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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
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HARBOUR LIGHTS [1]. Scottish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 289, pg. 31.
X:1
T:Harbour
Lights [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 289 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2 | G>FG>B d>B G2 | c>Bc>e g>e c2 | G>F>G>B d>B G2 |
A>GF>E D2 D2 |
G>FG>B d>B G2 |
c>Bc>e g>e c2 | d>gf>e (3ded (3cBA | G2B2G2 :|
|: D2 | A>^GA>B c>A F2 |
G>FG>A B>G D2 | c>Bc>A B>AB>G |
(3ABA (3GFE D2D2 |
A>^GA>B c>A F2 |
G>FG>A B>G D2 | d>gf>e (3ded (3cBA | G2B2G2 :|
HARBOR LIGHTS (JIG)
[2]. AKA and see “Whiskey Jig.”
HARBOURSTOWN HOUSE (Teach Bhaile an Chuain). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB.
Source for notated version: Jack Wade (
HARD HEARTED MAIDEN. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 82,
pg. 48.
X:1
T:Hard Hearted Maiden
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
CD | F2G2A2 | c2f2e2 | d2c2 A>B |
A4 GF | (G2A2)F2 | D4 CD | F2F2G2 | A2d2 c>d |
c2A2B>A | G2F2F2 | F4 || cd |
f2e2d2 | c2A2^c2 | d2D2FA | ^c2A2de | f2e2 d^c |
d4 AG | F2D2 FG | A2f2d2 | c2A2 FG |
A2d2 cA | G2F2F2 | F4 ||
HARD HEARTED WIDOW, THE. Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard.
AABB. "This air...from an old MS. written before 1770, belonging to Mr.
T.S. Head" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish
Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 768, pg. 377.
HARD IS MY FATE (Nach truagh mo chas). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time,
"Slow and plaintive"). B Flat Major. Standard. AAB (Fraser): AABB
(Alburger, Hunter). "This delightful melody has been attached to a
supposed soliloquy of Prince Charles on the night after his defeat at Culloden.
The editor's mother, with her elder sister, then little girls, were, from the
crowd which the presence of the Prince and Lord Lovat brought to their father's
house, stowed into a small apartment or closet betwixt the Prince's bedchamber
and another, having a door of communication with both when requisite. The
whispers of the little girls, in terror of making noise, produced suspicion in
the Prince's breast of having been betrayed. Their door was secured; but how
they must have been astonished to hear him knock, and exclaim with agitation
'Open, open!'‑‑when, upon their reluctantly opening the door, he
presented a visage of consternation which they could never forget, easier to be
imagined than described. It however gave them the best opportunity they had of
viewing his person; and his only exclamation which they understood was 'Hard is
my fate, when the innocent prattle of children could annoy me so much.'"
(Fraser). Alburger suggests that this tune may be an unacknowledged composition
of Fraser's, "writing music associated with the past in the same way that
Burns and Hogg wrote poems and songs with historic connections and, by not acknowledging
the them as theirs, left the reader to think he would" (Alburger).
Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their
Music), 1983; ex. 98, pg. 163. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Hard is my fate
T:Nach truagh mo chàs
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection
(1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
B>c|d2F2F2d2|dccB B2 B>c|d2G2G2c2|BAGF F2 B>c|d2F2F2d2|
dccB B2 B>c|d3G c3A|B6:|
|:D>E|F3D B3c|dBFD E3D|C3D E3F|GFFE D2 zd/e/|f3d b3a|
gfed
e3f|g3f f3A|B6:|
HARD ROAD, THE (An Bóthar Dian). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player Paddy O’Brien
(originally from
HARD ROAD TO PASSAGE, THE. Irish, Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: set dance music recorded live at Na
Píobairí Uilleann, in the 1980’s [
HARD ROAD TO
HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL
[1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major.
ADae tuning. AABB. Sources for notated versions: Liz Slade (
X:1
T:Hard Road to Travel
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Liz Slade
N:ADae tuning
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:D
A/A/F/F/ A/B/A/A/|B/A/B/(B/ A)(3A/2B/2c/2|d/)e/f/f/ e/e/(A/d/)|
(e/ f) ([d/e/] [d/f/])e/[df]|A/A/F/F/ A/B/A/A/|B/A/B/B/ A(3A/2B/2c/2|
d2f2 e/(A/d)|(e/ e) (e/ e)f||(f/ g) f/ (g/f/)g/e/|f/e/f/e/ (f/e/)d|
A/B/d/(e/ f/)e/d/e/|(e/ f) (e/ f)f|f/ g f/ g/f/g/e/|f/e/f/e/ f/e/d|
A/B/d/e/
fe|d/ [df] d/ [d2f2]||
HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL
[2]. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard
tuning. AB.
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See also listing at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Hard Road to Travel, the [2]
R:reel
D:Mike and Mary Rafferty, the Old Fireside
Music.
Z:Lesl
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Edor
E2BE edBz|dBAF DEFD|E~EBE edBz|dBAF
BFAF|
EzBE edBz|dBAF DEFD|E~EBE edBz|dBAF BFaf||
ezef gfef|dBAF Defd|e~e2f gfez|dBAF BFaf|
ezef gfef|dBAB defg|abaz fafe|dBAF
BFAF||E8||
HARD ROAD TO TRAVEL
[3], A. Irish, March (4/4 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. ABC. O’Neill (O’Neill’s
Irish Music), 1915; No. 121, pg. 68.
X:1
T:Hard Road to Travel, A [3]
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A2 | D>CDE FGAF | GFGB A2 AF |
D>CDE FGAF | G2E2E2 AF | D>CDE FGAF |
GFGB A2 (3ABc | dcdB ABAG | F2D2D2
|| (3ABc | d2 dA BAFA | DAFA BAFA |
d2 dA BAGF | G2E2E2 (3ABc | d2 dA
BAFA | DAFA BAFA | GABG EFGE | F2D2D2 ||
(3ABc | dAFA BAFA | DAFA BAFA | dAFA
BAGF | G2E2E2G2 | FDFA GEGB |
AFAc d2 cB | AdcB AGFE | F2D2D2 ||
HARD SWEET CIDER. Old-Time, Breakdown. The tune resembles “Paddy Won’t You
Drink Some Good Old Cider.” Marimac 9064D,
Lauchlin Stamper & A.C. Overton - “Sally with the Run Down Shoes” (1996).
HARD UP BIG CANOY. American. A tune in the repertoire of blind northeast
HARDIMAN THE FIDDLER (Fear-Tailce An Fidileir). AKA ‑ "Hardy Man the
Fiddler." Irish, Slip Jig. D Major
(O'Neill/1850 & 1001): D Mixolydian (Cranitch, Mallinson, Mitchell,
O'Neill/Krassen, Tubridy): D Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part)
{Feldman & O’Doherty}: D Minor (Tolman). Standard tuning. One part
(Mitchell): AAB (Cranitch, O’Neill, Taylor, Tolman, Tubridy): ABB (Feldman
& O’Doherty): AABB (Mallinson). David Taylor (1992) suggests that these
several tunes with the name "Hardiman" (of which "Hardiman the
Fiddler" is probably the most famous) honor the historian James Hardiman,
author of Irish Minstrelsy (1831).
Sources for notated versions: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay,
west Clare) [Mitchell]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late
1980’s [Taylor]; fiddlers Francie and Mickey Byrne (County Donegal) [Feldman
& O’Doherty]. Breathnach (Folk Music and Dances of
X:1
T:Hardiman the Fiddler
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
K:D Mixolydian
A2G FDE F2G|A3 AGA cAG|A2G FDE
F2G|Add ded cAG:|
||Add d2e f3|Add ded cAG|Add d2e
f2g|agf ged cAG|
Add d2e f3|Add ded cAG|dcA B/c/de
f2g|agf ged cAG||
HARDIMAN'S FANCY. AKA - “Hardiman’s.” AKA and see "Derrane's,"
“Joe Derrane’s Jig [2].” Irish,
Double Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AA’BB
(Harker/Rafferty). Jerry O'Brien's button accordion tutor (where the tune is
given in the body of the music as “Hardiman’s Jig” but in the frontspiece as
“Hardiman’s Fancy Jig”) credits the tune to a Martin Hardiman of
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See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Hardiman's Fancy
T:Derrane's
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Z:Philippe Varlet
K:D
~B3 BAF|AFE EFE|DFA def|afe dBA|
~B3 BAF|AFE EFE|DFA def|1 edB Bdc
:|2 edB Bcd ||
efe edB|AFF dFF|def afa|bff afa|
bff afa|baf edB|def afe|1 dBB Bcd
:|2 dBB Bdc ||
X:2
T: Hardiman's
S: De Danaan / J.Derrane
Q: 325
R: jig
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: D
A | BdB BAF | AFE EFE | DFA def | afe dBA |
BdB BAF | AFE EFE | DFA def | edB B2 :|
B | efe edB | AFF dFF | def afa | b2 b afe |
bff
afa | baf edB | def afe | dBB B2 :|
HARDING’S JIG. AKA and see “Austin Barret’s,”
“The Blasket Sound Jig,” “Dusty Windowsill,” “Harland’s,” “Johnny
Harling’s,” “The Howling Jig,” “Tim Harding’s.”
HARDY MAN THE FIDDLER. AKA and see "Hardiman the Fiddler."
HARE, THE. French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard.
AABB. Source for notated version: Skip Parente (
HARE AMANG THE HEATHER, THE. AKA - “Hare Among the Heather,” “Hare in the Heather,” “Morning Dew [1].” Scottish, Reel. E
Minor (Gatherer): E Dorian (Kerr). Standard. AABBCC. Familiar to Irish
musicians as the popular session reel “Morning Dew.” Gatherer
(
X:1
T:Hare Among the Heather, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 132
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
(3BBB (eB) fBeB | B^cdB ADFA | (3BBB
(eB) fBeB | d^cdB ADFA :|
|: B2 (EB) GBEB | B2 (EB) ADFA | B2 (EB)
GBEB | B^cdB ADFA :|
|: E2 B2 BAFD | E2B2 ADFD | E2B2
BAFA | B^cdB ADFA :|
HARE IN/AMONG THE CORN
[1] ("An Gearrgiad
Annsa Arbar" or "Gearrfhiadh 'San Arbhar"). AKA and see "The Absent-Minded Man, “Fox Chase [2]." English, Scottish,
Irish, American; Jig.
***
Cork guitarist Paul de Grae came
across “a bit of doggerel that
adorns an old postcard showing the North Kerry piper Tom McCarthy, who for 65
years played regularly on the Castle Green, Ballybunnion:
***
I like to hear Tannhauser on a fine orchestral band
Or listen to Paderewski when he's playing on a grand,
But there's something more enchanting to the heart that is Irish-born,
To hear old Tim [sic] McCarthy playing "The Hare among the Corn".
***
McCarthy was remarkable, like the harper Denis Hempson, for having lived in
three centuries--in McCarthy's case,
1799-1904. He was a distant relative of the English singer Martin Carthy, who
invented the guitar tuning that I use for
playing tunes like "The Hare among the Corn" at our regular North
Kerry session (which sometimes just *seems* like it's
been going for 65 years...).”
***
Sources for notated versions: Trotter Manuscript (1780, pg. 44)
[Johnson]; an unknown piper in the year 1800 [Bunting]. Holden (Most Esteemed Irish Melodies), volume
II, No. 35. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle
Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 42, pgs. 100‑101. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 230, pg.
26. Kinloch (100 Airs), No. 48.
McFadden (Scotch, English, Irish and
Foreign Airs), volume V, pg. 25. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 766, pg. 143.
O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001
Gems), 1986; Nos. 49 & 254 (appears as "The Absent-Minded
Man"). O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 146, pgs. 203-204. Riddell (Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes),
1794. Seattle (William Vickers),
1987, Part 2; No. 390. Wright (Compleat
Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), volume I, pg. 4.
X:1
T:Hare in the Corn [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
(3A/B/c | d2G d2=f | edc B2G | c2e dcB
| cAA A2 (B/c/) | d2G d2=f |
edc BAG | Aag {g}fef | gGG G2 ::
(3A/B/c/ | .d(B/c/d/B/) GBc | .d(B/c/d/B/) GBd |
.e(c/d/e/c/) Ace | .e(c/d/e/c/) ABc
| dBd ece | fef {a}gfe | dcB Agf | gGG G2 :|
HARE IN THE CORN [2] (An Gearrfiad 'San Arbar). Irish (originally), American; Jig.
D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Not apparently related to version #1.
Captain Francis O’Neill wrote (in Irish
Folk Music, 1910) that he took this tune from “an American collection,”
presumably the version from Ryan’s Mammoth
Collection, which it is identical to (Carolan, 1997). Breathnach (1985)
states that O’Neill’s second part does not go with the “Hare in the Corn” tune.
See also the related "Art O'Keeffe's
[1]." Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes),
1940; pg. 56. O'Neill (Music of Ireland:
1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 767, pg. 143. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Hare in the Corn [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mixolydian
B|BAB c2A|BAB c2A|BdB AFD|EFE
E2c|BAB c2A|BAB c2A|BdB AFA|DED D2:|
|:G|F2A AFA|BGB AFA|BdB AFD|EFE
E2G|F2A AFA|BGB AFA|BdB AFA|DED D2:|
|:g|fdd edd|fdd d2A|BdB AFD|EFE
E2g|fdd edd|fdB AFA|DFA deg|fdd d2:|
HARE
IN THE CORN [3], THE (An Giorria San
Arbhar). AKA
and see "The Absent‑minded
Man," "The House
in the Corner," "The Little House
(A)round the Corner [1]," "The
Royal Irish Jig", "O
as I was kiss’d Yestreen [2]," "The
Hare in the Corner," "Fhiach an Mhada Rua." Irish, Double
Jig. D Major. Standard. AA'BB' : AABBCC (O’Farrell). O’Neill’s names for the
tune are “The Absent-Minded Man,” “The House in the Corner,” “The Little House
around the Corner,” “The Royal Irish Jig” and “O, as I was kissed Yestreen.”
Levey also gives it as “The House in the Corner.” Breathnach identifies the
tune as the jig in the set piece “The Hunt of the Hound and Hare”
in Feldman & O’Doherty’s Northern
Fiddler. He also remarks that Seamus Ennis employed a version of “Hare in
the Corn” as an overture to programmatic piece “The Foxhunt.” O’Neill (1922)
remarks: “A rather florid setting of ‘The Hare in the Corn’, procured
‘from a piper in 1800" is printed in Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland, published in 1840, with notation ‘Author
and date unknown’. The name is not indexed in any of the Petrie or Joyce
Collections. The setting herewith presented was taken from Aird's Selections
of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs, 1782-97. It is also known as
‘The Hare in the Corner.’” Miller prints a variant with a different ‘B’ part. Source for notated version: fiddler
Paddy Glackin (
X:1
T:Hare in the Corn, The [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird's Selections 1782-97
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
c|BGB def|gdc B2 G|cec BdB|cAA A2 c|
BGB def|gdc B2 G|Aag fef|gGG G2:|
|:c|dBB GBB|dBB GBB|cAA FAA|cAA GBc|
dBB ecc|fdd gee|dBB cAf|gGG G2:||
X:2
T:Hare in the Corn, The [3a]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Randy Miller
K:D
FEF ABc|dAG FED|GBG FGA|BEE E2A|
FEF ABc|dAG FED|afd gec|dAF D3:|
||afd gec|dAG FED|GBG FGA|BEE E2^g|
afd gec|dAG FED|afd gec|dAF D3|
afd gec|dAG FED|GBG FGA|BEE E2^g|
aba gec|dAG FED|faf gec|dAF D3||
HARE IN THE CORN [4], THE (An Giorria San Arbhar). AKA and see “The Cat in the Corner [2],” “Quarry Cross Slide [2],” “Sleamhnáin
chrosaire an chairéil, no. 2.” Irish, Slide (12/8
time).
HARE IN THE CORN [5], THE. AKA and see “Art O’Keeffe’s [1].” Irish, Jig. D Major.
Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny
O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 212, pg. 122.
Topic 12T311, John & Julia Clifford - “Humours of
Lisheen” (appears as “Art O’Keeffe’s”).
X:1
T:Hare in the Corn [5]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Johnny O’Leary
K:D
e|fdf gfe|faf gfe|f/g/af ecA|BcB
Bce|fdf gfe|faf gfe|
f/g/af ec/d/e|1 ABA A2e:|2 ABA
A2B||:cBc ece|faf ec/d/e|
a2f ecA|Bcc BAB|c2c ece|faf
ece|f/g/af ec/d/e|1 ABA A2B:|2 ABA A2e||
HARE
IN THE CORN [6], THE. AKA and see “The Old Hag in the Corner [1],”
“Rathawaun.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB: AA’BB’ (Connolly & Martin). Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pgs. 40-41. Shanachie 79026, The Chieftains – “ Bonaparte’s Retreat”
(appears as second tune of Around the House and Mind the Dresser set).
X:1
T:Hare in the Corn,
The [6]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
F2A AFA | B/c/dB AFE | ~F3 EDE | F2D DED | F2A AFA | B/c/dB AFA |
Bcd ecA | ded d3 :: ~f3 fed | g2e ede | ~f3 fed | a^ga ba=g | ~f3 fed |
~g2e edB | AB/c/d ecA | ded d3 :|
HARE IN THE CORN [7], THE. AKA and see “Coleman’s Fancy,” “The Curragh Races [1],” “The Maid in the Cherry Tree [3].”
Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard. AA’BB’. Doherty’s tonality slips
between the mixolydian and dorian mode, although the ‘B’ part settles in the
dorian (almost ‘C’ major). Source for notated version: John Doherty (1895-1980,
County Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 69.
HARE
IN THE CORN [8], THE. Irish,
Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: B/C accordion
player Billy McComiskey (
Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 9.
X:1
T:Hare in the Corn, The [8]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
d2B GFG | ded cBA | BAG EDB, | EDB, A,B,A, | G,B,D G,B,D |
EFG
Adc | B2G dBG | B/A/GF G2 B :|
HARE IN THE CORN [9]??? A melody and dance under this title, different than version #1, appears
in Wright's Collection, c. 1742.
HARE IN THE CORN [10]???, THE. Shanachie 79011, Planxty ‑
"Cold Blow and the Rainy Night." Shanachie 79012, Planxty ‑
"The Planxty Collection" (1974).
HARE IN THE CORNER. AKA and see "Quinn's Reel [2],"
"The Maids of Kilmallock,"
"Hare in the Corn [3].”
HARE IN THE HEATHER, THE (Giorria sa bhFraoch). AKA - “The Hare Among the Heather.”
AKA and see "The Morning Dew [1].”
Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard. ABC. Source for notated version: piper Matthew
Tiernan/Maitiu Mac Righearnain (
HARE ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE. AKA and see "Fire on the Mountain(s) [2],"
"Fire in the Valley,"
"The Blackthorn Stick [1],"
"The Maid(en) on the Green,"
"The Eagle's Nest," "The Rose on the Mountain [1],"
"The Catholic Boys [3],"
"The Humors of Bantry,"
"Billy Patterson('s
Favorite)," "Boys
of Bockhill/Rockhill."
HAREM SCAREMS, THE. Canadian, Reel.
HARE’S EAR. American, Jig. Composed by
HARE'S FOOT, THE. AKA and see “The
Hare’s Paw.”
HARE’S LAMENT, THE. Irish, Slow Air or Lament (3/4 time). A Minor.
Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 1028, pg. 262.
HARE'S MAGGOT. AKA and see "Up with Aily."
English, Country Dance Tune (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. One
meaning of maggot is for a dram, a unit
of liquid measure, but the musical meaning may stem from the word’s derivation
from the Italian word maggioletta, or
a plaything. The melody was published in 1701. Fleming‑Williams &
Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular
Selection, Book 1), 1965; pg. 13. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 28. Island Records AN-700, Kirkpatrick & Hutchings - "The Compleat
Dancing Master" (1974).
X:1
T:Hare’s Maggot
M:3/2
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
K:A Minor
e4A4a4 | ga b2e2 ^g2 a4 | e2 gf
e2g2e2c2 | d2g4 d2B2G2 | c2e2 f4 e2f2 |
(d4d4) c4 :||: e2c4 e2g2e2 | d2B4
d2g2d2 | c2e2A2 c2E2A2 | ^G6 A2B4 |
c2e4 B2c2A2 | ^f2b4 f2^g2e2 | a2e2
fe d2 ed c2 | c6 B2 A4 :|
HARE’S PAW [1], THE (“Cois an Ghiorria” or “Cois a’ Ghaorthaidh”). AKA and see "The Bundle of Straw," "The Corry Boys," "Follow Me to Carlow," "The Hare's Foot," "Jim Kennedy's Favorite,"
"Low Park," "The Lowlands of Scotland," “The Silvermines [1],” "The Tralee Lasses." Irish, Reel. E
Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty), Moylan, Mulvihill):
AAB (Kerr, Tolman): AABB' (Carlin). O’Neill prints versions as “The Hare’s
Foot,” “Jim Kennedy’s Favourite” (the shortened “Kennedy’s Favourite” also
appears to be a variant) and “The Lowlands of Scotland.” Joyce prints the tune
as “The Silvermines.” Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny
O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; fiddler
Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Sean Ryan (County Offaly) via Jim Bly
[Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co.
Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ
I), 1963; No. 185, pg. 72. Carlin (Master
Collection), 1984; No. 201, pg. 119. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 29. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No.
79, pg. 25. Joyce (appears as "The Silvermines"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 14, pg. 35.
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; pg. 32
(appears as "Irish Reel"). Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 4; (appears as "Bundle of Straw"). Levey Collection (appears as "Gan
ainm"). Moylan (Johnny O’Leary),
1994; No. 202, pg. 117 (see also No. 149). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 17, pg. 5. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; pg. 21.
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See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Hare’s Foot, The
B:Kerr's Merry Melodies, Bk.2, p32
(appears as “Irish Reel”)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Em
e2|G2 GA BE E2|BEdE BEEF|G2 GA
BABd|egfd e2:|]
ef|(3gag (3fgf edBc|d2 ed Bd
d2|(3gag (3fgf edBd|egfd e2|
(3gag (3fgf edBc|d2 ed Bd d2|bgaf
gfed|egfd e2|]
X:2