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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
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GEOGHEGAN’S FAVORITE. AKA and see “Geogehan’s Reel.”
GEOGEHAN'S REEL. AKA and see “Eileen O’Callaghan('s
Reel),” “Geehan’s Reel,” “Geoghan’s
Favorite,” “Geoghegan’s Favorite,” “Paddy Canny’s [2].” Irish, Reel.
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Although it has no direct connection
with the tune, living in
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Source for notated version: flute
player Colm O'Donnell (b. 1962, Aclare, Co.
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|]
GEORDIE AFFLECK. AKA and see “Eamonn Coynes,” “The Mint in the Corn.” Scottish, Reel.
E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune is known among older fiddlers in
County Donegal, Ireland, as “The Mint in the Corn” played variously in the key
of D Major (Francie Dearg & Mickey ban O Beirn) or A Major (John Doherty
& Danny O’Donnell). Hunter (Fiddle Music of
GEORDIE JACK. Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by Carl Volti,
born Archibald Milligan in
X:1
T:Geordie
Jack
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 194
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
e2 ge c2 ec
| BcBA GF E2 | B,EDE CF=EF |1 DB=AB GEGB :|2 DAFD E2B2 ||
|: edef
geBG | BAFD B,DFA |1 GBef geBG | BAFD B,DFA|1
GBef geBG |
BAFD E2B2 :|2GEDE CF=EF | DAFD E2B2 ||
GEORDIE
MACLEISH. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. The tune has been recorded by
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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
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X:1
T:Geordie MacLeish
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
c|d2 (cd) D/D/D AF|d2 (cd) Agfe|d2
cd D/D/D (AF)|EFGA B2B:|
c|dD D/D/D (FD)Dc|dD D/D/D Agfe|dD
D/D/D (AF)dF|EFGA B2 (Bc)|
dD D/D/D (FD)Dc|dAFA Bgfe|dcBA
BAGF|EFGA B2 B||z/[F,/D/]||[F,4D4 z||
GEORGE AINLEY'S TUNE. AKA and see “Crockett’s Honeymoon.”
Old‑Time, Breakdown. Carryon Records 002,
"Ace Weems and the Fat Meat Boys."
GEORGE BAILLIE. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel
Gow. Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 63.
GEORGE BOOKER [1]. AKA‑ "George Boker." AKA and see "The Marquis of Huntl(e)y's Farewell" (Marshall's Scottish Airs,
1822), "Keeper Hill" (O'Neill's
Music of Ireland), "Georgia Town," "Camp Chase [2]." Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
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The melody first appears under the
"Booker" title in George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels, volume III (
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Also,
there is the story about a fiddler, George Booker, and a tune entitled
"George Booker," that is occasionally performed by
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“George Booker” was in the
repertoire of fiddler S.S. Ransdell (Louisburg, Granville, County, N.C.) who
competed in 1905 in the Raleigh, N.C., fiddler’s convention, and was also
played by Confederate veteran Arnold A. Parish (Willow Spings, Wake County,
N.C.) at the next gathering, in 1906, as recorded by the old Raleigh News and Observer. Source for notated
version: Am Stuart (Tennesse) [Krassen]: Henry Reed (
GEORGE BOOKER [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A variation of
version #1. Source for notated version: Ace Sewell [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 95. Voyager
319‑S, Ace Sewell‑ "Southwest Fiddlin.'"
GEORGE BRABAZON. See "Planxty
George Brabazon."
GEORGE CANN'S JIG. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 18, pg.
17.
GEORGE CANN'S WALTZ. English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 26, pg.
27.
GEORGE CRASKE’S HORNPIPE NO. 1.
English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A fast East Anglian step dance hornpipe, notes Barry
Callaghan (2007), who thinks it may be a derivative of “Bang Up.” George Craske
was a melodeon player from Sustead, near Cromer in
GEORGE GORDON. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
Alexander Walker in honor of the "late" (in 1866) George Gordon of
Bucharn, Aberdeenshire. Paul Cranford says several of Walker's tunes are
popular in Cape Breton, due to the practice in the 1940's, 50's and 60's of
purchasing and circulating older collections among Cape Breton fiddlers. Walker
(b. Rhynie, Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire, 1819) was employed by Sir Charles
Forbes of Castle Newe as a gardener, and was probably the leader of the Castle
Newe Band, surmizes Cranford. He emigrated to
X:1
T:George Gordon
M:C
L:1/8
S:
K:G Minor
F|D<G G>A
B>cd>g|f>dc>B A<F F>A|D<G G>A B>c d>c|B>G
(B/A/)G/^F/ G2G,:|
F|G<g g>f g>dB>G|F<f
f>g f>dc>A|G<g g>f d>cB>A|(3BdB (3ABA (G2 G,)F|
G<g g>f g>dB>G|F<f
f>g f>dc>A|G>BA>c B>dc>e|d>gf>a b<gg||
GEORGE GRANT. Scottish, Strathspey.
GEORGE GREEN'S COLLEGE
HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. George Green (1895-1975) was a melodeon
player in the 20th century who played for the Little Downham Molly
Dancers. His photograph was taken playing with
the dancers by W.H. Palmer on Plough Monday, 1932 (reproduced in Elaine
Bradtke’s Truculent Rustics: Molly
Dancing in
X:1
T:George Green's College Hornpipe
R:hornpipe
C:Trad
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=114
K:G %GRK:02150217
(3DEF|:G>BA>G F2 (3DEF|G>BA>G F2d2|c>BA>G
F>DE>F|A>GF>E D2 (3DEF|!
G>BA>G F2 (3DEF|G>BA>G F2d2|c>BA>G F>DE>F|1 G2B2 G2
(3DEF:|2 G2B2G2G>A|!
|:B2d2 B2d2|e>dc>B c4|c>BA>G F>DE>F|A>GF>
G>BA>G F2 (3DEF|G>BA>G F2d2|c>BA>G F>DE>F|1 G2B2
G2GA:|2 G2B2 G4||!
GEORGE GUBBIN'S
DELIGHT (Taitneam Seorsi
Gobain). AKA
and see “The Buckeen,” “Cameron House,” “Humors of Schull,” “Lord Kelly--Strathspey,”
"Lord Kelly('s Rant/Reel)"
"Mo Ceoil Sibh a Laochra"
“The Musical Priest,” "The New Bridge of Erin," “The Old Grey Gander,” “The Wedding Ring [2].” Irish, Slow Air
(4/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for
notated version: O’Neill obtained this tune from George Gubbins, a native of
Hospital, County Limmerick, and night-jailer at the Harrison Street Police
Station, where O’Neill was also stationed. Gubbins was a fiddler and played all
his tunes, including dance tunes, in slow or singing time, “but as he was
inclined to be unsociable on such occasions I failed to learn the name of it.”
O’Neill named the tune after Gubbins but later discovered a version in Joyce
(1909) under the title “The Wedding Ring,” collected only a few miles from
where Gubbins was raised. He concluded it was a local air, and “had not
penetrated beyond a limited district” (Old
Irish Music, pg. 80). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 481, pg. 84.
X:1
T:George Gubbin’s Delight
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
G/F/|EAAB c2 Ac|B{c/B/}AGB dBGA|EAAB
c2d2|e^f/g/ dB B{c/B/}A A:|
d|eaag e^fge|dBGB AG E2|eaag e^f^ga|bagb
a2 ab|c’bag e^fge|dBgd BGGF|
EAAB c2d2|e^f/g/ dB BA A2||
GEORGE I. TAYLOR
STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major
(Welling): G Major (Carignan). Standard tuning. AB.
Composed in 1931 by
GEORGE MACINNIS’S
FAVOURITE. AKA and see “Joe’s Favourite.”
GEORGE MEL’S DREAM. Canadian, Slow Air (6/8 time).
GEORGE MEL’S REEL. Canadian, Reel.
GEORGE PRIVETT'S POLKA. English, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning.
AA'B. Carlin (Master Collection),
1984; No. 9, pg. 19.
GEORGE REID. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning.
AA'B. Composed by Alexander Walker for George Reid "of
Messrs. B. Reid & Co.,
GEORGE REILLY. AKA and see “The Plains
of Waterloo [2].”
GEORGE REYNOLDS. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning.
AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes,
1984; No. 157, pg. 107.
X:1
T:George Reynolds
C:Turlough O'Carolan
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
D2D DED|FAA A3 |B/c/dc/B/ cde|dEE
E2A|
FDF BAB|AFA f2e|de/d/c/b/ ABc|dDD
D3||
f/g/af e/f/ge|dAd dAd|bg/a/b/g/
af/g/a/f/|eBe efg|
fg/f/e/d/ cde|AB/A/G FGA|B/c/dB
cAc|dDD D3||
GEORGE RIDDELL. Scottish. Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Composed in 1934 by
GEORGE ROSE WOOD. See "Tarland Memories."
GEORGE ROWLEY’S
HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa Sheoirse
Uí Roghallaigh).
Irish, Hornpipe. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: George Rowley/Seoirse Ó Roghallaigh (Ireland)
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I),
1963; No. 206, pg. 83.
GEORGE S. FORBES OF
ASLOWN. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by Alexander Walker.
GEORGE SKENE DUFF, OF
GEORGE STEWART OF
GRANTLEYS. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 65.
GEORGE THE FIFTH’S
ARMY. AKA - “George V’s Army.” AKA and
see “George’s Army March,” “Kitchener’s Army [1]."
Scottish, March (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCC. Composed as a four part tune by Pipe Major George S. McLennan. Perlman
(1996) notes that the version played in the Canadian Maritimes has only three
parts. Paul Cranford writes that
GEORGE THE IV (Fourth). See "King George the IV."
Scottish, Strathspey; Irish,
X:1
T:George
the IV
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 7 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
A|:E<A, A,>B,
C>B,A,>A|E<A, A,>C B,>A,G,>B,|E<A, A,>B,
C>DE>C|B,<D G>E D/C/B,/A,/ G,B,:||
c>eA>e c<e
d/c/B/A/|c>eA>e d/c/B/A/ G<B|c>eA>e B>eA>^f|g>g
a/g/^f/e/ d/c/B/A/ G<B|
c>eA>e c>e
d/c/B/A/|c>eA>e d/c/B/A/ G<B|c<e B<d A<B E<A|G>A G>E
D/C/B,/A,/ G,<B,||
GEORGE THE FOURTH REEL. Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB.
Honeyman (Strathspey,
Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 17.
X:1
T:George
the Fourth Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Honeyman
– Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor (1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
B,|A,2 EA, (^FA,)EA,|A,2 ED
(CA,)A,B,|A,2 EA, (^FA,)E^F|G2 DC (B,G,)G,:||B|
(c/B/A) eA aAeA|(c/B/A) eA
cAAB|(c/B/A) eA (aA)d^f|g2 dc (BG)Ge|
(c/B/A) eA aAeA|(c/B/A) ed cAAB|c2 ec B2 dB|Agdg BGG||
GEORGE THE IVth'S WELCOME TO
X:1
T:George the IVth’s Welcome to
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
d|f2 dB f2 dB|A/B/c c>B
AFF_A|GEEG FDDd|edcB AcF=e|f2 db f2dB|
A/B/c c>B AFF_A|GBAc Bdce|dfec
B2B||
e|dfbf dfBd|Acfc AcF_A|GEEG
FDDd|edcB AcFe|dfbf dfBd|Acfc AcF_A|
(B/A/B) (A/B/c) (B/c/d)
(c/d/e)|(d/e/f) (e/f/g) (f/g/a) bg)=e||
GEORGE TREMAIN'S
QUICKSTEP. English, Quickstep (6/8 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. One part. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
124.
GEORGE WASHINGTON. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The tune was recorded for the Library of
Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph in the early 1940's from
GEORGE WASHINGTON’S MARCH. See “Washington’s
March.”
GEORGE WHITE’S. AKA and see “George White’s
Favorite.”
GEORGE WHITE'S FANCY/FAVORITE (Rogha
Sheoirse de Faoite). AKA and see "The Carrowcastle Lasses,"
“George White’s,” "The Lass of Carrowcastle [2].” Irish,
Reel. E
Minor ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning.
AABB. The tune is attributed by more than one source (according to David
Taylor {1992}) to the great Co. Mayo and
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