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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
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HE'S AYE (Always)
KISSING ME. Scottish, English; Strathspey.
X:1
T:He’s aye Kissing me
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Stathspey
S:Gow – 2nd Repository
(1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D|[F2A2] [G2B2]|(AD) Dd|AF
E>D|E3D|(FA) (GB)|A>F Dd/B/|AF E>F|D3:|
|:B/c/|{c}d>c BA|B>A
F>c|(dc) BA|(B2 F)c|dc BA|B>c d>B|AFGE|
D2 (D/E/F/G/)|[F2A2] [G2B2]|A>F
Dd|AF ED|E3D|(FA) AA|Ag f>e| {c}d>B AF|D3:|
HE'S BONNY. Scottish, Slow Air. B Minor. Standard tuning. AA'B. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 542.
HE’S BONNY, HE’S OWER
THE HILL. Scottish. From The Piper’s Assistant (1877).
HE'S DEAR TO ME THO' HE'S FAR FRAE ME. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (The Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 69. Gow (Complete
Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 10.
X:1
T:He’s Dear to me tho’ he’s far frae
me
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – 2nd Repository
(1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F>G|{F}A2 (A/G/F/G/) ~F2 GA |
f>dcA {A}G2 F>G |
{F}A>B (A/G/F/G/) F2 GA |
c>df>e {e}d2c:|
A|B>AB>c d>cf>d|c2BA
{A}G2 F>G|A2 (A/G/F/G/) ~F2 GA|(c/d/)(f>e) {e}d2 cA|
B>A(Bc) dcfd|{d}c2 BA {A}G2
F>G|A>B (A/G/F/G/) ~F2 GA|(cd)f>e {e}d2c||
HE’S GONE HE’S GONE (YOUNG JOHNNY’S GONE, WILL I NEVER
SEE HIM MORE?) Irish,
Air (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. The title in Petrie’s index
is “He’s gone, he’s gone, young Johnny’s gone, will I never see him more.”
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 753, pg. 188.
X:1
T:He’s gone, he’s gone
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 753
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F | B>A
Bc | de ec/B/ | B>A FF | F3 d/e/ | f>e df | e>d c>F | Bc/d/
e/c/B/A/ |
B3 d/e/ |
fe df | ed cB/A/ | Bc/d/ e/d/c/B/ A F3 A | B>A Bc | dB ec/B/ | B>A FF |
F3 ||
HE'S O'ER THE HILLS. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 295, pg. 32. Greentrax
CDTRAX 184, “The Occasionals: Live from the Music Hall,
X:1
T:He’s o’er the Hills
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 295
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d|ABd d2d|fed B2d|ABd daf|fed
d2A|ABd d2d|fed B2b|(a2b) afd|fed d2:|
|:f|(a2b) afd|fed B2b|(a2b) afd|fed
d2f|(a2b) afd|fed B2d|ABd daf|fed d2:|
HESITATION WALTZ. AKA and see "Shepherd's Wife Waltz."
The Hesitation waltz was a slow, leisurely dance form popular around the turn
of the 20th century, apparently derived from Viennese operettas
(according to Edward B. Marks, They All
Sang, 1934, pg. 157).
HESLEYSIDE REEL. English, Reel. A Major. Standard. AABB. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook:
HESSELBY STEPPEN. Scandinavian. In the repertoire of Wisconsin Swedish musician Fritz
Swenson.
HESSIAN CAMP. AKA and see "Hessian Dance [1]."
HESSIAN DANCE [1]. AKA and see "Hessian Camp,"
"Asian Camp," "Ty Tol, or the country dance,"
"Old Roger." English, American;
Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). ABC. This English tune appears in several latter
18th century publications after first appearing in Peter Thompson's 1758 Twenty Four Country Dances and again in
Thompson's 200 Country Dances, volume
II (1765). Van Cleef and Keller (1980) explain the tune was transported to
HESSIAN DANCE [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4
time). D Major. Standard. AABB. The tune and dance, entirely different than
version #1, appears in Thompson's 200
Country Dances, volume III (1773). Van Cleef and Keller (1980) find a
similar American dance in
HESSIANS' MARCH, THE. AKA and see “Where Gadie Rins.”
HEWITSON'S HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 115. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
153.
X:1
T:Hewitson’s Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
(3c/d/e/ | g/f/c/B/ A/B/c/A/ | B/c/d/B/
.G(G/F/) | E/F/G/E/ C/D/E/C/ | F/G/A/B/ =B/c/d/e/ |
f/c/a/g/ f/e/d/c/ | d/B/b/a/
g/f/e/d/ | c/f/d/B/ A/F/G/E/ | FFF :: (A/B/) |
{d}c/=B/c/A/ F/a/f/c/ | d/^c/d/B/
G/b/g/e/ | f/c/a/g/ f/e/d/c/ | B/A/G/F/ E/C/D/E/ |
F/E/F/G/ F/a/f/c/ | d/B/b/a/ g/f/e/d/
| c/f/d/B/ A/F/G/E/ | FFF :|
HEWLETT. AKA and see “Fine Toast to
Hewlett,” "Hulet's Health," “Planxty Hewlett.” Irish, Air (3/8
or 3/4 time). D Major (Barnes, Brody, Johnson, Spandaro): A Major (Complete Collection ..., O’Sullivan).
Standard tuning. AB (Complete Collection...,
O’Sullivan): AAB (Barnes, Brody, Mallinson, Tubridy): AA’B (Ó Canainn): AABB
(Johnson). This “lively bacchanalian composition” (read: ‘bawdy drinking song’)
is generally credited to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670‑1738),
who lost his sight at the age of 18 from smallpox. By the age of 21 he had been
trained as an itinerant musician, and set off with a guide and two horses to
make his way in the world. Donal O’Sulivan (1958) says that there are no
attributions of air or words to O’Carolan, “but both are so characteristic that
there is little doubt that it was composed by him.” The melody is called
"Hulet's Health" (“Sláinte Bhreagh Huilet,” or ‘a toast to Hulet’) in
Edward Bunting's 1809 collection of Irish tunes (set in E Flat Major), where
the melody first appears as a toast to Mr. Hulet/Hewlett and his hospitality.
Bunting, however, did not state from whom he obtained the air. O’Sullivan (Complete Collection) prints the tune in
A Major, though D is generally the key favored in modern times. In
***
Sláinte bhreagh Hiúlit sgaoil chughain é gan mhaill,
'S ná cásaigidh dúbuilte lionn, "punch" is meadhar.
Mar bhíos plátaí 'gus púntaíag an u/r-fhlaith le raint
Ins a' tráth nach mbíonn diúrna i m-éan-chumann a mbíonn _sign_.
Imirt is ól fíona, céol píoba, _viol_ is cruit,
Cúilfhionn na n-ór-dhlaoi i sco/mra dhá saigheadh aige,
Óir is é siúd _delight_ an fhir mheidhrigh gan brón
Bheith páirteach le maighdean fá_mhoidore nó dhó.
***
The subject, Hewlett, has not been identified.
Source for notated version: Chieftains (
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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:Hewlett
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
K:D
AF | D2D2FG | ABc2A2 | d2f2fg |
fed2dB|A2F2FA|GFGABG|AFD2DE| D4 :|
|: A2|A2D2AB|A2D2AB|A2d2de|dcBAGF
|G2GFG |G2GFGA|GFGABG|AFD2E2 |
FEF2G2|ABc2A2|d2f2fg|fed2dB|A2F2FA|GFGABG|AFD2DE|D4:|
HEXHAM RACES. AKA and see “Clogher Cross,” “Jude’s Farewell,” "Kenmore Lads," "Kenmuir's Up and
Awa," “Pins and Needles,” "The Boys From the West," "I Will If I Can [1]." English, Jig.
X:1
T:Hexham Races
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
(3D/E/F/|GBd gdB|ded d2B|GBd gdB|ABA A2 B/A/|GBd gdB|
def gfe|dcB cBA|GAG G2::(3d/e/f/|g2d edB|ded d2 e/f/|g2d edB|
ABA A2 b/a/|gdd edB|def gfe|dcB cBA|GAG A2:|
X:2
T:Hexham Races. JMT.110
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:J. Moore, Tyneside,m1841 (78b)
R:Jig
O:
A:Northumberland
Z:vmp.Chris Partington
K:G
D|GAB gdB|d2d d2B|GAB gdB|A2A A2B|GAB gdB|
!def gfe|dcB cBA|G2G G2::a/g/|g2e edB|d2d def|
!g2eedB|A2A ABd|g2e edB|def gfe|dcB cBA|G2G G2:|]
HEXHAMSHIRE LASS, THE. English, Air (3/2 time).
***
Hey for the buff and the blue,
Hey for the cap and the feather,
Hey for the bonny lass true,
That lives in Hexhamshire.
Through by the Saiby Syke,
And over the mass and the mire,
I'll go to see my lass,
Who lives in Hexhamshire.
***
Stokoe & Bruce (Northumbrian
Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 102‑103.
X:1
T:Hexhamshire Lass, The
L:1/8
M:3/2
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D2cd B2GF E2D2|d2 cd B2Ad e2E2|d2 cd B2AF E2 FA|B2 Ac d2 AF E2D2 ||
G2 BG F2 AF E2 DD|G2 BG F2 AB =c2E2|F2 BG F2 AF
E2 FA| B2 Ac d2 AF E2D2 ||
HEY. See "Hay."
HEY AUNT KATY, THERE’S A BUG ON ME.
Old-Time, Breakdown.
HEY AWAY. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G
major. Standard. AAB. From the Bledington area of
HEY, BOYS, UP GO WE
[1]. AKA and see "Cuckolds All in a Row." English, Country Dance Tune
(6/8 time). G Mixolydian/C Major. Standard. ABB (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): AABB
(Barnes). The tune dates to 1650. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 13. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 26.
Sharp (Country Dance Tunes),
1909/1994; pg. 20.
X:1
T:Hey, Boys, Up Go We [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Mixolydian
z2 | d2d d2c | (B2c d2)G | A2A
(B>AB) | (c3c2) z2 |
d2d d2c | (B2c d2)G | A2A (B>AB)
| (c3 c2) ||
|: (E | FGF EDE | D3) (D BAB | c2)G
(A G2) | (E3 C>)DE |
(FGF E>DE | D2) (D B>AB | c2)G
(A G2) | (E3 C2) :|
HEY BOYS, UP GO WE [2]. AKA and see "The Way to Norwich."
HEY, CA' THROUGH. Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard.
One part (Cole): AB (Gatherer): AABB (Kennedy). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 70. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 21. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes),
1999; No. 27, pg. 7.
X:1
T:Hey, Ca’ Thro’
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d>ed A>BA F2F | d2d A>BA
FF2 | G2G F>GF E2F | D2F A>BA FF2 |
G2e F2e E2F | D2F A>BA F3 |
G2eF2e E2F | D2F A>BA F3 :|
HEY DIDDLE DIS. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major
(Bacon, Mallinson): D Major (Bacon‑Longborough). Standard tuning. AAB
(Bacon, Mallinson): AABB (Bacon‑Longborough). From the villages of Bledington
and Longborough, Gloucestershire, in
X:1
T:Hey Diddle Dis
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Bacon
K:G
g>fg a>gf|g>fe
d>ef|g>fg e>dc|B2A G3:|
||A>Bc B>AG|A>Bc
d>ef|g>fg a>gf|g3g3||
HEY FOR BEAF WITHOUT
CABBAGE. English.
HEY FOR BOBBING JOAN. AKA and see "Bobbing Joan" (?).
Northumbrian. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian
song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he
published c. 1800.
HEY FOR NOTHING. AKA and see “Countr(e)y Kate,” "Kate." English, Jig (9/8 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears under this title in the 1770 music
manuscript book of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom
unfortunately little is known.
X:1
T:Hey for Nothing
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript
book, Northumberland (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2 A FDD FDF|d2B GEE GEE|d2A FDD
FDD|E2e eBe c2A:|
|:d2g f2d f/g/af|ded f2d ecA|ded f2d
f/g/af|g2e eBe c2A:|
HEY FOR STONEY BATTER. AKA and see "Bob and Joan," "Bóthar na gCloch,"
"Bobbing Joe," "Bob in Jie," "Bobby and Joan,"
"Fill the Bumper Fair," "Love and Whiskey,” “Stoneybatter [1].” The melody is printed under this title in J.
Clinton’s Gems of Ireland (c. 1840,
pg. 52).
HEY, GAN TI' THE BYRE,
BESSIE. English.
HEY HO! MY BONNIE LASS. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning.
AB.
X:1
T:Hey Ho! My Bonnie Lass
D:Iain MacPhail
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
A2 ec efae | c2 AB c2 Bc | A2 ec efae | B2 ce f2 ef |
A2 ec efae | c2 AB c2 BA | dfBd ceAc | Bcde fefg ||
a2 af efae | c2 AB c2 Bc | a2 af efae | B2 ce f2 ef |
aAaf efae | c2 AB c2 BA | dfBd ceAc | Bcde f2 e2 |]
HEY, HO, MY HONEY. AKA and see "I Am a Poor Shepherd Undone," "The Distressed Shepherd," "Slaughter House." English, Air. The title above is the
earlier title for the tune.
HEY JENNY COME DOWN TO
JOCK. AKA and see “Take it Easy.” Scottish, Jig. F Major (Carlin/Gow): G Major
(Carlin/Master Collection, McGibbon,
O’Farrell). Standard tuning. AB (Carlin/Gow): AABB (Carlin/Master Collection, McGibbon): AABBCCDD (O’Farrell). Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 157, pg.
93. Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 332. Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 2, 1802; pg. 11. McGibbon (Scots
Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 85. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 102.
X:1
T:Hey Jenny come down to Jock
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f|F2F GAc|d>cA G2f|F2F
GAc|~d>^cd D2f|F2F GAc|d>cA G2f|F2F GAc|~d>^cd D2||
d/e/|(fe)d (gf)e|fed cde|f>ed
g>fe|a>^ga d2 d/e/|(fe)d (gf)e|fed cde|fg{fg}a cA>F| G2A D2||
X:2
T:Hey Jenney come down to Jock
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 85
(1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2G (AB)d | edB “tr”A2B | G2G (AB)d
| e>de E2 :: (e/f/ | g>)fe a>gf | g>fe def | g>ab dBG | A2B E2
:|
HEY JOCK m'CUDDIE. Scottish, Air and Ring Dance Tune. The
boisterous refrain goes "Hullibaloo baloo, hilliballoo balae."
HEY
JOHN D., WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR BRITCHES? Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
HEY! JOHNNIE COPE. AKA and see "Johnnie Cope." Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4
time). B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 369, pg. 41.
X:1
T:Hey! Johnnie Cope
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 369
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
f | BB B/c/d/e/ | fBB (c/B/) | AA
A/B/c/d/ | eacA | dc/d/ ed/e/ | fac (B/A/) | Bb f/e/d/c/ | (B2B) :|
|: A | d>ddA | d/e/f/g/ a/f/e/d/ |
cAeA | c/d/e/f/ ec | dc/d/ ed/e/ | fac (B/A/) | Bb f/e/d/c/ | (B2B2) :|
HEY, MR. MUSKRAT. AKA and see “East Tennessee Blues.”
HEY MY KITTEN. AKA and see "Ride a Mile