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GE DO THEID MI DO
M'LEABAIDH (Though I go to bed,
little does sleep come to me). Scottish, Air. The air appears in print in "Patrick MacDonald's
Collection of Highland Vocal Airs" (Edingburgh, 1784), wherein MacDonald suggests
the piece is an ancient harp tune. Topic 12TS381, The Battlefield Band - "At the Front" (1978).
GE HO DOBBIN. See "Gee Ho, Dobbin."
GÉABHA SA bPORTACH, NA. AKA and see "The Geese in the Bog."
GEADNA ANNSA MOINTE, NA. AKA and see "The Geese in the
Bogs."
GEADNA FIADHAINE. AKA and see "The Wild Geese
[1]."
GEAFTAI BHAILE BUI. AKA and see “The Gates
of the Yellow Town.”
GEAGAN GLAS, AN. AKA and see "The Green Branch."
GEAGAN SIOL-EILIG. AKA and see "(A) Sprig of Shillelagh."
GEAGHAN’S FANCY. Irish, Reel. AKA and see “Eileen O’Callaghan’s,” “Geogegan’s Reel,” “Paddy Canny’s [2].” See note for “Geogehan’s Reel.”
X:1
T:Geaghan's
Fancy (sp?)
T:Eileen
O'Callaghan's
T:Paddy
Canny's
S:Buttons
& Bows, 'Gracenotes'
Z:Nigel
Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
A2 cA EAcB|ABce dBGB|A2 cA EAce|efge
dBGB|A2 cA EAcB|
ABce dBGB|Ac c/c/c ecAc|efge
dBGB||eaag a2 ga|beee begf|
eaag a2 gf|efge dBGB|eaag a2 ga|b2 ba
bagf|eaaa c'aag|efge dBGB|]
GEAGHAN’S FAVORITE. AKA and see “Geogehan’s Reel.”
GEALACH GHEAL NA
BEALTAINE.
AKA and see “The Bright May
Moon.”
GEALACH NA gCOINNLEACH (The Harvest Moon). AKA and see “Harvest Moon [1].” Irish, Reel.
GEALL AN ATAR TOMAIS. AKA and see "Father Tom's Wager."
GEALL BRISTE, AN. AKA and see "The Broken Pledge."
GEARÓID’S CONCERTINA
REEL. Canadian, Reel.
GEARÓID DE BARRA. AKA and see "Garrett Barry{‘s
Jig}," "Sergeant
Early's Jig," "Tune the Fiddle,"
"The, Ladies' Fancy [3]."
GEARRALTACH BUIDHE, AN. AKA and
see “The Kerry Jig [1].”
GEARRAN, AN. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by James
Stewart-Robertson, editor of The Athole
Collection. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection),
1884; pg. 84.
X:1
T:An Gearran
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:James Stewart-Robertson
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F(AA)c d2AG|F(AA)F GEEG|F(AA)c d2 Ag|faef dDD:|
|:g|fefg
a2 gf|edef gfeg|1 fefg a2fa|bgeg fdd:|2 fdaf bgeg|faef
dDD||
GEARRAN BUIDHE, AN. AKA and see "The Yellow
Horse." See also note for "The Cottage By
the Sea."
GEARRBHODAÍ LAOISE (Lads of Laois). AKA and see “The
Lads of Laois{e}.”
GEARRCHAILE AN tSABHAIRCÍN. AKA and see “The Primrose
Lass [2].”
G(H)EARRCHAILE CHRIONNA, AN. AKA and see "The Wise Maid [1]."
GEARRCHAILE AN TOBAIR BHEANNAITHE. AKA and see “The Maid of Hol(l)ywell.”
GEARRCHAILE BHAILE
MHISTÉALA (Maids of
Mitchelstown).
AKA and see “Maids of Mitchellstown.”
GEARRCHAILE
BHAILE UÍ bhFIACHÁIN (The
GEARRCHAILE OILEÁN
PÍCE (The
GEARRCHAILE
SA gCRANN SILÍNÍ, AN (The Maid in the
Cherry Tree). AKA and see “The Maid in
the Cherry Tree [1].”
GEARRCHAILE SA
LUACHAIR. AKA and see "The Maid in the Rushes."
GEARRCHAILE SA PHARLÚS, AN. AKA and
see “The Lass in the Parlour.”
GEARRCHAILE SHLIABH
CISCO. AKA and see “Maid of Mount Kisco.”
...........
GEARRCHAILE SHLIGHGH (The
...........
GEARRCHAILE TAOBH
THIAR DEN BHEÁR (The Maid Behind the Bar). AKA and see “The Maid Behind the Bar [1].”
...........
GEARRCHAILE NA
SAMHAIRCINI. AKA and see "The Primrose Lass [1]."
GEARRCHAILÍ BHAILE AN
MHUILINN.
AKA and see “The Milltown Lasses.”
GEARRCHAILÍ BHAILE NA
LEARGADH. AKA and see “Ballinalarkey Maids.”
GEARRCHAILÍ CHAISLEÁIN
MAÍ TAMHNACH.
AKA and see “Castlemahon
Lasses.”
GEARRCHAILI CHALLAINN. AKA and see “Callan Lasses [2].”
GEARRCHAILÍ LUIMNIGH. AKA and see “The Limerick
Lasses [2].”
GEARRCHAILÍ NA NÓNA. AKA and
see “The Noon Lasses.”
GEARRCHAILÍ NAOMH
BARRA. AKA and see “The Lasses of St. Barry’s.”
GEARRCHAILÍ THÍR NA
SCEACH. AKA and see “The Tirnaskea Lasses.”
GEARRCHAILIÚ ACHADH
CONAIRE. AKA and see "The Achonry Lasses."
GEARRCHAILIÚ AN DÚIN MHÓIR (Dunmore Lasses). AKA and see “Dunmore Lasses.”
GEARRCHAILIÚ BHAILE
ÁTHA CLIATH (The
GEARRCHAILIÚ CHAISLEÁN
AN BHARRAIGH (The Maids of Castlebar). AKA and see “The Maids of Castlebar.”
GEARRCHAILIÚ CHONTAE
MHUIGHEO (The Mayo Lasses). AKA and see “The Mayo Lasses.”
GEARRFHIADH 'SAN
ARBHAR. AKA and see "The Hare in/among the Corn."
GEARY'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Mullingar Races
[2].” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 385, pg. 183.
X:1
T:Geary’s
Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill –
O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GABG AGFD | defd gfdc | B2 BG A2 AG
| FGAB cAFA | GABG AGFD | defd gfdc |
BGBd cAFA | G2 GF G2 z2 :: gfde fgaf | gfga bgag | fdde fgag | fdcA BcAF |
GABG ABcA | defd gfdc | BGBd cAFA |
G2 GF G2 z2 :|
GEATAÍ GLASUAINE, NA. AKA and see "The Green Gates."
GEATAÍ MÓRA ANNESBROOK. AKA and see “The
Grand Gates of Annesbrook.”
GEATAIDE GLASSA, NA. AKA and see "The Green Gates."
GEATLEY'S. AKA and see "Toss the Feathers [1],"
"Thresh the Feathers,"
"Humours of Ballagh,"
"Thornberrys," "The New Reel [1]," "The Mountain Lark [1]."
GEATSAI NA LEIBIDE. AKA and see "The Awkward Clown's Antics."
Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche
Collection, 1983, Vol. 3; No. 97, pg. 30.
GE(E) HO, DOBBIN [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABBC (the 'C' part is really
a terminal strain of the 'B').
‘Gee ho’ = giddy up or start moving,
as in a command to a horse, however, “Gee, ho, Dobbin” was also used as a
phrase of contempt when applied to a person. Oliver Goldsmith in his
description of “The Club of Choice Spirits,” makes the pimple-nosed gentleman
sing “Gee Ho, Dobbin” [Chapell]. Charles Dickens mentions the song in David
Copperfield, in the passage:
***
Mrs. Micawber having now raised her voice into a perfect scream, I was
so frightened
that I ran off to the
club-room, and disturbed Mr. Micawbar in the act of presiding at
a long table, and
leading the chorus of
Gee up, Dobbin
Gee ho, Dobbin,
Gee up, Dobbin,
Gee up, and gee ho—o—o!
***
Dickens has Micawbar sing the song
again, over a steaming bowl of punch, in his misery in the Fleet street prison. The older version of this very popular tune
to which countless broadside songs have been set (some quite bawdy—see “The
Buxom Dairy Maid”). Chappell (1857) says that “Laugh and lay down” is another
name for the tune, deriving from a song that commences:
***
While others attempt heavy minutes to kill,
With Ombre, with Commerce, Picquette, and
Quadrille.
***
Kidson (1890) finds it in John
Sadler’s Apollo's Cabinet, or the Muses
Delight (1757) under the title "The Waggoner, or Ge ho, Dobbin!"
(also known as “The Jolly Waggoner”). though it also appears in Thompson's Country Dances (vol. 1, c. 1759). A song (“if you want a young man
with a true honest heart”) in the ballad opera Love in a Village (1762) is set to the air. Kidson remarks that its
popularity was due to the fact that the melody was quite "good and
catching, with a refrain everybody knew."
***
As I was driving my wagon one day,
I met a young damsel tight--buxom and gay;
I kindly accosted her with a low bow,
And I felt my whole body I cannot tell how;
Ge ho, Dobbin! Hi ho Dobbin!
Ge ho, ge Dobbin! Ge ho, ge
ho!
***
Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg.
8.
X:1
T:Ge Ho,
Dobbin [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Frank
Kidson – Old English Country Dances
(1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D|F>GA B>cA|B>dB
A>Bc|d>ef B>cd|e>cA d2:|
|:c/d/|e>fe
e>cA|e>cA A>FG|A>BA A>GF|G>EF G>FG|
F2A FDF|G2B GEG|F>FA G>FE|D2d
D2:||
F2A FDF|G2B GEG|FAd Bed|cAc d2||
GEE HO DOBBIN [2]. English, Jig. England, North‑West. G Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. The modern
variant of the tune. If not obvious, the title refers to directions to a
horse (Dobbin) to begin moving. Harding’s All Round Collection, 1905; No. 73, pg. 22‑23.
Knowles (Northern Frisk),
1988; No. 60.
X:1
T:Gee! Ho!
Dobbin! [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 73
(1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/|BGB dBd|ece d2d|gfg eag|fef g2:||
f/g/|abg afd|afd dcB|cde dcB|cAB c2z|
(Bc)d
BGz|(cd)e cAz|Bcd efg|afd g2||
GEEHAN'S REEL. AKA and see “Eileen O’Callaghan('s Reel),“
“Geoghegan’s Favorite,” “Geogehan’s Reel,” "The Grazier," "Green Garters [2]," “Paddy Canny’s [2],” "The Potlick," "The Humours of Flip," “Sally Kelly [2],” "Trim the Velvet." See note for “Geogehan’s Reel.”
GEESE IN THE BOG [1]
("Na Géabha sa bPortach" or "Na Geadna
Annsa Mointe"). Irish, American;
Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB
(Cole, Kerr, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB' (O'Neill/1001,
White): AA'BBCCDDEE (Breathnach). Several tunes have been named "Geese in
the Bog." One tune by this name was popular as long ago as 1779; its
playing is mentioned by Berringer in an account of a "cake" dance (a
dance where a cake was given as a prize) he attended in Connacht. The great
County Sligo/New York fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune on a 78 RPM
disc in the key of G Major, although his version differs slightly. Breathnach
states the tune is related to "Saddle
the Pony [6]" printed by Levey (No. 43) and to Joyce's "The Housemaid" (No. 841). He says
that Petrie (edited by Stanford, 1905, No. 940) printed the first two parts.
***
The title "Geese in the Bog" reminds
one of a story related to Charlie Piggott by flute player Roger Sherlock, who
was born in County Mayo on the border with Sligo. The story appears in
Vallely's and Piggott's Blooming Meadows
(1998) and concerns Michael Coleman's brother Jim, also a fiddler and accounted
by many to have been even more proficient at the instrument than his
famously-recorded brother. Sherlock remembered house-dances that Coleman played
for, performing all night, sometimes playing his instrument while
simultaneously dancing on a half-door that had been taken from its hinges. At
that point coins would be thrown onto the door at his feet, his only pay.
Sherlock reminisced:
***
Well,
then he'd put
the fiddle in the case and outside he had a flock
of geese that would accompany him to and
from the dances. The geese
used to follow him everywhere. He had fifteen
or eighteen geese. And
he used to walk from our house to a place
called Drumacoo, which
would be—he used to walk as the crow flies of
course, across the
fields and the bogs—'twould be roughly about
seven miles. And
the geese would be with him all the time.
***
Source for notated version: accordion player Sonny Brogan
(d. 1966.
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See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Geese in the Bog [1]
M:6/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Add fdB|AFA AFA|Add fdB|AFA B2A|Add fdB|AFA DFA|gfe fdB|AFA BdB:|
|:AFE DFE|DFA BdB|AFD DFA|BGA BdB|AFE DFE|
DFA Bgf|gfe fdB|1 AFA BdB:|2 AFA B2d||
GEESE IN THE BOG [2] (Na Geabha sa bPortach). AKA and see "Bob Thompson's Favourite,"
"The Coravat Jig [1],"
"The Green Meadow [2],"
"The Humours of
Limerick [2]," "Jackson's
Walk to Limerick," "Jackson's Trip to Limerick,"
"Jackson's Coola," “The Lark’s March,” “Mist on the Meadow,” “Morrison’s Fancy,” "The Mountain Lark [5]," "The Piper's Frolic," “Tom Broderick’s Jig,” "Tuhy's Frolic," "Twice Tricked,” "Wiseman's Favourite." AKA – “The Grouse in the Bog.” Irish,
Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB
(Breathnach): AABBCC (Roche). Some similarities to version
#2. Michael Coleman recorded a two part version of the tune. Alternate
titles are many: Goodman gives a version as “The Humours of Limerick,” Dickman
as “The Piper’s Frolic,” Hudson as “Jackson’s Coola,” and “Twice Tricked” in
Holden. “The Catholic Boys’ [2]”
shares one part. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion) has it as “Tuhy’s Frolic.” Source for notated version: flute and
whistle player Micko Russell, 1969 (Doolin, north Co. Clare, Ireland)
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ
II), 1976; No. 53, pg. 29. Roche Collection, 1912/1983; vol. 1; No. 91, pg. 40. Tara Records 2006, Noel Hill & Tony
Linnane. Plant Life Records
PLR017, "The Tannahill Weavers" (1979). Rodeo 47, Johnny
Wilmot - “Another Side of
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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:Geese in
the Bog [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Roche –
vol. 1, No. 91 (1912)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
BAF ADD | FEF DFA | BAF ADD |
(F<E)(E E)FA | BAF ADD | FEF ABd |
gfe fdB | AFE EFA :: (d/e/fe) (d2B) |
AFA (A2B) | (d/e/fe) (d2f) |
(d/e/fe)
(d2B) | AFA ABd | gfe fdB | AFE EFA :: BAF D.G,.G, |
.G,.G,.G, G,>dB |
AFD .G,.G,.G, | (B2{c/B/}A) BdB |
AFD .G,.G,.G, | .G,.G,.G, [G,DA]Bd | gfe fdB | AFE EFA :|
GEESE IN THE BOG [3]. AKA and see “Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian
(Harker/Rafferty, Mulvihill, Sullivan, Tubridy): B Minor (Cranitch). Standard. AABB. The melody starts
on a C Major chord (or D Major chord, in the case of
Cranitch’s version). The second part of the tune is similar to the second part
of “Banks of Lough Gowna [1].”
Source for notated version: ];
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See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:The Geese in the Bog (Scottish Pipe Setting)
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
f|gBB dBB|gBB def|gBB d A2|Bee e2 f|gBB dBB|gBB def|gfe d A2|Bee e2:||!
d|e2 a egg|e2 a ged|e2 a eff|eaa a2 d|e2 a egg|e2 a ged|gfe d A2|Bee e2:||!
f|gBB BBB|dBB BBB|gBB d A2|Bee e2 f|gBB BBB|dBB BBB|gfe d A2|Bee e2:||!
d|eaa egg|eaa ged|eaa egg|eaa a2 d|eaa egg|eaa ged|gfe d A2|Bee e2:||
X:2
T:The Geese in the Bog [3]
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
|:dFF AFF|dFF ABc|dFF AFE|FBB B2c|dFF AFF|dFF ABc|dcB AFE|FBB B2c:|
|:def a2f|afb afe|def afe|fbb baf|def a2f|afb afe|dcB AFE|FBB B2c:|
X:3
T:Geese in The Bog [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:A Minor
|:cEE GEE|cEE GEE|cEE GED| EAA A2B|cEE GEE|cEE GEE| cBA GED| EAA A2B:|
|:cee gee| aee gee|cee gee| gaa a2e|cee gee| aee ged| cBA GED| EAA A2B:|
GEESE IN THE BOGS [4]. Irish, Jig. See note for “Old Grey Goose [1]."
GEESE IN THE BOG [5], THE. Irish,
Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: from F. Keane [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie
(Complete Collection), 1905; No. 940,
pg. 239.
X:1
T:Geese in
the Bog, The [5]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Stanford/Petrie
– Complete Petrie Collection of Ancient
Irish Music, No. 940 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
AGF EFE|DED D2B|AGF EFE|DFA B2d|AGF
EFE|
DED D2f|gfe fdB|AFA B2:c|d2d fdB|AFA
AFA|
dcd fdB|AFA B2c|”tr”d3 fdB|AFA
AFA|gfe fdB|AFA B2d:|
GEESE HONKING. AKA and see "Wild Goose Chase [1]." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Dick Burnett, of Monticello, Ky., claimed to have learned the tune from the fiddling governor of Tennessee in the early 20th century, Bob Taylor. Source for notated version: James Bryan with Bob Carlin [Phillips]. Phillips (