
are variously in 3/4, 6/8 and 9/8 time. This "Fox Chase" was composed
around 1800 by celebrated blind Co. Tipperary piper Edward Keating Hyland
(1780-1845) in 1799, who once received a set of expensive pipes from King
George IV of England (who heard the piper while visiting Dublin in 1821) as a
mark of recognition for his performance, according to Gratten Flood. It is the
model for the Scottish "Hunting of
the Fox," but Hyland based his piece on an older (though short,
eight-bar) song called “An Maidrin Ruadh” (Modhereeen Rua), which is based on a
dialogue between a farmer and a fox which he had detected “with the goods” on
him in the form of “a fine fat goose.” Hyland's version, the first full
version, appears in O’Farrell’s Pocket
Companion of the Irish or Union Pipes (vol. 1, book 2, c. 1806) {appears
under the title “The Irish Fox Hunt”}. O’Neill (1913) also prints two MS
versions of the tune, one from H. Hudson, c. 1841, and the other from Prof.
P.H. Griffith of Dublin--the latter being a Tipperary version. Knowles (1995)
finds parts of “The Fox Chase” in an anonymous 18th century English manuscript,
in which it is entitled “The Foxhunter Hornpipe,”
and calls it “certainly the oldest known version” of the tune.
***
“The Fox Chase” is the tune by which every piper seems to have
been judged, at least in the 19th century, when it was ubiquitous among pipers.
O’Neill mentions piper after piper in his Irish
Minstrels and Musicians who considered the tune the heart of their
repertoire. He also relates the tale of Kerry uilleann piper Dick Stephenson
(c. 1840's-1897), who for many years was paired with a banjo player named John
Dunne and a fiddler by then name of Thompson. It seems the trio played a date
in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo, and Stephenson got a bonus for playing “The Fox
Chase” while his partners sat out, not being able to follow Stephenson’s
variations. “Dunne remarked he wouldn’t hunt a fox that cold night for any
consideration. A rejoinder from Stephenson to the effect that ‘maybe he
couldn’t’ was the spark that fired the flames of jealousy, and a round of
fisticuffs put an end to years of friendship and companionship, although the
Dunnes and Stephensons and Thompsons were all intermarried.” Another 19th
century champion piper, Robert Thompson of
***
“The Fox Hunt” was famously played by the incomparable uilleann piper from
County Kerry, James Gandsey (1769-1857), who concertized well into his
seventies (Breathnach, 1997). Donal Hickey (Stone
Mad for Music, 1999), also says the “The Fox Chase” was associated with
James Gandsey, ‘the Killarney Minstrel’, who died in 1857 at the age of 90.
Gandsey survives in folk memory in the Sliabh Luachra region and some facts are
clearly remembered. The son of a
soldier in Ross Castle and a native Killarney mother, Gandsey was almost
completely blinded in infancy by smallpox. He became known as Lord Headley’s
Piper and contributed several tunes to the regional repertoire, including as
well “Jackson’s Morning Brush”
and “Madame Bonaparte.” He is buried
in Muckross Abbey, Killarney, where a plaque has been erected in his
memory. Source for notated version:
originally from Mrs. Kenny of
X:1
T:Fox Chase [3]
M:C
L:1/8
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DE | G2 GB d2d2 | dedB d3z | G2 GB
edBG | A4 G2 (3def |
g2 fe f2 ed | edBG A2 GE | GABG
A^GAB | G4 G2 :|
|| DE | G2 GA B2B2 | c2c2B2B2 |
c2c2B2 BG | A4 G2 (def |
g3a gfed | edBG A2 GE | GABG A^GAB |
G4 G2 z2 ||
G2 GB d2g2 | e2g2d2g2 | G2 GB dedB |
A4 G2 (3def | gfga gfed |
E2 dB A2 GE | GABG A^GAB | G4 G2 z2
|| DEGA BGGG |
AGGG BGGG | AGBG cGBG | A4 G2 (3def | g2 ba gfed | edBG A2 GE |
GABG A^GAB | G4 G2 z2 || A3 ^G/A/ A3
G/A/ | A3 G/A/ A3 A/G/ |
d3 ^c/d/ d3 c/d/ | d3 ^c/d/ d3c/d/ |
F/E/ F3 F/E/F3 | F/E/F3 F/E/F3 |
F/D/E/D/ F/D/E/D/ F/D/D/D/ F/D/E/D/
| F/D/d/D/ F/D/E/D/ F/D/E/D/ F/D/G/D/ |
f/d/e/d/ f/d/e/d f/d/e/d/ f/d/e/d/ |
f/d/g/d/ f/d/e/d/ f/d/g/d/ f/d/e/d/ |
g/d/g/d/ f/d/f/d/ g/d/g/d/ f/d/f/d/
| .g.g.gz .f.f.fz | .e.e.ez .f.f.fz | A3 ^G/A/ A3 G/A/ |
A3 ^G/A/ A3G/A/ | d3^c/d/ d3c/d/ |
d3 ^c/d/ d3 (A/B/c/ ||
M:3/4
L:1/8
d2F2A2 | d4 fe | d2F2A2 | {d}=c4 BA
| B2F2A2 | G2 dc BA | B2F2A2 |
B4A2 | F2d2d2 | F2 dc BA | BdcBAG |
F4 FE | D2F2A2 | B4 ed | c2A2c2 | d4 ||
fe | f2f2 af | f2e2d2 | f2dB2 | B4A2
| f2f2af | f2e2d2 | dc de fd | e4A2 | A2F2F2 |
F2 dc BA | BdcBAG | F4 FE | D2F2A2 |
B4 ed | c2A2c2 | d4 ||
M:C
L:1/8
D2 | GABc d2d2 | dedB d2 BA | GABc
dedB A2 G2 || (3def | g2g2 f2 ed |
G2B2 A2 GE | GABG A^GAB | G4 G2 z2
||
M:6/8
L:1/8
|: DEF DEF | DEF DEF | DEF DEF DEF
DEF :|
M:C
L:1/8
|: DEFE DEFE | DEFE DEFE | DEFE DEFE
| DEFE DEFE :|
GABc d2d2 | dedB d2 BA | GABc dedB |
A4 G2 || (3def |
g2g2f2ed | g2B2A2 GE | GABG A^GAB |
G4 G2 z2 ||
M:9/8
L:1/8
|: FGF F2D G2E | FGF F2D E2D | FGF
F2D G2B | AFD D2F E2D :|
|: BcB BAG FGA | B2E E2F G2B | ABc
dcB ABc | d2D D2F E2D :|
|: fgf f2d g2e | fgf f2d e2d | fgf
f2d g2b | afd d2f e2d :|
|: gfe dcB AGF | B2E E2F G2B | ABc
dcB ABc | d2D D2F E2D :|
FOX CHASE [4]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Stewart-Robertson (Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 39.
X:1
T:Fox Chase
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e | cAce aece | dcBA GBBe|1 cAce aece | dcBe cAA :|2 cAce abae |
dcBe cAA || B | cAEA CEA,c | dcBA GB B>d |1 cAEA CDA,c |
dcBe cAA :|2 cAce abae | dcBe cAA ||
FOX CHASED [5], THE. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. One
part (Kerr): AB (Surenne). No relation to the Scottish “Fox Chase” also in ‘A’
Major. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4;
No. 180, pg. 21 (appear as “The Fox Chased”). Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 89 (appears as “Fox Chase”).
X:1
T:Fox Chase, The [5]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e | a2 ec fdec | bBBc d2 cB | A2 GA
FAEA | BcdB edcB | A2 EC FDEC | B,BBc d2cB |
AcBd cedf | ecdB cAA || E | A2 GA
FAEA | A2 Af edcB | A2 GA FAEA | BcdB edcB |
A2 GA FAEA | A2 Af edcB | Aaga face
| (f/4/g2<a) gc ({c}B2) A ||
FOX HUNT. AKA and see "Fox Chase" (Irish),
"Modheren Rua."
FOX HUNT [2], THE. American, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCC. The melody was published in George P. Knauff’s Virginia Reels,
vol. III (Baltimore, 1839).
X:1
T:Fox Hunt, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:George P. Knauff – Virginia
Reels, vol. III (Baltimore, 1839).
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(d/c/)|(Bdg) g2 (f/g/)|(afd) d2c|(Bdg)
(dBG)|FAA A2 (d/c/)|(Bdg) (gfg)|
(afd) d2c|(BdG) (AcF)|GGG G2::D|GGG
G2A|BBB B2c|(ded) (dcB)|
AAA A2D|GGG G2A|BBB B2c|(dBG)
(cAF)|G2B G2::d|Bdd Bdd|
(Bdg) (gec)|Acc Acc|(Aca) (afc)|Bdd
Bdd|(Bdg) (gec)|(BdG) (AcF)|GGG G2:||
FOX HUNTERS JIGG. See "Foxhunter's Jig."
FOX
IN THE DUMPS, THE. AKA and see “Cooper’s Hornpipe,” "The Exciseman's Hornpipe," “Swan’s Hornpipe.” English, Reel or
Hornpipe.
X:1
T:Fox in the Dumps, The
M:C
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
cB|Ac f4 ed|ef g4 fe|fg a2 bgaf|eg c4 cB|Ac f4 ed|ef g4 b2|afge fd cd/e/|f2 (F2F2):|
|:c2|fcAc
FAcf|gfed cegb|afcA FAfa|gfed c2 “tr”c2|dB “tr”B2 bg “tr”g2|afed c2 “tr”c2|dBcA
BGAB|A2 (F2 F4):||
FOX LAMENTATION [1], THE. Scottish, Lament or Slow Air (6/4 time). A
Major. AEae tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. Source for notated version: Brown MS., 1714
[Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music
in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 47, pgs. 112‑113.
FOX LAMENTATION [2], THE. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
Sharpe MS., c. 1790, pg. 222 (appears as "The Highland Hunt").
FOX LAMENTATION [3], THE. Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning.
Sharpe MS., c. 1790, pg. 222 (appears as "The Highland Hunt").
FOX MAY STEAL YOUR
HENS, SIR, A. AKA and see "A Soldier and a Sailor." The
air under this title appears in Gay's Beggar's
Opera, 1729.
FOX ON THE PROWL, THE. AKA and
see “Josie McDermott’s [2].” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB.
Composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, originally from Bullaun, near
Loughrea,
X:1
T:Fox on the Prowl
T:Josie McDermott’s
R:Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
(3dcd fd eAA2 | ABBc dBAF | ABde fa (3aaa | abaf feef |\
dgfd eAAd | ABBc dBAF | ABde faaf |1 egfe dABc :|2 egfe dcde ||\
faaf dcde | faaf eAAd | ABBc defa | bfaf feeg |\
effa bfaf | dgfd eAAd | ABBc dfaf | egfe d4 :||
FOX ON THE TOWN. AKA and see “Finbar
Dwyer’s {Reel} [4]," “Richard
Dwyer’s [2].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by
Richard Dwyer. Vallely (
X:1
T:Fox on the Town, The
T:Richard Dwyer's
D:Liz Carroll and Tommy Maguire,
Kiss Me Kate
N:played in E on that album;
N:their source was "a tin
whistle player an old tape"
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
gf | gedB eBdB | G2 BG dGBd | gedB
~e3 f | g2 ag efga |\
beeg edBA | G2 BG dGBd | efgb afdf |
gbaf g2 :: ga |\
beed e2 ge | edBe dega | beed e2 ge
| dgfa g2 ba |\
gage dedB | G2 BG dGBd | efgb afdf |
gbaf g2 :|*
FOX
WENT OUT OF A MOONLIGHT NIGHT [1]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major: B
Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. “Set in the Cladagh.” Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 645, pg.
162.
X:1
T:Fox went out of a moonlight night,
The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 645
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | f2f g2 f/e/ | a2a a2g | f2d c2A
| G>F G A3 | f2f efg | a2a a2g |
{g}fed cAB/c/ | d3 d2 || z | A2F B2G
| F2G A2g | f2d efg | a2f e2d |
A2A B2G | F2G A2g | (fe)d cAB/c/ |
d3 d2 ||
FOX WENT OUT OF A MOONLIGHT NIGHT
[2]. Irish,
Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 646.
X:1
T:Fox went out of a moonlight night
[2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 646
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
F/B/ | d2d e2 d/c/ | f2f f2e |
d2BA2F | E>DE F3 | d2d cde |
f2f f2 e | dcB AFA | (B3B2) || z |
F2F G2E | D2E F2e | d2B cde |
f2d c2B | F2D G2E | D2E F2e | dcB
AFA | (B3 B2) ||
FOXFORD LASSES.
Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Foxford is in County Mayo. Kennedy
(Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 45, pg. 12.
FOXHUNTER'S (REEL) [1], THE (Fiagaí an Mhada Rua). AKA and see "The Fiddler is Drunk," “Patrick Kelly’s Reel.” Irish, Reel.
G Major (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, Sullivan,
***
Paraphrasing King Alfred the Great, William Shenstone (1714-1763) wrote, "There are people who read, people who write, people who think, and there are foxhunters.”
***
Sources for notated versions:
Chieftain's fiddler Seán Keane (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player
Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded at Na
Píobairí Uilleann, October, 1984 [Moylan]; sessions at the Regent Hotel, Leeds,
England [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in
Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips), 1987; pg. 18. Breathnach (CRÉ
II), 1976; No. 205, pg. 106. Breathnach (Folk Music and Dance of
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: Foxhunter's
M: C|
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: G
d2BG dGBG|d2BG AGEG|d2BG dGBG|GABG AGEG :|
D3B BAGE|D2BG AGEG|D3B BABG|(3ABc BG AGEG :|
gedB G2Bd|gdBd eAA2|gedB GBdB|ABcd eAA2 :|
dggf g3e|dgg/f/g ef/g/dB|dggf g3d|egdB AGAB :|
G2BG dGBA|GBB/A/B AGAB|G2BG dGBd|egdB AGAB :|
FOXHUNTER’S (REEL) [2], THE. AKA and see “Mary McMahon,” “Micho Russell’s (Reel) [4],”
“Noel Hill’s,” “The Sister’s Reel.” Irish, Reel. D
Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. No relation to “Foxhunters (Reel) [1].”
Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (
X:1
T:Foxhunter’s Reel [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
ag|:fAeA d2 AG|FGAB =cAGB|A~d3
e~d3|AB{c/}BA g2 {b/}ag|fAeA d2 AG|
FGAB =cAGB|A~d3 e~d3|Ad{e/}dc
d2||e|{g/}fefg a2 ag|abag fdde|{g}fefg a2 ag|
bgaf g2 ag|{g}fefg a3a|abag fd
d2|bgaf gbag|fdef gbag||
FOXHUNTER HORNPIPE, THE. English, ‘Old’ Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Knowles identifies this tune as coming from an
anonymous 18th century English manuscript. It is a version of parts of the
Irish melody called “The Fox Chase” and “The Foxhunter’s Jig.” Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 20.
FOXHUNTER'S JIG [1], THE (Port Fiaguide an Sionaig). AKA – “Nead na Lachan sa mBúta.”
AKA and see "The Jolly Foxhunters."
Irish, Slip Jig.
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Foxhunter’s Jig [1]
R:Slip Jig
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:D
FAF FDF G2E | FDF FDF E2D | F3 FEF
G2B | AFD DEF E2D :|
|: B2B BAG FGA | B2E E2F G2B | ABc
dcB ABc | d2 D DEF E2D :|
|: f3 fdf g2e | f3 fdf e2d | f3 fdf
g2b | afd def e2d :|
|: gfe dcB AGF | B2E E2F G2B | ABc
dcB ABc | d2D DEF E2D :|
FOXHUNTER'S JIG [2], THE. AKA and see "Buckle My Shoe," "Don't Be Lazy."
FOXHUNTER’S RANT. English, Reel. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the 1842 music manuscript
collection of Cumbrian musician John Rook.
X:1
T:Fox Hunter’s Rant
M:C
L:1/8
S:Music manuscript collection of
John Rook (
K:D
d3d fe d2|c3c edc2|B3B Bc d2|cB
c2A2A2|
d/e/f d2B2B2|c/d/e c2A2A2|B/c/d B2
c/d/e c2|dA F2 D4:|
|:c3g f/g/a g2|f/g/a g2 fe d2|c3g
e/f/g f2|e/f/g f2 ec e2|
d3g (f/g/a) g2|f/g/a g2 fe d2|B/c/d
B2 c/d/ec2|dAF2 D4:|
FOXHUNTER'S REEL, THE. See "The
Foxhunter's."
FOXIE MARY. AKA and see “Roaring Mary.”
FOX'S SLEEP, THE (Codlad An Sionnaig). AKA and see "When He Who Adores
Thee." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. One part (Ó
Canainn): AB (O’Neill). Ó Canainn (Traditional
Slow Airs of
X:1
T:Fox’s Sleep, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|d2 d>c cB AF|A2 Bc d2 d>c|cB
AF {A}GF E>D|D4 z2A2|d2 d>c cB A>F|
A2 B>c {c}d2 d>c|{B}A2 F>D
GF EE|D2 z2z2||A2|d2 c>d c<B zc/d/|
e>d e>f A2 zA|{e}d>c de
f>e {e}dc|{e}d2 z2z2 A2|d2 c cB z A|
AF AB/c/ {B}d2 d>c|BAF>D
GFEA|D4 z2||
FOXY MARY [1]. Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Learned by Joyce in his
boyhood in
X:1
T:Foxy Mary [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mix
DED D2A|AGE c3|DED D2A|AGE E2D|DED
D2A|AGE c3|BdB c2A|AGE E2D:|
c3 edc|BAB/c/ dBG|c3 ecA|AGE E2D|c3
edc|BAG BdB|AGE c2A|AGE E2D|
c3 edc|BAB/c/ dBG|c3 edc|e2d efg|c3
edc|BAG BdB|AGE c2A|AGE E2D||
FOXY MARY [2]. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB’. A variant, albeit a distanced one, of the melody printed by Joyce.
The earliest appearance of this version of the tune in print is in
X:1
T:Foxy Mary [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th
century)
B:Hugh Shields – Tunes of the
K:G
DGG EGD|DGG E2D|DGG EGD|DDD BAG|
DGG EGD|DGG E2c|BAB GED|EAA A3:|
|:c2d e/f/g z|ded BAG|c2d e/f/g
z|ded g2e|1
c2d e/f/g z|dec BAG|BAB GED|EAA
A3:|2
c2d e/f/ge|fed BAG|BAB GED|EAA A3||
FOYNES JIG, THE. AKA and see “Dawn’s
Jig,” “Paddy Taylor’s [2].”
Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. ABB (Harker/Rafferty): AABB
(Breathnach, Bulemr & Sharpley). Composed by fiddler Martin Mulvihill, who
was born in Ballygoughlin, not far from the busy
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Foynes Jig, the
T:Dawn's Jig
C:Martin Mulvihill
S:Mike Rafferty
H:Dawn is the daughter of Martin
Mulvihill.
Z:Lesl
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmix
D2E |: F2F EFE | DFA d2A |ded cAG |
FAF GFE| F2F EFE|DFA d2f|edc AB^c|dfe d2e :|
|: f2a g2e | fdB ABc | B2B EFG | AAD
FED|f2a gge| fdB ABc|Bcd e^cA|dfe d2e :||
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