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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. DGCG 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 "