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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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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]

 

 

 

GREEN APPLE QUICKSTEP. American, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by New England musician David Kaynor.

                       

GREEN BACK DOLLAR. AKA ‑ "Green Backed Dollar Bill," "Old Greenback Dollar." Old‑Time, Breakdown and Song. USA; Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma. A Major (Thede): C Major (Hartford, New Lost City Ramblers). AEae or Standard tunings. AAB. The American ‘greenback’, the one dollar bill printed by the federal government, did not make its appearance until 1861, when the first national paper money was issued. Prior to that year paper money was exclusively in script, printed by local banks and guaranteed by them for the note’s value in metal. Unfortunately, this promise of exchange was only as good as the extent one knew and trusted the solvency of any particular bank, and the farther script travelled from its source, the more its actual trade value varied. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

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Over the hill and down the holler,

All I want is a greenback dollar (x2)

Over the hill and down the holler,

All I want is a sweet little mama (x2)

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The reverse side of a 1918 dollar.

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John Hartford (2001) says that fiddler Howdy Forrester played two versions of “Greenback Dollar,” the standard form and “one (form) he said the way his people played it was ‘lengthened out’”. Forrester’s family was from Hickman County, Tennessee. Hartford says “Greenback Dollar” is “essentially an old tune called ‘Possum Up a Gum Stump [1]’.” Early Grand Ole’ Opry star Dr. Humphrey Bate recorded “Greenback Dollar” in his only Atlanta session, backed by a band that included middle-Tennessee fiddler Oscar Stone. Sources for notated versions: Pat Turney (Okpuskee County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; John Hartford [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 104. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 91. Brunswick 275 (78 RPM), 1928, Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters (Nashville, Tenn.). Columbia 15300 (78 RPM), Weems String Band. Folkways FA 2492, New Lost City Ramblers ‑ "String Band Instrumentals" (1964. Learned from the Weems String Band recording). Rounder 0436, Bill Mustain  – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 2: On the Springfield Plain.” Rounder 0442, John Hartford – “Hamilton Ironworks” (2001).

                       

GREEN BANKS OF ROSSBEIGH, THE. AKA and see "The Green Fields of Ros(s)beigh," "The Kerry Reel [1]," "The Witch of the Glen," "Pairceanna Glasa Ros Beithe." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 289, pg. 146.

X:1

T:Green Banks of Rossbeigh
M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

dc | BEE2 BAFB | ABde fded | BE E2BAFA | (3Bcd AF E2 dc | BE E2 BAFB | ABde fded |

BE E2 BAFA | (3Bcd AF FE E2 || e2 ed e2 fe | defd d2 fd | e2 ed (3efg fe | dBAF FE E2 |

g2 (3ggg gfeg | f2 (3fff fedB | ABde fded | Bdce d2 || 

 

GREEN BANKS OF THE MAIGUE, THE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: "the late R.J. O'Mulrenin of Dublin, the well‑known Irish scholar; a native of Limerick" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 196, pg. 97.

X:1

T:Green Banks of the Maigue, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather slow”

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G2|c2c2c2G2|A2G2G2E2|D2C2C2D2|E4 z2 G2|

c2c2e2 cA|G2E2G2E2|DCDE C2C2|C6||

GF|E2C2E2G2|_B2A2A2G2|F2ED C2D2|E6G2|

c2c2c2 GA|G2E2G2E2|DCDE C2C2|C4 z2||

 

GREEN BANNER [1], THE (An Bratac Glas). AKA and see “The Green Flag [1].” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 317, pg. 157. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 872, pg. 150.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Banner, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8
R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 872

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2|D>GB>G d>GB>G|e>fg>e d>BA>B|G>FG>A B>AB>G|A>BA>F G>FE>F|

D>GB>G d>GB>G|e>fg>e d>BA>B|G>Bd>g e>cA>F|G2G2G2:|

|:d2|g>be>g d>gB>e|d>Bg>e d>BA>B|G>Bd>B e>dc>B|A>GA>B A2 D>C|

B,>DG>B d2 c>B|A>Bc>d e2 g>e|d>BG>B A>GF>A|G2G2G2:|

 

GREEN BANNER [2], THE. Canadian, Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 66. 

                       

GREEN BAY HORNPIPE.  AKA and see “Bielbie’s Hornpipe,” “Curlew Hills (Polka).”

 

GREEN BED OF RUSHES, THE. AKA and see “Bunch of Green Rushes [1].” Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 55, pg. 15.

 

GREEN BLANKET, THE.  AKA and see “The Ewe Reel,” “The Red Blanket.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The tune was recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band in 1931 (paired with the east Galway version of the “Shaskeen Reel”). Breathnach found the name as “The Red Blanket.” 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. 32, pg. 10. Larraga Records MOR 1302, Mike and Mary Rafferty – “Speed 78” (2004).

 

GREEN BRANCH, THE (An Geagan Glas). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 107. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1259, pg. 237. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 529, pg. 99.

X:1

T:Green Branch, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 529

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

ge|:dGBG dGGB|dGBG AG E2|dGBG defg|1 afdf g2 fe:|2 af (3def g2 fe||

dggf gbag|fdef gfef|dggf gbag|fede fe e2|dggf gbag|fdef gedB|c2 cA BAGB|dega bg g2||

 

GREEN BRECHANS O' BRANTON, THE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Branton is a tiny farming hamlet near Alnwick, nestling at the foot of the Cheviot Hills, half an hour from the Northumbrian coast. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 176.

X:1

T:Green Brechans o’ Branton, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g|f2B BdB|e2A AcA|f2B BdB|d3g3|f2B BdB|e2A AcA|Bcd ecA|d3g2:|

|:g|fdB fdB|ecA ecA|fdB fdB|d3g3|fdB fdB|ecA ecA|Bcd ecA|d3 g2:|

 


GREEN BRIAR, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black and named for a Boston pub which hosts good Irish music sessions. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 102, pg. 53.

X:1

T: Green Briar

C: © B. Black

Q: 300

R: jig

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

K: G

D | GBA GBA | GBd efg | edB dgg | eBA GEE |

DEG DB,D | GBd efg | a2 f gdB | cAF G2 :|

A | dBd efg | aga bag | ede gfg | eBA GEE |

DEG BAB | dBd efg | a2 f gdB | cAF G2 :|

                       

GREEN BUSHES [1], THE (Na Tomanaide Glais). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Major (O’Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie): A Minor (Stanford/Petrie): A Dorian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB (O’Neill): AABB (Stanford/Petrie). There are two main melodies going by this title, which Cazden lables the "English" and "Irish" airs (though they are to some extent both found in each tradition). One, the Irish, is a member of a large tune family often used for ballads, hymns and airs, including "Rye Whiskey," "The Old Head of Denis," "Rock Island Line," and many others. Petrie notes: “See ‘The Capa danig.’” Sources for notated versions: “From P. Carew’s MS,” “From Mr. Fitzgerald,” “Co. Of Cork, from P. MacDowell, Esq.” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903; No. 331, pg. 57. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 368, 369 & 370, pg. 93.

X:1

T:Green Bushes, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 331

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

EE|A2c2A2|G>A Bc d2|e2 fd B>A|G4 (3EFG|A2c2A2|GABc d2|e2 ge f^d|e4 cd||

e2c2aa|f2e2 f/e/c/B/|A2 AB c>A|F4 (3EFG|A2c2A2|GA B2 cd|e2 fd B>G|(A2 A)z||

X:2

T:Green Bushes, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 367

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F
C/D/4E/4 | F2 FA GF | E2F2 GB | c3 BGF | F2E2 CD/E/ | F2 FAGF |

E2F2 GB | c3 ed=B | c4 :: AB | c2f2 fe | c2d2_e2 | A>B cB GF |

E4 G2 | F3 AGF | E2F2 GB |

c3 BGE | F4 :|

X:3

T:Green Bushes, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 368

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

E2 | A3 cBA | G2A2 cd | e2 dc A2 | G4 E2 | A3 cBA | G2A2 cd | e2f2 e^d | e4 ||

cd | e2a2a2 | e2f2g2 | B2 dc AF | G4E2 | A3 cBA | G2A2 cd | e2 ed B>A | A4 ||

X:4

T:Green Bushes, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 369

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

E2 | A2A2 BA | G2A2B2 | e2 dc BG | E2^G2A2 | A2A2BA |

G2A2B2 | e^f gfed | B4 cd | e2a2a2 | e2^f2g2 | Bc dcBA |

G2A2B2 | A2A2 BA | G2A2B2 | e2d2e2 | A4 ||

 

GREEN BUSHES [2]. English, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. One part. No relation to “Green Bushes [1]." Source for notated version: an 1845-47 music manuscript by Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown]. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 18.

                       

GREEN COCKADE [1], THE. AKA and see "Sadler's Balloon." New England, Jig. USA, New England, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A poorer Pennsylvania version of this fife tune is "Rolling Off a Log [2]," notes Samuel Bayard. Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1962) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 467, pg. 444. Company of Fifers and Drummers, 76, 1974; pg. 24. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 22.

X:1

T:The Green Cockade

M:6/8

L:1/8

Q:100

K:D

D2FA2d|f2dA2F|GFGe2d|cBA GFE|D2FA2d|f2dA2F|GFGe2d|1 cBc d3:|2 cBc dcd|

|:e2AF2A|f2dA2(f|g2)fe2d|cBA GFE|D2FA2d|f2dA2F|GFGe2d|1 cBc dcd:|2 cBc d3|

 

GREEN COCKADE [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Shanachie SHA 79061, Boys of the Lough – “Welcoming Paddy Home” (1989).

X:1

T:Green Cockade, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:G

GA|B3 c B2 AG|BGBd efge|dege dBGA|B2 AG A2 GA|!

B3 c B2 AG|BGBd efge|dege dBAc|B2 G2 G2:|!

|:Bd|g3 a gfed|edef g2 ge|dege dBGA|B2 AG A2 Bd|!

g3 a gfed|edef g2 ge|dege dBAc|B2 G2 G2:||!

 

GREEN CORN. AKA – “Hot Corn, Cold Corn.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, the Ozarks. GCgd tuning. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. The tune is also played in the key of A Major. John Hartford (2001) says, “Dr. Gray played this on the fiddle and the banjo, and Dough Dillard says this is the first tune he learned to pick on the banjo.” Dr. Jimmy Gray played the fiddle in contests in the great Jefferson City radio fiddle conventions. The tune appears in Phil Rice’s Method for the Banjo, published in 1858. Augusta Heritage Recordings AHR-004C, Harvey Sampson and the Big Possum String Band – “Flat Foot in the Ashes” (1986/1994. Learned by Clay County, W.Va., fiddler Harvey Sampson {b. 1909}from his father and from Noah Cottrell, Calhoun County, W.Va.). Rounder 0442, John Hartford – “Hamilton Ironworks” (2001).

 

GREEN COTTAGE [1], THE. Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949.

X:1

T:Green Cottage [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Polka

S:O’Brien – Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor (1949)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d2ed B2GA | B2G2 GF GB | A2D2 FDFG | A2G2 GFGB | d2 ed B2GA |

B2G2 GFGB | A2D2 FDFG | A2G2G2 z2 :: G2 Bd g3f | f2e2 ed e2 |

F2 Ad f3e | e2d2 d^c d2 | G2 Bdg3f | f2e2 ed e2 | Ggfe defg | a2 g2g2 :|

 

GREEN COTTAGE [2], THE. AKA and see “Denis Doody’s [2],” “From Billy to Jack,” “Glen Cottage Polka [2],” “Green cottage polka, no. 2,” “The Glin Cottage Polka [1],” “Johnny O’Leary’s [1],” “Quarry Cross,” “St. Patrick was a gentleman [2],” “St. Patrick was your patron saint.” Irish, Polka. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. See also an untitled polka in Breathnach’s Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. II (1976), No. 130. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), No. 72. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 236, pg. 137 (see also No. 160). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 17 in polka section (appears as untitled polka). Coleman Music Center CHC 009, fiddler Kevin McHugh (b. 1925, Foxford, Co. Mayo) – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place” (2005. Various artists). Gael-Linn CEF092, Julia and Billy Clifford - “Ceol as Sliabh Luachra.” Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies – “New Day Dawning.” Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies – “One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies” (1998. Learned by Mary Coogan from her father Jim). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995). Topic 12T358, “Jackie Daly” (appears as the first tune of “Glin Cottage Polkas”).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Cottage, The [2]

R:polka

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:Edor

"Em"BA |:"Em"GE ED|"Em"B,E EF|"Em"GF ED|"G"GA BA|"Em"GE ED|

"Em"B,E E2|"Em"BA GF|1 "Em"E2 BA:|2 "Em"E2 "Em"E2|| |:"Em"Be ef|

"Em"eB BA|"Em"B/d/e df|"Em"e2 ef|"Em"ga/g/ "D"fg/f/| "Em"ed BA|

"Em"BE E/F/G/A/|1"Em"B2 "Em"BA:|2"Em"B2|

 

GREEN COUNTY QUADRILLE, THE. American, Quadrille (6/8 time). USA, northern N.Y. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Bayard's source said it was a Canadian tune, but it also is a 6/8 version of "Flop-Eared Mule." Source for notated version: Grimshaw (northern N.Y., 1958) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 574, pg. 510.

 


GREENE COUNTY. AKA and see "The Irish Volunteer [1]," "Baltimore March." American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. A standard fife tune in southwestern Pa., usually known by the first alternate title, though this version was played slowly and deliberately, states Bayard (1981), and was different in its tonality, alternating between G and D instead of being solidly in G, as in other versions. Greene County is in southwestern Pa. Source for notated version: Samuel Palmer (Fayette County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 215H, pg. 172.

 

GREEN COUNTY WALTZ, THE. American, Waltz. USA, southwestern Pa. C Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Bayard's source said: "Made by Bill Lott's dad at Rices Landing (Pa.)." Source for notated version: Marion Yoders (Greene County, Pa.). Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 639, pg. 563.

 

GREEN CUP OF TEA, THE. AKA and see "The Cup of Tea [1]," "The Unfortunate Cup of Tea," "Mayobridge."

 

GREEN DRAGON'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. There was a famous Green Dragon inn in Bishopsgate Street, London, a Stuart-era building. Source for notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 19, pg. 33.

 

GREEN EYES. American, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Composed by Michael Mendelson (Santa Barbara, CA) in 1988, for Susan Forkush, "after putting her on a plane to begin her two-year stint with the Peace Corps in the Central African Republic" (Matthiesen). Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 23.

 

GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA. See "Greenfields of America."

 

GREEN FIELDS OF ANTRIM [1], THE. Irish, Air.

 

GREEN FIELDS OF ANTRIM [2], THE. AKA and see “The Green Hills of Tyrol [2],” “Tripping Downstairs/Down the Stairs,” “Tripping Up the Stairs [1].” Irish, Reel. The title is perhaps a confusion with “The Green Hills of Tyrol.”

 

GREEN FIELDS OF EIRE, THE. AKA and see “The Morning Star [1].” Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. The tune was collected in 1903 by Padraig Mac Aodh O’Neill from the playing of an elderly Donegal fiddler named Domhnall An Tailliur Mor Mac Lochlainn of Druim Lurga, which he learned from another fiddler, Seumas O’ Domhnall of Cluain Cille, Termon (Caoimhin Mac Aoidh, 1994). It is printed in Mac Aodh O’Neill’s Songs of Uladh.

 

GREEN FIELDS OF ERIN [1], THE. AKA and see "Green Groves of Erin [1]."

 

GREEN FIELDS OF ERIN [2], THE. AKA and see "Heather Breeze [1],” “Limerick Lasses [1].”

 


GREEN FIELDS OF GLENTOWN, THE (Páirceanna Glasa Bhaile an Ghleanna). AKA – “Tommy Peoples.” AKA and see “Eddie Kelly’s Reel.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. A Minor (Breathnach): A Dorian (Vallely). Standard tuning. AABB (Vallely): AABBCC (Breathnach). Composed by County Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples in the late 1960’s. It is still popular with fiddlers of the region and sometimes is called by the name of the composer (“Tommy Peoples”). Caoimhin Mac Aoidh believes it may originally have been a two-part tune to which Peoples attached a third part (or variation of the second part). The title refers to the townland of Peoples’ uncle’s home in east Donegal, outside the village of St. Johnston, and the next townland to Peoples’ in Donega.  Peoples remarks: “It is a beautifully hilly area where one can look across the river Foyle to counties Tyrone and Derry. It'smain claim to fame was a slate quarry that operated in the early half of this century. The quarry holes are still there, hundreds of feet deep with very deep water. They are easily accessible and not recommended to anyone afraid of heights.” Source for notated versions: fiddler Tommy Peoples (Donegal) [Breathnach, Bulmer & Sharpley]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 246 (appears as untitled tune). Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 184, pg. 83. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vol. 4, No. 39. Peoples (Play Fifty Reels), 1986; 47. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; pg. 22. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993. Learned from Sharon Shannon). Cló Iar-Chonnachta, CICD 148, Mick Conneely – “Selkie” (2001. Learned from County Donegal fiddler Brid Harper). Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann CL13, "Tommy Peoples" (1976). Philo PHI 1152, “Sharon Shannon.” Randy Miller - “The Lore of the Fingerboard” (1990).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Fields of Glentown, The

M:C|

L:1/8

K:A Dorian

EA,~A,2 E2DB,|G,B,~B,2 G,A,B,D|EA,~A,2 E2DE|GBeB dBAB|

eB~B2 eBdB|AE~E2 DG,B,G,|A,E~E2 E2DE|GEDB, B,A,~A,2:|

|:A2EA cAEA|G2DB, G,A,B,D|EA~A2 GABd|edBA aged|

bg~g2 afge|dB~B2 GEDB,|A,E~E2 E2DE|GEDB, B,A,~A,2:|

|:A2EA cAEA|aged bage|dG~G2 DGBd|gded Bdgd|

e2Be eBdB|AE~E2 DG,B,G,|A,E~E2 E2DE|GEDB, B,A,~A,2:|

                       

GREEN FIELDS OF IRELAND. AKA and see "Colonel Fraser," “Molloy’s Favourite [2].” Irish, Reel. Ireland, Connaught. G Major. Standard tuning. AABC. “A Connaught reel” (Petrie, 1855). Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 909, pg. 230.

                       

GREEN FIELDS OF LOW POINT, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 23.

                       

GREEN FIELDS OF ROCKALL, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tongue-in-cheek title given by Donegal fiddler Danny O’Donnell (d. 2001) to an untitled tune by Francie Byrne. Paul de Grae says: “According to Danny, Francie had a lot of Scottish tunes mixed in with the Irish ones, partly from family members who went back and forth to Scotland for work, and this tune may be Scottish. Danny played it after one of Francie's own compositions, the well-known "Launching of the Boat", but he was quite clear that "Green Fields..." is not by Francie.”

X:1

T:The Green Fields of Rockall

S:Francie Byrne, via Danny O'Donnell

N:played after "The Launching of the Boat"

R:reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

DF|G2 BG A2 Bc|dBcA BGAF|DGBG A2 Bc|(3dcB cA BGB,D|

G2 BG A2 Bc|dBcA BGAF|DGBG A2 Bc|(3dcB cA BG:|G2||:

gfge fafd|efed ^cdef|gfge abaf|gbaf gdBd|

gbge fafd|efed ^cdef|gdBd ecAd|BGAF DG G2:||

                       

GREEN FIELDS OF ROS(S)BEIGH, THE (Páirceanna Glasa Ros Beithe). AKA and see "The Green Banks of Rossbeigh," "The Kerry Reel [1]," "The Witch of the Glen." Irish, Reel. E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB (Moylan): AABB (Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson). Recorded by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988) for the Victor company in Camden, New Jersey, in 1927 (Victor 21593B), under the title “Tom Clark’s Fancy.” However, the first recording of the tune (under the “Rossbeigh” title) was by Kerry fiddler Michael Hanafin in 1926. In the liner notes to “From Galway to Dublin” Varlet & Spottswood note that Hanafin emigrated to Boston, Mass., around the turn of the last century, and that he performed in piano-player Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band. Sources for notated versions: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 181, pg. 71. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 69. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1994; pg. 40. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 69, pg. 22. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 33, 34. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 69, pg. 30. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 206, pg. 119. Green Linnet SIF 1162, Kevin Crawford - “The D Flute Album.” De Dannan. Rounder CD 1087, Denis Murphy – “From Galway to Dublin” (1992).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Fields of Rossbeigh

T:The Kerry Reel

R:reel

S:Siobhan Kelly

Z:Mike Hogan

M:C|

L:1/8

K:Edor

|:B~E3 BAFB|ABde fded|B~E3 BAFA|BGAF E2 FA|

~B3d BAFB|ABde fded|B~E3 BAFA|BGAF E2 FA:||

|:(3Bcd ef g2 fe|d~B3 dBAd|(3Bcd ef g2 fe|dBAF E4|

f~g3 agfe|g~f3 gfed|BABd efde|ddBA FE3:||

X:2

T:Green Fields of Rossbeigh, The
T:Kerry Reel, The
R:reel
D:De Danann: Selected Jigs and Reels
Z:id:hn-reel-226
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
K:Edor
BE~E2 BAFB|ABde fded|BE~E2 BAFA|BFAF EFGA|
~B3d BAFB|ABde fded|BE~E2 BAFA|BFAF E2FA:|
|:(3Bcd ef g2fe|dB~B2 dBAd|Bdef ~g3e|dBAF E2ef|
gfga gfeg|~f3g fedB|ABde fdec|dBAF E2FA:|

 

GREEN FIELDS OF WHITE POINT, THE. Canadian, Pipe Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987). Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 55, pg. 23. Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald - “Classic Cuts” (reissue of Celtic Records CX 59).

           

GREEN FIELDS OF WOODFORD, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Source for notated version: New York flute player Jack Coen (originally from County Galway) [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 366, pg. 195.

X:1

T: Green Fields of Woodford

S: Jack Coen

Q: 325

R: jig

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

K: G

dBA GAE | EDE G2 d | edB dBA | BGe ege |

dBA GAE | EDE G2 d | AGE A2 B | GED D3 :|

BGG dBd | ege dBG | BGG dBd | edB AGA |

|1 BGG dBd | ege dBG | AGE A2 B | GED D3 :|

|2 B2 B deg | age dBG | AGE A2 B | GED efe ||

           

GREEN FIELDS TO AMERICA, THE. AKA and see "The Barrow Castle," "Belles of Tipperary [2],” "Blea‑berry Blossom," "Connacht Lasses," "The Connacht Star," "The Dandy Girl/Lass/Lasses," "The Four Courts of Dublin," "Jackson's Welcome to Cork [1]," "Johnny Shooting in the Glen," “Kerry Star,” “Lamont’s Reel,” “Mel Roddy’s Tune” (northeast Kings County, PEI), “Miss Mona(g)han(‘s Reel),” “New Policeman [1],” "O'Connell in Clare," “Shannon’s Shores,” "Stormy Weather [1]," "The White‑haired Piper.” Irish (originally), Canadian; Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not the more famous Irish tune "The Greenfields of America," though the confusion is understandable. Breathnach (1996) says the title is a miss-naming in Darley & McCall’s Feis Ceoil Collection of Traditional Irish Music (1914), of the tune usually known as “Miss Monaghan.” Sources for notated versions: miller and fiddler Nicholas Furlong, 1886 (Mill of Rags, Duncormick, County Wexford, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]; Archie Stewart (b. 1917, Milltown Cross, South Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 71, pg, 32. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 70 (appears as “The Green Fields of America”).

X:1

T:Green Fields to America, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Darley & McCall – Feis Ceóil Collection (1914).

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FE | D2 FD EFGE | F2 AF GABA | d2 dB ABde | fedf e2 (3gfe |

D2 FD EFGE | F2 AF GABA | d2 dB ABdB | AFEF D2 :: fg |

agab afdf | gfge dBAB | dcdB ABde | fedf e2 fg | agab afdf |

gfge dBAB | dcdB ABdB | AFEF D2 :|

 

GREEN FINGERS.  English, Waltz. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BC. Composed by John Stapledon in 1968. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 73.

 

GREEN FLAG [1], THE (An Bratac Glas). AKA and see “The Green Banner [1].” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 184. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1650, pg. 307.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Flag, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1650

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2 | D>GB>G d>GB>G | e>fg>e d>BA>B | G>FG>A B>AB>G | A>BA>F G>FE>D |

D>GB>G d>GB>G | e>fg>e d>BA>B | G>Bd>g e>cA>F | G2G2G2 :|

|: d2 | g>be>g d>gB>d | d>Bg>e d>BA>B | G>Bd>B e>dc>B | A>^GA>B A2 D>C |

B,>DG>B d2 c>B | A>Bc>d e2 g>e | d>BG>B A>GF>A | G2G2G2 :|

 

GREEN FLAG [2], THE. AKA and see "The Green Flag is Flying."

 

GREEN FLAG (IS) FLYING, THE. AKA ‑ "The Green Flag," "The Green Flag Flying Before Us." Irish, March (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Shields/Goodman, Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Cole, O’Neill). O’Neill (1913) lists this as one of the “splendid martial airs” of Irish music. The earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 34 (listed as a reel). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 97, pg. 54 (March). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1804, pg. 339. Roche Collection, 1983, vol. 2; No. 348, pg. 62 (listed as a March) {appears as "The Green Flag"}. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 60. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 251, pg. 101 (appears as “The Green Flag”). Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 576, pg. 145 {appears as “The Green Flag”}.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Flag is Flying, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1804

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/E/ | DD/E/ GG/B/ | AG/A/ B/A/G/E/ | Dc B/c/d/B/ | G>A B/A/G/E/ |

DD/E/ GG/B/ | AG/A/ B/A/G/E/ | Dc B/c/d/B/ | G2 G :|

|: A | Bd e/f/g/e/ | dB AG | Bd e/f/g/e/ | d>B A>A |

Bd e/f/g/e/ | d>B AG/E/ | D/E/G/A/ B/G/A/F/ | G2 G :|

X:2

T:Green Flag, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:March

S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 576 (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GE|D2 DE G2 EG|A2 AB A2 GE|D2c2 BcdB|G3 A GFGE|

D2 DE G2 EG|AGAB cABG|E2c2 Bc d2|G3 {B}A G3||B|c2 cd e2 ce|

d2 BG AG GB|cB cd ec ce|d3B G2AG|cB c def ge|d>c Bc AB GE|

D2c2 BcdB|G3A GF GE|D2 DE G2 EG|AG AB cA BG|E2c2 BcdB|

G3A AGFE|DB, DE GF GE|AG AB cB/A/ BG|E2c2 Bc d2|G3A G2||

X:3

T:Green Flag, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:March

S:James Goodman manuscript  (mid-19th century)

B:Hugh Shields – Tunes of the Munster Pipers, No. 251  (1998)

K:G

(GE)|D3E G2 (FG)|E2A2 (ABAG)|E2c2B2d2|G3 A (BA) (GE)|

D3E G2 (FG)|E2A2 (AB)(AG)|E2c2B2d2|G3 (G G)z||GA|

c2d2 efge|(dedB) (cBAG)|c2d2 (efge)|d3B G2 (GA)|

c2d2 (efge)|d2B2 (cBAG)|E2c2 B2d2|G3 (G G)z||

 


GREEN FOREST JIG, THE. AKA and see “Come Along with Me [2],” “Fahy’s Jig [1].” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 45, pg. 74.

 

GREEN FOREVER, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 60. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 90.

X:1

T:Green Forever, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(d/c/)|BGG AGE|DGG AGE|DGG AGA|Bdd edc|BGG AGE|

DGG AGE|DGG AGA|B(.G.G) G2::c|Bdd Acc|Bdd BGE|

DGG AGA|BAA ABc|Bdd Acc|Bdd BGE|DGG AGA|B(.G.G) G2:|

 

GREEN GARTER [1]. AKA and see "Lady Lie Near Me."

 

GREEN GARTERS [2] (Crioscosa Glais). AKA and see "Geehan's Reel," "The Grazier," "Trim the Velvet," "The Humours of Flip," "The Potlick," "Sally Kelly [2]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Versions of the tune also appear in the key of G major in several collections, including the Stephen Greir manuscript from County Leitrim. Breathnach (1963) says “The Blacksmith’s Reel [1],” also known as “The Blacksmith’s Daughter,” is a version of this tune. See also the related “Leslie’s Reel.” Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father, Peter Kennedy, a celebrated local fiddle master from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 147. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1478, pg. 273. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 706, pg. 124. Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004).

X:1

T:Green Garters [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

Q:224

R:reel

B:O'Neill's 1850, No. 1473

N:see also "Blacksmith's" and "Leslie's" reels

Z:Lorna LaVerne

K:D

d2fd Adfd | d2fa gece | d2fd Adfd | edcd efge |

d2fd Adfd | d2fa gece | d2fd Adfa | gecd edd2 :|

agfg afdf | a2fd efge | agfg afdf | edcd efge |

agfg afdf | a2fd efge | afge fdec | ABcd efge :|

 

GREEN GARTERS [3], THE. Scottish. The tune is the older "Dargason," combined with another strain. Aird (Selection), vol. 3, No. 573.

 

GREEN GARTERS [4]. AKA and see "Bonny Green Garters." English, Morris Dance Tune. A processional tune.

 

GREEN GATES [1], THE ("Na Geataí Glasuaine" or "Na Geataide Glasa"). AKA and see "The Women's Rock." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. “A great dance tune,” opines Martin Mulvihill. AB (Breathnach, Mulvihill, O'Neill): AABB (Flaherty, Mallinson, Taylor). The alternate title “The Woman’s Rock” appears in O’Neill. Sources for notated versions: piper Jim Brophy, 1972 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [Taylor]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 178, pg. 93. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 172. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 7, pg. 3. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 43, pg. 127. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 764, pg. 133. O’Neill (Music of Ireland), 1903; No. 1550. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 32. Temple Records TP021, Battlefield Band ‑ "On the Rise" (1986). Topic TSCD 602, Moate Ceilidhe Band – “Irish Dance Music” (1995. A reissue of the 1945 original).

X:1

T:Green Gates, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 764

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | GBdg egdBc | GBdg (3efg dg | eAcA eAcA | cdef gedB | GBdg egdB | GBdg (3efg dB |

cdef gedc | BGAF G2 z2 || dg (3gfg bg (3gfg | dgfg (3efg df | eAcA eAcA | cdef gedB |

dg (3gfg bg (3gfg | dgfg e2 dB | cdef gedc | BGAF G2z ||

 

GREEN GATES [2], THE. AKA and see "The Barony Jig [1]," "The Fisherman's Jig," "Redican's Mother," "Trealock Lauder." Irish, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. Often known as “Redican’s Mother.” Green Linnet SIF 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door."

X:1

T:Redican’s Mother

T:The Green Gates

M:9/8

L:1/8

Q:120

S:learned from David Kidd

R:Slip Jig

P:AABB

Z:Lorna LaVerne

K:D

FAA FAd AFD | FAA FAd B2A | FAA FAd AFD | FED DFA B2A |

FAA FAd AFD | FAA FAd B2A | FAA FAd AFD | FED DFA B2A |

f3 faf edB | Aff fef gfe | f3 faf edB | AFE DFA B2A |

f3 faf edB | Aff fef gfe | f3 faf edB | AFE DFA B3 |


 

GREEN GOOSE FAIR [1]. AKA and see “Montrose’s March,” "Painneach na nUbh [1]," "The Retreat," "Pretender's March," "A Rock and the/a Wee Pickle Tow," "Tadeen the Fiddler," "The Scotch March [1]," "Carawith Jig," "O'Sullivan Mor(e's March) [1]." Printed by Walsh in Twenty Four New Country Dances for the Year 1814.

 

GREEN GOOSE FAIRE [2]. No relation to version #1. Printed by Playford in Musick’s Delight on the Cithren (1666).

 

GREEN GOWN, THE. English, Air. The tune was printed as early as 1652 in Musick’s Recreation on the Viol, and later in many publications. The Welsh tune “Hunting the Hare” (printed in 1794) is a closely related variant.

 

GREEN-GOWNED LASS, THE (Cailín an Ghúna Uaine). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the related “Collegians of Glasgow.” Source for notated version: flute player Matt Molloy (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 195, pg. 87. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 25, pg. 14. Green Linnet SIF‑1110, Martin Hayes ‑ "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991). Green Linnet GLCD 1127, “Martin Hayes” (1993). Mulligan Records LUN 004, "Matt Molloy" (1976).

X:1

T:Green-Gowned Lass, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:G

d2 BG EGBG | AGBd B~E3 | d2 BG EGBG | (3Bcd ea agge |

~d2 BG DGBG | AGBd B~E3 | d2 BG EGBG | (3Bcd ea agef ||

g2 bg ageg | agab agef | ~g2 bg agbg | dega bggd |

gabg ageg | a2 ab agef | gabg efge | dega bg g2 ||

 

GREEN GROVES OF ERIN [1] ("Tor-Coillte Glais N-Eirinn," "Doiri Glasa na h-Éireann" or "Garráin Ghlasa na hÉireann"). AKA and see "The Castlecomer Lasses," "Down the Groves," "Erin's Groves," "The Gay Fellow's Favourite," "The Good Fluter," "The Green Fields of Erin [1]," "The Groves of Erin," "The Heather Breeze," “The Low Highland,” "Mary in the Mall," "Miss Shaw's Reel," “Miss Stewart of Grantully [2],” “Padaí Bhilli na Rópaí’s Highland,” "The Queenstown Lasses." Irish, Reel or Highland. A Major (Cole, O'Neill/1850): A Mixolydian (Kerr/vol. 2, Moylan, O'Neill/1915 & 1001): A Dorian (Breathnach, Kerr/vol. 1, Mallinson, Mitchell, O'Neill/Krassen, Tubridy, Vallely): E Minor (Giblin). Standard tuning. AB (Mitchell, O'Neill/1915 & 1001, Tubridy): AAB (Cole, Kerr. Moylan): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen): ABB' (Breathnach, Vallely): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson). A highland version of this tune was associated with Padai Bhilli na Ropai of Kiltyfanad, southwest Donegal. Breathnach (1976) says the tune was known as “Erin’s Groves” and “Down the Groves” in Kerry. “The Green Fields of Erin” is Levey’s title and it appears as “The Groves of Erin” in Giblin’s 1928 collection. The first sound recording of the reel was on a wax cylinder by Jem Byrne, a student of the Rowsome family of pipers. Flute player Mike Rafferty played this tune with accordion player Joe Burke, and followed it up with “Kiss Me Kate” (Harker, 2005). See also the related “Cornhill.” Sources for notated versions: piper Felix Doran, 1968 (Co. Kilmanny, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Tom Fleming via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 234, pg. 122. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 48. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; No. 17, pg. 16. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 108, pg. 33. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 57, pg. 16. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 13, pg. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 222, pg. 25. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 53. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 4, pg. 2. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 71, pgs. 70-71. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 303, pgs. 174-175. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 256, pg. 133. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 136. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1429, pg. 265. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 666, pg. 119. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 76. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 18. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 40, pg. 37. Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington – “The Merry Love to Play” (2007). Green Linnet Records, Jack & Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line (1992. Originally recorded for Topic Records in 1977. Learned from older Galway musicians). HMV B 2549, Liam Walsh. Intrepid Records, Michael Coleman - “The Heyday of Michael Coleman” (1973). Shanachie 29003, Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady (1976).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Groves of Erin, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:G

A2 BA eABA|G2 Bd gedB|A2 BA eABA|BGEF GABG|

A2 BA eABA|G2 Bd gedB|A2 Bd edBA|BGEF GABd||

eaag eaag|eg g2 eg g2|eaag eaag|edef ge d2|ea a2 bgag|

egfa g3e|dega bgag|egfa gedB||

X:2

T:Green Groves of Erin, The

R:reel

N:With variations

D:Bothy Band: 1975

D:Noel Hill & Toney McMahon: \’I gCnoc na Gra\’i

Z:idnd:hn-reel-229

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

A2 (3cBA eAcA|G2Bd gdBG|A2 (3cBA eAcA|BGEF GABG|

A2 (3cBA eAcA|G2Bd gdBG|A2 (3cBA eAcA|BGED EFGB||

~A3c eAcA|G2 Bd gdBG|A2 (3cBA eAcA|BGEF GABG|

ABcd edBA|G2Bd gdBG|A2~A2 eA~A2|BGEF GABd||

eaag ~a3g|eggf g2fg|g2fg|eaag ~a3g|(3efg fa gedg|

ea~a2 bgag|(3efg fa ~g3e|dega bgag|(3efg fa gedg||

ea~a2 ea~a2|eg~g2 eg~g2|eaag ~a3g|(3efg fa gedg|

ea~a2 (3bag ag|egfa ~g3e|dega bgag|eg(3fga gedB||

 


GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O. AKA ‑ "Green Grow the Rashes." AKA and see "The East Neuk of Fife,” "Grant's Rant," "Irish Whiskey [1]," "Over the Hills and Far Away [3]," "Paddy Caught/Got a Rat," "Paddy Killed the/a Rat," "Paddy Run the/a Rat." Scottish (originally), Irish, English, American; Strathspey, Hornpipe, Barndance, Highland, Highland Schottische, Fling, Slide (12/8 time), March or Reel. G Major (most versions): F Major (Howe). Standard tuning. AB (Cole, Howe,  Moylan, Tubridy, White): AAB (Athole, Ford, Gow, O’Farrell): AABB (most versions): AABB' (Skye): AA'BB' (Flaherty). The air first appears in early lute manuscripts of the 17th century; a note in Graham (1908) claims the first strain of the tune occurs twice in the Straloch Manuscript of 1627. It appears in the Panmure Collection of c. 1705, a fiddler's MS repertory book. Johnson (1984) states the whole tune was recorded in fiddle manuscripts from the 1680's and was already ancient when printed in Stewart's Reels (1761‑5, pg. 13) and the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). The present title is from Robert Burns's reworking of the poem sung to a tune called "Grant's Rant"‑‑in the transition the rant form was dropped and a strathspey rhythm was substituted, a not uncommon fate of rants. Burns' version is somewhat more polite, states Robin Williamson, for the tune seems originally to have been linked to lyrics satirizing the profligacy of priests. Johnson (1984) confirms the Scottish song (first mentioned in The Complaint of Scotland in 1549) originally was a rude or risqué text.

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The American collector Ford (1940) relates the following tale, a superficially plausible and thus repeated yarn, though unfortunately completely untrue: "'Green Grow the Rushes O' was a popular melody of American soldiers at the time of the Mexican war, to which they set many verses. The following verse is descriptive of their associations in the land of the senorita:

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Green grow the rushes, O!

Red are the roses, O!

Kiss her quick and let her go,

Before you get the mitten, O!

***

The deviltry of the American soldier boys was very much resented by the Mexicans. Any American who attempted to kiss a senorita was certain to have his face slapped by her. They called this to 'get the mitten.' Whereever Americans were would also be heard verses of 'Green Grow the Rushes, O.' The Mexicans, in mockery, gave the name 'green grow' to their tormenters, their pronunciation being 'gingo.' After the war 'Gringo' became the sobriquet for all Americans." Another source gives the similar assertion that the song which gives rise to the word "gringo" is "Green Grow the Lilacs." Ford, at any rate, has a poor reputation for veracity.

***

O’Neill (1922) remarks: “Robert Burns' song to this oldtime favorite strain, was in general circulation among the Irish peasantry early in the last century, and the name is still well remembered. The melody much older than the poet's day, was known as We're a' dry wi' drinking o't. In reel time it was first printed in 1761 by Neil Stewart of Edinburgh in A Collection of the Newest and Best Reels, or Country Dances, Adapted for Violin or German Flute. The traditional Irish version of the tune as remembered by the editor (ed: version #2 below) may prove not uninteresting to the musical student of a later generation.” Accordion player Johnny O’Leary, of the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border, plays the tune as a 12/8 time slide. In other parts of Ireland the tune is played as a barndace, highland and/or hornpipe.

***

Bayard's thirteen Pennsylvania collected versions of the tune are divided into two groups, corresponding with two main British Isles variants. One is called in America the "Over the Hills and Far Away" (a floating title) group, corresponding to "The East Neuk of Fife" in the British Isles; the other retains the British "Green Grow the Rushes" title. One of Bayard's sources (1981, Appendix No. 11, pg. 576) was a Massachusetts Irish‑American born near Cork, a Mrs. Anastasia Corkery, who knew in the 1930's the following quatrain to the first strain:

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Green grow the rushes O,

Blackbirds and thrushes O,

The piper kissed the fiddler's wife

Behind the bunch of rushes O.

***

Sources for notated versions: Chieftains (Ireland) [Miller & Perron]; Johnny O’Leary (Slibah Luachra, Co. Kerry), recorded at Ballydesmond in February, 1973 [Moylan]; 13 southwestern Pa. fiddlers, fifers and manuscripts [Bayard]; Gillespie MS. [Johnson]; a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; flute player Noel Tansey (b. 1940, Cuilmore, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; Castle Ceili Band [Sullivan]. Aird (Selections), vol. 6, 1903?; No. 37; the Joseph Kershaw manuscript—Kershaw was a fiddler from Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England whose manuscript dates from 1820 onwards [Kershaw]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 74b, pg. 31. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 206A‑M, pgs. 158‑162. Breathnach, 1971; No. 4. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 21 (Reel). Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 17. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 190, pg. 71. Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin String), 1971; Nos. 30 & 31, pgs. 130‑131. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 72. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 95. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 12. Graham, 1908; pg. 37. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 86, pg. 27. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 141. Jarman, 1951; pg. 76. JEFDSS, vol. 9; pg. 147 (Shetland variant). Johnson, vol. 1, 1787‑1803; No. 77. D. Johnson, 1984; No. 70, pg. 223. Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 39. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 17. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 5, pg. 19. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 117, pg. 14. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 80.  McGibbon (A Collection of Scots Tunes, book II), c. 1746; pg. 41. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 15 (Highland version). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 150. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 25, pg. 16 (slide version). O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 97 (appears as “Green Grows the Rashes”). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; Nos. 217 & 218. Oswald (The Caledonian Pocket Companion), vol. 1, 1780?; pg. 18. Petrie (2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1796; pg. 22. Petrie‑Stanford (Complete Collection), 1903‑06; No. 1427. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 173. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 45. Saar, 1932; No. 18. Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 12, 1930; No. 2. Sharp (Sword Dance Tunes), Book 2, 1911‑13; pg. 3. Smith (The Scottish Minstrel), vol 4, 1820‑24; pg. 91. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 157. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 30, pg. 12. Taylor (Where’s the Crack), 1989; pg. 4. Thompson (A Select Collection...Scottish Airs), 1, vol. 4, 1805; No. 155. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 12. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), vol. 2, 1737; pg. 25. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 72, pg. 13. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 2". Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire ‑ "Traditional Music From Ireland and Shetland" (learned from Kathleen Collins). Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies – “New Day Dawning.” Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies – “One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies” (1998). Island ILPS9432, The Chieftains - "Bonaparte's Retreat" (1976). Jerry Holland – “Crystal Clear” (2000).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

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R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

D|G2 BA BGGB|A/A/A ed eAAB|c2 ce dBGB|A/B/c BA GEE:|

A|G/G/G gf gddg|eaa^g aeef|gage dcBG|A/B/c BA GEEA|

Gggf gddg|eaa^g aeef|gbeg dgBG|A/B/c BA GEE||

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T:Green Grows the Rushes-O

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

D|G2 GA BG G2|ABcd eAAB|c2 "tr"ed B2 "tr"dB|AcBA GE E:|

|:d|gfga "tr"ge d2|eaab agef|1gfge dcBG|AcBA GE E:|

2gfge dBgB|AcBA GE E||

X:3

T:Green Grows the Rashes

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Neil Gow & Son's Complete Repository c.1805

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

A|G/2G/2G B>A BGGB|A/2A/2A e>d eAAB|c2 ce d/2c/2B/2A/2 GB|

A/2B/2c BA GE E2:|A|G/2G/2G g>f gddg|e/2e/2e ag aeef|

g>age d/2c/2B/2A/2 GB|A/2B/2c BA GEEA|G/2G/2G g>f gddg|

e/2e/2e ag aeef|gbeg dgBg|A/2B/2c BA GE E2||

X:4
T:Green Grow the Rashes-O
D:World of Arthur Spink
Z:Nigel Gatherer
R:waltz
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:D
A | d3  | f2e | fd2 | d2f | e3  | B2A  | BE2  | E2F  | G2F | G2B | A2F | D2F | E2G | F2E  | DB,2 | B,3 ||

A3  | d2c | cA2 | A3  | B3  | e2^d | eB2  | B2c  | d2e | d2B | A2F | D2F | E2G | F2E  | DB,2 | B,2 |]

X:5

T:Green grow's the Rashes

S:Petrie's Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.

Z:Steve Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>, 6/11/04

N:Petrie's Second Collection, page 22

L:1/8

M:C

R:Reel

K:G

B|G/G/G (BA) BGGB|A/A/A (ed) eAAB|(cBc)e dcBG|A(cTBA) GEE::B|

G/G/G (ge) gddg|e/e/e (ag) aeef|gage  dcBG|A(cTBA) GEE:|

X:6

T:Green growes the Rashes

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 41 (c. 1746)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2 | “tr”B3A (A>B)(d>e) | (d/e/f) “tr”(e>d) d3f | e3f (gf)(ga) | b2(e>f)e3f | (gf)(ga) (g/a/b) “tr”(a>g) |

“tr”f>e (d/e/f/)g/ ({f/g/}a2) “tr”(gf) | e2b2 (af)(e>f) | d2(B>d)B2 :: d2 | “tr”(B>A)(B>d)B2a2 |

“tr”(f>ef)a f2 “tr”(e>d) | (e>d)(e>f)e2d’2 | “tr”(b>ab)d’ b2 (a/b/d’) | “tr”(B>AB)dB2 a>g |

“tr”f>e (d/e/f/g/a) ({f/g/}a2) “tr”(gf) | e2b2 (af)(e>f) | d2(B>d)B2 :: d2 | “tr”(B>AB)d (AB)(de) |

(f/a/g/f/) (e/g/f/e/) d>e (f/e/f/)d/ | e2E>F (GF)(GA) | (BA)(GF) E2 (e>f | g)G (g/f/g/)a/ (g/a/b) “tr”a>g |

“tr”f>e (d/e/f/g/) (f/g/a) “tr”g>f | e2b2(af)(e>f) d2 (B>d) B2 :: d2 | “tr”(B>AB)d B2a2 |

“tr”(f>ef)a fa (g/f/)(e/d/) | (e>d)(ef) e/(a/b/c’/) d’(c’/4b/4a/) | (b/a)(b/d’) “tr”b2(a/b/d’) |

“tr”(BAB)d B2 (a>g) | “tr”f>e (d/e/f/g/) (f/g/)a “tr”(g>f) | e2b2 (af)(e>f) | d2 (B>d) B2 :||

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T:Green Grow The Rushes

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Fling

O:Irish

K:G

G2 G>A B<G G2|ABcd e<A AB|c2 ec B2 dB|1 (3ABc BA GEDE:||2 AcBA GE D2||

|:g2 g>a g<e d2|eaab agef|g2 g>a g<e dB|1 (3ABc BA GE D2:||2 AcBA GEDE||

 

GREEN GROWETH THE HOLLY. English, Air. Flying Fish FF‑407, Robin Williamson ‑ "Winter's Turning" (1986).

 

GREEN HILLS OF ANTRIM, THE. AKA and see “Arcady’s,” “The Green Fields of Antrim [2],” “Tripping Down the Stairs.” Irish, Reel. This is the title that Eileen Ivers and Seamus Egan used for their recording “Wild Blue.” Natalie MacMaster - “Road to the Isle.”

 

GREEN HILLS OF KERRY. AKA and see “Miss Lyon’s Fancy.”

 


GREEN HILLS OF TYROL [1], THE. AKA and see "The Cinderella Waltz." Scottish, English, New England; Air, Waltz. England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. One part (Kennedy): AABB (Ashman): AABC (Kerr). The melody is from the opera "William Tell" by Rossini. “Green Hills...” entered British army tradition when it was set for pipes by Pipe Major John MacLeod of the 93rd regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) during the Crimean War.  The army had been joined by a contingent from Sardinia--modern Italy-- which included a magnificent military band that MacLeod heard one night playing selections from the ballet music of Rossini’s opera. Thus it was that an Austrian folk tune first heard played by an Italian band in Russia entered Scottish ballad repertoire as the ‘Scottish Soldier’. Lyrics to the song begin:
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Ther wis a sodger, a Scottish sodger

Wha wandert far awa an sodgert far awa

Ther wis nane bolder, wi guid broad shoulders

He fecht in monie a fray an fecht an won

***

He's seen th glory, he's telt th story

O battles glorious an deeds victorious

But noo he's sighin, his heart is cryin

Tae lea these green hills o Tyrol

***

CHORUS:

Acause these green hills are no Hielan hills

Or th Islans hills, they're no ma lands hills,

As fair as these green foreign hills may be

They are no th hills o hame

***

Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 58, p. 23.  Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 9, p. 51. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2; No. or p. 29. F&W Records 5, Canterbury Country Orchestra‑‑"Mistwold."

X:1

T:Green Hills of Tyrol

L:1/8

M:3/4

K:G

DGA|B3 GBc|d3 eBe|dcAFAe|dBGDGA|B3 GBc|d3 eBe|dcADFA|G2 z:|

||G2|g4 fe|ed d2 e2|dc c2 d2|cB B2G2|g4 fe|ed d2e2|d^c c2 BA|d2 zAfA|

e2 zA^cA|d3 AfA|e3 A^cA|de^cede|=cdBdAe|G2z||FGA|B3 FBF|B3 cBA|

G3 DBD|G3 FGA|B3 FBF|B3 cBA|G3 DBD|G4 G2|g4 fe|ed d2e2|

dc c2d2|cB B2G2|g4 fe|ed d2e2|dc c2f2|g2 z2||

 

GREEN HILLS OF TYROL [2]. AKA and see “Green Fields of Antrim [2],” “Green Hills of Antrim,” “Tripping Downstairs/Down the Stairs,” “Tripping Up the Stairs [1].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh credits Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples’ recording of the tune on the CCE label for popularizing the tune. Peoples’ source is the printing in Cole’s 1000/Ryans Mammoth Collection, a version that features descending 6th passages in the ‘B’ part played in reel time! Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 18. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 42. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri CL13, Tommy Peoples. Shanachie 79068, Boys of the Lough - “Sweet Rural Shade.”

X:1

T:Green Hills of Tyrol, The

T:Tripping Up the Stairs

R:Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

"G"BG~G2 "G"BGAc|"G"BGDC "G"B,CDC|"G"B,G,B,D "C"ECEG|

"D"FDEF "B/D#"GFGA|"Em"BGGF "Bm"~G3A|"C"BGDC "G"B,CDC|

"G"~B,3D "C"~E3G|1 "D"FDEF "G"G2GA:|2"D"FDEF "G"G2ga||

|:"G"bg~g2 "G"egde|"C"cdBc "C"ABGA|"D"FGEF "D"DECD|

"D"B,CA,B, "B/D#"G,A,B,D|"Em"GABc "Em"dBGB|"Cm6"ABcA"G/B"BGDC|

"G"B,G,B,D "C"ECEG|1 "D"FDEF "G"G2ga:|2 "D"FDEF "G"G2GA||

 

GREEN ISLAND, THE (An Oilean Glas). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 215. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1774, pg. 331.

X:1

T:Green Island, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1774

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 | dcdA Bcde | gfed cBAG | FAdf gfed | cedB A2 Bc | dAeA fAgA |

agfe dcBA | dfeg faeg | f2d2d2 :: fg | agfe defg | bagf e2 ed | cAeA gfed |

cedB A2 Bc | dAeA fAgA | agfe dcBA | Bdce dfeg | f2d2d2 :|

 

GREEN ISLAND HOME. Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard. AA’BB’. Green Island home=Ireland. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 76, pg. 84.

X:1

T:Green Island Home

R:reel

C:Ed Reavy

M:2/2

L:1/8

Z:Joe Reavy

N:Many a green island rests along the rim of the far oceans;

N:but for those Irishmen that cherish the memory of their own

N:dear land, there is only one Green Island Home.

K:D

AB | =cBcA G2 fg | Addc AddB | =cBcA GBAG | FD=CG, A,DDB |

=cBcA G2 FG | AB=cA d^cde | f2 df edce |1 dcAG FDDB :|2 dcAG FDDe ||

fgaf dcdf | e=ccB cdeg | fgaf d^cdB | ^cAGF Addf | abaf gage | fedc defg |

(3agf (3gfe fded |1 cAGE D2 de :|2 cAGE D2 ||

 

GREEN ISLE, DA. Shetland, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Shetland fiddler Willie Hunter, Sr.  Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; pg. 33.

 

GREEN JACKET, THE (An Casog Glas). AKA and see “An Cailín Fionn” (The Fairhaired Girl), “Connacht Reel [1],” “The Milestone [1],” “The Millstone,” “The New Domain,” “The New Demense [1],” “Old Locks and Quays of Galway,” “Whiskey in the Jar/Jug.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'B (O'Neill/1915 & Krassen). The melody belongs to the “College Grove(s)” family of tunes. Breathnach prints a version as “The Cavan Reel.” Source for notated version: Tipperary fiddler Edward Cronin [O’Neill]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 168. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 280, pg. 142. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 149. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1490, pg. 276. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 714, pg. 126.

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T:Green Jacket, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 714

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2 (3FED AD (3FED|ABcd edcA|D2 (3FED A2d2|cAGF EDCE|D2 (3FED AD (3FED|

ABcd edcA|D2 (3FED A2d2|cAGE ED D2||f>d (3ddd fddf|ec (3ccc efge|f>d (3ddd fged|

cAGE ED D2|fede fedf|edcd efge|afge f2 ed|cAGF EDCE||

 

GREEN JERSEYS, THE. AKA and see “Pat’s Parlour.” Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Related to “The Auld Inn.” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 245, p. 27.

X:1

T:Green Jerseys, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 245  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|ded AFA|B2A A2A|ded AFA|f2e e2f|ded AFA|BGB A2g|fef dBA|B2d d2:|

|:f|aba fdf|aba fdf|geg fdf|ecA ABc|ded AFA|BGB A2g|fef dBA|B2d d2:|

 

GREEN JOKE, THE. AKA and see "Paddy Whack [1]," "Paddy O'Whack." English, American; Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. There are several jigs with the name "(a color) Joke" including the infamous "Black Joke [1]" and "White Joke," although the “Green Joke” seems to be a much later tune and title. The melody appears in print under the “Green Joke” title in Daniel Steele’s New and Complete Preceptor for the German Flute (Albany, 1815). In manuscript form in America, it was included in a commonplace book dated 1811 entitled “Greenfields” (kept at the Litchfield Historical Society), and in Onondaga, New York, flute player Daniel Henry Huntingdon’s commonplace book dated 1817. Mattson & Walz (Old Fort Snelling... Fife), 1974; p. 64.

X:1

T:Green Joke, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Steele – New and Complete Preceptor for the Fife (1815)

K:G

GBd gfe|dBG BA2|GBd efg|f>dd d3|edc efg|dBG A3|

GBd cAc|BGG G3:||{A/B/c/}dBG ecA|dBG A3|GBd efg|

fdd d3|e>dc efg|dBG BA2|GBd cAc|BGG G3||


 

GREEN LEAF, THE. AKA and see “Tinker’s Bib.”

 

GREEN LEAF RAG. Old-Time, Breakdown. Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling."

 

GREEN LEAVES WERE US BETWEEN, THE.  Scottish, Air. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 9.

X:1

T:The green leaves were us between.

M:C

L:1/8

B:Complete Tutor Violin  (c. 1815)

Z:Dr. Evan Jones, 2005

K:G

U:w=!wedge!

(G>F) | EFGA Bgfg | e6 (Bc) | d2 wdwd e2 (dc) | B6 (G>F) | EFGA BBA>G | F6 (G>d) | (BG)(FE) (DE)(FG) | E6 |]

 

GREEN LINNET [1], THE (An Gealban-Lion Glas). AKA and see “Glenlivet (2).” Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian (O'Neill/Krassen): A Major. (O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1850): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). We do not know from what source James O’Neill obtained this particularly Scottish-sounding tune (a portion of his repertoire was had from his father in northern Ireland), however, it is note-for-note the Scottish tune “Glenlivet (2),” printed by James Kerr (c. 1875). Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 107. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1262, p. 237.

X:1

T:Green Linnet, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1262

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A2 ae cBAc | BAGB gdBG | A2 ae cBAc | BGdB cAAB :|

|| ABcd ecBA | BGBd gdBG | ABcd ecBA | BGdB cAAB |

ABcd ecBA | BGBd gdBG | AcBd cedf | edcB cAAB ||

 

GREEN LINNET [2], THE. AKA and see "The Song of Sorrow" (Ulachan dubh‑O). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Joyce (1909) writes: "Bonaparte, during his career, was a favourite in Ireland; and many peasant songs were composed about him, a few of which‑‑either wholly or in part‑‑are given in this book. The following, which was written after his death, I learned in my boyhood; for it was known all over Munster. I have copies printed on ballad‑sheets by Haly of Cork sixty or seventy years ago. Beyond these it has not been published before now, with the exception of two verses, which Mr. John Fitz‑Gerald of Cork, in an interesting 'Account of the Old Street Ballads of Cork', printed in 1892 in the Hournal of the Cork Archaeological Society. In this song 'Boney' is figuratively represented‑‑after a common Irish fashion‑‑as a Green Linnet. The air is given here exactly as I remember it; and it has not been hitherto published. It was universally known all through the South: and Forde has several settings all very little different from mine. In parts of Ulster also the air was well known, and regarded as vey old. I got a setting of it, in 1873, almost the same as my own, from Mr. MacGowan of Newtownards. It will be perceived that this air is a version of 'Ulachan dubh‑O', or 'The Song of Sorrow', to which Moore has written his song 'Weep on, weep on, your hour is past': or both are versions of an original melody.” Although it survived in oral tradition in Ireland, the ballad was printed on a broadsheet by the most important London ballad printer of the first half of the 19th century, James Catnach of Seven Dials. It is even recorded in the logbook of the whaling ship Cortes in 1847 as having been sung aboard ship. Gale Huntington has called it ‘another true lament for the loss of the great hope the Irish had in Napoleon.’ Cowdery (1990) identifies the melody as belonging to the "Ballylee" family of song tunes.

***

Curiosity led a young native of Erin,

To view the gay banks of the Rhine,

Where an Empress he saw and the gold that she was wearing

All over with diamonds did shine.

No goddess in splendour was ever yet seen,

To equal this fair maid so mild and serene,

In soft accents she cried, O my linnet so green,

Sweet Boney, will I e'er see you more?

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 372, pgs. 175‑176. Island ILPS9432, The Chieftains - "Bonaparte's Retreat."

X:1

T:Green Linnet, The [2]

L:1/8

M:C

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3DEF|G2A G F2 ED|DF AB =c2 dB|BA FD E2 DD|D4 z2 (3DEF|G2 AG F2 ED|

DF A2 B =c2 dB|BA FD E2 DD|D4 z2||AB|=c2 dB B2 AF| A>B dd d2 AB|

=c2 dB BA FD|E2 DD D2 (3DEF|G>A BA AF ED|DF AB =c2 eB|BA FD E2 DD|D4z2||

                       

GREEN LITTLE ISLE SO FAIR, THAT.  Irish, Waltz. D Major. Standard. One Part. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949.

X:1

T:Green Little Isle so Fair, That

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Waltz

S:Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor (1949)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

B2A2F2 | E4E2 | F4A2 | B4c2 | d4c2 | B2A2F2 | E4E2 | (E6 | E4)d2 |

e4e2 | f4e2 | d4c2 | B2A2F2 | E4F2 | A4A2 | (B6 | B4) B2 |

e4e2 | f4e2 | d4c2 | B2A2F2 | E4F2 | A4A2 | (B6 | B2)A2F2 |

E4E2 | F4A2 | B4c2 | d4c2 | B2A2F2 | E4E2 | E6 ||

 

GREEN MAN HORNPIPE. English, “Old Hornpipe” (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The Green Man, generally a foliate head, is a symbol that has both pagan and Christian attributes; it is the male aspect of the mother goddess, and a powerful image of rebirth to Christians. They can be found carved on many buildings, churches and cathederals throughout northern Europe and in Britain. Not incidently it is the name for many pubs, where Green Men can be found on tavern signs, either represented by a foliate head or simply a ranger or forester (a ‘green man’ on account of his green livery). The melody appears in Walsh’s Lancashire Jiggs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc. (c. 1737).

X:1

T:Green Man Hornpipe

B:Walsh

M:3/2

L:1/8

K:G

g4 d3 c B4| edcB AGFE D4| dcBA GFED C4| AGFE DCB,A, G,4|\

G,B,CG, A,CB,A, B,DCB,|CEDC DFEG F4| GBAG AcBA BdcB|\

cedf cgfa g4:: b4 a3 g f4| g2 ba gfed ^c4|\

dBAG Fd^cB AGFE| F2 d2E2 ^c2 d4| GBdc BAG=F F2 E2| Fced cBAG G2 ^F2|\

gdcB ecBA dBAG| cABG D2 F2 G4:|

                       


GREEN MEADOW(S) [1], THE. AKA and see “The Ballina Lass,” “Johnny When You Die [1],” “Over the Moor to Maggie [2],” “Paddy’s Gone to France,” “Waynesboro,” “The Willow Tree [5].” Irish, Reel. G Major (Allan’s, Perlman): A Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning. AABB (Allan’s, Miller & Perron): AA’BB’ (Perlman). A third part is sometimes added in modern Irish versions (see the close variant “Over the Moor to Maggie”). Breathnach (1963) lists a "Green Meadows" in conjunction with "The Ballina Lass," "The Hag's Reel," "The Old Maids of Galway," "Paddy's gone to France," and "Gearrchailiu Chontae Mhuigheo," and, while related, these tunes appear to represent another branch of development of what may be a common ancestor. See note for “Over the Moor to Maggie.” Sources for notated versions: Eddy Arsenault (b. 1938, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan (1918-1988) [Miller & Perron]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, 1930’s?; No. 40, pg. 10. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 74. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 49.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Meadow [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Hugh McDermott – Allan’s Irish Fiddler (1930’s?)

K:G
(3(DEF)|G2(GA) BGBd|(ef)ge (dB)AG|EAAG ABAG|
EAAG AcBA|GFGA BGBd|efge dBAG|EGGF GAGE|DGGF G2:|
|:(ga)|b2bg abaf|gage d2Bd|eaag abag|eaag a2(ga)|
babg abaf|gage d2(Bd)|eggf gage|[1dggf g2:|[2dgga gedB||
G2(GA) BGBd|(ef)ge (dB)AG|EAAG ABAG|EAAG AcBA|

GFGA BGBd|efge dBAG|EGGF GAGE|DGGF G2|]

 

GREEN MEADOW [2], THE (An Moinfeur Glas). AKA and see  "Na Geabha sa bPortach," "Bob Thompson's Favourite," "The Coravat Jig [1]," “The Geese in the Bog [2],” “Humours of Glin [5],” "The Humours of Limerick [2]," "Jackson's Walk to Limerick," "Jackson's Trip to Limerick," "Jackson's Coola," “The Lark’s March,” “Mist on the Meadow,” “Morrison’s Fancy,” "The Mountain Lark [5]," "The Piper's Frolic," “Tom Broderick’s Jig,” "Tuhy's Frolic," "Twice Tricked,” "Wiseman's Favourite." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 63. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1062, pg. 200. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 266, pg. 59.

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Green Meadow, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – 1001 Gems (1907), No. 266

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|def AFA|DED AFA|def AFA|EFA B2A|def AFA|DED AFA|dcB AGF|EFA B2:|

|:A|Add fdB|cBc ecA|Add fdB|AFA B2A|1 Add fdB|cBc efg|fdB AGF|EFA B2:|2

Aff fed|cee efg|fdB AGF|EFA B2||

 

GREEN MEADOWS WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning. One Part. Source for notated verison: Fred Doxstadder (Lincoln, Nebraska {grew up in South Dakota} [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 145.

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN [1]. AKA and see “Billy Boy [2],” "Did you Ever See the/a Devil, Uncle Joe," "Hop Light, Ladies," "Walk Jaw Bone [1]," "The Cake's All Dough," "Miss McLeod's/MacLeod’s Reel [1],” “Uncle Joe."

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN [2], THE (An Sliab Glas). AKA and see "The Barmaid," "The Haymaker (Reel) [1],” "The Maid behind the Bar [1]," “Indy’s Favorite,” "Judy's Reel," "Long Island Reel." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Moylan, O'Neill/1850): AABB (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune was recorded on 78 RPM in Dublin in 1937 by Donegal fiddler Neil “Neilie” Boyle (1889-1961). According to Varlet & Spottswood (1992), Boyle was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, to Irish parents but soon after the family moved back to Ireland, where he became an influential exponent of the northern style of playing. The melody has been identified as a variant of “The Maid Behind the Bar” family of tunes. Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, 1980’s [Taylor]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 229, pg. 132. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 96. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1205, pg. 227. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 481, pg. 92. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 16. Green Linnet Records SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Seane Keane ‑ "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). ‘Ón tSean-Am Anall’ (Danny O’Donnell). Rounder CD-1087, Neil O’Boyle – “From Galway to Dublin” (1992. Reissue of 1937 original).

X:1

T:Green Mountain [2]

L:1/8

M:4/4

R:Reel

K:D

dB|A~F3 AFEF|D~F3 Abde|fedf efdB|Adfd efdB|

A~F3 AFEF|D~F3 ABde|f~d3 efdB|AFEF D2:|

|:de|f~a3 Bfaf|defd (3efe de|f2 df efdB|Adfa edBd|

f~a3 bfaf|defd (3efe de|f~d3 efdB|AFEF D2:|

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN [3], THE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, south-central Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning. AABB. Titon (2001) calls this a “stately local tune” unrelated to other “Green Mountain…” titles. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. Source for notated version: Isham Monday (Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., 1959) [Titon]. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 56, pg. 67. Meriweather 1001-2, Isham Monday (et al) – “I Kind of Believe it’s a Gift: Field Recordings of Traditional Music from southcentral Kentucky” (1986).

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN [4], THE. See "Green Mountain Hornpipe."

                       

GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [1]. New England, Reel. Tune originally associated with the country dance "Green Mountain Volunteers."

 

GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [2]. American, "Country Dance" (6/8 time) or Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 186, pg. 73. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 31, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Green Mountain Boys [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Harding’s All-Round Collection (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(E/F/)|G2G EGc|e2e cEG|FEF DdB|ced cEF|G2G EGc|

e2e cEG|FEF DdB|ced c2||e|fef dgf|ecG EGc|BGd BGd|

cGe d2e|fef dgf|ecG EGc|BGd BGd|ced c2||


                       

GREEN MOUNTAIN HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not related to "Green Mountain Petronella." Source for notated version: Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 19.

                       

GREEN MOUNTAIN MARCH. New England, March. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. McQuillen (Bobs Notebooks) vol. 2; No. or pg. 63.

                       

GREEN MOUNTAIN PETRONELLA. New England; Reel or Polka. G Major (Brody, Miller & Perron/1983, Phillips, Spandaro, Sweet): F Major (Miller & Perron/1978). Standard tuning. AAB (Miller & Perron/1978): AABB (Brody, Miller & Perron/1983, Phillips, Spandaro, Sweet). Canterbury, New Hampshire caller and musician Dudley Laufman has been credited with finding and disseminating this tune. Sources for notated versions: Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Phillips]; David Sullivan [Spandaro]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 126. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 73. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 97. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 105. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 41. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 45. Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller‑ "Castles in the Air." Alcazar Dance Series FR 204, Rodney and Randy Miller‑ "New England Chestnuts, Vol. II" (1981).

X:1

T:Green Mountain Petronella

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

GE|D2G2 GF GE|D2B2 B3d|c2A2 AB cd|e2d2 d^c d2|

D2G2 GF GE|D2B2 B3d|c2A2 AGAc|B2G2G2:|

|:Bd|g2g2f2f2|ef ge d2d2|ed ef gf gd|B2A2A2 Bd|

g2g2 fg f2|ef e2d2 Bd|ed ef gf gd|B2A2G2:|

                       

GREEN MOUNTAIN POLKA. Old‑Time, Polka. USA; southwestern Virginia. See also closely related tunes "Plaza Polka" and "Richmond Polka." The tune was recorded during the 78 RPM era by Charlie La Prade and the Blue Ridge Highballers. Recorded by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress (2738-B-3 and 2744-A-5), 1939, from the playing of both the Houston Bald Knob String Band and H.L. Maxey (Franklin County, Va.). Columbia 15070-D (78 RPM), Charlie LaPrade and the Blue Ridge Highballers. Rounder CD 1131, Ed Hayley – “Forked Deer.” Victor V-40304 (78 RPM), Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers.

                       

GREEN MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEERS. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding." Burchenal (1918) prints "Haste to the Wedding" under the primary title "Green Mountain Volunteers," and gives a New England contra dance by the same name to it. Burchenal (American Country Dances, vol. 1), 1918; pg. 42.

                       

GREEN PANTALOONS, THE. AKA and see "The Ladies' Pantalettes/Pantaloons/Pantaloos," "Leonard's Reel," "The Boatman's Reel," "Pat the Fowler," "The Grey Frieze Breeches."

 

GREEN PIGEON, THE (An Colúr Glas).  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB. Breathnach’s source had no name for the tune, although the collector had found a version of it in the Goodman manuscripts (c. 1860’s, southwest Munster), under the title “Green Pi(d)geon.” The melody appears as “The Blue Pi(d)geon” in a manuscript from County Leitrim, notes editor Jackie Small. Source for notated version: fiddler Jim Mulqueeny [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 209, pgs. 98-99. Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 92, pg. 40.

X:1

T:Green Pidgeon (sic), The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century)

B:Hugh Shields – Tunes of the Munster Pipers, No. 92  (1998)

K:G

A/G/|FGAG FDDE|FDAF G2 AG|FDAF GFED|BdcA G2 AG|

FDAF GFED|FDAF G2 AG|FDAF GABc|dBcA G2||FG|

A2 AB (cA)(BG)|A2 AB c2 dc|A2 AB (cA)(BG)|(BdcA G2)FG|

A2 AB (cA)(BG)|A2 AB c2Bc|(dB)(cA) (BG)(AG)|Adde dcAG||

                       

GREEN RIBBONS REEL, THE. AKA and see “Tie the Ribbons [1].” Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. See note for “Tie the Ribbons [1]” for more variants of this tune family. Bronx fiddler Martin Mulvihill (1923-1987), originally from Ballygoughin, west County Limerick, printed the melody as an accompaniment to the dance The Sixteen Hand Reel. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 42, pg. 127.

X:1

T:Green Ribbons, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Martin Mulvihill – 1st Collection  (1986)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

BGEF GBAG|FGAG FDDA|BGEF G2 ef|1 (3gfe fd Beed:|2 (3gfe fd Beef||

|:{a}gfga bgeg|fgag fd (3dcd|1 {a}gfga bgeg|{g}fefd Beef:|2 gabg fgaf|gfed Beed||

                       

GREEN RIVER. Old-Time, Breakdown. The tune was separately recorded by North Carolina fiddlers Marcus Martin and Osey Helton in the mid-1920’s. Broadway 5122, Osey  Helton (78 RPM. Backed with “Rocky Road to Dublin”). County 2730, Rafe Stefanini – “Glory on the Big String.”

                       

GREEN RIVER MARCH. Old‑Time. County 403, "Roane County Ramblers" (east Tennessee. Originally recorded in 1929). It is perhaps the same "Green River" recorded by Asheville, North Carolina, fiddler Osey Helton on Broadway 5123-1 (78 RPM), c. 1925.

                       


GREEN RIVER WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. Apparently it was composed and recorded by fiddler Clifford Gross, a member of Texas based Light Crust Doughboys in the late 1930’s. Reed Island Rounders - “Wolves in the Woods” (1997).

                       

GREEN SHADES OF GASK, THE. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The celebrated lyricist (“The Laird o’ Cockpen”) Lady Nairne, Carolina Oliphant (1766-1845) was born and died at Gask, Scotland in central Perth and Kinross. Gask was a community that built up around a manor, Gask House, located on a ridge. There was a Roman road along the crest of the ridge that linked signal stations, and the remains of a large Roman camp are situated near Gask House. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 321, pg. 35. Fiddlers Three Plus Two.”

X:1

T:Green Shades of Gask, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 321

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B | GAG BGB | gag (f2e) | dgd BgB | aAA (A2B) | GAG BGB | gag (f2e) | dcB Adc | BGG G2B |

GAG BGB | gag (f2e) | dgd BgB | aAA (A2B) | GAG BGB | gag f2e | dcB Adc | BGG G2 ||

d | gag gfe | aba agf | gfg aga | bee (e2f) | gag gfe | aba agf | gfe dgd | BGG G2d | gag gfe |

aba agf | gfg aga | bee (e2f) | gbg ege | ded g2e | dcB Adc | BGG G2 ||

                       

GREEN SHADY BOWERS (Sgata Dorca Glas). Irish, Air (2/4 time, "animated"). A Major. Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 290, pg. 50.

X:1

T:Green Shady Bowers

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 290

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c/B/ | A>B AF | FE EB/c/ | .d.d cB | c2 AB | cf fe | c>d ec/B/ | A>B c^d | e3 A/B/ |

cf fe | c>d ec/B/ | BA FE | E3 cd | .e.e .fe/d/ | cA FE | E>F AA | A3 || 

                       

GREEN SHADY GLEN, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: "Mr. Flattely of Mayo," via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 498, pg. 273.

                       

GREEN SHIP, THE.  English, Hornpipe. The melody appears in the John Winder manuscript (1789, Wyresdale, Lancashire). Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-36, Dave Shepherd & Becky Price – “Ashburnham.”

 

GREEN SLEEVES. See "Greensleeves."

                       

GREEN TEA (Tae Glas). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: Bernard Bogue (Counties Monaghan and Tyrone) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE IV), 1996; No. 95, pg. 51.

                       

GREEN TREE, THE. AKA and see "Green Trees of Athol." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 515. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940, pg. 32 (appears as "Green Trees of Athol"). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 34.

X:1

T:Green Tree, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Gow – 2nd Repository  (1802)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f|d(DD>)F E>DEf|gefd edBe|d(DD>)F EDEg|fdef d/d/d d:|

f|afdf abaf|gefd edBf|afdf abaf|edef d/d/d df|afdf abaf|gbfa edBe|

d(DD>)F E>DEg|fdef d/d/d d||

                       

GREEN TREES OF ATHOL. AKA ‑ "The Green Tree." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. ABB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 515 (appears as "The Green Tree"). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 32. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 58.

X:1

T:Green Trees of Athol

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d/D/D/F/ E/D/E/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/B/e/ | d/D/D/F/ E/D/E/g/ | f/d/e/f/ (3.d/.d/./d.d |

d/D/D/F/ E/D/E/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/B/e/ | d/D/D/F/ E/D/E/g/ | f/d/e/f/ (3.d/.d/.d/.d |:

a/f/d/f/ a/b/a/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/B/e/ | a/f/d/f/ a/b/a/f/ | e/d/e/f/ (3.d/.d/.d/(d/f/) |

a/f/d/f/ a/b/a/f/ | g/b/f/a/ e/d/B/e/ | d/D/D/F/ E/D/E/g/ | f/d/e/f/ (3.d/.d/.d/.d :|

                                   

GREEN VALLEY WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA; east Tennessee, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Phillips): AABB (Thede). Most sources trace back to Tennesse’s Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith. Sources for notated versions: John Lewis (Heavener, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Skip Gorman [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 265. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 146. Recorded by the Roane County Ramblers (East Tenn.) in 1929. Marimac 9008, The Lazy Aces ‑ "Still Lazy After All These Years" (1986. Learned from an Arthur Smith recording).

                       

GREEN, WHITE AND GOLD.  Irish, Jig. Composed by the late fiddler Seán Ryan. Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), No. 28.

           

GREEN WILLIS [1]. AKA and see “First Come in was a Bumble Bee,” "Green Willis the Raw Recruit," “New Rigged Ship [1],” “Old Hickory,” "The Raw Recruit," "Chapel Hill Seranade," "Jackson's March." Old‑Time, New England; Breakdown or Reel. USA, southwestern Va. D Major. ADae or Standard tuning. AABB. Green Willis was a 19th century fiddler from the Galax, Viriginia, area whose name became associated with the tune. A closely related, and probably  ancestral tune (actually the same melody in jig version) is "New Rigged Ship,” long popular with fiddlers and melodeon players in English traditional circles. It has been stated that a waltz setting is known as “The Peekaboo Waltz,” however, the tune usually known by the latter title seems not to be related. 

***

Drinkin' moonshine at the age of fifteen,

Caused poor Willis' face to turn green;

Then it turned red, 'cause he was ashamed,

So we'll play the tune that goes by the name

Of...Green Willis.

***

Sources for notated versions: Fuzzy Mountain String Band (Durham, North Carolina) [Brody]; Danny Gardella [Phillips]; Peter Boveng [Silberberg]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 127. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 105. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 56. Welling (Welling’s Hartford Tunebook), 1976; pg. 2. Folk Legacy FSI-74, Howard Bursen - "Cider in the Kitchen" (1980. Learned from the Correctone String Band). Kicking Mule 209, Bob Carlin and Henry Sapoznik‑ "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." Kicking Mule KN‑327, "Scartaglen" (1984). Rounder 0010, "Fuzzy Mountain String Band" (1972. Learned from Taylor Kimble of Laurel Fork, Va.). Wildgoose Records, Rattle on the Stovepipe – “8 More Miles” (2005).

See also listing at:

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

 

GREEN WILLIS THE RAW RECRUIT [2]. AKA and see "New Rigged Ship." New England, Jig. The same tune as version #1, set in jig (6/8) time. Sweet, Fifer's Delight (CDSS).

 

GREEN WILLOW. AKA and see "All Around My Hat." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. One part. The tune is that of the song "All Around My Hat (I will wear the green willow)." Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

 

GREEN WOOD, THE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Learned by Joyce as a boy in Limerick, c. 1840's. A different tune than the English “Greenwood” published by Playford. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 98, pgs. 50‑51.

X:1

T:Green Wood, The

L:1/8

M:C

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

EAAA A2 GA|F2 G/E/D D4|Adde f>dec|dA FG A4|

A2 GA FDFG|AFED e2 d>e|f>dec dAGA|F2 E>D D4||

 

GREEN WOODS OF TRUIGHA/TRUAGH (Coillte Glas Na Triuca). AKA and see "Silence is in Our Festive Halls." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB.. The air (along with “Mrs. Crofton,” sometimes “Madame Crofton”) was played by blind  harper Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818) at the first Granard Harp Competition in 1781, a performance which earned him the second prize of eight guineas. The next year at the second Granard gathering O’Neill again won second prize playing the tune once again, this time paired with “The Fairy Queen.” The prize, however, had been reduced to six guineas. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 276, pg. 48.

X:1

T:Green Woods of Truigha, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 276

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Slow”

K:G

D|G2 Bd c/B/A/G/|B2 g>f e/d/c/B/|A>c BG {B}A>G|G4 z2|G2 B>d c/B/A/G/|

B2 g>f e/d/c/B/|A>c BG {B}A>G|G4|z||d|g>g fe a>g|f>e d2 g>f|

{f}e3 d Bd|ef ga b2|G2 Bd c/B/A/G/|B2 g>f e/d/c/B/|A>c BG {B}A>G|G4 z||

 

GREENBACK DOLLAR. See "Green Back Dollar (Bill)."

                       

GREENBRIAR RIVER. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. From the playing of Dena Knicely, wife of Jim Knicely, attributed to an old black fiddler she knew when she was a child. Jim Martin Productions JMP201, Gerry Milnes (et al) – “Gandydancer.”

                       

GREENBRIAR SCHOTTISCHE, THE. American, Schottische. USA, southwestern Pa. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: James Smalley (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1944; learned from his father) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 439, pg. 410.

 


GREENCASTLE (HORNPIPE), THE (Crannciuil Caislean-Glais/Glas). AKA and see "Limerick Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major (Allan, O'Neill): D Major (Roche). Standard tuning. AB (Moylan): AA’B (Moylan): AABB (Allan, O’Neill, Roche). Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Francis O'Neill learned the tune from a young Limerick man named James Moore in Chicago during the winter of  1875. Moore, a flute player without an instrument, lived in a cold boarding-house across the street from O'Neill and often availed himself of  O'Neill's hospitality, ensconcing himself on a "cozy seat on the woodbox back of our kitchen stove" while borrowing O'Neill's flute to play on. Moore, complained a frustrated O'Neill, often did not remember the names of the tunes he played ("a very common failing") and was lost track of when he moved to New York in the spring [O'Neill, Irish Folk Music]. Reg Hall (1998) says the tune has had enough currency in Northumberland to be considered local. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 75, pg. 19. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 288, pgs. 166-167 & No. 305, pgs. 175-176. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 338, pg. 166. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 807, pg. 140. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies) 1903/1979; No. 1557, pg. 288. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 164 (appears in all editions as "The Greencastle Hornpipe"). Roche Collection, 1983, Vol. 2; No. 235, pg. 18. Topic TSCD 669, Will Atkinson (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England” (1998. Atkinson {b. 1908} of Crookham, Northumberland, was a harmonica and  accordion player).

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dc|BGDG BGDG|(3gag fg e2 dc|BGDG BGDG|dcBc A2 dc|

BGDG BGDG|(3gag fg e2 dc|Bdfe dcAF|G2 GG G2:|

|:ga|bagf efga|bagf e2 fg|agfe defg|agfe d2 (3def|gfgd e2 d2|

{d}cBAB cdef|gfgd ecAF|G2 GG G2:|

 

GREENE... See "Green..."

 

GREENEND PARK. AKA and see "Kelly's Goat"???  Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune appears in Malcolm MacDonald's Second Collection of 1797, and, attributed to Nathaniel Gow under the title "Lady Shaftesbury('s Strathspey)," in Gow's Third Collection (1791). Glen lists McDonald as the composer. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), Vol. 1, 1891; pg. 41. MacDonald (A Second Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1789; pg. 10.

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T:Greenend Park

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R:Strathspey

S:MacDonald – 2nd Collection of Strathspey Reels (1789)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

G/F/ | EB,G,B, | “tr”E>FGc | BG”tr”FE | DF FG/F/ | EB,G,B, | “tr”E>FGc | B<G F>G | E3 :|

B | ed”tr”cB | {d}e2 Ec | BGFE | DFFB | (ed)”tr”cB | {d}e2 Ec | B<”tr”G F>G | [G,3E3]B |

(ed)cB | {d}e2 Ec | BG”tr”FE | DF FG/F/ | EB,C<E | B,<EG,<c | BG”tr”F>G | E3 ||

 


GREENFIELDS OF AMERICA [1] (“Garranta Glasa Mheiriceá,” "Na Paircib Glais America" or "Pairci Glasa America"). AKA and see “Captain Rock(e’s) [1],” "Greenfields of Virginia" (Pa.), "Greenfields of Canada," "Charming/Pretty/Purty Molly/Judy/Miss Branigan/Brannagan," "Molly Brallaghan [1]," "Miss Wedderburn(‘s Reel) [1]," "Cossey's Jig," "Jimmy O'Brien's Jig," "Garranta Glasa Mheiricea,” “Under the Rose." See also the related tune "Old Mother Flanagan." Irish, New England; Reel. USA; New England, southwestern Pa. A Major (Brody): G Major (Bayard, Breathnach, Cole, Miller & Perron, Mitchell, O'Neill, Phillips, Tolman). Standard tuning. AB (Bayard, O'Neill/1915 & 1850): AAB (Mitchell): AABB (Miller & Perron, Phillips): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen): AABC (Breathnach): AABBCC (Brody, Cole, Tolman): AABBCCDD (Kennedy). Samuel Bayard (1981) sees the tune as having two separate versions, a song air which is the elder and an instrumental air deriving from it. The song, says Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, "is surely one of the finest songs of emigration in our tradition and many versions of it abound." It is generally thought to have Ulster origins, although at least one early version of the song has the emigrant bidding farewell to County Wicklow. The earliest published version is to be found in a 19th century collection by S.A. Such, London. Interestingly, the reel appears in the c. 1840’s manuscript collection of Setauket, Long Island, New York, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868) in a setting little changed from that played at present. John Hartford believes the tune is a cousin to "Speed the Plow."

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The melody is also popular in 6/8 time renderings. Breathnach (1963) says “Greenfields…” is similar to “Cossey’s Jig,” first published in Jackson’s Celebrated Tunes (1774), a version of which jig appears as “Maid in the Meadow [1]” and "Jimmy O'Brien's Jig," printed by O’Neill. A jig called “The Humours of Newtown” in the mid-19th century James Goodman manuscripts, collected in Cork and elsewhere in Munster, has a first part that shares melodic material with the first part of “Greenfields of America” but not the with the second.

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Sources for notated versions: Andy Cahan (North Carolina) [Brody]; Frank King (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1960), Irvin Yaugher (Fayette County, Pa., 1944),;Issac Morris (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]; April Limber [Phillips]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; fiddler Tommy Potts [Breathnach]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 312A‑C, pgs. 264‑266. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 79, pg. 36. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 126. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 17. Galwey, 1910; No. 30. Harding's Original Collection, 1928; No. 193. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; pg. 65. Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes), No. or pg. 29. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 56, pg. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; pg. 41 and vol. 3, No. 384. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1983; No. 111. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 95, pg. 83. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 269, pg. 137. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 103. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1240, pg. 233. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 513, pg. 97. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.1, 1994; pg. 104. Robbins, 1933; No. 148. Roche Collection, vol. 1; Nos. 121 (6/8 time) and 157. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 41. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; pg. 11. Claddagh 4CC 32, Willie Clancy – “The Pipering of Willie Clancy, vol. 1” (1980). Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007). Edison 50604 (78 RPM), John H. Kimmel (accordionist from New York City), 1918 (appears as next to last tune in "Bonnie Kate Medley Reels"). Edison 51041 (78 RPM), John H. Kimmel, 1922 (appears as last tune of "Stack o' Barley Medley"). F&W Records, "F&W String Band 2." Front Hall 05, Fennigs All Stars‑ "Saturday Night in the Provinces." Kicking Mule 206, Tom Gilfellon‑ "Kicking Mule's Flat Picking Guitar Festival." Kicking Mule 208, Art Rosenbaum‑ "Five String Banjo" (appears as "Charming Molly Brannigan"). Kicking Mule 209, Andy Cahan‑ "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." RCA 09026-61490-2, The Chieftains - "The Celtic Harp" (1993). Shanachie 33002, Michael Coleman‑ "The Legacy of Michael Coleman."

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

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|:D2|GABc d2ef|gfge dBGB|c2ec B2dB|AGAB AGE2:|

|:gfge dBGB|(3cBA BG AGEF|GAGE DEGA|BGAF G2:|

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T:Green Fields of America  [1]

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L:1/8

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S:William Sydney Mount manuscripts (c. 1840’s)

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K:G

A/B/ | c2B2 | AA/B/ A/G/E/F/ | GG/E/ D/E/G/A/ | B/c/B/G/ A/G/E/G/ |

ce/c/ Bd/B/ | A/G/A/B/ A/G/E/F/ | G/F/G/E/ D/E/G/A/ | B/c/B/A/ G :|

|: (3D/E/F/ | G/A/B/c/ de/f/ | g/f/g/e/ d/B/G/B/ | ce/c/ Bd/B/ | A/G/A/B/ AG/E/ |

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

 

GREENFIELDS OF AMERICA [2], THE. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. A variant of version #1, beginning on an E Minor chord. Source for notated version: Lotus Dickey (Indiana) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 105.

 

GREENFIELDS OF AMERICA [3], THE. AKA and see “Greenfields to America.” Irish, Reel. A different tune than the more recognized “Green Fields of America [1].”

 

GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA [4], THE. Irish, Jig. The tune, a jig version of the popular reel, was recorded on the Kilfenora Ceili Band’s first LP in the 1960’s. Celtic Crossings CD0299-02, Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin & Patrick Ourceau – “Tracin” (1999).

 

GREENFIELDS OF CANADA, THE. AKA and see "Greenfields of America [1]."

 

GREENFIELDS OF EDINBURGH, THE. American, Reel or March. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Thomas Dunn (elderly fiddler from Fayette County, Pa., 1947) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 314, pgs. 266‑267.

 

GREENFIELDS OF GLENTOWN. AKA and see “Green Fields of Glentown.”

 

GREENFIELDS OF IRELAND, THE. American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Source for notated version: St. Clair (fifer from Pa., 1960; learned from his father) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 313, pg. 266.

 

GREENFIELDS OF VIRGINIA. AKA and see "Greenfields of America."

 

GREENFIELDS TO AMERICA, THE. See "Green Fields to America."

 

GREENGATE POLKA. English, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 196.

 

GREENHOLM. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is derived from the air “Believe Me if all (those Endearing Young Charms).” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 257, pg. 28.

 


GREENLAND. American, Air and Contra Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Adapted for contra dancing by Dudley Laufman (Canterbury, New Hampshire) from a folk-song air. Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 27.

 

GREENLAND HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burkes, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is know of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England. The title may have associations with the fishing or whaling industry and the abundant harvests off Greenland.

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T:Greenland Hornpipe

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FE|DFAc dcBc|Acef gfef|dfaf gefd|ceab agfe|

DFAc dcBA|Acef gfge|dfaf bgec|d2d2d2:|

|:fg|afdf gfge|afdf gfge|efed cdcB|A2 ab agfe|

dcde fdAc|dfaf gecA|dfaf bgec|d2d2d2:|

 

GREENLAND MAN'S TUNE, DA. Shetland, "Listening Tune" or Shetland Reel (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. A tune from the days when Shetland islanders would go whaling off the coast of Greenland. Robin Morton (1976) notes a Scandinavian influence in the tune, while Anderson & Georgeson (1970) state that this "best known of all the Sheltland Reels" bears a strong resemblance to a country dance tune from Jutland, Denmark. There are many variants to the tune. Source for notated version: Willie Hunter (Shetland) [Anderson & Georgeson]. Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; pg. 16. Boys of the Lough, 1977; pg. 20. Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough ‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976). Transatlantic TRA 311, Boys of the Lough ‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger."

 

GREENLAND PARK. Scottish, Strathspey. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was composed by Lady Shaftsbury but claimed by Nathaniel Gow, notes Glen (1891). It appears in Malcolm McDonald's 1789 2nd collection. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 41.

 

GREEN’S POLKA. See “Danny Green’s.”

 

GREEN’S REEL. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 182, pg. 49.

 

GREENSLEEVES [1]. AKA and see "Bacca Pipes Jig." English, Jig (6/8 time) and Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (Bacon‑Longborough): C Major (Bacon‑Stanton Harcourt). Standard tuning. AB. The tune was used for a solo or duet dance in the morris tradition called the "Bacca Pipes" (i.e. long‑stemmed tobacco pipes, which were placed crossed on the ground and danced around). The melody was collected in the Cotswold villages of Bledington (Gloucestershire), Headington (Oxfordshire), Ilmington (Warwickshire), Longborough (Gloucestershire), and Stanton Harcourt (Oxfordshire). “Greensleeves” is mentioned in a morris context by Alan Nowell in his article "Dance Traces Surviving in The Ritual of Freemasonry" (published in '''Archaeology Ireland''', Spring 2010):

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This mention of comedy is wholly relevant. If you look at a reconstruction of the dance on youtube.com (by searching “3 kick, wyresdale”) you will hear a lot of laughter from the audience. This is initiated when the dancers start an arse-kicking sequence (in Wyresdale the hopping dance was simply known as “Greensleeves” and in a local fiddler’s tune book from 1789 the tune Greensleeves is also titled “kick my A—E”). I have found this the hardest part of my investigation because comedy is so ephemeral and difficult to deal with in an ancient historical context. This repeated kicking chorus (found in a Wyresdale hopping dance, Northumberland) may have had a separate history. It occurs in the Ilmington Buffoon Cotswold Morris Dance and it seems to be related to Pimponpet which is listed as one of Gargantua’s Games by Rabelais (c.1494-1553). In Randle Cotgraves' English/French Dictionary published 1611 it is described as “A kind of game wherein three hit each other on the bumme with one of their feet”. In 1653, Thomas Urquhart, translator of Rabelais, seems to have been familiar with Pimponpet and translates it as Bumdockdousse."

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Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 251, 195. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 74 (appears as "Bacca Pipes Jig"). Carthage CGLP 4406, Hutchings et al - "Morris On" (1983/1972).

 


GREENSLEEVES [2]. See "The Pirriwig," "Green Sleeves and Mutton Pies." English, Scottish; Air, Country and Morris Dance Tune (6/4 or 6/8 time). E Dorian (Chappell). Standard tuning. AB. Williamson prints three tunes under the same name: tune A is in A Minor, form AABB; tune B is in C Major, in form AABB; tune C is in A Mixolydian, form AABB. Musically the melody is not so much a single specific tune, argues John M. Ward, as it is a tune type or descant which can be found in many variations and forms. All seem to conform, however, to the harmonically structured outline of a "ground" or bass progression known as the 'romanesca', which is similar to the 'passemezzo antico' though the initial tone is a third higher (Cazden, et al, 1982). Chappell (1859), Williamson and Alburger (1983) all note that a tune by this name was registered at the Stationer's Company in 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves" (an early attempt at copyrighting). 'Northern Dittye' here means not Scotland but Northumberland and the Border regions along with the English Midlands; Kidson remarks that during his era (early 20th century) the melody was in the "cherished possession of countrymen in the Midlands, who execute a rustic dance to a traditional survival of it" (pg. 5). Shakespeare wrote in one of his plays, "Let it thunder to the tune of Greensleeves," and again, in The Merry Wives of Windsor when he has Mrs. Ford contrast it with the Hundredth Psalm ‑'they do no more keep pace together, than the Hundredth Psalm to the tune of Green Sleeves.' Indeed, the tune at the quick tempo Shakespeare suggests has been immensely popular since his time (Emmerson {1971} notes the slow version associated with Christmas scarcely predates the 1940's).  Williamson's versions includes two early tunes which were used for a morris dance called "The Bacca Pipes Jig", a dance which features motions with elegant "churchwarden pipes". He says, "the tunes here go in a fast 2/4, which bars them from the category of jigs proper and puts them in the same class of tunes that were called gigs in Wales. The first has a similarity to a Scots tune called 'The Pirriwig.' It's based on the playing of William Kimber. The second tune has a closer resemblance to the well‑known song 'Greensleeves'" (Williamson, 1976).

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Country dance directions to the tune have been recovered from the Holmain MS. (c. 1710‑50) from Dumfries‑shire. The tune and dance were known in the American colonies in the 18th century (under the titles "Green sleeves" or "Green sleeves & mutton pies"), though there is no reason to believe either was particularly popular as it was not widely reproduced in either MS copy books or dance publications of the period. An American version with the usual 'A' part but quite a different 'B' part appears in Henry Beck's German flute MS of 1786. Kidson (1915) reports the tune was probably an "art‑tune" in the 16th century, not a folk‑tune, and that both melody and lyrics were immediately popular. It was frequently the vehicle for political ditties and for the "scraps of verses that were employed in the early ballad operas" (pg. 27). It was such a common tune in the 17th century that the tune was mentioned by Sir John Hawkins, who recalled disdainfully:

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...Fidlers and others, hired by the master of the house; such as

in the night season were wont to parade the city and suburbs

under the title of Waits...Half a dozen of fidlers would scrape

"Sellinger's Round," or "John, Come Kiss Me," or "Old Simon

the King" with divisions, till themselves and their audience were

tired after which as many players on the hautboy would in the

most harsh and discordant tones grate forth "Greensleeves,"

"Yellow Stockings," "Gillean of Croydon," or some such common

dance tune, and the people thought it fine music.

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Kidson (1915) states the air was simplified through the years and that complete passages were eliminated over time. To illustrate he gives a "pure" early 16th century version as well as later "degraded" versions: one from a fiddle MS from 1838, and another from Playford's Dancing Master of 1716, called "Greensleeves and Yellow Lace" (other "degraded" versions mentioned are from The Beggar's Opera {1728}, and D'Urfey's Wit and Mirth). Yet another "degraded" version, devoid of all lilt, can be found on page 16 of violinist Whittier Perkins' Manuscript copybook (Massachusetts, 1790). Chappell (1859) finds the tune in William Ballet's Lute Book and Sir John Hawkins' transcripts of the early 17th century, but he asserts that the ballad had attained popularity before the 1580 date as there was another ballad registered with the Stationers at the same time entitled "A ballad, being the "Ladie Greene Sleeves Answere to Donkyn his frende." The ballad became even more popular immediately after its publication, probably on the strength of the engaging tune, for numerous attempts were made to improve upon the original words which "are neither remarkable for novelty of subject, nor for its treatment" (Chappell, pg. 240). It appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768) and in Walsh's Country Dancing Master or 1718. Breathnach (1963) mentions the tune in conjunction with "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," "The Humors of Ennistymon," " The Waves of Tramore," "The County Limerick Buckhunt," "Larry Grogan," "The Lasses of Melross," "Little Fanny's Fancy," "The Humours of Milltown [2]," "Lynn's Favourite," "Coppers and Brass [2]," "Hartigan's Fancy", and "Finerty's Frolic." Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 239. Kidson (English Folksong and Dance), 1915; pg. 27. Merryweather (Merryweather’s Tunes for the English Bagpipe), 1989; pg. 27. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 69. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 33. Flying Fish FF‑407, Robin Williamson ‑ "Winter's Turning" (1986).

 

GREEN SLEEVES [3]. AKA and see “Bliven’s Favorite,” "The Butchers of Bristol [1]", "By your leave, Larry Grogan," "Coppers and Brass [2]", “The County Limerick Buckhunt," "Finerty's Frolic," "Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy," “The Humors of Ennistymon [1]," "The Humours of Milltown [2]," "Larry Grogan(‘s) [1]", "The Lasses of Melrose," “Lasses of Melross,” "Little Fanny's Fancy," "Lynn's Favourite," "Lynny's Favourite," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,” "The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. The tune is obviously a member of a large tune family that is more commonly known by the titles “Humours of Ennistymon” or “Larry Grogan.” See note for “Groom.” Source for notated version: "James Buckley, a Limerick piper, about 1852" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 142, pgs. 72‑73.

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

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dc|B3 GBd|c3 A ABc|BAG GBd|cAG FGA|B3 GBd|c2A ABc|ded cAF|G3 G2:|

|:e|=f3 ege|=f3 d de^f|gag gfg|afd dfa|gba g/f/ed|cAG FGA|BGd cAF|G3G2:|

(3d/e/f/|gdB BGB|c2A ABc|BAB GBd|cAG FGA|gdc BGB|c2A ABc|ded cAF|G3G2||

 


GREEN SLEEVES AND MUTTON PIES. AKA and see "Greensleeves [2]."

 

GREEN SLEEVES/SLIEVS AND PUDDING PIES/PYS [4] ("Muincilli Uaitne" or "Muintide Glas"). AKA and see "Green Sleeves,: "Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace," "Little bogtrotter." English, Scottish, Irish; Double Jig and Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Dorian (Raven): G Minor (Barnes, Raven): A Minor (Cole, O'Neill): E Minor (Kines). Standard tuning. One part (Kines): AABB (Barnes, O'Neill, Raven): AABB' (Alburger): AABBCC (Johnson). From the Margaret Sinkler MS., 1710. It "was registered with the Stationer's Company in 1580 (an early method of trying to secure a publication so that no one could copy it) as 'A new Northern Dittye'. To Shakespeare, as well as to Margaret Sinkler, it was a sprightly tune, not at all like the slow version popularized in the 20th century by Vaughan Williams in Sir John in Love" (Alburger, 1983). The Bard mentions it twice in his Merry Wives of Windsor (Act II, Scene 1 & Act V, Scene 5) ‑‑ "They do no more keep pace together," said Mrs. Ford, "than the Hundredth Psalm to the tune of Green Sleeves." According to Johnson (1984) the Gillespie version follows 'passamezzo antico' form, a stock chord progression which evolved in Italy in the 16th century and spread to the rest of Europe in the next century; the tunes composed to this form were nearly always in the key of G Minor. A variation on the well‑known "Greensleeves" melody, published by under this title by Playford in his Dancing Master of 1716 and later editions (prior to this, from his 7th edition of 1686, John Playford had called it "Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies"). Kidson (1915) calls this version a "degraded" variant of the original, yet an almost identical version was used by Burns when he set the words for Johnson's Scots Musical Museum. Boswell notes in his 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides' that Old Kingsburgh in the far‑off Isle of Skye habitually sang the song while drinking merry:

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Green sleeves and pudding pies;

Tell me where my true love lies,

And I'll be with her before she rise,

Fiddle and aw' together.

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Gow (1817) records: “The two first Strains of this Old Tune were chosen by the Author of the Beggar’s Opera for one of Captain Macheath’s songs beginning ‘Since Laws were made for every Degree’ & c.” The melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards. One of the earliest recordings of this tune is by English musician John Locke, Leominster, Hereford, described as a “gipsy fiddler”; recorded by Cecil Sharp in 1909 on a cylinder machine. See also the related single jig “(Bonny) Bunch of Roses [3].” Source for notated version: Gillespie Manuscript, 1768, pg. 96 [Johnson]. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 14, pg. 35. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986 (appears as "Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace"). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 242. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 75 (appears as (Green Sleeves' Jig). Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; Nos. 6 & 7, pg. 20. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 7. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), 1792; No. 388. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 84, pgs. 228 & 229. The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 32. Kines (Songs from Shakespeare’s Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare’s Time), 1964; pg. 23. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 50 (appears as "Green Sleeves"). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 994, pg. 185 (appears as "Green Sleeves"). O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 209, pg. 49 (appears as "Green Sleeves"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 18. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 108.

X:1

T:Green Sleeves [4]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slowly”

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F|B2B B>cd|c<AF F2G/A/|B>AG GAB|A^FD D2A|B2B B>cd|

cAF F2d/c/|B3A3|(G3G2):|

|:=e|f>gf f=ed|cAF F2^f|gdg gab|a^fd d2=e|~f>gf f=ed|cAF F2d/c/| B3A3|(G3G2):|

|:B/c/|dBG dBG|cAF cAF|dBG dBG|A^FD AFD|fdB fdB|cAF Adc|

B>AG A^FD|{^F}(G3G2):|

|:d/c/|(Bd)f (Bd)f|(Ac)e (Ac)e|(GB)d (GB)d|^FAd D2(b|a)d(g f)B(e|

d)BG (^F/G/A)D|(GB)d (D^F)A|(G3 G2):|

 

GREENSLEEVES AND YELLOW LACE [5]. AKA ‑ "Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies."


 

GREENVILLE. American, Air (?). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 72.

X:1

T:Greenville

M:C

L:1/8

S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A2 A>G F2F2|G2G2 A>G F2|c2 c>B A2A2|G>F G>A F4|

A2 A>B c2c2|d2d2 c>B A2|A2 A>B c2c2|d2d2 c4|

A2 A>G F2F2|G2G2 A>G F2|c2cd2 B>A A2|G>F G>A F2||

 

GREENWICH HILL.  Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Greenwich Hill, in Greenwich Park, London, is famous for its panoramic views of the capital. The Royal Observatory was located on the top of the hill, founded in 1675 to compute exact longitudes using astronomy for navigational purposes. At precisely one o’clock PM a red ball would drop from the main tower as a signal so that ships anchored in the Thames could synchronise their timekeeping. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pg. 34 (3rd ed.).

X:1

T:Greenwich Hill

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 34  (orig. 1788)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

“tr”g>ecc|B/c/D/B/ cG|c/d/e/c/ d/e/f/d/|e/g/f/e/ {e}d2|”tr”g>ecc|B/c/d/B/ cG|

c/d/e/c/ d/e/f/d/|e”tr”d c2::CC “tr”CD/C/|DD DF/D/|CC “tr”CE/C/|

DE/F/ EC::cc “tr”cG/E/|”tr”ce/c/ ~df/d/|cc “tr”cG/E/|DE/F/ EC:|

 

GREENWICH PARK. AKA and see "Come, Sweet Lass." English, Air and Country Dance Tune (2/2 or 2/4 time). F Major (Barnes, Chappell, Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): G Major (Fleming‑Williams). Standard tuning. AABB. Greenwich Park is the oldest of London’s nine royal parks, first enclosed by the Duke Humphrey of Gloucester as a hunting ground in 1433. The tune appears under this title in Playford's English Dancing Master (1698) and The Compleat Acakemy of Complements (1685); under the alternate title "Come Sweet Lass" it appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera and all editions of Pills to Purge Melancholy. Other songs written to this tune include "Perjured Billy" and "Jockey's Complaint for his beloved Moggy" (both in the Pepys Collection--the latter is noted "an excellent new Scotch song).

***

Come, sweet lass! This bonny weather Lets together;

Come, sweet lass! Lets trip it on the grass;

Ev/rywhere Poor Jockey seeks his dear,

And unless you appear, He sees no beauty here.

***

Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 73. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs, Popular Selection; Book 1), 1965, pg. 9. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 22. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 22. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 74.

X:1

T:Greenwich Park

M:2/4

L:1/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F2c2|A3d|cAGF|GEDC|F2c2|A3d|cfdg|e4||

e2g2|c3e|fccA|d3c|dBBG|EGCc|BAG>F|F4||

                       

GREENWOOD. AKA and see "The Woods So Wild," "The Huntsman." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 or 6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Published by Playford in his  English Dancing Master (1651). Not the Irish “Green Wood” published by Joyce. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 34 & 38 (the latter is a facsimile copy of the Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes),  1909/1994; pg. 45.

X:1

T:Greenwood

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f2f f2c|d2c A3|B>cd d>ef|g2f e2d|f2f f2c|d2c A2f|e2d c>BA|B3 G3:|

                       

GREENWOOD LAD, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 633, p. 322.

                       

GREENWOOD LASSES, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Roche Collection, 1983, vol. 1; No. 192, p. 73.

                       

GREENWOODSIDE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. As an air it is called “Down by the Greenwood-sidey-o” or “Down by the Greenwood Shady.” Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; p. 46. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 4: Collection of Fine Tunes), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); p. 11. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; p. 10. David Glen, David Glen's Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music, Part 1 (1876).

See also listing at:

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

X:1

T:Greenwoodside

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:March

K:B Minor

f2|BBBc B2A2|Bcde f4|e2A2 efed|c2A2A2f2|BBBc B2A2|

Bcde f4|e2a2f2 ef|d2B2B2::de|f3d B2f2|BBBd f4|

e2A2 efed|c2A2A2 de|f3d B2f2|BBBd f4|e2a2f2 ef|d2B2 B2:|

                       

GREENWOOD TREE, THE. English, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 69, pg. 34. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 133.

 

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