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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

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GLACAN’S REEL. Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. Collected by Padraig Mac Aodh O’Neill in 1905 from Donegal musicians and published in The Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society (1905). It is attributed to the playing of Padraic Glacan of Doe, whose hey-day was in the 1870's (Caoimhin Mac Aoidh, 1994). Mac Aoidh finds the second part to be similar to the turn of “Miss Thornton’s {Reel}.”

                   

GLACKIN’S FANCY. Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Treoir.

X: 1

T: Glackin's Fancy

S: Treoir

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 350

R: reel

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

K: Gdor

GF |: DG G2 DG G2 | FGAB c2 Bc | dg g2 fdcA | BGAG F2 EF |

DG G2 DG G2 | FGAB c2 Bc | dg g2 fdcA |1 BGAG F2 G2 :|2 BGAG FGEF ||

g2 g2 fdcA | Bcde f2 gf | dg g2 fdcA | BGAG F2 EF |

DG G2 DG G2 | FGAB c2 Bc | dg g2 fdcA |1 BGAG FGEF :|2 BGAG F2 G2 ||

                   

GLADIATOR. American, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composition credited to G.L. Tracy in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). George Lowell Tracy (1855-1921) was a young man who later composed light opera and composition books, according to musicologist Charles Wolfe. Evidently Tracy arranged music as well, for one publication from the 1880’s indicates an Arthur & Sullivan work was arranged by him. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 37. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 64.

                   

GLADLY WOULD I GO.  Scottish (?), March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AB. O’Neill (1922) says: “This fine old march was memorized from the playing of William McLean a famous Highland piper much admired in Chicago some fifty years ago. The tune in almost identical setting was included in a book of pipe music, published at Glasgow about 1825 under two names: The Duke of Athol's  March and a long Gaelic title expressive of romance and chivalry. Its spirited swing and characteristic cadences, no less than its Gaelic title indicate an Irish origin.” O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 79.

X:1

T:Gladly Would I Go

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

R:March

K:D

A/2G/2|F2 A AFA|BGB AFD|F2 A AFd|EFE E2 G|

F2 A AFA|BGB AFD|FA>F GEC|D>ED D2||

A|dBd cAc|BGB AFD|dBd cAc|BGB A2 B/2c/2|

dBd cAc|BGd AFD|FA>F GEC|D>ED D2||

                   

GLADSTONE’S BILL.  Irish, Reel. The melody appears in two versions, both having the same first part and differing second parts. One version appears in the Stephen Grier and Sutherland music manuscripts from County Leitrim, while the other appears in (a perhaps lost) manuscript from Larry Smith (Abbeylaragh, Co. Longford) [Brian McNamara]. Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004).

 

GLADSTONE'S REEL. AKA ‑ "A.A. Gladstone (Edinburgh)." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Skinner): AABAAC (Hunter, Martin & Hughes). Composed by J. Scott Skinner. Played as part of the romantically entitled set "Warblings From the Hill's" during Skinner's 1921 concert tours. Source for notated version: Jean Carignan (Montreal, Canada) [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 121. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 232. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 25. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 22. BM-91, Buddy MacMaster – “Glencoe Hall” (appears as “The Gladstone”). Green Linnett GLCD 1137, Altan - "Island Angel" (1993). Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (appears as the fourth tune of the "J. Scott Skinner Medley"). RC2000, George Wilson – “The Royal Circus” (2000). Topic 12T280, J. Scott Skinner‑ "The Strathspey King".

X:1

T:Gladstone’s Reel

C:J. Scott Skinner

L:1/8

M:2/4

K:A

d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|a/4a/4a/ c/A/ B/G/E/d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|e/c/d/B/ A:|

g/|a/f/b/a/ g/e/a/g/|f/d/g/f/ e/c/f/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/A/d/c/|B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/|

a/f/b/a/ g/e/a/g/|f/d/g/f/ e/c/f/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/e/a/f/|e/c/d/B/ (A A/)||

|: d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|a/4a/4a/ c/A/ B/G/E/d/|c/A/d/B/ e/f/g/a/|e/c/d/B/ A:|

||g/|a/4a/4a f/a/ g/4g/4g e/g/|f/4f/4f/ d/f/ e/4e/4e/ c/e/|d/4d/4d/ B/d/ c/4c/4c/ A/c/|

B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/|a/f/b/a/ g/b/e/g/|f/d/a/f/ e/a/c/e/|d/B/e/d/ c/e/A/a/|e/c/d/B/ (A A/)||

 


GLAFIS HORNPIPE, THE. English, ‘Old’ Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABCDEF. Knowles (1995) notes that his source, John Walsh, was a contemporary of Handel and also published his work. Source for notated version: John Walsh’s 3rd Collection of Lancashire Tunes (c. 1731). Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 37.

 

GLAISIN OG NA G-CRAOBH. AKA and see "The Little Grey mare of the Branches."

         

GLÂN MEDDWDOD MWYN (Good Humored and Fairly Tipsy). Welsh, Air. The tune appears in Blind Parry’s collection of Twelve Airs for one and two Guitars (1760-65), repeated in the 1781 edition. Kidson (Groves) says the tune is a “slight deviation” from a once popular song called “The Women all Tell me I’m False to my Lass,” sung originally at Vauxhall in 1750. Both song and air were printed in the June supplement to the Universal Magazine for 1751.

         

GLANADH CHRÓ NA gCEARC. AKA and see "Cleaning the Henhouse."

         

GLANBRAN.  Welsh, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.

X:1

T:Glanbran

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:G

G/A/|B2 Bd|G>A BG|c2B2|AA/B/ cA|B>A Bd|G>A BG|
Ad FA|G3::G|F>A GB|Ac BA|G>B A>c|

Bd BG|B>A Bd|G>A BG|Ad FA|G3:|

 

GLAS AGUS AN BUI, AN. AKA and see "The Orange and Green [1]."

         

GLASGOW. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’ Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 63.

         

GLASGOW BELLS. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 32). Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’

                   

GLASGOW CALEDONIAN STRATHSPEY & REEL SOCIETY.  AKA – “Angus Fitchet’s Strathspey.” Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Dundee fiddler Angus Fitchet (1910-1991) in honor of the Glasgow Caledonian Strathspey and Reel Society, a group that is over 100 years old (now called the Caledonian Fiddle Orchestra, but still based in Glasgow). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 170, pg. 64.

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

 

GLASGOW CITY POLICE PIPERS, THE. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AABBCCDD. Composed by Pipe Major Donald Macleod MBE. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 4, 1991; pg. 52.

                   

GLASGOW COLLEGE. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 74).

         

GLASGOW FLOURISH. AKA and see "Miss Admiral Gordon’s Reel." Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 65). The title comes from the motto of the city of Glasgow, 'Let Glasgow Flourish'.  The title also refers to a Scottish country dance in hornpipe time. Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’

         

GLASGOW GAELIC CLUB. Scottish, March (6/8 time). B Minor. Standard. AABB. Recorded on a 78 RPM by Scottish bandleader Jimmy Shands. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 3, 1988; pg. 18. Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

         

GLASGOW HIGHLANDERS. Scottish, Country Dance. The dance is acutally a hybrid country dance, being part Foursome or Highland Reel, part country dance. The tune played for it should be a strathspey of the 'fling' type. Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’

         

GLASGOW HORNPIPE, THE (Crannciuil Glaise-An-Gaba). Irish, Scottish; Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Michael Cooney reports this tune has been cited as a relative of the famous American hoe-down "Turkey in the Straw." Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’ Gatherer, 1987; pg. 41. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 318, pg. 157. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 184. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1648, pg. 306. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 870, pg. 150.

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T:Glasgow Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 870

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

{c}BA|GDB,D G2 GB|AGAB {d}c2 BA|Ggfg edcB|{d}c2A2 A2BA|

GDB,D G2 GB|AGAB {d}c2 BA|Ggfe dcBA|B2G2G2:|

|:Bc|dgfg edcB|cBce dcBA|Ggfg edcB|{d}c2A2 A2Bc|

dBBd ecce|fdef {a}g2 fe|dgfe dcBA|B2G2G2:|

         


GLASGOW LADYS. AKA and see “Countess of Sutherland [1].” Scottish, Reel. Perhaps "Glasgow Lasses"?  John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 3).

         

GLASGOW LASSES [1], THE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Gow, Surenne): AABB' (Athole). "Old" (Gow). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 49). Glasgow is Gaelic for ‘green hollow.’ Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 422. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 28. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 219. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 113.

X:1

T:Glasgow Lasses  [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection   (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C|F>GFA cAAf|FGFA BGGA|FGFA cAAc|dfeg af~f:|

|:f/g/|a>gfc Ac cf/g/|agfc eg gf/g/|1 agfc d/e/f cA|B/c/d GB AFF:|2 a>fg>e fcfA|B/c/d GB AFF||

 

GLASGOW LASSES [2]. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A relatively close variation of version #1 in the second strain. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 511.

 

GLASGOW LASSES [3], THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: Patrick MacDowell 1799‑1870, distinguished sculptor and collector of Irish music who "drew his stores from every part of the country" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 545, pg. 290.

                   

GLASGOW REEL, THE. AKA and see “Tam Lin.”

                             

GLASIS HORNPIPE. English, (Old) Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. The melody appears in Walsh’s third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jiggs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc.) published around the year 1740.

X:1

T:Glasis Hornpipe

B: Walsh

M:3/2

L:1/8

K:D

d3 B ABAG F2 A2| G2 B2 =cBAG F2 A2| d3 B ABAG cBcA| d3 B ABAG F2 D2::\

G2 B2 =cBAG F2 A2| B2 G2 gfed c2 A2|d2 f2 gfed cdec |A2 d2 cdecd2 D2 ::\

f3 g fgaf b2 B2 | g3 f gfed c2 A2| d3 f gfed cdec|A2 d2 cdec d2 D2::\

fedf edce dcBd| d2 ef gfed c2 A2| abag fagf egfe| fedf edce d2 D2::\

BAGB AGFA F2 D2 | d2 ef gfed c2 A2 | d2 b2 c2 a2 B2 g2|bagf efga f2 d2::\

A,B,CD DEFD E2 A,2| B2 G2 gfed c2 A2| dfbf gbge dfad| A2 d2 cdec d2 D2:|

                             

GLASS BOWL, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 76.

                   

GLASS MHEUR.  Scottish. A favorite tune in the late 18th century. Emmerson (1972) reports that in 1785, at the Exhibition of Martial Music held in Dunn’s Assembly Rooms, that twenty-four pipers played the tune (along with “Failte a’ Phrionsai” and “Grim Donald’s Sweetheart;” all long-standing favorites).

                             

GLASS OF BEER, THE. AKA and see “John Stenson’s No. 2,” “Listowel Lasses,” “McFadden’s [2].” Irish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Mulvihill): AABB (Mallinson). A well-known traditional session tune, perhaps composed by John McFadden, an Irish traditional musician in Chicago and a contemporary and source of Captain Francis O’Neill. O’Neill’s “Pick Your Partner” is a similar tune supplied by McFadden. Sources for notated versions: flute player Cathal McConnell [Bulmer & Sharpley]; Bridge Céilí Band [Mulvihill]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1986; No. 168. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 3. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 61, pg. 27. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 207, pg. 56 (appears as untitled reel). “Chieftains 9.” Gael Linn CEF 103, Frankie Gavin - “Up and Away.” Green Linnett SIF1040, Touchstone - “The New Land.” Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992). Ossian 39, Oisin - “Over the Moor to Maggie.”

X:1

T:Glass of Beer, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:Bmin

|:fB~B2 fBaB|fB~B2 e2de|fB~B2 ~f3e|1 dfaf e2de:|2 dfaf ~e3c\

|:~d3e ~f3e|defd edBA|~d3e ~f3e|1 dfaf ~e3c:|2 dfaf edba||\

fB~B2 fBaB|fB~B2 e2de|fB~B2 ~f3e|dfaf e2de|\

fB~B2 bBaB|fBeB fede|fB~B2 ~f3e|dfaf e4||

X:2

T:Glass of Beer

L:1/8

M:C|

B:Mulvihill - 1st Collection (207)

S:Bridge Ceili Band

K:Emin

de|f~B3 fBaB|f~B3 e2 de|f~B3 fgfe|dfaf e2 de|

f~B3 fBaB|f~B3 e2 de|f~B3 fgfe|dfafe2 dB||

d3e fgfe|d2 fd eA (3cBA|dcde|fgfe|dfaf e2 dB|

d3e fgfe|defd eA (3cBA|d3e fgfe|dfaf e2 de||

 

GLASS OF POTHEEN, A. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Potheen, or 'poteen', is an alcoholic beverage distilled from potatoes, usually locally, in stills. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 243, pg. 27.

X:1

T:Glass of Potheen, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 243

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e | dBB AGA | GAG GAB | dBB BAB | Bee efg | dBB AGA | GAG GAB | dBB BAB | Bee e2 :|

|: f | g2g faf | ded def | g2g faf | efe e2f | g2g faf | ded def | gfe dBA | Bee e2 :|

 


GLASSA HOUSE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. From Issac Cooper's 1783 collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 7.

X:1

T:Glassa House

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d>fe>c d>BA>F|G>BA>F E/E/E E2|d>fe>c d>AF>A|G>dc>e d/d/d d2:|

|:d>fa>f g>ec>A|d>BA>F E/E/E E2|1 d/e/f/g/ a>fg>ec>A|B>dc>e d/d/d d2:|2

F>AG>B A>dc>e|d>BA>F D/D/D D2||

                   

GLASSDRUMMOND MARCH. Irish, March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 82.

                   

GLASSLOUGH REEL, THE (Ríl an Ghlaslocha). Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: the mid-20th century collection of schoolteacher and fiddler Michael “Master” McDermott (Carrickmore, southern County Tyrone), who got his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 160, pg. 76.

 

GLASTERTOWN’S DOWNFALL. AKA and see “The Castle Street Reel,” “Rakish Paddy.”

 

GLAUNTAUNE, THE. AKA and see “The Frisco Hornpipe.”

 

GLEAD NA h-OIDCE AREIR. AKA and see "Last Night's Fun."

 

GLEANN AN FRAOIC. AKA and see "The Heather Glen."

 

GLEANN AN OIR. AKA and see "The Golden Vale."

 

GLEANN AN TUAIRÍN GHAIRBH. AKA and see "Tureengarbh Glen."

 

GLEANN CHOLM CILLE. AKA and see "Glencolmcille."

 

GLEANN COISE BINNE [1] (The Melodious Foot of the Glen). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Roche Collection, 1983, Vol. 1; No. 191, pg. 73.

 

GLEANN CLOISE BINNE [2] (The Melodious Foot of the Glen). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Roche Collection, 1983, Vol. 3; No. 86, pg. 26.

 

GLEANN EOGHAIN. AKA and see "Glen Owen," “Haye’s Fancy,” "The Celebrated Opera Reel," “Doon Reel [3]." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian/G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Breathnach (1976) finds the tune under the title “The Celebrated Opera Reel” in a manuscript from Tipperary. Paul de Grae remarks the tune can be found in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) as “The Chorus Jig,” and is related to “The Chorus Reel” family of tunes (also including “The Glen Road to Carrick” and “On the Road”). Another Slaibh Luachra title is “Quinn’s Reel,” says Paul, “one of several of that title named for the Cordal flute player John Quinn, from whom (fiddler) Pádraig O’Keeffe got much music.” Source for notated version: fiddler Denis Murphy, 1967 (Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, Ireland), who had the tune from his mentor, Pádraig O’Keeffe [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 154, pg. 82.

See also listings at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

GLEANN MOR NA H-ALBAINN. AKA and see "The Great Glen of Scotland."

 

GLEANNA MAIGE-EO. AKA and see "The Glens of Mayo."

 

GLEANNTA EATHARLAI. AKA and see "The Glens of Aherlow."

 

GLEANNTÁN (SLIDE). AKA and see “Denis Murphy’s Slide [1],” “The Dark Girl (Dressed) in Blue [4],” “The Girl in the Dress,” “Julia Clifford’s Slide [1],” “Napoleon Crossing the Alps [2]," “Pádraig O’Keeffe’s Slide [1].” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is associated with the village of Gleanntán, Sliabh Lucahra, County Kerry. See also the related “Flax in Bloom” family of tunes as well as the first part of the English tune “Lily White.” See also the 2nd part of “The Marquis of Huntly’s Highland Fling [1],” nearly identical with the first part of the slide. Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 289, pg. 93.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Gleanntán

L:1/8

M:12/8

R:Slide

K:D Major

A2 D FED F2A A2 f|g2 e f2 d B2 c dcB|A2 D FED F2A A2 f|1 a2 f efe d3 dcB:|2 a2 f efe d3 d2 A|

:d2 e f3 gfe f3|gfe fed B2 c dcB|d2 e f3 gfe f2 g|1 a2 f efe d3 d2 A:|2 a2 f efe d3 dcB|

 

GLEANNTÁN FROLICS [1], THE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra regin of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 192, pg. 111. RTE CD174, “The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Padraig O’Keeffe.”

 

GLEANNTÁN FROLICS [2]. AKA and see “The Ceanngulla Slide.” Spin CD 1001, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - “The Smoky Chimney” (1996).

X:1

T:Gleanntán Frolics

M:12/8

L:1/8

R:slide

D:The Smoky Chimney, track 1(b)

K:D

ABA AFA d2 A d2 A|def g2 e fed B2 A|

d2 B AFA d2 c d2 e|1f2 b afd e3 d2 B:|2f2 b afd e3 def||

gfg b2 g fef a2 f|e2 f a2 f efd B2 A|

d2 B AFA d2 c d2 e|1f2 b afd e3 def:|2f2 b afd e3 d3||

 

GLEANNTÁN NA SAMHAIRCÍNÍ. AKA and see “The Primrose Glen.”

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [1], THE.  AKA – “Glountane Reel.” AKA and see “Glentown,” “O’Keeffe’s Dream.” Irish, Reel. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4; 31.

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [2], THE. AKA and see “Donal a’ Clumper’s Reel.” Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Ceol, vol. 2, No. 4 (appears as “Donal a’ Clumper’s Reel”). Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 207, pgs. 119-120.

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [3], THE (Ríl an Ghleanntáin).  AKA – “Glountane Reel.” AKA and see “Bridie’s Joy,” Denis Murphy’s (Reel) [2],” “London Tower,” “Tom Billy’s Reel [2].” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: fiddler Denis Murphy, 1966 (County Kerry) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 122, pg. 63. Claddagh CC47, Ronan & Tierna Browne - “The South West Wind” (appears as “Bridie’s Joy”). CE EC 001, Eamonn Cotter – “Traditional Music from County Clare” (appears as “Bridie’s Joy”). Kells Music KM-9512, O’Sullivan, Harrington & de Grae – “The Smoky Chimney” (appears as “Denis Murphy’s”).

X:1

T:Gleanntan Reel [3]

T:Glountain Reel

M:4/4
L:1/8

R:Reel

S:CRÉ V, No. 122  (1999)

K:D

D2 FA d2 AF | GFEF GFEF | D2 FA dfed | 93Bcd eg fd d2 :|

f4 {g}fedc | (3Bcd Ad BdAd | fded fded | ABde fd d2 |

fdeg fded | BdAd (3Bcd AB | d2 ef {g}gfge | a2 ag fd d2 ||

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [4], THE.  AKA and see “Humours of Scartaglen,” “The New Post Office,” “Tom Billy’s Reel [2].” Irish, Reel. No relation to “Gleanntan Reel [3].”

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [5], THE.  AKA and see “Pat Tuoh(e)y’s Reel,” “Patsy Touhey’s (Reel) [2].”

 

GLEBE, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. C Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 16.

 

GLEN (HORNPIPE), THE (Crannciuil An Feoran). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago cleric Father James K. Fielding, a flute player originally from Kilkenny. Fielding was a member of the Irish Music Club with his friend Francis O’Neill, and was a Gaelic-League activist [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 191. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1673, pg. 311.

X:1

T:Glen, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1673

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3ABc | {e}d>cd>f A>BA>G | F>Ad>f a2 g>f | (3gbg e>g (3faf d>f |

(3ege c>e d>cB>c | {e}d>cd>f A>BA>G | F>Ad>f a2 g>f |

(3gbg e>g (3faf d>f | (3ege (3ABc d2 :: Bc | d>gf>g b>gf>g |

B>dc>d g>dc>d | e>dc>d a>dc>d | e>dc>d b>gf>g | d>gf>g b>gf>g |

B>dc>d g>dc>d | e>dc>d a>dc>d | e>dc>d g2 :|

                             

GLEN ALLEN. AKA and see “Kilmaley (Reel),” “Sonny Martin.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Piper Leo Rowsome recorded the tune in 1947 as "Glenallen." Sources for notated versions: John Clancy (Bronx, N.Y.) [Mulvihill]; accordion player John Ferguson [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 1. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 104, pg. 27.

X:1

T:Glen Allen

T:Kilmaley

L:1/8

M:C|
K:G

(3DEF|G2 DG EGDE|G2 BG AGEG|A2 EA FAEA|ABcd edBA|

G2 DG EGDE|G2 BG AGEG|{d}cBcd efge|dBAc BG G2:|

|:B|~g2 dg egde|~g2 bg ageg|a2 ea faea|~a2 bg agef|

~g2 dg egde|~g2 bg aged|{d}cBcd efge|dBAc BG G2:|

                             

GLEN ALN.  English. Composed by Will Atkinson.

 

GLEN CALADH CASTLE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by Pipe Major J. Maclellan. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 13.

                             

GLEN CLUNY. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. E Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed August 26, 1942, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 31.

                             

GLEN COLUMKILL. Irish?, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Private collection, A. Kuntz (from the playing of the New England contra dance band Wild Asparagus).

 


GLEN COTTAGE POLKA [1], THE (Teachín an Ghleanna). AKA and see “Alasdair MacAlister,” “Denis Doody’s [2],” “From Billy to Jack,” “Glen Cottage Polka [2],” “The Green Cottage,” “Green cottage polka, no. 2,” “The Glin Cottage Polka [1],” “McAllister’s Fling,” “Quarry Cross,” “St. Patrick was a gentleman [2],” "St. Patrick was your patron saint.” Irish, Polka. G Minor (Sullivan): E Minor (Breathnach, Mallinson). Standard tuning. AABB (Breathnach, Sullivan): AA’BB’ (Mallinson). Breathnach gives another version as an untitled tune in his Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. 2, No. 130. See also the related strathspey “Alasdair MacAlister.” Source for notated version: fiddler Seamus Creagh (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach, CRÉ vol. 3, 1985; No. 72, pg. 36. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 1, pg. 1. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 22, pg. 9. Gael‑Linn Records CEF 069, Kevin Burke, Seamus Creagh & Sean Keane ‑ "An Fhidil II" (1980).

 

GLEN COTTAGE POLKA [2], THE (Teachín an Ghleanna). AKA and see “As I went out upon the ice,” “Glin Cottage Polka [2],”  Green cottage no. 2,” “Johnny O’Leary’s [1].” Irish, Polka. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Mallinson): AA'BB (Breathnach). Source for notated version: fiddler Seamus Creagh (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach, CRÉ vol. 3, 1985; No. 78, pg. 37. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 2, pg. 1. Gael‑Linn CEF 069, Kevin Burke, Seamus Creagh & Sean Keane ‑ "An Fhidil II" (1980).

 

GLEN FIDDICH. See “Glenfiddich.”

 

GLEN FIDDLER, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988), named after a reputedly great fiddler who lived near a glen in Cavan who Reavy heard of but never met. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 22, pg. 23.

X:1

T:The Glen Fiddler

M:2/2/

L:1/8

C:Ed Reavy

R:Reel

N:Ed was told there lived near the edge of the

N:glen a fiddler unlike any he had ever heard. To this day he wonders

N:about that solitary fiddler and the strange tunes he played beside a

N:distant glen in Cavan. Although he never saw him play, Ed has heard

N:some of those same strange tunes in his dreams. And they have become

N:his finest compositions.

Z:Joe Reavy

K:G

DF | G2 dG BGdG | =F2 cF AFcF | G2 dG Bcd=f | ec (3cBc BGFA |

G2 dG BGdG | =F2cF AFcF | GABc (3dcB (3cBA |1 GBA=F DGG^F :|2

GBA=F DGG^f || g2 dg Bgde | =f2 a^f gfaf | g2 dg Bgdg | fd (3cBA BGGf |

g2 dg Bgde | =f a^f gfaf | gbag fagf | defd cAFA ||

 

GLEN GAIRN. See "Glengairn."

 

GLEN GRANT. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by C. Grant in honor of the disctict. The original site of the distillery that gave birth to the famous Glen Grant label was at Dandaleith, although nowadays the whiskey is distilled in Rothes. Paul Cranford says the first Cape Breton fiddler to record the tune was Bill Lamey. Not to be confused with Skinner's "Glengrant.” Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 125. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 10, No. 3, pg. 8. A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIsaac - “Close to the Floor” (1992). Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots are Showing” (2000).

 

GLEN LEAN. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 17, pg. 4.

X:1

T:Glen Lean

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 17  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c2 B>A (c<e) e2 | a>e f<e a>e f<a | c2 B>A (c<e) e>f | e<c c>A (B2 B)d :|

|: c>ea>f e<c B<A | c>ea>f e3d | c>ea>f e<c B<A |1 B>AB>c (B2 B)d :|2 B>A B>c (A2A)z ||

 

GLEN LYON [1]. AKA and see "Glenlyon's Piper." Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 14, No. 4, pg. 10. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 52.

X:1

T:Glenlyon  [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

g|eA A/A/A edBd|BG G/G/G BABd|eA A/A/A edBd|edgB A2A:|

|:g|edeg abag|dgBg dgBg|edeg abag|edgB A2A:|

 

GLEN LYON/GLENLYON [2]. AKA - "Glenlyon's Reel." Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Cranford/Holland, Gow, McGlashan, Stewart-Robertson). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 18). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 102, pg. 40. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 37 (appears as “Glen Lyon’s Reel”). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; pg. 20. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 107. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 161. Jerry Holland – “Master Cape Breton Fiddler” (1982).

X:1

T:Glenlyon [2]

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F|D/D/D d>F A3=c|B>GA>F G<E=CE|D/D/D d>F A3g|fdef d3:|

e|fdgf e=cce|fdge d3g|fdgf e=cce|afge d3e|

fdgf e=cce|fdge fdge|fdgf e=cce|f/g/a e>f d3||

 

GLEN LYON'S RANT. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The melody first appears in John and Andrew Gow’s A Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (London, c. 1795). Andrew (1760-1803) and younger brother John (1764-1826) established a publishing business in London in 1788 and were the English distributors for the Gow family musical publications. Glen Lyon is a valley of western Perth and Kinross, which carries the waters of the River Lyon eastward from Loch Lyon to River Tay. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 25. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 186.

X:1

T:Glen Lyons Rant

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d|B(GG)D B,G,GB,|CA,AG FDAc|B(GG)D B,G,DB,|CEDF GG,G,d|

(B/A/G/F/) GD B,G,DB,|CEAG FDAc|(B/c/d) GB EGCE|FDcA BGG||

d|(g/f/g/a/) gd BGdB|c<e a>g (fddf)|(g/f/g/a/) gd edcB|cAdc B(GGd)|

(g/f/g/a/) gd BGdB|c<A a>g f(dd)f|gbab gdeB|cAdc BGG||

                                   

GLEN MACISAAC’S. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Inverness, Cape Breton, fiddler Wendy MacIsaac, in honor of her brother. CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994).

                       


GLEN McCABE’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by record producer, guitar and piano player Paul MacDonald (St. Anns Bay, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 114, pg. 33.

 

GLEN MORISONE'S REELL (sic). AKA and see "The Confederacy," "Ye're Welcome Charlie Stewart." Scottish, Reel. The melody is to be found in David Young's Duke of Perth MS. (also known as the Drummond Castle MS) of 1734, where it is one of the earliest examples of dotted strathspey‑like rhythms. It was later printed in Angus Cumming's 1780 collection.

 

GLEN MORISTON (Tighearna Ghlinnemoreastuinn). Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Fraser): AABB (Kerr). "The ancient family to which this air is complementary, has been long remarkable for a race of proprietors, the most beneficent and kind to their tenantry, and hospitable in the estreme to friends or strangers. The tenantry, from the above cirumstances, have the appearence of a superior order of Highlanders, much given to pastime and song; and it is hoped their beautiful and romantic district, being now rendered the thoroughfare to the west coast by one of the finest roads in the island, will tend to the benefit of both. The editor is informed that the present proprietor has rendered smuggling an irritancy of their leases‑‑an example worthy of imitation" (Fraser). This tune is likely written by Fraser (Alburger). Glen (1891) finds a tune by this name in Cumming's collection (pg. 12). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 82, pg. 30. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 45, pg. 7. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 179.

X:1

T:Glenmoriston

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

E|D>G GF/G/ D>GB,>G|G,>G GF/G/ B>A A<B|D>G GF/G/ D<GB,<G| D>EG>A B<GG:|

B/c/|d<B g>B d>gB>b|g>d B<G B>A AB/c/|d<B g>B d<gB<G| D>EG>A B<GG B/c/|

d>Bg>B d>G B<b|G>d B<G B>A Ad/c/| B<GF<G E<GD<B,|C>E D<G B,<G,G,||

 

GLEN OF AHERLOW [1], THE. AKA and see “Dash to Portobello.” Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Composed by Seán Ryan.

 

GLEN OF AHERLOW [2], THE. AKA and see “Canny’s,” “The Crane’s Leg,” “Lafferty’s,” “Rediggan’s,” “The Woman I Ne’er Forgot.” The tune was composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985) as “Lafferty’s” (sometimes seen as “Lafferty’s Reel” or “Laverty’s Reel”) and although it is sometimes called “The Glen of Aherlow” the latter is the title of another composition of his. The alternate title “Canny’s” come from association with Paddy Canny and P.J. Hays who were the first to record the melody in the 1960’s. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3; No. 3 (appears as “Reddigan’s”). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1994; pg. 40. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 163, pg. 104. Seán Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), No. 28 (appears as “Lafferty’s”). Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 148, Mick Conneely – “Selkie” (2001). John Carty – “Last Night’s Fun.” Shanachie 76001, “An Historic Recording of Irish Traditional Music from County Clare and East Galway” (1959. Re-released in 2001). 

See also listing at: 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Glen of Aherlow, The [2]

T:Lafferty's

T:The woman I ne'er forgot

C:Sean Ryan

B:The Hidden Ireland, compiled by Brian Ryan

R:reel

M:4/4

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

L:1/8

K:Edor

B2 AF BFAF|~E3 F EDB,D|B2 AF BFAF|DFAF GE E2|

B2 AF BFAF|~E3 F EDB,A,|B,E (3EDE B,EGB|dBAF GE E2:|

|:eB (3BAB efge|fd (3dcd Adfd|eB (3BAB egfe|dBAF GE E2|

eB (3BAB efge|fd (3dcd Adfd|~B3 d (3efg fe|dBAF GE E2:|

 


GLEN OF COPSEWOOD, THE (Airidh nam badan). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. "The editor acquired this beautiful melody from his father, but cannot trace any anecdote regarding it. He, however, thinks it originated in the district of Glenmoriston, where there is a sweet spot, which still bears the Gaelic name of it, and marches with the property on which Mr. Fraser of Culduthel, so often mentioned, then lived. It certainly bears the marks of his style" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 38, pg. 13. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 28, pg. 15.

X:1

T:Glen of Copsewood, The

T:Airidh nam badan

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

(3f/e/d/|cAG/F/ F>GA/B/|c>dc cAF|A2 G/F/ GAc|d3 f2 z/(3f/2e/2d/2|

cAG/F/ F>GA/B/|c>dc cAF|A2 G/F/ GAc|d3 c2:|

|:A/B/|cdf g>fg|a2 g/f/ fdc|d>cd cdf|g3 d zf/2e/2f/2/g/2|aff gdd|fcc ~d>ef|

A2 G/F/ GAc|1 d3 f2:|2 d3 c2||

X:2

T:Airidh nan badan

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather slow”

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2, No. 28  (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G | G>CC CDE | G>AG EDC | E>DD DEG | A3c3 | G>ED C>DE |

G>AG EDC | EDD DEG | A3G2 :: G>Ac c>dc | d>ed cAc |

AGG GAc | d3c2d | ecc dAA | cGG ABc | EDD DEG | A3c3 ||

 

GLEN OGLE. AKA and see “Mrs. Johnston.” Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 5, pg. 24. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 21. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 95. Beltona 2103 (78 RPM), Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society (1936).

X:1

T:Glen Ogle

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel
S:StewartRobertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d2 (fd) B2 (ed)|cABc dAFD|d2 (fd) B2 (ed)|cABc d2d:|

e|f2 (df) gfed|cABc (dAFD)|f2 (df) gfed|cABc d2 (de)|

f2 (df) gfed|cABc dAFA|dfdf cecA|Bgec d2d||

 

GLEN ORCHY. Scottish, Pipe Jig. Composed by the late Pipe Major Donald Macleod. One famous citizen of Glenorchy was Donnachadh MacCailein, the Good Knight of Glenorchy, who was slain during to battle of Flodden in 1513. MacCailein composed a poem which mentions a local harper named Lachlann, whom he calls “MacBhratnaich bhinn” or ‘sweet voiced Galbriath.’ The knight-poet pokes fun at the musician because he was notorious for demanding all sorts of gifts. Lachlann also fell at Flodden field. Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie ‑ "Crosswinds" (1987).

 

GLEN OWEN. AKA and see "Gleann Eoghain."

 

GLEN REEL, THE. Irish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and compser Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 58, pg. 64.

X:1

T:The Glen Reel

M:2/2

L:1/8

C:Ed Reavy

R:reel

Z:Joe Reavy

N:Glens are not always pictures of springtime greenery. Ed remembers

N:them much as Nora did in Syngeis Shadow of the Glen- "and seeing

N:nothing but the mists rolling down the bog, and the mists again, and

N:they rolling up the bog, and hearing nothing but the wind crying out

N:in the bits of broken trees left from the great storm, and the streams

N:roaring with the rain." Ireland is the terrible beauty of the dark glen

N:in the depth of its wild wind and storm.

K:Bb

GF ||: DGGA B2 AG | Agfd cAGF | DGGA B2 AG | AdcA AGGF |

DGGA (3BcB AG | Agfd cAGF | DGGA B2 AG |1 AdcA AGGF :|2

AdcA AGG^f || gbag fdd=e | (3ff=e fd cAGA | gbag fdd^c | dg^fa gfga |

(3bag (3ag^f gfd_e | (3=ff=e fd cAGF | DGGA B2 AG |1 AdcA AGG^f |2  AdcA AGGF||

 

GLEN RINNES. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Source for notated version: Cape Breton fiddler Winston ‘Scotty’ Fitzgerald via Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 39, pg. 12. Rounder Records, “Jerry Holland” (1976).

 

GLEN ROAD TO CARRICK, THE  (Bóthair an Ghleanna go dtí an Charraig). AKA and see “The Chorus Reel,” "On the Road [2]," “On the Road from Glen to Carrick.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, Donegal. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AA’BCDE (Armagh Pipers): ABCCDE (Breathnach): ABB’CDEE’ (Feldman & O’Doherty). A popular reel in County Donegal. According to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (1994) lore has it that Donegal fiddler John Doherty associated the naming of the tune to his uncles from the McConnell family who were travelling tinkers. The tune is based on the “Chorus Reel” (AKA “Chorus Jig,” a reel despite the title) and is said to have had additional parts added by John Mhosai Mac Fionnlaigh. Elsewhere in his work Mac Aoidh states that composition has been credited to John Mhosai (Mac Fhionnlaioch), born c. 1840's. The alternate title is said to commemorate the location of his family home. Paddy Cronin recorded the tune on a 78 RPM under the title “Doon Reel No. 2.” See also the related “Doon Reel [3]” and the “Kilfenora Jig [1].” Sources for notated versions: fiddler John Doherty (County Donegal, Ireland) [Breathnach, Bulmer & Sharpley transcribed from the Comhaltas LP]; fiddlers Francie and Mickey Byrne (County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty]. Armagh Piper’s Club (Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 13, pg. 8. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 182, pg. 82. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3, No. 28. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 167 (appears as “On the Road”). Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CL10, "Johnny Doherty" (1975). Nimbus NI 5320, Seamus Glackin - “Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal” (1991). Claddagh CC 44, Francie Byrne - "The Brass Fiddle." Gael-Linn CEF 140, Seamus & Kevin Glackin - " Na Saighneáin/Northern Lights." Ossian OSS 90, Seamus Creagh – “Came the Dawn.” Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin & Robbie Hannan – “The Whirlwind” (1995). Seamus Glackin – “An Fhidil, vol. 1.”

X:1

T:Glen Road to Carrick, The

B:Play 50 Reels, Armagh Pipers Club 1982, Brian and Eithne Vallely

R:reel

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

AD (3DDD AGFG|AD (3DDD BGBd|AD (3DDD AGFA|

1 GE=CE G2 Bd :|2 GE=CE G2 FE ||

D2 dA F2 AF|D2 dF AdAF|D2 dA F2 AF|GE=CE GBGE|

D2 dA F2 AF|Ddcd A2 Bc|(3dcB cA BGAF|GE=CE G2 eg ||

fd (3ddd Adcd|fdfg abag|fddf Adfd|edef g2 ag|

fddf Addg|fdfg abag|fddf Adfd|edef gbag ||

(3fgf ec dABG|FADF A2 Bc|(3dcB cA BGAF|GE=CE G2 gb|

fdec dABG|FADF A2 Bc|(3dcB cA BGAF|GE=CE GABc ||

dD (3DDD AD (3DDD|dD (3DDD A2 Bc|

dD (3DDD ADEF|GE=CE G2 Bc|

dD (3DDD AD (3DDD|dD (3DDD A2 Bc|

(3dcB (3cBA BGAF|GE=CE G4 ||

X:2

T:Glen Road to Carrick, The

S:Paul O'Shaughnessy

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de

M:C|

L:1/8

K:DMix

FD (3DDD FDGD|FD (3DDD EFGE|FD (3DDD FDEF|G2BG EFGE:|\

A3d (3BdB AF|DFAF EFGE|A3d (3BdB AF|GABG EFGE|\

A3d (3BdB AF|DFAF EFGB|Ad^cd AdAF|ED^CD EFDg|]

|:fd (3ddd fdgd|fd (3ddd ^cdeg|fd (3ddd fdef|1gfgb efga:|2g2bg egfe:|\

d2ad bdad|dfaf egfe|d2ad bdad|gabg egfe|\

d2ad bdad|dfaf egfe|dfa^g bgaf|gabg egfe|]\

d2AG FD (3DDD|FDAD FA (3AAA|A3d (3BdB AF|1 ED^CD EFGA:|2 ED^CD EFDG|]

 

GLEN TILT LODGE. AKA and see “Ca’ the Wethers to the Hill,” “Glentilt.” Scottish, Canadian; Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Dunlay): AABB’ (Kerr). A double-tonic tune. The melody appears as “Duke of Athol’s Forest Lodge, Glen Tilt” in Alexander McGlashan’s A Collection of Reels (1786). Glen Tilt is in Perthshire, Scotland, visited in 1564 by Queen Mary who attended a deer drive there while at Blair Castle at Atholl. Source for notated version: John Campbell (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 26, pg. 5. DMP 6-27-1, Doug MacPhee (appears as “Traditional Strathspey” in Program II).

X:1

T:Glen Tilt Lodge

M:C|
L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 26  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

B|Aaae feae|faac BcdB|Aaae feae|(f/g/a) ec (B2A):|

|:B|cAAe A/A/A e2|dfec BcdB|1 cAAe A/A/A e2|dfec (B2A):|2 eaga faea|dbca (B2A)||

 

GLEN WHERE MY LOVE IS, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'CC'D. A pipe tune from (Pipe Major William) Ross's collection (Skye, 1885). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 11.

X:1

T:Glen where my love is, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Pipe Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection   (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

a|e2 d<e f2 d<f|e2 d<e A<AcA|e2 d<e f2 d<f|d2 =Gd BG B:|

e>dec ABcd|eaec A<A c2|1 e>dec A<AcA|BcdB =G<G B2:|2 defd cdec|

BcdB =G<G B2||A<A cA cAcA|A<A cAcA c2|1 A<A cA cAcA|B=GGG BG B2:|2

defd cdeB|BcdB =G<G B2||eaga eAcA|eaga eA c2|eaga eAcA|B=GGG BG B2|

eaga eAcA|eaga cA g2|afge fdec|d=GGG BG B2||

 

GLEN WHERE THE DEER IS.  Scottish, Pipe Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A pipe tune from (Pipe Major William) Ross’s collection (Skye, 1885). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 112, pg. 43. Greentrax CDTRAX 073, Hamish Moore (with Jerry Holland) – “Stepping on the Bridge” (). Green Linnet GLCD 1226, Tannahill Weavers – “Arnish Light” (2003).

 

GLENAVON FOREST. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 189, pg. 65.

 

GLENBEIGH HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Ballybunnion Hop,” “Curlew Hills (Polka),” “James Gannon’s Barn Dance [1],” “McDermott’s Barndance,” “McDermott’s Hornpipe,” “Morrison’s Polka.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The “Glenbeigh Hornpipe” title comes from the group De Danann, while the “Curlew Hills” title is from James Morrison’s 1935 recording. Music historian and fiddler Philippe Varlet believes the “Glenbeigh” title may have come from Charlie Piggott, then the banjo player with the group, who is a native of Cobh, County Cork. “McDermott’s Barndance” is the name on fiddler Paddy Killoran’s 1931 record (in duet with another fiddler, Paddy Sweeney), and Limerick flute player Paddy Taylor (1969, on “The Boy in the Gap”) called it “Morrison’s Polka.” The “Ballybunnion Hop” title is a barndance setting of the tune from concertina player Gearoid O hAllmhurain, and Kerry fiddler Máire O'Keeffe also refers to this tune as a Donegal barndance (even though Ballybunnion is in north Kerry). Despite the confusion of hornpipe-polka-barndance titles, the tune is correctly categorized a barndance. County Sligo/New York fiddler Michael Coleman recorded the tune as “James Gannon’s Barn Dance” in 1927 (both Morrison and Coleman had lessons from fiddler James Gannon in South County Sligo). Glenbeigh is in south County Kerry. See also “Linehope Lope,” “Bielby’s Hornpipe” and “Military Schottische” for versions in Britain and the United States. Source for notated version: De Danann (Ireland) [Sullivan]. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 26, pg. 10. John Brosnan – “The Cook in the Kitchen” (apparently miss-labeled as “The Chaffpool Post,” which Varlet believes came about because the two tunes were paired together on a 1976 John and James Kelly album).

X:1

T:Glenbeigh Hornpipe

M:4/4

L:1/8

N:This is really a barn dance.

N:“Hornpipe” noted above only to get the right lilt.

D:John & James Kelly

Z:Lorna LaVerne

K:G

(3DEF | GABc dg(3fga | g2B2 d3B | ceAB c2cA | BdGA BcBA |

GABc dg(3fga | g2B2 d3B | ceAB cAFG |1 AGGF G2 (3DEF :|2 AGGF GA (3Bc^c||

|:d2b2 c2a2 | Bggf gdBG | FGAB cAFA | GFGA BA(3Bc^c |

d2b2 c2a2 | Bggf gdBG | FGAB cAFG |1 AGGF GA(3Bc^c:|2 AGGF G2||

 

GLENBUCHET'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. The melody appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (1734) in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle. It is inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant."

 


GLENBUCKET CASTLE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Glenbucket Castle, or Glenbucket, was built in 1590 by John Gordone and Helen Carnagie on land between the Water of Bucket and the Don rivers. It was confiscated by the crown in 1745 due to Brigadier General Gordon’s involvement in the Jacobite uprising of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

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Glenbucket Castle. Copyright © 1997-1999 C.Garner & P.Wright (www.darkisle.com)

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Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 72, pg. 25.

 

GLENBUCKET LODGE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 174, pg. 60.

 

GLENBUCKET’S BREEKS. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Gow (1817) notes: “Supposed to have been Composed when it was rare to see Breeches worn in the Highlands.” Source for notated version: “Communicated by Mr. McLeod of Rasay,” who gave several tunes to Gow for his collections [Gow]. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 32.

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T:Glenbucket’s Breeks

M:C

L:1/8
R:Strathspey

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

C | E<G ~G>E G/G/G G2 | c>dec d/d/d d2 | E(GG)g egde | (d/B/A/B/) cE C/C/C C :|

E | (G/F/E/D/) C>E GEcE | GEce d/d/d d>g | (a/g/f/e/) cg ecgc | f<a g>f c/c/c cg |

a>egd ecge | f<a g>f dDDF | E(GG>)g egde | (c/B/A/B/) cE C/C/C C ||

 

GLENBURNIE RANT. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Gow, Kerr): AABB' (Athole). "Very Old” (Gow). Glenburnie is a small hamlet in Fife. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 258. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 32. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 4, No. 4, pg. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 246.

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T:Glenburney Rant, The

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

F|E/E/E BE G2 BE|A>BA>G F<D D<F|E/E/E BE G2 Bd|efe^d e2E:|

|:E(ee)f g2 f>e|defg afdf|1 edef g2 fe|efe^d e2E:|2 g2 bg f2 af|efe^d e2E||

           

GLENCOE [1]. Scottish, "Dirge." E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner after visiting the village in one of the lovliest glens in the Highlands; from his Harp and Claymore collection. Glencoe pass is the scene of the infamous Massacre of Glencoe, in which the MacDonalds were slaughtered by the Campbells to whom they had been hosts (see note for “Massacre of Glencoe”). 

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Glencoe village, Loch Leven and the Ardgour Hills from the Aonach Dubh.

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Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 42. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 147.

X:1

T:Glencoe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slowly and hopelessly”

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore  (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

E>G | (B4G2) E>G | (B4G2) (e>c) | .B2.G2.E2 {F/E/}D.E | (G4F2) (E>G) |

(B4G2) (E>G) | (B4e2).c2 | B2E2 {E}G2F2 | E6 (G>{B}A) | (G4d2) (G>{B}A) |

(G4e2)G2 | .=A2 e2.G2.A2 | B6 (E>G) | (B4G2) (E>G) | (B4e2).c2 |B2E2 {F/E/D/E/}G2F2 | E6 ||

 

GLENCOE [2]. Canadian, March (2/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Editor John Donald Cameron remarks that the tune is “internationally played.” Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 24.

 

GLENCOE [3]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From R. Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 677, pg. 170.

X:1

T:Glencoe [3]

M:3/4
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 677

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>A | G2 G2 AB | D2D2E2 | G2G2A2 | B4 GA | B^c d2e2 | =c2B2AG | B2E2F2 | E4 ||

           

GLENCOE BRIDGE MARCH. Canadian, March (cut time). Canada Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Source for notated version: Sterling Baker (b. mid-1940's, Morell, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Montague) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 180. Rounder 7001, Joe Cormier ‑ "Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton Island" (1974).

 

GLENCOE HALL, THE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). BM 91, Buddy MacMaster – “Glencoe Hall.”

 

GLENCOE MARATHON. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD’EE’. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) to commemorate the summer dances at Glencoe Mills, Cape Breton: “usually played by Buddy MacMaster, some reel sets go on as long as 20 minutes” (Cranford). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 26, pg. 8.

 

GLENCOLLINS POLKA, THE. AKA and see “Sonny Sweeney’s.”

 

GLENCOLMCILLE (Gleann Cholm Cille). AKA and see “The Fantastic Reel.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Paddy Reynolds & Andy McGann (New York) [Breathnach]; flute player Pat Meehan (b. 1960, south County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 176, pg. 80. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 106 (appears as “Unknown”). Shanachie Records 22904, Paddy Reynolds & Andy McGann ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1976).

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T:Glencolmcille

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Brian Conway  (03/06)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A,3||DCD(E {G}F)EDF|Adc(d BA)FA|BEcE dBA(F|G2) F(E D)(B,A,B,)|

DCDE {G}FEDF|Adcd BAFA|(3Bcd e(c dB)AG|(3FED EC [A,3D3](B,|

A,2 DE{G}FEDF|Adcd BAFA| BEcE dBA(F|G2) F(E D)(B,A,B,)|

DCDE {G}FEDF|Adcd BAFA|(3Bcd e(c dB)AG|(3FED EC [A,3D3]||

g|f(de)(d c)AAg|fdef gbag|fded {cd}cAAF|GBAG FDDg|(3fed ed cAAg|

fdef g2 fg|af (3gfe fded|cABc d3g|fded {cd}cAAg|fde(f g2) ag|

~f3(d c)AAF|GBAG FDDg|fded cAAg|fdef [d2g2] fg|af (3gfe fded|cABc dBAF||

 

GLENDALE.  Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton musician Dougie MacDonald, born in Queensville, Cape Breton to a family with a long generational history of fiddling. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 64, pg. 26.

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

 


GLENDALE HORNPIPE, THE. English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by Tom Carruthers. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 48.

 

GLENDALOUGH.  Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary Fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), 20.

 

GLENDARUEL HIGHLANDERS. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABC. The melody was written by Pipe Major A. Fettes for the family of MacDougall-Gillies (d. 1925), a 19th century champion piper who was a native of Glendaruel, Argyll (MacDougll-Gillies won the Oban and Inverness Gold Medals in 1884 and 1885 respectively). Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 36. Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1978).

 

GLENDA’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Composed by fiddler Carl Elliot, born in 1928 in Pleasant Hills, Nova Scotia. As a teenager Elliot played fiddle and guitar for dances in a family band, along with his mother and brother. He has resided since the late 1940’s in Ontario.  The reel is named after his daughter.

 

GLENDEVEN.  English, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed in 1993 by Allen Dodson. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 51.

 

GLENDINE. Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary Fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 41.

 

GLENDOAN FANCY, THE. AKA - “The Glendowan Fancy.” AKA and see “The Glendowan Reel,” “The Sligo Maid,” “The Sligo Maid's Lament.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 43, pg. 11.

 

GLENDOWAN FANCY, THE. AKA – “Glendoan Fancy.” See “Glendoan Fancy.”

 

GLENDOWAN REEL, THE. AKA and see “The Glendowan Fancy,” “The Sligo Maid,” “Sligo Maid’s Lament.” Irish, Reel. The Glendowan area is a mountainous region in the middle of County Donegal. The piece is known by this title among older fiddlers in the county, and still retains some currency today. “Sligo Maid” is a related tune. Source for notated version: Joe Tamoney {sic} (Donegal/USA) [O’Neill]. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (1994) explains that O’Neill’s source was a fiddler named Joe Timoney, known in Donegal as Joe Phaedar Sheain O Tiomanai, who was born and raised at Min a tSamhaidh, Fintown, Donegal, and who was the great-great-great-great-great grandson of the renowned poet Tadhg An Fhile O’Tionamai An Aighe. Timoney emigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century and arrived in San Francisco just after the great earthquake of 1906. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

 

GLENELG. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 99.

X:1

T:Glenelg

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F|D>F A<B d>B A<f|d<B d>F E2 E<F|D>F A<B d>B A<B|d<fe<f d2d:|

f/g/|a<d f>d a<dg<b|a<d a>f e2 ef/g/|a>df>d a<d g>b|a<d a>f d2 df/g/|

a<d f>d a<dg<b|a<d a>f e2 ef/g/|a>fg>e f>de>c|d>BA>F D2D||

 

GLENFIDDICH STRATHSPEY. AKA – “Glen Fiddich Strathspey.” Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’ (Perlman): AABBCCDD (Glen, Marshall). Composed by William Marshall {1748-1833} appearing earliest in his 1781 collection. Although there is a famous single-malt whisky called Glenfiddich, it is likely the tune was named after the Duke of Gordon’s hunting lodge, built between 1773/74. It was a large though rather simple structure that had a thatched roof, and Marshall would have been acquainted with it through his position as Steward of the Household for Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon. Moyra Cowie (1999) reports Alexander loved to visit this retreat by the River Fiddich, and used it for his hunting parties; it was still in good repair when Queen Victoria visited the Lodge in 1887. The building exists today although it has not been kept up and is delapidated, being used to store grouse feed. Source for notated version: Peter Chaisson, Jr. (b. 1942, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 3. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 18 and the 1781 Collection, pg. 4. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 189. Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Carl MacKenzie - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994).

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T:Glenfiddich

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1  (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c|[CEA] (c>A) e>Ac>A|E>Ac>A B2 B>c|A/A/A (c>A) e>Ac>A|F>dcB [C2A2] [CA]:|

|:f/g/|a>ef>d e>cA>g|a>e f<b g2 ef/g/|a>ef>d e<cBA|F>dcB [C2A2] [CA]:|

|:c|(A>E)(F>E) (A>E)(F>E)|D>FC>E B,2 B,2|(A>E)(F>E) (A>E)(F>E)| F>dcB [C2A2] [CA]:|

|:d|c>d e<c a<ce<c|f<de<c B2 B>d|c>d e<c f<de<c|F>dcB [C2A2] [CA]:|

 

GLENGAIRN. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 153, pg. 52.

 


GLENGARIFF. AKA and see "O'Sullivan's March." Irish, Double Jig.

 

GLENGARIFF BAY (Camus Gleann-Garb). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 177. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1611, pg. 299.

X:1

T:Glengariff Bay

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1611

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3D/E/F/ | GD GD | G/A?B/G/ A/G/F/D/ | B/G/B/d/ c/B/A/G/ | GD GD |

G/A/B/G/ A/F/D/c/ | B/A/B/c/ d/B/A/B/ | GG/G/ G :: d/c/ | B/G/B/d/ g/f/g/a/ |

B/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/ | e/f/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ | c/B/A/G/ F/A/d/F/ | GD GD |

G/A/B/G/ A/F/D/c/ | G/A/B/G/ A/F/D/c/ | B/A/B/c/ d/B/A/B/ | GG/G/ G :|

 

GLENGARIFF HORNPIPE (Crannciuil Gleann-Garb). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 851, pg. 147.

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T:Glengariff Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 851

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3DEF|G2D2G2D2|GABG AGFD|BGBd cBAG|E2A2 AcBA|

G2D2G2D2|GABG AFDc|BABc dBAB|G2 GG G2:|

|:dc|BGBd gfga|bagf gfed|efgf edcB|cBAG FAdF|G2D2G2D2|

GABG AFDc|BABc dBAB|G2 GG G2:|

 

GLENGARRY [1]. AKA and see "Glengarry's Dirk," "Mac Mhic Alastair."

 

GLENGARRY [2]. Scottish, "Fling" (Strathspey). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Harding’s All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 113, pg. 36.

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T:Glengarry [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Flig

S:Harding’s All Round Collection (1905), No. 113

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f2 c>d c>d c>d|c>f a2 c>f a2|b2 g>a g>a g>a|g>fe>f g>e cz:|

|:(a>f) f2 c>fA>c|F>Ac>f (e>g) g2| (a>f) f2 c>fA>c|F>Ac>f g<e fz:|

 


GLENGARRY'S DIRK. AKA ‑ "Mac mhic Alastair," "Biodag Dho'ill 'ic Alasdair," "Glengarry [1]." Scottish, Strathspey. A Major (Scottish versions‑Athole, Fraser, Kerr, Neil): C Major (Cape Breton/PEI-Cranford, Perlman): D Major (Martin). Standard tuning. AB (Fraser): AAB (Athole, Cranford, Kerr, Martin, Perlman). The tune is known in Gaelic as “Biodag Dhòmhnaill ‘ic Alasdaiar” (Alasdair’s son Donald’s wee knife), and is also a popular pipe tune. "Glengarry's family have always been celebrated for supporting the dignity of a Highland chief, and for keeping up a retinue of minstrels; hence the tendency of minstrels to celebrate their patrons. Glengarry's late piper, his blind bard and minstrel, and Neil Kennedy, his late fox‑hunter, have all been listened to with much pleasure by competent judges" (Fraser). 'Mac Mhic Alastair' is the patronymic given to Glengarry, chief of the Macdonells of Glengarry. The name was derived from the 15th century son of the Lord of the Isles, named Alexander. Neil (1991) reports: "The Macdonells of Glengarry are a branch of the parent Clan Macdonald or Clan Ranald. The Macdonalds were one of the most powerful and numerous of the clans in the Highlands. From the reign of King Robert the Bruce, who conferred on them the distinction of taking up position on the right flank in battle, the Macdonalds have distinguished themselves by their courage and fighting qualities, which were in evidence over the years at battles such as Inverlochy and Sheriffmuir." Honors over the years evidently went to their heads, for the tale is told that a Macdonald chief was inadvertently misplaced from being seated at the head of the table at an important gathering; allaying the fears of those assembled, however, the canny Macdonald declared that 'Where Macdonald sits, that is the head of the table.' Cape Breton versions are generally played in C Major. The piece was recorded on a 78 RPM record by Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm. Sources for notated versions: Peter Chaisson, Sr. (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; fiddler Ian Kennedy (Fort William, Scotland) [Martin]. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 72, pg. 22. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 29, pg. 10. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 170, pg. 20. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 79. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 128, pg. 167 (appears as "Glengarry"). Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 201. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 23. WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).

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T:Biodag Dhò’ill ‘ic Alasdair

T:Glengarry’s Dirk

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E<C C>B, A,>C E<C|E<C C>c BA F2|E<C C>B, A,>CE>C|c>BA>F E<C B,2:|

C>EA>E F>EA>E|C>EA>E F>E C2|C>EA>E F>EA>E| c>B A<F E<C B,2|

C>EA>E F>EA>E|C>EA>c ecd2|c>ae>c d>Bc>A|B>GA>F E>C B,2||

 

GLENGARRY'S FOXHUNTER (Niall Brochdair). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "This air, as well as the words, are the genuine composition of Niel Kennedy, fox‑hunter to Glengarry, being his adieu to his native country on emigrating to America" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 14, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Glengarry’s Foxhunter

T:Niall Brochdair

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F|B>cB B>cd|BFE DCB,|B>cB fdc|BGG G2 (3F/G/A/|B>cB Bdf|

B,>C/D/E/ FDB,|D2 C/B,/ CDF|BGG G2::A|B>cB f2g|B>cB BGF|

B>cB f2g|fdd d2f|d>^cd g2b|f>gf fdB|c>Bc d2c|BGG G2||

 

GLENGARRY'S MARCH. AKA and see “A Sheana‑bhean bhochd” (Poor Old Woman). Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 417, pg. 46.

X:1

T:Glengarry’s March

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 417  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(e/d/) | cAA (B/c/) | dBB (e/d/) | cAA (B/c/) | d/c/B/A/ =Ge/d/ | cAA (B/c/) |

dBB (e/d/) | cA/c/ B=G/B/ | (A2A) :| (e/d/) | cee=g | B/=G/B/c/ d(c/B/) | ce e(f/g/) |

a/g/f/e/ a(e/d/) | cee=g | B/=G/B/c/ d(e/d/) | cA/c/ B=G/B/ | (A2A) e/d/ | cee=g |

B/=G/B/c/ .d(c/B/) | cee (f/g/) | a/g/f/e/ a(e/d/) | cee=g | B/=G/B/c/ d(e/d/) |

cA/c/ B=G/B/ | (A2A) ||

 

GLENGARRY'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in Angus Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 18).

 

GLENGESH, THE. AKA and see “The Black Swan,” “Doctor Peter’s,” “Minnie Foster’s Clog.” Irish, Hornpipe. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A popular hornpipe in County Donegal.

X: 1

T:Glengesh Hornpipe, The

T:Dr Peter's Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

B:Northern Fiddler, P194

Z:Transcribed by Ted Hastings

K:D

{cd}cB|A<D [FA]A BG(3Bcd|A<D [FA]Ad2 cd|e<A [ce]e fd (3fga|edcB AGFG|!

A<D [FA]A BG(3Bcd|A<D [FA]Ad2 cd|e<A [ce]e faec|d2 f2 d2:|!

cd|e<A [ce]e fd (3fga|e<A ce f2 f=f|ea^gf edcB|(3ABA =GB A2 G2|!

{FG}FEFA dfaf|g2 b2 b2 ag|(3faf df (3efe ce|dfec d2:||

 

GLENGOOGLE.  Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary Fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), 42.

 

GLENGRANT. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner in honor of James Grant of Glengrant. Not to be confused with "Glen Grant", another tune altogether. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 126 (arranged by James Hunter). Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 22. Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).

 

GLENKINDIE. AKA – “Glenkindie’s Reel.” Scottish, Strathspey or Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. There is a ballad about one “Glenkindie,” a harper, who has the power to induce a whole company to sleep, save for his lady-love:

***

He harpit a fish out o saut water,

Or water out o a stane,

Or mild out o a maiden’s breast,

That bairn had never nane.

***

To his surprise, however, the charm is turned against him by his serving-man, who also happens to be smitten by the lady, and he harps his master asleep instead (Sanger & Kinnaird, Tree of Stings, 1992). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 53, pg. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 121, pg. 15. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1815; pg. 62 (appears as “Glenkindie’s Reel”).

X:1

T:Glenkindie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 121 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G,>G (GB/c/) d>G B2|d2 (e/d/c/B/) c<A A>B|G,>G (GB/c/) e>G B>d|(3efg (3dec (B<G) G2:|

|:(B<D) (DE/F/) G>D G2|E<A A>B cBAG|(3Bcd (3efg (3edc (3BAG|(3ABc (3dec (B<G)G2:|

 

GLENLIVET [1], THE. AKA and see "Minmore Schottische." Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning. AB (Hardie, Skinner): AAB (Hunter, Martin): AA'B (Alburger). The tune was composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), in honor of the famous Scotch whisky founded by George Smith, who owned an illicit still in Upper Drummin  (Skinner also composed “Colonel Smith’s Lament” in honor of a contemporary member of the family). In 1797, according to Moyra Cowie (1999), the parish of Glenlivet had some 200 stills in operation, and, along with stills in neighboring parishes, they distilled the finest malt liquor for local consumption and export. The following lines preface the melody in Skinner’s Elgin Collection:

***

Scott Skinner's made anither tune

The very dirl o't reached the moon

Till ilka lassie an' her loon

Commenced to dance fu' frisky O.

***

Another literary reference to the whisky in conjunction with fiddling was penned by R.P. Gillies, describing the effect of James Hogg, “the Ettrick Shepherd”, on Edinburgh society.  Hogg was a noted poet and a keen fiddler as well:

***

…cast utterly into the shade by an illiterate shepherd, a man

also who seemed to give himself no thought or care about

his own works, but to be engaged day after day, or rather

night after night, in scraping on the fiddle, singing his own

ballads, and, with the help of Glenlivet, making himself and

others uproariously happy.

***

Sources for notated versions: Bill Hardie (Scotland) [Hardie]; Hector MacAndrew [Martin]. Alburger, 1983; Ex. 113, pg. 189. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 74. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 132. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 143. Skinner, (The Elgin Collection). Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 8.

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

X:1

T:Glenlivet, The [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

C:J. Scott Skinner

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

{B,/4A,/4G,/4}A,>>CE>>C [DD>>]F[AA>>]F | [CE>>]Ac>>A B<B, B,>C |

(A,>CE>)C ([DD>]FA>)F | [C>E]A G<e c<A [C3A3] |

A,>>CE>>C [DD>>]F[AA>>]F | [CE>]A .d/.c/.B/.A/ B<B, B,>C |

(A,>CE>)C ([DD>]FA>)F | [CE>]A G<e c<A [C3A3] ||

g | {g}a>A c<f [e>e]Ac>A | [CE>]Ac>A B<B, B,>g | {g}a>A c<f [e>e]Ac>A |

[CE>]A G<e c<A [C>A]g | {g}a>A c<f e<A {g}a>A | e>Ac>A B<B, B,>C |

A,>>CE>>C [DD>>]F[AA>>]F | [CE>]A G<e c<A [C2A2] ||

 

GLENLIVET [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Gatherer (Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 9. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 9, pg. 24.

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

X:1
T:Glenlivet [2]
S:Kerr’s

M:C|
L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Jack Campin
K:Amin
B | A2ae cBAc | BAGB gdBG |   A2ae cBAc | BGdB cAA :|\
B | ABcd ecBA | GdBd gdBG|[1 ABcd ecBA|BGdB cAA:|\
[2 AcBd cedf|edcB cAA|]

 

GLENLIVET [3]. Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor (Walker). Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marchs & c.), 1866; No. 56, pg. 20.

 

GLENLOE. AKA and see “Groves of Mt. Talbot,” “Julia Delaney [1].” Irish, Reel. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’B. O’Neill printed the tune around the same time, titled after his sister-in-law, Julia Delaney. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 77, pgs. 41-42.

X:1

T:Glenloe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ddor

(3A/B/c/|edAG F2 DE|F2 cA dBcA|dcAG F2 Dc|1 dfec dfec:|2 dfec d3||

e|fede eagf|ecgc acec|fede fage|fdec d3e|fede fagf|ecgc acgc| fagf (3efg fe|(3fed (3edc defe||

 

GLENLYON. See "Glen Lyon."


 

GLENLYON HOUSE. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, the tune appears in his first collection, dedicated to Mrs. Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 20.

X:1

T:Glenlyon House

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(D/4E/4F/4G/4) | AFA AFA | G3 E2G | FDF dAF | E3 E2F/G/ | AFA AFA | G3 E2G |

FDF ECE | D3 D2 :| g | fdf fdf | g3 (e2g) | fdf fdf | e3 (e2g) | fdf fdf | g3 (e2g) |

fdf edc | d3d2g | fdf fdf | g3 e2g | fdf fdf | e3 e2g | fdf fdf | gfe edc | def edc | d3D2 ||

 

GLENLYON LAMENT. AKA and see "Criogal Cridhe."

 

GLENLYON'S PIPER. AKA and see "Glen Lyon." Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 186.

X:1

T:Glenlyon’s Piper

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

g | eA A/A/A (ed)Bd | BG G/G/G (BA)Bd | eA A/A/A (ed)Bd | edgB A2A :|

|: g | edeg abag | dgBg dgBg | edeg abag | edgB A2A :|

 

GLENLYON'S REEL. See "Glen Lyon [2]."

           

GLENMORE HUNT, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the related “Thomaisin O’Dea’s Reel.” Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1808) [O’Neill]. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 69. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 206.

X:1

T:Glenmore Hunt, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-10

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

GA | B2 AG "tr"E2 D2 | EAAB A2 GA | B2 AG "tr"E2 D2 | EGGA G2 A2 |

B2 AG "tr"E2 D2 | EAAB A2 GA | BABG E2 D2 | EGGA G2 ||

BA | G2 GB d2 d2 | e2 ef e3 d | gfed cBAG | B2 A2 A2 GA |

BABG "tr"E2 D2 | EAAB A2 GA | cBAG "tr"E2 D2 | EGGA G2 ||

           

GLENMORISTON. AKA and see "Glen Moriston."

 

GLENMORISONE. AKA and see "Glen Morisone."

 

GLENN GRAHAM’S JIG.  Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A modern composition by fiddler Rodney MacDonald, composed for his cousin. Glenn Graham is also a fiddler, and the cousins recorded an album together in 1997, entitled “Traditionally Rockin’”. Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

 

GLENN TOWLE. New England, Contra Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major or G Major. Standard. AABBCC. Composed by musician and caller Dudley Laufman (Canterbury, New Hampshire) in memory to a young dancer who died in his teens. Hinds remarks that the tune is used in New England for the contra dance Market Lass. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 19. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 62. F&W Records 5, Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra ‑ "Mistwold."

 

GLEANNTA EATHARLAÍ. AKA and see “The Glens of Aherlow.”

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [1], THE. AKA and see “Glentown.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra.

 

GLEANNTÁN REEL [2], THE. AKA and see “The Humours of Scartaglen,” “The New Post Office.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra.

 

GLENORA BRIDGE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major (‘A’ part) & E Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 42.

 

GLENORA FALLS. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 177, pg. 70.

 

GLENQUEY. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 28, No. 6, pg. 17. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 128.

X:1

T:Glenquey

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F|D/D/D AF ADDF|D/D/D AF BEEF|D/D/D AB defe|dBAF ADD:|

f|defg abaf|gefd eBBe|defg abaf|geag fdde|

defg abaf|gefd eBBe|dfeg afge|fbef dDD||

 

GLEN'S HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. F Major (‘A’ part) & C Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 49.

X:1

T:Glen’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor  (1898)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A>B | c>ag>f e>fg>e | f<a c2 d>cA>F | E>FG>A B>dc>B | A>cB>A G2 A>B |

c>ag>f e>fg>e | f<a c2 d>cA>F | E>FG>A B>dc>B | A2 F2 F2 :|

K:C

|: E>F | G2 G2 G>ec>B | A2 A2 A>fd>c | B>cd>e f>ed>c | (3Bcd (3cBA G2 E>F |

G2 G2 G>ec>B | A2 A2 A>fd>c | B>cd>e f>ag>f | e2 (c2 c2) :|

 

GLENS OF AHERLOW, THE (Gleannta Eatharlaí). AKA and see “The Dash to Portobello,” "Seán Ryan's Favourite." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The tune appears on Kevin Burke’s album “An Fhidil II” as “Glens of Aherlow,” although in actuality it is a Seán Ryan composition called “The Dash to Portobello.” Source for notated version: fiddler Kevin Burke (Portland Oregon/County Sligo & Clare Ireland), transcribed from “An Fhidil II” [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 174, p. 79. Gael‑Linn Records CEF 069, Kevin Burke, Seamus Creagh & Sean Keane ‑ "An Fhidil II" (1980). Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). 

 


GLENS OF MAYO, THE (Gleanna Maig-eo). Irish, Double Jig. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 66. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1078, pg. 203. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 270, p. 59.

X:1

T:Glens of Mayo, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 270

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e|dBG AGE|GAB c2e|dBG BAG | ABd e2g | dBG AGE | GBd gfe | dBG AGE | GAG G2 :|

|:B|BcB Beg|fed e2g|fed dBA| Bd^c d2B | BcB Bef| gab a2 b/a/ | gfe dBA | GEE E2:|

 

GLENSIDE COTTAGE, THE (Bóthan Thaobh an Ghleanna). AKA and see "Lovely Molly." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: fiddler Jack Connell, 1966 (Meendurragha, Ballydesmond, Co. Cork, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 296, pg. 150. Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Jackie Daly - “The Rushy Mountain” (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings).

 

GLENSWILLY. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. There was a famous battle at Glenswilly, County Donegal on June 21, 1650, when the native Irish forces under Heber McMahon, the Bishop of Clogher, were defeated and routed by a Cromwellian army. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 84, pg. 73.

 

GLENTANA. AKA and see "The Lodge of Glen‑Tana."

 

GLENTAUN.  AKA and see “Denis Murphy’s (Reel) [2],” “Martin Howley’s Reel.” Irish, Reel. A variant of “Lord MacDonald’s Reel.” GN1, Joe Thoma ‑ "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare." Dennis Murphy & Julia Clifford – “The Star Above the Garter.”

 

GLENTILT. AKA and see "Ca' the Wethers to the Hill," “Duke of Athol’s Forest Lodge, Glen Tilt,” “Glen Tilt Lodge.” Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Glentilt is the valley of the river Tilt, north of Blair Atole, in the extreme north of Perthshire, Scotland. Beginning at the confines of Aberdeenshire, it follows a northwesterly direction excepting for the last four miles, when it runs due south to Blair Atholl where it empties into the Garry. The river Tarif enters the Tilt forming picturesque falls just above the confluence. The 6th duke of Atholl (1814— 1864) attempted to close the glen to the public (probably for private use as a hunting preserve) but was successfully prevented from doing so by an early group of outdoors-lovers, the Scottish Rights of Way Society. The lower half of Glen tilt is dominated by three mountains, — Cam nan Gabhar (3,505 ft.), Ben y Gloe (3,671 ft.) and Cam Liath (3,193 ft.). Marble of good quality is occasionally quarried in the glen, and the rock formation has attracted the attention of geologists from the time of James Hutton, an early geologist who was invited to accompany the Duke of Atholl on a hunting trip. Hutton became positively appoplexic with joy at the rock specimens he found, so that some in the party thought he had discovered a vein of gold. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 4. Rounder Records , John L. MacDonald – “Formerly of Foot Cape Road: Scottish Fiddle Music in the Classic Inverness County Style” (2005).

X:1

T:Glentilt

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection   (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A(aae feae|A(aac BcdB|A(aae feae|1 faec B2A>B:|2 faec B2A>e||

cAAe A/A/A ec|dfec BcdB|cAAe A/A/A ec|dfec B2(Ae|

cAAe A/A/A ec|dfce BcdB|Aaga faec|dfec B2A2|]

 

GLENTOWN. AKA – “The Gleanntán Reel [1],” “Glountane.” AKA and see “O’Keeffe’s Dream.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. The tune was named (as “The Gleanntán Reel”) after the birthplace of Sliabh Luachra fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe. Philippe Varlet points out that the tune is a variation of “Lord MacDonald’s Reel.” It was recorded as “O’Keeffe’s Dream” by Denis Murphy on his RTE album "Denis Murphy: Music from Sliabh Luachra.” Currently a set of three reels is popular in the South-west of Ireland, recorded in various combinations by the famous Sliabh Luachra fiddlers Julia Clifford, Denis Murphy and Padraig O’Keeffe. It  consists of “Galtee Rangers,” “The Glountaine Reel” and “Callaghans,” and, says Paul de Grae, if you start "The Galtee Rangers" in a session, chances are that everyone will continue into the other two after it.”  Source for notated version: fiddler Denis Murphy (Gneeveguilla, County Kerry) [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vol. 4, No. 31.

X:1

T:The Glentown Reel

T:Glentown

T:Denis Murphy's

D:Dolores Keane & Jimmy Faulkner (as Denis Murphy's?)

B:Bulmer and Sharpley (as Glentown)

B:Dave Mallinson, 100 Evergreen Irish Tunes, a third part inserted

between the two given here

Z:Gordon Turnbull

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

DGBG AGBG | DGBG AGEG | DGBG AGAB | deed B~G3 :|

Bdd^c d2 ef | g2 fg e~A3 | Bdef gfge | dBAc B~G3 :|

X:2

T:Glountane Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Kevin Burke/Jackie Daly/Brendan Begley/and someone

Z:Barney

K:G

DG BG AG BG|DG BG AG (3GGG|DG BG AG BG|1 d2 ed BG GE:||2  d2 ed BG G2||

Bd dc d2 ef|g2 fe gB (3BBB|(3Bcd ef ~g2 ge|1 dBA=c BG GA:||2 dB A=c BGG2||

           

GLENTOWN HARBOUR.  Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler Jimmy McHugh, who won the All-Ireland fiddle title in 1955. McHugh played most of his career in Glasgow, Scotland, and composed some seventy tunes.

X:1

T:Glentown Harbour

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D

E|F2 d BAF|FEF EDB,|DFA dcd|BAF EDE|!

F2 d BAF|FEF EDE|F2 E FDB,|DED D2:||!

E|F2 E FAd|fed BAF|DFA dcd|Be^d efg|!

f3 edB|AdB AFE|F2 E FDB,|DED D2:||

 

GLENTROMIE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Marshall): AABB' (Kerr). Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). Glen Tromie was the site of the hunting lodge of Colonel George Gordon, the illegitimate child of Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon (Marshall’s employer) and a servant girl by the name of Bathia Largue. Moyra Cowie (The Life and Times of William Marshall, 1999), says that despite the illegitimacy (which took place before her marriage), Jane Maxwell, the Duke’s wife, was very fond of George. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 131, pg. 16. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; 1822 Collection, pg. 45. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 79.

X:1

T:Glentromie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection   (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e/f/|g<c e>d c2 ce/f/|g<c a>c B<dde/f/|g<c e>d c2 c/B/A/G/| A/B/c/A/ B/c/d/B/ G<c c:|

G/F/|E<cG<c E<cG<c|e>d c/d/e/c/ d<DDG/F/|E<cG<c E<g e>c|A<f d>B e<(c~c)G/F/|

E<cG<c E<cG<c|e>d c/d/e/c/| d<(DD)G/F/|E>Gc>E F>Ad>f|e/f/g/a/ g/f/e/d/ e<c ~c||

 

GLENVILLE JIG. Cape Breton, Jig. Composed by Dan R. MacDonald (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia). Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978).

 

GLENVILLE'S DIRK. Cape Breton, Reel. Rounder 7001, Joe Cormier ‑ "Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton Island" (1974).

 

GLIDE WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Kentucky. G Major ('A' part), D Major ('B' part) & C Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AABBAACC. Recorded in 1930 by the Green String Band (named for the lead fiddler of the band, A. Judson Green, who coincidentally was born near the banks of western Kentucky's Green River), who featured particularly effective fiddle harmony on the number. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 263. Morning Star 45005, Green's String Band - "Way Down South in Dixie."

 

GLIGIN OG, AN. AKA and see "The Galloping Young Thing."

 

GLIN COTTAGE POLKA [1], THE. AKA and see “Alasdair MacAlister,” “Denis Doody’s [2],” “From Billy to Jack,” “Glen Cottage Polka [1],” “Glen cottage no. 2,” “Green Cottage [2],” “McAllister’s Fling,” “St. Patrick Was a Gentleman [2].” Irish, Polka. On the Shannon shore eight miles west of Foynes, Limerick, is Glin and Glin Castle, the home of the Knight of Glin. His family (the Fitzgeralds) have retained almost uninterrupted possession of the castle for over seven hundred years. The tune appears in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection and the Harding Collection as “Alistair MacAllistair”, and as “St. Patrick Was a Gentleman” in Levey’s and Robbin’s 19th century collections. Philippe Varlet finds that Irish fiddler Patrick Gafney recorded it on a 78 RPM in 1923 as “McAllister’s Fling.” Topic 12T357, “Jackie Daly” (appears as first tune of “Glin Cottage Polkas”). Jackie Daly – “Music from Sliabh Luachra, Vol. 6.” Seamus Creagh – “An Fhidil Vol. 2.” Denis Doody – “Kerry Music.” James Kelly and Paddy O’Brien – “Spring in the Air.”

X:1

T:Glin Cottagle Polka [1]

T:Glen Cottage Polka [1]
M: 4/4

L:1/8

K:Bm
f3e |: d2B2 B3A | F2B2 B3c | d3c B2A2 | d2e2 fgfe |
d2B2 B3A | F2B2 B4 | fgfe d2c2 |1 B4 f3e :|2 B8 ||
f2b2 b3c' | b2a2 f2e2 | f2b2 b2a2 | b4 B2c2 |
d4 c4 | B2f2 f3e | f2B2 Bcde |1 f8 :|2 f4 f3e ||

 


GLIN COTTAGE POLKA [2], THE. AKA and see “As I went Out upon the Ice,” “Glen Cottage Polka [2],” “Johnny O’Leary’s [1].” Irish, Polka. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 237, pgs. 137-138. Topic 12T357, “Jackie Daly” (appears as second tune of “Glin Cottage Polkas”).

 

GLIOGAR AN MHEADAIR (The Gurgling of the Churn). AKA and see "The Old Dutch Churn," "Milk the Churn," “Humours of Bottle Hill,” “Splashing of the Churn [2],” "Two in a Gig," "A Fig for a Kiss [1],"  "Gáire na mBan." Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Breathnach (1985) had the tune from his source as an unititled melody, but found it in Petrie (Complete Collection, 1905, No. 1250) as “Gliogar an mheadair.” “The Dublin Boys,” “Dublin Streets,” “The Night of the Fun [2],” "Cailín Lasa Sál Roc," and “She is Fit for a Kiss” are all related tunes, according to Breathnach. Joyce’s “Splashing of the Churn” is not related. A song, “Gáire na mBan” (Women’s Laughter), was written to the tune by An Seabhac, “in his youth, at the time of the Rising when he was confined in prison” (Fionán Mac Coluim). Source for notated version: concertina player Mrs. Dalton (Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 101, pg. 53. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 15, pg. 6 (appears as “Milk the Churn”).

X:1

T:Milk the Churn

T:Gliogar an Mheadair

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(G2B) (E2B) (BAG) | (F2A) (D2A) (AGF) | (G2B) (E2B) (BAG) | Bcd AGF E3 :|

(g2e) (g2e) (edB) | f2d (ded) (fed) | (g2e) (g2e) edB | (dBG) (GBd) e3 |

(g2e) (g2e) (edB) | f2d (ded) (fed) | (g2e) (f2^d) (e=dB) | (BdB) (AGF) E3 ||

           

GLIOMACH, AN. See “The Lobster.”

 

GLISE DE/A SHERBROOKE, THE. AKA - "Le Reel de Sherbrooke." AKA and see "The Big Ship," “Blue Bell Polka,” “Bluebell Reel,” "Reel de Tadoussac," "Quadrille de Chez Nous." French Canadian (originally), American, England; Reel. USA; New England, Northwest. G Major. Standard. AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Miskoe & Paul). “Glidse a Sherbrooke” is the tune played for the dance La Grande Chaine, actually descriptive of a prominent dance figure that is known in the United States as ‘grand-right-and-left’. “Glise”, as fiddler Lisa Ornstein points out, is not a French language work, but is similar and may have derived from glisse, meaning to slide or glide. Sources for notated versions: transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (Concord, N.H.) who learned the tune when young in Quebec [Miskoe & Paul]; accordion player Dennis Rothrock (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]; Laurie Andres [Silberberg]. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 2, 1954; pg. 25 (appears as "The Big Ship"). Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertory), 1983; No. 158. Miskoe & Paul (The Fiddle Tunes of Omer Marcoux), 1994; pg. 33 (appears as "Le Reel de Sherbrooke"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 145. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 51. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 85. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 72. Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, "New England Chestnuts 2" (1981). Folkways 8826, Per's Four‑‑"Jigs and Reels."

X:1

T:Glise à Sherbrooke

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

B2B2 cB ce|d2dc BA Bd|dc dB A2A2|dc dc BA GA|

B2B2 cB ce|de dc B2d2|cd cB AF DF|GB AF G2G2:|

|:g2gf ef ge|d2dc BG Bd|c2 cB AF Ac|de dc BG Bd|

ga gf ef ge|d2 dc BG Bd|cd cB A2F2|GB AF G4:|

 

GLOBE HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. B Flat major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 90. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 123.

X:1

T:Globe Hornpipe

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F/D/ | B,/D/F/B/ d/B/F/D/ | C/E/A/c/ e/c/A/F/ | B,/D/F/B/ D/F/B/d/ | (3cdc (3BAG (3FGF (3EDC |

B,/D/F/B/ d/B/F/D/ | C/E/A/c/ e/c/A/F/ | B/A/B/d/ f/e/c/A/ | BbB :: (3f/g/a/ | b/f/d/f/ g/f/d/f/ |

b/f/d/f/ g/f/d/f/ | e/d/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ | A/c/B/G/ F/e/d/c/ | B/F/G/E/ D/F/G/A/ | B/F/G/E/ df |

e/d/c/B/ A/F/G/A/ | BdB :|

 

GLOBE TROTTER. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard. AABB. "Can be used as a Clog" (Cole). Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (1970) gives the meaning of globe trotter as “a merely quantitative or spatial traveller…hence a long-distance or a frequent traveller” in colloquial usage in 1883 (the year Ryan’s Mammoth was published). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 89. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 124.

X:1

T:Globe Trotter

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

(F/E/) | D>BF>d B>fd>b | a>g^f>g e>cA>c | (3BdB F>B GecA | (BA) F2F2 (FE) | D>BF>d B>fd>b |

a>g^f>g e>cA>c | B>fd>B A>ec>A | B2b2B2 :: (cB) | A>Fc>F B>Fd>F | c>Fe>c (3BdB (3FGA |

B>AG>F E>DC>B, | A,>CF>=E F2 (f_e) | d>cB>A E2 (gf) | (ef) (3ABc F2b2 | a>gf>e d>cB>A | B2b2B2 :|

 

GLOBE TROTTER'S JIG. Canadian, Jig. C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by Maritime TV and radio fiddler Don Messer. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 155, pg. 104. Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, Vol. 6."

 

GLOIRE RODNAIG. AKA and see "Rodney's Glory [2]."

 


GLOOM ON MY SOUL, THIS (Tha m'aigne fo ghruaim). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "This air has a variety of Gealic verses to it, but those most entitled to the denomination of a poem, are Dugald Buchanan's reflections on turning up and surveying a scull, which he handles with a versatility of talent worthy of a genuine poet" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 98, pg. 38.

 

GLOOMY WINTER('S NOW AWA). AKA and see "Reverend Mr. Patrick Macdonald of Kilmore," “Lord Balgonie’s Delight,” “Lord Balgo(w)nie’s Favorite,” "Mr. Nairne's Strathspey." Scottish (originally), Canadian; Strathspey and Air. Canada, Cape Breton. A Minor (Cranford, Kerr): E Minor (Howe). Standard tuning. AAB (Cranford, Kerr): ABC (Howe). Composition of the melody was claimed by Alexander Campbell (1764‑1824) in his Albyn's Anthology (1815), who was supposed to have composed it about 1783 under the title "Strathspey, Rev. Mr. Macdonald of Kilmore." John Glen (1891) notes that there has been considerable discussion on the origin of the tune, which was inserted in Niel Gow's Fourth Collection (1800) under the title "Lord Balgonie's Delight" ('a very old Highland Tune'), and who thus has a rival claim. The antiquarian Stenhouse and Glen each researched the tune, with Stenhouse concluding it was an old one, tracing some resemblance between it and other tunes. In a collection published six years earlier than the Gow collection Glen found the melody under the title "Mr. Nairne's Strathspey" but could find no remarks on the age or antiquity of the melody. He reviewed Campbell's original music sheet and concluded that Campbell should be credited with authorship and that Gow's claim was unsupportable. In fact, the tunes origins may have been older than either source, as “Gloomy Winter” bears resemblance to “The Cordwainers’ March,” a trade tune of the shoemaker’s guild, printed by Aird some thirty years before Gow. Purser (1992) is of the opinion that Campbell should be left with the composition, and sees no particular evidence to award it to the Gows.

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Lyrics were written by the famous Scots poet Robert Tannahill, who, like Campbell died in tragic circumstances (Tannahill drowned himself while Campbell died in miserable poverty). George Farquhar Graham notes in the Appendix to his Songs of Scotland (1853) that there is a letter he found that proves Tannahill obtained his tune from Gow’s volume. In the last decade of the 20th century “Gloomy Winter” was used by English composer Michael Nyman as the theme for the movie The Piano. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 213, pg. 85. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 148. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 9, No. 1, pg. 7. Winston Fitzgerald - “House Parties and 78's.” Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey – “From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977” (2000).

X: 1
T:Gloomy Winter
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:114
C:Trad.
R:Strathspey
Z:Ian Brockbank
K:A min
AB A>G E2  | c<c c>e d>c B2  | AA A>G E<C | D<D E>^G A2 A,2 :|
C<C C>E D>C B,2 | C>B, A,>C B,<E E2 | c<c c>e d>c B>d | c>A B>G EB |
c<c g>c B>c d2 | c>B A>c B<e e2 | E>G G/2F/2E/2D/2 Ed | c>A B>G E ||

X:2

T:Gloomy Winter’s Now Awa’

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)  

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

e>ee>g ed B2 | g>gg>b a>g f2 | e<e g>e edBG | AAB^d eE E2 ||

GGGB AG F2 | G>FEG FB B2 | g>gg>b agfa | g>e g/f/e/d/ Bed2 ||

g>gd’>g fg a2 | g>feg fb b2 | B>d d/c/B/A/ Befg | g>e (g/f/)(e/d/) Be e2 ||

 

GLORIES OF SPRING, THE (Gloire Na N-Earraig). Irish, Hornpipe. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 212. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1759, pg. 327.

X:1

T:Glories of Spring, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1759

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

G,>A, | B,4 A,4 | G,>A,B,>C D>GG>A | B>GA>^F G>=FD>E |

{G}F>EF>D C>A,A,>C | (3B,B,B, B,>B (3A,A,A, A,>A, |

G,>A,B,>C D>GG>A | B>GA>^F G>=FD>E | {G}F>DC>A, G,2 :|

|: D>E | F>GF>D B,>DF>A | B2c2d2 B>c | d>^cd>e d>BG>A |

B>GA>^F G>=FD>E | F>GF>D B,>DF>A | B2c2d2 B>c |

d>^cd>e d>BG>A | B>GA>^F G2 :|

 

GLORIES OF 'THE STAR', THE. Scottish, Slow Solo Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), the tune was dedicated to Mrs. Fraser, Nairn, the proprietor of the 'Star' public house. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 65. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 182. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 51 (Appears as “Glories of a Star”). Skinner, Elgin Collection of Scotch Music, 1884.

 

GLORIOUS FAREWELL TO MILLTOWN.  AKA and see “Tap the Barrel.”

 

GLORIOUS FIRST OF AUGUST. AKA and see "First of August," "Come Jolly Bacchus," "The Tenth of June," "Frisky Jenny," "Twenty‑First of August," "The Gallant Weaver," "The Weaver's March," "Charles of Sweden." English. The title date refers to the accession of King George I, in 1714, according to Kidson.


 

GLORIOUS RETURN TO MILLTOWN, THE (An Pilleadh Galanta). AKA and see “Return to Milltown,” “Tap the Barrel,” “Tommy Peoples’ (Reel) [6].” Irish,  Ireland, County Donegal. In the repertoire of Donegal fiddler John Doherty. See note for “Return to Milltown.” Source for notated version: fiddler Tommy Peoples (Co. Donegal) who had it from John Doherty) [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, Vol. 2; No. 30 (appears as untitled tune).

 

GLORISHEARS [1]. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Major  (Karpeles, Raven): A Mixolydian (Bacon): G Major (Mallinson). Mallinson keys for the D/G melodeon. The term ‘glorishears’ is from the Cromwellian Protectorate (?), and is a condensation of “The Glorious Years.” The tune was specified for several ballads, says Paul Burgess, most title “The Glorious Years of …(regent or monarch).” Standard. AAB (Bacon): AABB, x4 (Mallinson, Raven). From the village of Bampton, Oxfordshrire, in England's Cotswolds. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 40. Karpeles (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 37. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 37, pg. 18. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 77.

X:1

T:Glorishears [1]

M:2/2

L:1/8

S:Bampton

K:A

DEF=G A2A2|B2c2d2 cd|e2 (3ABc d2c2|B3A4:|

|:d4 c3d|B2e2A4|d2 cB A2 =GF|=G2B2 E3 F/E/|DEF=G A2A2|

B2c2d2cd|e2 (3Abc d2c2|B4A4:|

 

GLORISHEARS [2]. AKA ‑ "Leapfrog" (a descriptive title from the dance). English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB, AB, AC, AC. From the village of Leafield, Oxfordshire, in England's Cotswolds. The collector Cecil Sharpe called the village Fieldtown, and dances from the village are known as Fieldtown dances in morris circles today. Sharpe collected the music for this and other dances from Leafield fiddler Frank Butler. The music bears no resemblance to the tunes used in Bledington or Headington. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 156. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 19, pg. 11. EMI/Harvest 7243 8 29861 2 6, Ashley Hutchings et al - "Son of Morris On" (1976/1994).

 

GLORISHER [3]. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. ABB. The tune is used for a leap‑frog dance from the village of Bledington, Gloucestershire, England. Cecil Sharpe, who collected the dance, called it by the descriptive term “Leapfrog” rather than its proper name. John Kirkpatrick and Neil Wayne (1976) say that the music was designed for slow capers but that the corresponding quick version of it is not known. This bit of verse is sung by the dancers during the performance:

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Why don't you make your bow, Sir?

Because he don't know how, Sir!

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A similar tune has been collected from the village of Headington. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 89. Topic TSCD458, John Kirkpatrick - “Plain Capers” (1976).

X:1

T:Glorisher

M:2/2

L:1/8

S:Bacon (MDT)

R:Reel

O:English

A:Bledington

Q:1/2=88

L:1/8

P:A

P:(AB)4

N:transposed up from Bb

K:D

A2 | d4 d3 e| d4 A4|  F2  G2  A2 B2 | A4  A4 |\

d4 d3 e |d4  A4|  F2  G2  A2 B2 | A4  A4 |\

d4 d3 e |d4  d4|  c2  d2  e2 f2 | e4 e4 |\

defe   d2 ag|f2 e2  d4 ||\

P:B

|:f2 f2 fgaf | g2 e2  e2 e2 | f2 fe d2 f2 | ed cB A4 |\

d2  cB A2 d2 | e2 d c d2 e2 | f2 ed  c2 e2 | d4 d2 :|

 


GLORY AT/IN THE MEETINGHOUSE. AKA – “Glory to the Meeting House.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Mt. Airy, N.C., Ky. D Mixolydian (Carlin/Sing Out): E Major/Mixolydian (Phillips): E Mixolydian/Dorian (Titon/Strong). Standard, EDae or ADad tunings. AABB'BB'C (Carlin/Sing Out): AA'BB'AA'B"B"' (Phillips): ABABACB’ABABA (Titon/Strong). Jeff Titon (2001) gives its provenance as the Kentucky River basin. The melody was in the repertoires of Kentucky fiddlers Luther Strong and W.H. (Bill) Stepp.  It was also collected from fiddlers Bev Baker (Luther Strong’s father-in-law) and Boyd Asher, from the same region. The EDae tuning appears to have been generally applied to the tune in the region. Strong (like Baker and Asher) recorded his version for Alan Lomax and the Library of Congress in 1937, a trip which resulted in several eastern Kentucky fiddler’s waxing their renditions (on aluminium disks!) of this tune for the musicologist. The piece is heard played either in the major or mixolydian mode, and Titon says that Strong’s version has a dorian character. His version has been so influential, that dorian versions among modern fiddlers are prominent (Jody Stecher gives a considered musical analysis in his Fiddler Magazine article). Kentucky fiddler Hiram Stamper recorded a ‘crooked’ version in the key of D minor, with three parts, and other regional fiddlers also had ‘crooked’ versions—in fact, Strong’s version is the only older one to be ‘foursquare’. These older versions started with one of the high parts first. 

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Despite what might be inferred from the title, the tune apparently has no connections with hymnody, although Titon says “the C and B’ parts suggest the excitement of ‘shouting’ (getting happy, feeling the Spirit) in a church.” According to musicologist Jeff Titon, Stamper told Bruce Greene that "Glory in the Meetinghouse" was a contest tune that he originally learned from Bev Baker, a notorious figure but an influential fiddler. Stamper also indicated the tune was known to other fiddlers at the time and that Baker had played it in the 1919 Berea fiddle contest. Luther Strong says, “I won $500 on this tune” at the end of his LC AFS field recording. The tune has similarities to the bluegrass composition “Jerusalem Ridge.” Sources for notated versions: Luther Strong (Hazard, Perry County, Ky.) [Titon]; Mark Graham (Seatle, Wash.) [Carlin/Sing Out]; Armin Barnett with the Hurricane Ridgerunners [Phillips]; Luther Strong via Jody Stecher [Fiddler Magazine]. Sing Out! ("Teach In: Clawhammer Banjo," Bob Carlin). Fiddler Magazine, vol. 14, No. 4, 2007; pg. 43.  Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 56. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 49, pg. 80. Library of Congress L2 ("Anglo-American Shanties, Lyric Songs, Dance Tunes and Spirituals") ‑ Luther Strong (orig. rec. 1937). Flying Fish 283, The Harmony Sisters – “Second Helping.” Green Linnet SIF 1122, Kevin Burke - "Open House" (1992). Marimac 9000, Dan Gellert & Shoofly ‑ "Forked Deer" (1986). Rounder CD 0139, The Hurricane Ridgerunners - “The Young Fogies.” Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorriane Lee Hammond – “Hell Up Coal Holler” (1999. Learned from Luther Strong’s recording). Yazoo CD 2014, Luther Strong - "Music of Kentucky" vol. 2. Yodel‑ay‑hee Records 002, Critton Hollow Stringband ‑ Sweet Home" (1983). Yodel-ay-hee Records 014, The New Dixie Entertainers - "Maybelle Rag."

X:1

T:Glory in the Meeting House

L:1/8

M:2/4

S:Gerry Milnes

Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz

K:D

A/B/d d/B/A/F/|A/B/d d>B|A/B/d d/B/A/G/|F/G/A/F/ D2|

A/B/d d/B/A/F/|A/B/d d>e|f/e/f/e/ d/B/A/G/|F/G/A/F/ D2:|

|:D/E/F/G/ A/B/A/G/|A/B/A/F/ DD/D/|D/E/F/G/ A/B/A/G/|F(D D2:|

“Variations” B- Part

|:d/e/f/g/ a(a|a/)g/f/e/ d/B/A/B/|d/e/f/g/ a/b/a/g/|f(d d2):|

X:2

T:Glory in the Meeting House

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

N:Transcribed by Bruce Thomson from Open House (GLCD 1122)

K:Em

E2 ef edBA|Be2f e4|E2 ef edBA|GBAG EDB,D|

E2 ef edBA|Be2f e3f|^gfed B_BAA|GBAG E4:|

|:EF^GA BdBA|^GBA^G EDB,D|EF^G2 GdBA|^GE2EE2|

EF^GA BdBA|^GBA^G EDB,D|1 EF^GA BdBA|^GE2 E E4:|2 E^GBd edBA|^GE2 EE4|]

 

GLORY OF THE NORTH. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). C Major (Chappell): F Major (Plain Brown). Standard tuning. AABB. The air appears in Musick's Recreation on the Lyra‑Viol (1652), Musick's Delight on the Cithren (1666), Elizabeth Rogers' Virginal Book, and Hawkins' Transcripts. Source for notated version: a broadsheet ballad of c. 1700 [Plain Brown]. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 323. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 25.

X:1

T:Glory of the North, The

M:C

L:1/8

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Times (1859)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c2c2 c<d e2 | d>ec>d (B2G2) | E>FG>E A>GF>E | D>ED>C C4 :|

|: c2 GE c2 GE | c2 GE D3D | E>FG>E (A>G)F>E | (D>E)D>C C4 :|

           

GLORY OF THE WEST, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The air appears in Playford's English Dancing Master (editions 1650‑86), Musick's Delight on the Cithren (1666), and Musick's Handmaid (1678). It was known to Welsh harpers as “Blodeu’r Gorllewin” (Flowers of the West). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 323‑324. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 46. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 19.

X:1

T:Glory of the West, The

L:1/8

M:C|

S:Playford – Dancing Master

K:G

GFGF E2E2|FEFE D2D2|G2 FG A2 GA|B2 FG E2E2||BABA G2 dc|

BcBA G2G2|d2 de A2A2|d2 de A2A2 e2 ef d2 de|B2AB G2G2|

d2de B2 AG|AGFE D2D2|G2 FG A2GA|B2 FG E2E2||

X:2

T:Glory of the West, The

L:1/8

M:C

S:British Harmony (1781), No. 15.

K:G

G/F/|EGEG EGF>E|DAF>E D2 DE/F/|G3 F/G/ A3 G/A/|

BBG>F E3:|

|:d|BG A/B/c/A/ BGGd|BG A/B/c/A/ BG zG|d>e dc/B/ cA zA|

d>e dc/B/ cA zA|ee ed/c/ (d/d/d) dc/B/|cBAG G3 B/c/|

d>edc B>ABc|d2 GF/E/ D2 DE/F/|G3 F/G/ A3 G/A/|BEG>F E3:|

           

GLORY ON THE BIG SPRING. Old-Time, Breakdown. County 2730, Rafe Stefanini – “Glory on the Big Spring.”

                       

GLORY REEL (Ril na Gloire). Irish, Reel. Ireland, Glencolumbkille and Kilcar area, southwest Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning. AABCC’. The title is an Englished corruption of the Gaelic “Ril na Gloar” (‘the drone-sounding reel’). A popular reel in County Donegal, given impetus from the playing of the Deargs of Kilcar; in fact, the tune has been credited to the late Francie Dearg (red-haired) Byrne of Cashel, Kilcar, Donegal. An untitled tune in Brendan Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉirreann (vol. II, No. 162) bears strong similarities to the Donegal tune. See also a related untitled tune in The Northern Fiddler (1979), pg. 76(b). Source for notated version: Francie and Mickey Byrne (Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 162 (appears as untitled reel). Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 162. Green Linnett GLCE 1137, Altan - "Island Angel" (1993. Learned from the late Francie and Micky Byrne of Kilcar, Donegal). RTE Records, Deargs of Kilcar - “The Donegal Fiddle.” Popcorn Behavior – “Journeywork” (1997). 

X:1

T:Glory Reel

M:4/4

Z:transcribed by Bill Reeder

K:G Major

|:G2 BG dGBG| G2 BG AFDF| G2 BG dGBG| c2 Bc AFDF :|

|:E6 cA| BGEB AFDF| E3 E E2cA|1 BdcB AFDF :|2 BdcB A2 ef|

|:gagf e2 ef| g2 fg ecAf| gagf eaaf|1 g2 fg ecAf:|2 g2fg ecAF||

X:2

T:Glory Reel, The

B:The Northern Fiddler, p. 162

S:Francie & Mickey Byrne

R:reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

~G2 BG dGBG|G2 BG AFDF|GBBG dGBG|(3ccc Bc AFDF:|

|:E2 [‑E2B2] [E2B2] ^cA|[EB]GEG [DA]FDF|

[E4B4] [E2B2] ^cA|1Bd^cB AFDF:|2 Bd^cB AFDf|

|:gagf edef|g2 fg e^cAf|gagf e2 af|gefd e^c A2:|

 

GLOUCESTER HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “Man from Newry,” “The Swansea Hornpipe.” English, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB. From the playing of fiddler Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955), of Upton Bishop, Herefordshire, who recorded it for Russell Wortley in 1954. The title “Gloucester Hornpipe” seems idiosyncratic to Baldwin, who called the tune “Liverpool Hornpipe” two years earlier, when BBC collector Peter Kennedy visited him. Stephen’s father, Charles Baldwin had another, different “Gloucester Hornpipe,” which was noted down in 1910 by collector Cecil Sharp. The tune appears in older tunebooks as “The Swansea Hornpipe.” O’Neill prints a version as “The Man from Newry.” The name Gloucester is derived from the Welsh who named the place Gloiu (‘bright’) and Nennius called it Caer Gloiu, meaning ‘the shining fortress’.  The presence of the Romans is evidence by the word ceaster in the name, which stuck in place of the Welsh caer (Matthews, 1972). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 156. Musical Traditions MTCD334, Stephen Baldwin – “Here’s One You’ll Like, I Think” (2005). Wild Goose WGS 320, Old Swan Band – “Swan-Upmanship” (2004). .

X:1

T:Gloucester Hornpipe, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

(3DEF | G2g2g2 dB | cBcd efge | dBGB edcB | ABcA GFED | G2g2g2 dB |

cBcd efge | dBGB ecAF | G2G2G2 |: GA | B2 BA BcdB | e2 ed efge | dBGA edcB |

ABcA GFED | B2 BA BcdB | e2 ed efge | dBGB ecAF | G2A2G2 :|

 

GLOUCESTER HORNPIPE [2].  English, Hornpipe. A different tune than “Glocester Hornpipe [1],” it was collected in 1910 by Cecil Sharp from fiddler Charles Baldwin (c. 1822-c. 1920), Stephen Baldwin’s father (see note for “Gloucester Hornpipe [1]”). The tune is a version of “Nelson’s (Hornpipe) [2].” Sharp visited Baldwin, then aged 88 and residing in the Almshouse at Newent (9 miles from Gloucester in the Forest of Dean), and noted down five tunes from him, including “Polly Put the Kettle On” and several morris pieces. Baldwin had played for the morris dancers at Clifford’s Mesne until around 1870 when the dancing stopped. For some reason, perhaps a miss-hearing of the local accent, Sharp had Charles’s first name as George [Philip Heath-Coleman in notes to Musical Traditions MTCD334]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 17. Menteith & Burgess (The Coleford Jig: Traditional Tunes from Gloucestershire), . Old Swan Band – “Still Swaning After All These Years.”

X:1

T:Gloucester Hornpipe [2]

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

AGAF G2 GA|BABG cBcA|…::dc|dcBA GFED|E2C2C2 ed|…

 

GLOUNREAGH SLIDE, THE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Gael Linn CEF176, Jackie Daly - "Many's a Wild Night" (learned from Maurice O'Keeffe, and called after his homeplace in Kiskeam).

X:1

T:The Glounreagh Slide

D:Jackie Daly, "Many's a Wild Night", track 6(c)

M:12/8

L:1/8

R:slide

Z:Paul de Grae

K:D

"A" A2 A ABc "D" d2 d def | "G" gfe "D" f2 d "Em" e2 d "G" Bcd |

"D" A2 A ABc d2 e fef |1 "A" a2 f  efe "D" d3 dcB :||

 2 "A" a2 f efe "D"d3 def ||

||: "G" g2 g gfg "D" f2 f=f^f | "Em" e2 e ede "D" fed "G" Bcd |

"D" A2 A ABc d2 e fef |1 "A" a2 f efe "D" d3 def :||

 2 "A" a2 f  efe "D" d3 d3 ||

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A (or D sometimes) / D / | G D Em G | D / D (bass F#) / |

1 A  A (bass C#) D / :|| 2 A (bass run: G F# E ) ||

||: G / D / | Em / D G | D / D (bass F#) | A A (bass C#) D / :||

 

GLOUNTANE REEL. AKA and see “Glentown.” Irish, Reel. See also listings under “Gleanntan Reel.”

 

GLOUNTANE SCHOOL.  Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by musician Terence “Cuz” Teahan, originally from County Kerry although long a resident of Boston, Massachusetts. Randy Miller (2004) notes that the tune honors the school Teahan attended in County Kerry, where music was taught to the students by noted fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 164, pg. 104.

 

GLOUNTANE SLIDE, THE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 22, pg. 133. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 22.

 

GLOUNTHAUN ARAGLIN EEVING. AKA and see "The Beautiful Little Vale of Araglin."

 

GLUGAR AN MHEADAIR. AKA and see "Gliogar an Mheadair," "Splashing of the Churn [2]."


 

GLUIGGIR A MHAIDIR. AKA and see "Gliogar an Mheadair," "The Splashing of the Churn [2]," "Milk the Churn," "The Old Dutch Churn."

 

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