The Fiddler’s Companion
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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with
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HJOGROVOLTAR. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Fetlar. D Major. Standard tuning.
AB. An assymetrical Shetland reel with a Scandinavian name indigenous to the
HO! AWAKE. AKA and see “Cat that
ate the sidecomb,” "Kate Kelly's
Fancy,” Killoran’s Reel [2],”
“Nellie Donovan,” “Ravelled Hank of Yarn [1],” “Twin Katy’s."
HO BABE. AKA and see "Went to the River
and Couldn't Get Across."
HO
CHA CHEILLINN NACH TU B' FHEARR LEAM. AKA and see "I Can't Conceal that I Prefer
You."
HO CHA-N E'IL MULAD
OIRNN. AKA and see "The Emigrant's Adieu."
HO CUIR A NALL AM
BODACH. AKA and see "Pass Around the Flagon."
HO GUR COMA LEAM
H'-UILE NI TH' ANN. AKA and see "What Care I For Anything Now."
HO RO AN CLÒ DUBH. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Morison (
X:1
T:Ho ro an clò dubh
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”briskly”
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Mixolydian
G2 AB D2 EG | G2 Ge dB AG | G2 AB D2
EG | G2 Be dB AG ||
dd de G2 AB | d2 dd ed BG | AB ed B2
AE | G2 AB AG GE ||
HO! RO! GUM B’AOIBHINN
LEAM (Ho! Ro! How pleasant
to me).
Scottish, Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard. AB. Morison (
X:1
T:Ho! Ro! Gum b’aoibhinn leam
T:Ho! Ro! How pleasant to me
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c2 c>B A>F E>F | A>A
B>c A>F F>e | f>e c>B A>F E>F | A>c {c}BA F2F2 ||
{E} A>B c>d e>c c>f |
e>c c/B/A c>B B>E | A>B c>d e>c c>f | e>c {c}BA (F2F2)
||
HO RO MO BHOBAN AN
DRAM. AKA and see "The Favorite Dram," "A Highland Bumpkin."
HO RÒ MO NIGHEAN DÒNN
BHOIDHEACH. AKA and see "My Bonny Brunette." AKA – “My
Pretty Brown Girl.”
HOB OR/A NOB.. AKA and see "The
Campbells Are Coming [1]," “The
Burnt Old Man [1],” "The Old
Man [1]," "An Seanduine"
(The Old Man), "Robi Down/Donn."
English, Scottish, American; Country Dance Tune (6/8 time).
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The melody
is recognizable to modern ears as the Scots air "The Campbells are
Coming." It first appears (as “Hob or Nob”) in country dance collections
in
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An
American, Daniel Burnap, included it in several of his chime clocks, which he
manufactured in the late 18th century at
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Aird (Selections),
vol. 1, 1778; No. 21. American Veteran
Fifer, 1927; No. 58. Ford (Traditional
Music in
X:1
T:Hob or
Knob (sic)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Howe – Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon
(1843)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G, | CEG GEC | EFE E2D | CEA GEC | DED DB,G, | CEA GEC | E2G c2d |
edc AcA | GEE E2 G | c2c cde | G2G GFE | c2c cde | A2A A2A | GAB cBA |
GEG c2e | edc AcA | GEE E2 ||
X:2
T:Hob or Nob
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Henry Livingston’s manuscript
copybook, late 18th century
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A | GBe dBG
| B2B B2A | GBe dBG | ABA A2B | GBe dBG |
B2d g2a |
bag fed | B2B B2 :: d | g2g gab | d2dd2B | g2g gab | e2e e2f |
Gfe gab |
d2B g2a | bag fed | B2B “tr”B2 :|
HOBB DYE. Old Time, Country Rag. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. A
“slightly crooked” tune rom the playing of California mandolin player Kenny
Hall, who said he had the tune from a Texas piano player by the name of Clara
Desmond, who had learned it from sheet music (although she may have had it from
a Texas fiddler). Desmond had moved to
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See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
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HOBBIE ELLIOT. Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular
Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"),
which he published c. 1800.
HOBBLE ABOUT. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds
the earliest printing of the tune is Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. Bremner (Scots
Reels), c. 1757; pg. 59 (appears as “Hoble about”).
X:1
T:Hobble About
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
G | (F/G/)AA d2A | d>ed “tr’c2A |
(B/c/dB) AFD | GEE E2G | (F/G/)AA d2A |
d>ed “tr”c2A | (B/c/d)B AFd | AFD
D2 :: f/g/ | afd afd | efd “tr”c2A |
(G/A/B)G (F/G/A)F | BGE E2f/g/ | afd
afd | efd “tr”c2A | (B/c/d)B AFd | AFD D2 :|
HOBBLE THE BOUTCHES. Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 40. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 66. Drumlin
Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004. Learned from the
Reilly family of Drumreilly,
HOBB'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Boston
Rattlers’,""Colonel
McBain's," “Connemara
Stockings,” "Miss
Abercrombie's Reel," “Winter
Apples [1].” American, Scottish
(originally) Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 14. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
X:1
T:Hobb’s Favorite
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/|.d(c/A/)
.B(A/F/)|(D/C/).D/.F/ (E/B,/).B,/.E/|D/F/A/F/ D/F/A/d/|c/A/B/c/ d/A/B/c/|
.d(c/A/) .B(A/F/)|(D/C/).D/.F/
(E/B,/).B,/.E/|D/F/A/F/ D/F/A/d/|1 c/A/B/c/ d:|2 c/A/B/c/ d(B/c/)||
|:(d/f/).B/.c/ d/B/f/d/|(c/A/).A/.B/
c/A/e/c/|(d/f/).B/.c/ d/B/f/d/|(c/e/).A/.c/ (3B/B/B/.B/.c/|
(d/f/).B/.c/ d/B/f/d/|(c/e/).A/.B/
c/A/e/g/|(3f/g/f/.e/.c/ (3d/e/d/.c/A/|1 B/A/B/c/ dB/c/:|2 B/A/B/c/ d||
HOBO('S) JIG. Canadian, Jig.
HOCH
HEY JOHNNY LAD. AKA and see “Hech How Johnnie Lad,” “Oh Hey, Johnny Lad.” Scottish, Canadian;
Reel or Strathspey.
X:1
T:Hoch Hey Johnnie Lad
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A3 c BABc|AFEF B/B/B B2|A3c BABc|AFEF A/A/A A2:|
|:e/f/g ac BABc|e/f/g ae f/f/f f2|1 e/f/g ac BABc|AFEF A/A/A A2:|2
efec
BABc|AFEF A/A/A A2||
HOCKEY MOUNTAIN REEL. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional
HOCKLEY
IN THE HOLE. English, Country Dance Tune. The
tune was published in Playford’s English
Dancing Master (1651). The title refers to a ‘hole’, a well and public
pleasure-garden of ill-repute north of old
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The
Cockpit (1759). William Hogarth (1697-1764)
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The place
is mentioned in one of Gay’s Fables:
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The combats of my dog have known.
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Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
45 (facsimile reprint of Playford).
HOD CARRIER, THE. AKA and see “Anderson’s
Reel [3],” "The Flowers
of Redhill [1]," "Don't be
Foolish," "Jilly
Neary's Favourite,” “Wild Irishman
[6].”
HOD THE LASS (WHILE I RUN AT HER). AKA and
see “Haud the Lass Till
I Come at Her.”
HODDOM/HODDAM CASTLE. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major (Carlin): G Major
(Gatherer). Standard tuning. AABB. Gatherer notes it was composed by Mr.
(Charles) Sharpe of Hoddam as a slow air, although the tune is un-attributed in
the Gows’ 3rd Collection
(1792), in which other tunes are attributed to Sharpe (for more on whom see “Mr. Sharpe's Delight”).
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Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 333. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 22. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1792; pg. 6 (3rd
ed.).
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Sow Air
N:”Slow”
B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg. 6 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Flat Major
F|B2B “tr”B>cd|{c}e2 c/B/
{B}AGF|B>cB (Bd).f|f>gf {f}ed”tr”c|(dB).B (BG).G|
(ec).c (cA).A|B>cd
{d}cBA|[DB][DB][DB] [D2B2]:||:”tr”d/e/|(fd).d (dB).B|(ec).c (cA).A|
“tr”B>cd cc/d/c/B/|AFF FGA|BBB
(Gc)c|(Ad).d (Be).e|(cf)e {e}dcB|1 cFA (B/A/)B/c/:|2 cFA [D2B2]||
HOE CAKE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A variant of
"Davy
Knicknack" or "Bonnell's
Quickstep." A hoecake or johnnycake is a food item that dates to the
early 1700’s and is thought to be a precursor of the modern pancake. The
ingredients were cornmeal, salt and either boiling water or cold milk. In
modern times johnnycakes are also made with eggs, oil or melted butter and
leavening (e.g. baking powder). Some bake these in the oven rather than on a
griddle, more like traditional cornbread. Ford (Traditional Music in
HOE THE CORN MOSES. AKA and see "Razors in the Air," "Moses Hoe Your Corn."
Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AA'AA' BB
(Phillips). The title comes from the chorus of the minstrel-style song
"Razors in the Air," originally a three-part melody by
singer-banjoist Harry C. Browne and His Peerless Quartet, who recorded it for
HOEDOWN IN
HODI CAKE. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major or A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. No
relation to Ford's "Hoe Cake." Source for notated version: Owen
Chapman [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 113.
HOG EYE [1]. AKA – “Hog-Eyed Man.” AKA and see "Betty Martin," “Brad Walters,” “Chippy/Gippy/Hippy Get Your
Haircut,” "Fire
on/in the Mountain [1]," “Granny, Will Your Dog
Bite? [1],” “High, Betty Martin,”
"Old Mother Gofour,"
“Pretty Betty Martin,” "Sally in the Garden [1],"
“Tip Toe Fine,” etc. Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
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The term
'hog‑eye' means perhaps 'wall‑eyed' (i.e. eyes that diverge
outwards, the opposite of cross-eyed), according to Thede, and indeed it is
confirmed that that usage is heard in parts of the
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...a 'Hog-Eye Man'
means a wharf roustabout or idler, usually Negro, who
is always 'just
hangin' around,' looking for appetizing kitchen hand-outs
and especially for
sexual opportunities; often called 'Jody' (the
adulterer) in and
since World War II, in Negro 'toasts' and brag-songs.
*Hog-Eye* means, gallantly,
the vagina, not to be confused with
'dead-eye,' meaning the anus.
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Musicologist Samuel Bayard, prints the following stanza, also commenting that "Hog Eye" has an indecent meaning:
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As I was going down
the street
A pretty girl I
chanced to meet,
I stepped right up and
kissed her sweet,
And asked her for some hog-eye meat.
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There are several tunes that are
quite similar to each other and to this one: "Betty Martin,"
"Old Mother Gofour," "Granny Will Your Dog Bite," and
"Fire on the Mountain." See Bayard's (1981, No. 60, pg. 43). The
melody was in the repertoire of
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Sally's in the garden sifting, sifting,
Sally's in the garden sifting sand;
Sally's in the garden sifting, sifting,
Sally's upstairs with the hog‑eyed man.
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Sally will your dog bite? No, sir, no,
Daddy cut his biter off a long time ago.
***
Chicken in the bread pan kicking up dough,
Sally will your dog bite? No, sir, no;
Sally in the garden sifting sand,
Sally upstairs with the hog‑eyed man.
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Sources for notated versions: The Arkansas
Sheiks (Kuntz); Tony Marcus [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 136. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; pg. 93. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 299‑300.
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 113. Bay 204, The
X:1
T:Hogeye [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Kuntz – Ragged but Right
K:A
e/f/e/d/ c/B/A/c/|B/A/=G/F/
E/F/G/A/|e/f/e/d/ c/B/A/c/|B/A/G/B/ A/B/c/d/:|
e/f/e/d/ c/A/c/d/|e/f/e/f/
=g/a/g/f/|e/f/e/d/ c/B/A/c/|B/A/G/B/ A/B/c/d/|
e/f/e/d/ c/A/c/d/|e/f/e/f/
=g/a/g/f/|e/f/e/d/ c/B/A/c/|B/A/G/B/ A f/g/||
a/b/a/g/
f/g/f/d/|[d/f/][d/e/][d/f/][d/f/] [dg]>g|f/g/f/d/ e/f/e/c/|d/c/d/f/ ef/g/|
a/b/a/g/
f/g/f/d/|[d/f/][d/e/][d/f/][d/f/] [dg]>g|f/g/f/d/ e/f/e/c/|d/c/d/f/
e>(^d|
e/)[e/f/][e/e/][d/e/]
[c/e/][B/e/][A/e/][c/e/]|[B/e/]A/^G/B/ A2||
HOG EYE [2]. AKA and see "Hog Eye an' a
'Tater."
HOG EYE [3]. American, March (2/4 time).
HOGEYED
MAN [4].
Old-Time, Breakdown. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated
version:
X:1
T:Hogeyed Man [4]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bruce Greene
N:From a transcription by John
Lamancusa, by permission http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Dorian
AcAG E3B |
c2A2B2G2 | ABAG EGAG | E2 EG A4 |
AcAG E3B |
c2d2e4 | c2A2 GEAG | EDEG A4 :|
|| A2 AB
cBAB | c2d2e4 | e2 ef g2 ag | eged c2A2 |
A3B cBAB |
c2d2 e4 | e2 ef g2 ag |
M:6/4
L:1/8
eg ed c2A2
A4 ||
HOG EYE AN' A 'TATER. AKA and see "Hog Eye('d Man) [2],"
"Granny Will Your
Dog Bite? [1]" (
***
I went down to Sally's house
'Bout
Was a hog‑eye and a tater.
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The rhyme accompanying the set known
in
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As I was going down the street,
A pretty little girl I chanced to meet;
I stepped right up and kissed her sweet,
And asked her for some hog‑eye meat.
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(Bayard, 1944). Source for notated
version: Irvin Yaugher Jr.,
HOG EYE SALLY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. Probably "Hog Eye." The title
appears in a list of traditional
HOG EYED MAN. AKA and see "Hog Eye."
HOG HOUSE RAG. Old‑Time, Country Rag.
HOG IN THE CANE-BRAKE. AKA and see "Wild
Hog in the Cane Break." Old‑Time, Breakdown.
HOG IN THE CORN PATCH. Old‑Time. Tune mentioned as being played in a 1931 account of a
LaFollette, N.E. Tenn., fiddlers' contest.