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I AM A BOLD DEFENDER. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 434, pg. 109.

X:1

T:I am a bold defender

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 434

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Mixolydian

(3c/d/e/ | f2g _e2f | c2B A2F | B2A F2F | (F3F2) F | A2F A2B | c2B A2F |

F2G A2B | (c3c2) F | A2F A2B | c2B A2F | F2F A2B | (c3c2) (3c/d/e/ |

f2g _e2f | c2B A2F | B2A F2F | (F3F2) ||

                       

I AM A BRISK AND SPRIGHTLY LAD. English, Air (cut time). F Major. Standard. One part. Huntington (William Litton's), 1977; pg. 27.

                       

I AM A LONG TIME HERE (Is Fada Annso Me). AKA and see "The Gentle Maiden."

                       

I AM A POOR MAID THAT’S CROSSED BY MY FRIENDS. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Minor. Standard. One part. “Set by W. Forde” (Stanford/Petrie). Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 309, pg. 77.

                       

I AM A POOR MAIDEN, MY FORTUNE PROVED BAD. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: “(The Irish collector) Mr. Joyce, from Peggy Cudmore” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 455, pg. 115.

X:1

T:I am a poor maiden, my fortune proved bad

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 455

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3ABc | d2c2B2 | A2F2A2 | {A}G2F2E2 | D4 de | f2d2f2 | ed cBAB |

c2d2e2 | d4 de | f2d2f2 | ed cBAB | c2d2e2 | d4 (3ABc | d2c2B2 |

A2F2A2 | G2F2E2 | D4 ||

                       

I AM A POOR RAMBLING BOY. AKA and see "Rambling Boy."

                                               

I AM A POOR SHEPHERD UNDONE. AKA and see "The Distressed Shepherd," "Hey, Ho, My Honey," “Slaughter House,” "When my hero in court appears." English, Air (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard. AAB. The melody appears in Playford's Dancing Master (1665, 1668 and all subsequent editions), Apollo's Banquet for the Treble Violin, Pills to Purge Melacholy {vol. IV, 1720, as "The Distressed Shepherd"}, and John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) {as Air IV "When my hero in court appears"}. Chappell (1859) notes numerous references to the tune, the earliest dating 1659. Kidson (1922) says the earlier name for the tune is "Hey, ho, my honey." Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 14‑15. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 67.

X:1

T:I am a Poor Shepherd Undone

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Gay – Beggar’s Opera

K:D Minor

dd | ^c=BA ABc | d3F3 | GBA F>ED | (D3 D2)d | ^c=BA ABc | d3F3 | GBA F>ED | (D3D) ||

EE | FEF GFG | A3 z2E | FEF GFG | A3 z2E | FEF GAB | A3d2d | cBA GFE | D3 z2 D/E/ |

F3A3 | F D2 z2E | FEF GAB | A3 z2E | FEF  GAB | A3d3 | cBA GFE | (D3 D2) ||

                       

I AM A REAL REPUBLICAN. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard. One part. "There was a Ninety‑eight song to this air:‑‑'I am a real republican; John Wilson is my name'" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 600, pg. 311.

                       

I AM A ROVER. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard. AAB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 526, pg. 133.

X:1

T:I am a rover

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 526

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

B/c/4d/4 ef/g/ | e>d cB c/>d/e/c/ | BG EA G/A/B/c/ | {A}G>E CB,/C/ EE | E3 :|

|| AGA | B>c de f/>g/a/g/ | f>d Bc/d/ ef | ed B{d}c BB | B2 Bc/d/ ef/g/ |

e>d cB c/>d/e/c/ | BG EA G/A/B/c/ | G>E CB,/C/ EE | E3 ||

                       


I AM A WIDOW AND A MAID (Is Baintreabhach Agus Maighdean Me). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Mixolydian. Standard. AB. This widow and maid was the bride of O'Reilly, who was drowned when crossing the Shannon on his wedding day: see "Lamentation of O'Reilly's Bride." Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 630, pg. 321.

                       

I AM A YOUNG LITTLE BOY (Is Buachaillin Beag Og Me). Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "A song on leaving home" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 628, pg. 321.

                       

I AM AN ORPHAN BOY. AKA and see "Ja Sam Sirota."

                       

I AM ASLEEP {AND DON'T WAKEN ME} [1] ("Tha mi am chadal," or "Taimse 'im chadal"). AKA and see "Taimse 'im Chodladh." Scottish, Irish; Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. This tune, an "ancient simple set," "is claimed by both the Irish and Lowland Scotch. There being very ancient Gaelic words to it, the Highlands have as well‑founded a claim to it as either, which the editor is bound to assert. It was since the air was printed that he observed it furnished with words by H. MacNeil, Esq., who is entirely of the editor's opinion, regarding its origin" (Fraser). As with many tunes the national origin is in dispute, and Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, echoing (word for word) the early 19th century collector Edward Bunting, believes this "ancient and beautiful air (was) unwarrantably appropriated by the Scots." Bunting (1840) notes that Hector O'Neill, a Scot, wrote words to it. There are numerous versions of the melody that have been collected in tradition. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 34, pg. 12.

X:1

T:I am asleep [1]

T:Tha mi am chadal

N:”Ancient simple set”

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection   (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

CD/E/ F4|F4 A2|GABAGF|D4 C2|A>Bc>e f2|A3B G2|1 F6:|2 F4||

c>d|_e3 gfe|d2 e2 f2|c3 dfg|f2d2c2|_edegfe|d3=e f2|c2 BAGF|F2D2C2|

f2e2d2|c2B2A2|G3 FAG|F3 G/A/ C2|D>E F4|AgedcB|A3B G2|F6||

 

I AM ASLEEP AND DON'T WAKEN ME [2] ("Taim I Mo Chodhladh Is Na Duisigh Me," "Táimse im/mo Chodladh" or "Ta me mo chodladh"). AKA and see “Cold, frosty morning,” "Lament of a Druid,” "Past one o'clock," "Thamama Hulla" (an Englished version of the Irish title). Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major (O’Sullivan/Bunting): F Mixolydian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB (O’Sullivan/Bunting): AAB (Stanford/Petrie). A variant of version #1. The first printing of the tune in Ireland was in John and William Neale’s Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes (Dublin, date of publication usually given as 1721 or 1726, although 1742 is the date Bonnie Shaljean gives in the Appendix to the 2001 edition of O’Sullivan’s Carolan: Live and Times; this based on watermark analysis), the first collection of Irish melodies (Ó Canainn, 1978). As with some other airs, it is unclear whether original provenance lies in Scotland or Ireland, as the melody appears in publications around the same time: if the earlier date for the Neale’s publication is correct, then it predates the Scots appearance in Stuart's Music for TTM, c.1725/6 (where it is given as "Chami ma chattle"). It was used in ballad operas of the 18th century and is still quite common in the tradition. Cowdery (1990) identifies this tune as a member of "The Blackbird" family.

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A story is told by O'Neill regarding this tune, quoted in O'Sullivan (1983):

***

When at Mr. Macdonnell's of Knochranty in the county of

Roscommon, he met a young nobleman from Germany who

had come to Ireland to look after some property to which

he had a claim through his mother. "He was one of the most

finished and accomplished young gentlemen," says O'Neill,

"that I ever met. When on one occasion Hugh O'Neill and I

 played our last tunes for him, he wished to call for 'Past one

o'clock,' or 'Tha me mo chodladh, naar dhoesk a me,' which

he had heard played somewhere before, but for the name he

was at a loss. Perceiving me going towards the door, he followed

me, and said that the name of his bootmaker was Tommy

McCullagh, and that the tune he wanted was like saying

'Tommy McCullagh made boots for me;' and in the broad

way he pronounced it, it was not unlike the Irish name. I

went in with him and played it, on which he seemed

uncommonly happy.    

***

Blind harper Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), originally from County Tyrone, mentioned the tune (as “Past One O’Clock”) in his memoirs. As a young man he stayed seven years with a Colonel White of Red Hill, County Cavan, and visited his neighbor, a Mr. Norris Thompson, every Saturday night:

***

I spent my time very pleasantly between Colonel White and Mr. Thompson.

I spent one Saturday night with Mr. Thompson particularly and he was so

uncommon fond of the tune ‘Past one o’clock’ that we both tête-à-tête

finished four bottles of good old port wine, I playing the tune all the time

except when lifting my hand to my head.

***

The Gaelic song “Táimse im’chodladh” is an allegorical lyric, with a beautiful lady personifying Ireland appearing to the writer in a vision, beseeching him to arise and take arms against the invader. It thus falls in the Asiling, or ‘vision’, tradition of Irish poetry and song. It was composed in the 18th century in Munster. A translation by Dr. Eoin O’Neill of the Irish lyric, goes:

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As I was abroad late one evening
-I am asleep and don't waken me-
It happened that I noticed by my side a beautiful apparition
-I am asleep and don't waken me-
Her curly, ringleted, cascading surplus of tresses fell over her trembling limbs,
As she launched the arrows that pierced me in the side.
-I am sleep and don't waken me-

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Arise my loyal family and take up your weapons
-I am asleep and don't waken me-
And level to the ground every English clown.
-I am asleep and don't waken me-
If only three survive, let there be shouts of triumph in all your towns;
From Carrick-on-Suir west to the banks of Dingle
Raise your blades and give the English their own treachery;
-I am asleep and don't waken me-

***

The melody was a part of the old Irish harp tradition, and was also absorbed into piping tradition. Brian McNamara (2004) calls it one “of the great airs associated with the Uilleann pipes.” Source for notated version: Bunting noted the melody from Hempson the harper at Magilligan in 1792. Holden (Collection of Old-Established Irish slow and quick tunes), volume II, Nos. 15 & 35. Mulholland (Ancient Irish Airs), No. 32. Neal (Collection of most Celebrated Irish Tunes), 1726 (?); pg. 12. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes), No. 168. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 599. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 100, pgs. 144-146. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 488, pg. 123. Burke Thumoth (Twelve Scotch and Twelve Irish Airs), pg. 15. Walker (Historical Memoirs of the Irish Bards), No. 32. Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004). RCA 09026-61490-2, The Chieftains - "The Celtic Harp" (1993). Topic 12T184, Willie Clancy - "The Breeze From Erin" (1969).

X:1

T:I’m Asleep and Don’t Awaken Me

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 599

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F>D|C>D F2F z|F4 F2|G2 F/4G/2<A A/4G/2<F|D4 C2|D2F2F2|A2 c2 d/4c/2<A|

G3 F A/4G/2<F|F4:||c>d|{d}e4 ef/e/|{^c}d4 d_e/d/|{=B}c4 d>e|d2c2A2|c2d2f2|

f4 d>c|A2G2F2|F>G D>F C2|{d}e4 f>_e|{^c}d4 =c>A|c>d f>d c>A|G>F D>F C2|

D2F2f2|[D2d2] c>A G>F|G4 F2|F4||F/4G/2<A|B2 cBAG|A2 BAGF|G>A c>G A>F|

D4 C2|D2F2f2|d2 c<A G<F|G4 F2|F4||C>D|[C4_E4] [CE] z|[B,4D4][B,D]z|C4 C z|

C2 A,2 C2|C2 D2 F2|F3G F/4G/2<A|AG F/4G/2<A A/4G/2<F|D4 cd|[c4_e4][ce]|

[B4d4] c<A|c>d f>d c>A|G>F D>F C2|D2F2f2|d2 cA GF|G4F A/4G/2<F|F4||

X:2

T:I am asleep and don’t wake me

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 488

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

FG/A/ | B2B2B2 | A2A2A2 | FA/c/ BA GF | D4 C2 |

C2D2 F>G | A2c2 (3dcB | A4G2 | F4 :|

|| cd | _e4 e2 | d4 cA | c2d2f2 | f2 dc A2 | _e2 e2e2 |

d4 cA | F2 FG AF | G2F2 F/A/c/d/ | _e2 ef gf | _e2 dc fd/c/ |

B2 AF GD | F2D2C2 | D2F2F2 | AB c2 f/d/c/B/ | A4 G2 | F4 ||

                                               

I AM MY MOTHER'S DARLIN' CHILD. AKA and see "Soldier's Joy [1]." Old-Time. Columbia 191‑D (78 RPM), 1924, Samantha Bumgarner and Eva Davis (Asheville, N.C.).

                       

I AM SO DEEP IN LOVE. AKA and see "Cupid's Courtesie." English, Air. The air is usually known as "Cupid's Courtesie." The alternate title "I am so deep in love" is taken from the first line of a song entitled "The Maiden's Complaint against Young Men's Unkindness" (to the tune of "Cupid's Courtesie").

 

I AM SO SORROWFUL. See “Tha mise cho muladach.”

                       

I AM THE BRAVEST COWBOY. Old‑Time, Song and Breakdown. USA, western N.C. Greenhays GR 710, John McCutcheon ‑ "Fine Times at Our House" (1982. Learned from Tommy Jarrell, Mt. Airy, N.C.).

                       

I AM THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. AKA and see "Paul's Steeple." English, Country Dance Air (cut time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The original ballad has been lost though references to it exist in literature, states Chappell (1859), who also records a curious ritual attached to the tune that was current (or in living memory) in Suffolk at the time he was writing. At harvest festivals in that county it was customary to sing a song beginning—

***

I am the Duke of Norfolk

Newly come to Suffolk,  (etc.)

***

and one of the gathered group would be crowned with a pillow or cushion, while another kneeled before him and presented him with a jug of ale. The one so crowned was required to then drink off the ale without spilling it or letting the cushion fall. The editor of the "Suffolk Garland" (1818, pg. 402) says that "this custom has most probably some allusion to the homage formerly paid to the Lords of Norfolk, the possessors of immense domains in the country." Whether or not this was the origin, the term "to serve the Duke of Norfolk" entered tradition as equivalent to making merry, and Chappell finds references to it in literature as early as 1617; Shakespeare's Falstaff also makes reference to using a cushion as a crown. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 282‑283.

                       

I AM WAITING FOR YOU. Irish, Reel. Kilfenora Ceili Band - “Irish Traditional Fiddle Music.” Gael‑Linn CEF 092, “Billy Clifford” (1982).

X:1

T:I am waiting for you

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

D|G2BG dGBG|AGFG ABcA|BAGF GABc|defd cAFA|B~G3 dGBG|

AGFG ABcA|(3Bcd)GB cBAG|FGAF G3

:| d|g2fg ecAG|(3FED) AD BDAD|~E3F~G3A|(3Bcd) ^ce d2ef|

gfed ecAG|(3FED) AD BDAD|G2FE DGBd|cAFA G3:|

                       

I AM WEARING A COAT IN PRAISE OF THE MILL. See “Tha Cota Orm S’Ardach Muillin.”

                       

I ASKED THAT PRETTY GIRL TO BE MY WIFE. AKA and see "Miss Sally at the Party,” “Old Miss Sally.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. G Major. GDad. ABBBBBB'. Vocal on rpt. of 'A' section.

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Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,

She wouldn't do it to save my life;

Asked that pretty girl to be my wife,

She run at me with a carving knife (or 'old case knife'). {Thede}

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The tune was collected in 1939 in Mississippi as "Miss Sally at the Party", with a similar rhyme sung to it. Source for notated version: Sam Wiles (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 86‑87.

                       

I AWOKE FROM MY DREAM (Do Duisig Me Ua Mo Aisling). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "gaily"). D Major. Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 341, pg. 59.

X:1

T:I Awoke from My Dream

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:”Gaily”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 341

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|ABc d2d|d2d edc/A/|ABc d2d|fed cdB|ABc d2d|e>dc BcA|d2d ecA|d3 d2||

f/g/|a2f gfg|a3 f3|e2e efd|B3 A2A|ABc d2d|e>d BcA|d2d ecA|d3 d2||

                       

I bhFOISCEACHT MILE DO BHAILE ATHA CLIATH. AKA and see "Within a Mile of Dublin."

                       

I BHI ADA. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard. AABB’. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 4, 1991; pg. 20.

                       

I BRIDLED MY NAG. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. One part. "Air and words learned in early life from hearing the people sing the song. The hero was evidently what sporting people now call a 'welsher'" (i.e. one who has no funds to pay any debts incurred) {Joyce}. It begins:

***

I bridled my nag and away I did ride

Till I came to an alehouse hard by a town side,

There I saw three gentlemen throwing dice,

And the took me to be some noble knight:

Cho:

With my right fol-ol de diddle, right fol-lee,

And in my pocket bur one pen-nee.

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 60, pg. 33.

X:1

T:I Bridled My Nag

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:The chorus begins on the 16th notes in measure eight.

K:D

E|FAA AFE|FBB B2A|BcB BAF|ABc d2d|dcd edc|BcB A2 F/E/|

FBB B2c|A2B A2 F/2 E/2|D2D D/E/FG|A2A d2c|B2F AFE|D2D D2||

                       


I BURIED MY WIFE (AND DANCED ON HER GRAVE). AKA – “I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her.” AKA and see "(An) Brístín Mire,” "Cunla," "Friar's Breeches," "Friar's Britches," “Frieze Breeches/Britches [1],” “Gallagher’s Frolic [3],” “O’Gallagher’s Frolics,” “On St. Patrick’s Day I was Gay,” “The Trumlo.” Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. The air is the vehicle for the song of the title. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin says the tune is associated with the West Clare piper Garret Barry (1847-1899). O’Neill (Irish Folk Music) thinks it “closely resembles” his “Frieze Breeches” and “O’Gallagher’s Frolics.” 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. 213, pg. 66. Claddagh 4CC 39, “The Pipering of Willie Clancy vol. 2” (1983). Gael-Linn CEFCD 153, Paddy Glackin – “In Full Spate” (1991). Green Linnet GLCD 1127, “Martin Hayes” (1993). Kells Music 9501, Dervish - “Playing with Fire.” Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O’Brien-Moran – “Seán Reid’s Favourite” (1996. Learned from Clare piper Willie Clancy).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her

R:jig

Z:id:hn-jig-88

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

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:Dmix

DED F2G|AdB cAF|~G3 cAG|~F3 GEA|DED F2G|

AdB cAF|~G3 cAG|AFD D3::d2e fed|faf gfe|

D2e fed|dcA dcA|d2e fed|faf gfe|dcA BAG|AFD D2:|

                       

I BURIED MY WIFE (AND DANCED ON TOP OF HER). See “I Buried My Wife (and Danced on Her Grave).”

                       

I CAN WEAVE LINEN. See "Fighim-se Lion Is Olann."

                       

I CANNA COME ILKA DAY TO WOO. 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.

                       

I CANNOT GET TIME TO PLAY WITH MY HONEY. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard. AABBCC. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 449.

                       

I CANNOT GET TO MY LOVE IF I SHOULD DEE. 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.

                       

I CANNOT WIN AT HER FOR HER BIG BELLY. Scottish. Printed in John & William Neal’s Scotch Tunes (c. 1724).

                       

I CAN'T CONCEAL THAT I PREFER YOU. AKA ‑ "Hò! cha cheilinn nach tu b'fheàrr leam." Scottish, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard. AAB. "This is supposed to be the composition of Neil Kennedy, Glengarry's fox hunter; the editor has not been able to learn whether he addressed the words to his sweetheart or to his gun‑‑an idea very common with Highland sportsmen" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 206, pg. 85.

X:1

T:I can’t conceal that I prefer you

T:Hò! Cha cheilinn nach tu b’fheàrr leam

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B|G<B z c<Fz|d2B c<Fz|G<Bz c<Fz|d2B G2F|G<Bz c<Fz|d2B c<Fz|G<Bz G<cz|

B2G F2:|

B|G<Bz f2B|d2B f2F|G<Bz f2c|d2B G2F|G<Bz f2B|d2B c<Fz|G<Bz G<cz|

B2G F2e|d2e f2g|g2f f2e|d2e f2^f|g2B G2g|f2e d2c|B2c d2B|(c>Bc) d3|B2G F2||

                       

I CARE FOR NOTHING NOW. AKA ‑ "Ho gur coma leam h‑uile no th'ann." Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AAB. This tune "is one of the songs of a desponding Jacobite, who thought life not worth enjoying, since the failure of Prince Charles's enterprise, but who afterwards lived to be convinced that its failure was the most fortunate thing that ever happened to the country; and that, during the half‑century which has since elapsed, it has made more rapid strides to civilisation and improvement, than it did at any time since Noah's flood left it" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 160, pg. 65.

X:1

T:I care for nothing now

T:Hò gur coma leam h-uile ni th’ ann

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(f/e/)|d2A B>AF|[FA][FA][FA] [F2A2] (f/e/)|d2A (B/c/d)F|

[CE][CE][CE] [C2E2] (f/e/)|d2A B>AF| AD (a/g/) f2e|d<cB A<FA|

[DF][DF][DF] [D2F2]:|

(f/e/)|d>ed fdf/g/|afd ec(A/B/4c/4)|dcB AGF|[CE][CE][CE] [C2E2] (f/e/)|

d>ed f<d (f/4e/4f/4g/4)|afd ec(A/B/4c/4)|d>cB A<FA|[DF][DF][DF] [D2F2](f/e/)|

d>ed fd(f/g/)|afd ecA/B/4c/4|d>cB (Ad)F|[CE][CE][CE] [C2E2] F/G/|

ABc def|gec d2 (e/4d/4c/4B/4)|A<FB AFA|[DF][DF][DF] [D2F2||

                       

I COULD, BUT I WON'T. AKA ‑ "Feudaim Act Ni Ail Liom." Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Sergeant James O’Neill [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 9, pg. 2.

X:1

T:I Could but I Won’t

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 9

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D/|G<E F>D|G<B d>D|ed/c/ BG|A>G Ez/D/|G<E FD|G<B dd|ed/c/ BG|A>G G||

B|c>d ec|A>B cd|B>G cB|AG/E/ D>E|G>E FD|G>B dd|ed/c/ BG|A>G (G G/)||

                       

I COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT. Irish, Waltz. GN1, Joe Thoma ‑ "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare."

                       


I COULD WAKE A WINTER'S NIGHT. 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.

                       

I COURT THE FAIR MAIDENS. AKA and see "Let Us Be Drinking," "Beid Maoid Ag Ol," "My Name is O'Sullivan."

                       

I COURTED LOVELY SALLY. AKA and see “Mantle So Green [1].” Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: “From Father Walsh’s MS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection) 1905; No. 673, pg. 169.

X:1

T:I courted lovely Sally

M:3/4
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 673

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

Bc/d/ | e2B2 G>E | AB c2 BA| F2E2E2 | E4 A>F | E2F2A2 | B2e2 de | f2e2 dc | B4 ||

A>F | A2B2d2 | e2e2 de | f2e2 dc | B4 Bc/d/ | e2B2 A>F | AB c2 BA | F2E2E2 | E4 ||

                       

I COURTED MY DARLING AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN. Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Derry. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 674, pg. 169.

X:1

T:I courted my darling at the age of nineteen

M:3/4
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 674

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

EG | A2A2 BA | G2A2 Bc/d/ | e2A2 BA | GF E2F2 | G2A2 Bc | d2e2 fd |

“tr”B2A2A2 | A4 :: cd | e2 ef =g2 | f3 edc | d2 dB AB | G>F E2F2 |

G2A2 Bc | d2e2 fd | “tr”B2A2A2 | A6 :|

                       

I DAL U DAL.  AKA – “Eedal Oodal.” Scottish, Air (2/4/ time). G Major. Standard. AAB. A puirt a beul (Gaelic mouth music) melody. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 10.

 

I DANCED WITH THE GIRL WITH THE HOLE IN HER STOCKING. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals [1]."

                       

I DO CONFESS THOU(GH) ART SAE FAIR. AKA and see "The Cuckoo's Nest."

                       

I DO NOT INCLINE (Ni Mian Liom). Irish, Air or Double Jig. G Major (O'Neill): A Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard. AABB. O'Sullivan (1983) presumes the title to be the opening lines to a song but was not able to trace it. Source for notated version: The Irish collector Edward Bunting obtained the tune from J. McCracken, Esq., Belfast, in 1810. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 46. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 955, pg. 177. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 179, pg. 44. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 87, pgs. 131-132.

X:1

T:I Do Not Incline

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 179

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/E/|DB,D G2A|B>cB A>GA|BGE EGA|BGE E2 G/E/|

DB,D G2A|B>cB AGA|BGE DEF|GAG G2:|

|:G/A/|BGG AFF|GEE FDD|E>FE E2 G/A/|BGE E2 G/E/|

DB,D G2A|B>cB A>GA|BGE DEF|GAG G2:|

                       

I DO NOT INTEND. See "I do not incline."

                       

I DON'T CARE. AKA and see "Riding A Mile [1]," "Cummilum," "Fairest Put On Awhile," "Is Cuma Liom," "Virgin Queen."

                       

I DON'T LIKE THE GUIDEWIFE. AKA and see "The Mason's Apron," and "'S' coma leam do bhean Taighe."

                       


I DON'T LOVE NOBODY [1]. AKA – “I Don’t Want to Get Married,” “I Love a Nobody.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Texas, Arkansas, Georgia. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Phillips): AABB (Brody): ABC (Beiswenger/McCann). This popular tune has been covered by many old‑time fiddlers; Charles Wolfe (1983) remarks that it was issued by no less than six labels in the early 1930's, and prior to that it was recorded by Georgia fiddler Gid Tanner (1924), Earl Johnson (1927), and the Dixie String Band (1924). One early recording, by the Red Headed Fiddlers (with A.L. “Red” Steely on fiddle and Red Graham on banjo), resulted in the song being released as “Fatal Wedding.” The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's, and 20th century Ozarks fiddler Art Galbraith noted that he heard many fiddlers play the tune (see Rounder 0133). Lyrics to the melody begin:

***

I was born in Kentucky, lived there all of my life

Thought I'd better be lucky, never had no wife

I once thought I'd get married, I asked a little girl to wed

But when I asked her to marry me, this is what she said

***

Chorus:

I don't want to get married, always want to be free

I don't love nobody, nobody loves me.

All they want is my money, they don't care for me

I don't want to get married, I just want to be free

***

However, the tune appears to be derived from a ragtime song by minstrel entertainer Lew Sully, who may have adapted it from an older song. Sully (born Charles Sullivan, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1862) copyrighted it in 1896, and it was printed with a cover of Sully in blackface, and, indeed, Mr. Sully had a long career performing in various minstrel troupes in the Midwest and East Coast. The lyrics are considered provocative in modern times, and, in fact Sully seems to have authored similar songs with racist messages (“Hesitate, Mr. N….r, Hesitate”—see sketch in Rice’s Monarchs of Minstrelsy, 1909, pg. 311). Sources for notated versions: Doc Roberts (KY) and Tommy Jackson [Phillips]; Cotton Combs (1921-1984, Fayetteville, Arkansas) [Beisswenger/McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Tunes), 2008; pg. 23. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 139. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 67. Conqueror 8239 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky. Recorded in 1932 and learned directly from the earlier Skillet Lickers recording). County 412, "Fiddling Doc Roberts" (1983). County 517, Red Headed Fiddlers – “Texas Farewell.” Davis Unlimited 33015, Doc Roberts‑ "Classic Fiddle Tunes." Rooster Records RLP-001, Cotton Combs – “My Fiddle and I” (c. 1970’s). Rounder 0088, Allen Shelton‑ "Shelton Special." Rounder 0133, Art Galbraith. Rounder SS‑0145, Snuffy Jenkins. Rounder Records, Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers ‑ "The Kickapoo Medecine Show" (appears as 5th tune of the Kickapoo Medecine Show skit). Starday SLP 235, Curly Fox (1963). In the repertoire of W.Va. brother band the Tweedy Brothers (Harry, George, and Charles), c. 1930, who played twin fiddles and piano; in the repertoire of banjo player Elizabeth Cotten (1895-198?), Chapel Hill, N.C.

See also listing at:

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

 

I DON'T LOVE NOBODY [2]. Old-Time (Texas-Style), Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. A Texas-style version of the tune invariably played in the key of 'A' Major. Source for notated version: Mark O'Connor [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 68. Rounder 0046, Mark O'Conner‑ "National Junior Fiddle Champion."

 

I DON'T LOVE NOBODY [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Source for notated version: Bob Wills (Texas) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 68.

                       

I DREAMT OF MY LOVE (Aislinguig Me Air Mo Grad). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "with feeling"). E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland; 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 569, pg. 100.

X:1

T:I Dreamt of My Love

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 569

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

G>A|{A}B2 E>F EFGA|B>cA>B G2 G>A|{A}B2 E>F E2 A>G|FDEF D2 GF|

E3D D2 B,D|G>A (3BAG A2 AG|A>B cA B3A|G2 F>E E2||B^d|e3 =d cBAG|

A2 B>c B2 B^d|e3 =d cBAG|FG/A/ G/A/E/F/ D2 G>F|E3D D2 B,D|

G>A (3BAG A2 A>G|ABcA B3A|G2 F>E E2||

                       

I DREW MY SHIP INTO A HARBOUR. Northumbrian, Air (3/4 time). A Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part.

***

I drew my ship into the harbour,

I drew her up where my true love lay,

I drew her close by up to the window,

To listen what my dear girl did say.

***

Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 93.

X:1

T:I drew my ship into a harbour

M:3/4

L:1/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A_

E2|EE A2E2|FD D2 AA|df e2 cA|dc d2c2|df e2 cA|cA F2 EG|AA d2 cA|BB A2||

                       

I FEE’D A LAD AT MICHAELMAS.

X:1

T:I Fee'd a Lad at Michaelmas

T:O Can You Labour Lea

B:Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, via...

B:The Popular Songs and Melodies of Scotland

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:G

G>GGB|A>GAB|G<GGB|e3 g|

G>GGB|A>GAB|G<EE>D|G3|]

                       

I FIX MY FANCY ON HER, A ROUND O. Appears in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish tunes.

                       

I FOUND MY LOVE IN THE MORNING. AKA and see “I Love You Not and I Care Not,” “I Lost My Love,” “My Love in the Morning.” Irish, Single Jig or Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See also the variant “Humours of Tralee,” from the Goodman collection. Source for notated version: the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:I Found My Love in the Morning

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Rice-Walsh manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Andante moderato"D|EFE EDB,|G3 G2 A|BcB BAB|d3 dge|

dBG BdB|AFD DFA|BGE DB,D|E3 E2:|

|:d|efe edB|g3 f2 e|dBG GAB|d3 d2 B|

G/2A/2Bc d2 B|AFD DFA|BGE DB,D|E3 E2:|

                       

I GAVE TO MY NELLY. AKA and see "Daniel of the Sun [1]," "The Leg of (a) Duck," "Girls of the West," "From the Court to the Cottage," "Thady/Teddy you Gander," "'Tis Sweet to Think," "Buck(e)y Highlander," "O my Dear Judy," "The Bottle of Brandy," "Bully for you," "O My Dear Father Pity your Daughter," "Nelly's Jig," "The Bonny Highlander," "The Western Jig," "Petticoat Loose [1]."

                       

I GET MY WHISKEY FROM ROCKINGHAM. AKA and see “Rockingham Cindy,” "Rocky Road Cindy." Old‑Time, Breakdown. County 507, Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers ‑ "Old‑Time Fiddle Classics." County 543, Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers ‑ "Red Hot Breakdown."

                       

I GOT A BULLDOG. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. The original is from The Sweet Brothers.

                       


I GOT A WOMAN ON SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN. AKA and see "Sourwood Mountain." Old‑Time, Breakdown & Song. USA, north Georgia. G Major. Standard. One part (Rosenbaum). A reworking of the traditional Appalachian song "Sourwood Mountain" by Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson, who added some new verses and subsituted the "hey‑de‑ing‑dang, diddle ally‑day" refrain with "What in the world can I do?" See note on “Sourwood Mountain” for more.

***

Well, I got a woman on Sourwood Mountain,

What in the world can I do?

Had so many children I couldn't count 'em,

What in the world can I do?       (Rosenbaum)

***

Source for notated version: Earl Johnson via his protégé L.D. Snipes who taught it to Ray Knight (Lumpkin County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pg. 216. County 544, Earl Johnson & the Clodhoppers ‑ "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2".

                       

I GOT YESTERNIGHT CURDS AND WHEY. 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.

 

I GREIVE FOR MY LOVER IN SECRET. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 699, pg. 176.

X:1

T:I grieve for my lover in secret
M:3/4
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 699

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

FG | A2 ABAG | A2D2 FG | A2 GAGF | D4 CD/E/ | FG Acde |

d2D2 FG | A2 GAG>F | F4 || CD | FG Acde | f3 efe | d>c AG (3AB^c |

d4 f>e | d>e fe d^c | d>=c AG FG | A2 GA G>F | F6 ||

           

I HAD A HORSE I HAD  NAE MAIR. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The title is an obvious and old pun. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 8.

X:1

T:I Had a Horse I Had Nae Mair

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D/E/ | G<G g3e | d>B A3B | G<G G3A | B E2 z D/E/ | G>G G2 ge | d>B A2 BB |

G<G G3A | B2E2 z :: G | cc c3c | BB B3G | A<A A3B | B e2 z2 g | d>e g2 (g/a/) b |

ag “tr”e3g | d>B (A/G/) G3A | B E2z :|

                       

I HAD THE SHEPHERD’S LAMB. AKA and see “I Wish the Shepherd’s Pet Were Mine.” Irish, Air. O’Sullivan prints the text in Irish and English, giving Joyce as his source. Joyce himself says it “is known all over the Munster counties, as well as in Leinster and Connaught.” Petrie (Ancient Music of Ireland, 1855) gives the song as “I Wish the Shepherd’s Pet Were Mine” and says he obtained it from Teige MacMahon of Clare. Clare tin whistle player and singer Micko Russell had a version he called “I Wish I Had the Yellow Cow.” O’Sullivan (Songs of the Irish). Joyce (Irish Music and Song), 1888. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909.

                       

I HA'E A WIFE O' MY AIN. See "I Have a Wife of My Own."

 

I HA'E LAID A HERRIN' IN SA'T. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This is the melody traditionally used for the country dance Flora Macdonald’s Fancy. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 316, pg. 35.

X:1

T:I Ha’e Laid a Herrin’ in Sa’t

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 316

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

C2E E2A | FAE F3 | EFG A2B | c2d e3 | C2E E2A | FAE F2d | cec dcB | AFE E3 :|

|: cBc d2d | ede f3 | F2B Bcd | cBA GFE | CEE E2A | FAE F2d | cfe dcB | AFE E3 :|

 

I HAE SEEN THE ROSES BLAW. AKA and see "O I Hae Seen the Roses Blaw." English, Air (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See the Pennsylvania collected "Oho, Oho, I've Found You Out," for a version of this tune in the Americas.

***

O! I hae seen the roses blaw,

The heather bloom, the broom and a',

The lily spring as white as snaw,

With all their native splendour.

***

Stokoe & Bruce (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 84‑85.

           

I HAVE A BONNET TRIMMED WITH BLUE [1] (Ta Boinead Agam). AKA – “I Have a Bonnet.” AKA and see "Alex Dice," "Bonnet Trimmed in Blue," “Din Tarrant’s [1],” “I have a donkey, he wouldn’t go,” “Jacket Trimmed in Blue,” "Krakovienne" (Boehme), “Tá Boinéad agam,” “Tarrant’s,” "Walk Jawbone.” Irish, American; Polka. USA, eastern Mass. G Major (Bayard, Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson): D Major (Tubridy): A Major (Mallinson). Standard tuning. AB (Bayard): AABB (most versions). Originally Scottish. See also “The Polish Polka” (from the Sussex Manuscripts) and “Liberton Pipe Band” for closely related tunes. The name comes from the ditty sung, often by children, to the tune, which goes:
***

I have a bonnet trimmed with blue.

“Do you wear it?” Yes I do!

“When do you wear it?” When I can.

Going to the ball with my young man.

***

or:

***

I have a bonnet trimmed with blue

"Do you wear it? " Yes I do.

I always wear it when I can,

Going down the street with my young man.

***

My young man has gone to sea

When he comes home he'll marry me

Tip to the heel and tip to the toe

That's the way the pokie [polka] goes

***

This version appears in The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin, edited by Dáibhí Ó Cróinín:

***

I have a bonnet trimmed with blue;

Why don't you wear it?  So I do. (repeat both lines)

***

I will wear it when I can;

When I'll go away with my fair-haired man.

***

Open the window, do love, do!

Listen to the music playing for you!

***

Finally, the following version appears in Iona & Peter Opie's book, The Singing Game:

***

'I have a bonnet trimmed with blue.'

'Why don't you wear it?'  'So I do.'

'When do you wear it?'  'When I can -

When I go out with my young man.

My young man's away at sea,

When he comes back he'll marry me;

Buy me a biscuit, buy a tart,

What do you think of my sweetheart?'

***
Sources for notated versions: Mrs. Anastasia Corkery (Cambridge, Mass., 1930's; originally from Co. Cork, Ireland) [Bayard]; whistle, flute and concertina player Michael Tubridy (Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980’s [Taylor]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; Appendix No. 30, pg. 584. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 68, pg. 35. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 281, pg. 91. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 29, pg. 12 & No. 60 , pg. 23. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book); 1995; pg. 22. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 6. Claddagh Records CC27, Michael Tubridy ‑ "The Eagle's Whistle" (1978). Larraga Records MOR 1302, Mike Rafferty – “Speed 78” (2004).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Polka

K:A

AB/c/ df|eA c2|ef/e/ dB|BA c>B|AB/c/ df|eA c2|ef/e/ dB|BA A2:|

|:ef/g/ ag/f/|eA c2|ef/e/ dB|BA c2|ef/g/ ag/f/|eA c2|ef/e/ dB|BA A2:|

X:2

T:I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue

R:polka

S:A Set Dance Tape - the Polka figure of the Mazerkas (Myzherks)

M:2/4

L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Dennis J. Gormley

K:G

GA/B/ ce|dG B2|de/d/ CA|GB A2|GA/B/ ce|dG B2|de/d/ CA|AG G2:|

|:de/f/ gf/e/|dG B2|de/d/ cA|GB A2|de/f/ gf/e/|dG B2|de/d/ cA|AG G2:|

X:3

T:I have a bonnet trimmed with blue

B:The Songs of Elizabeth Cronin, ed. Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Song Air

Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae

K:D

AB/c/ dB|BA F>G|AA GE|DE F2|

AB/c/ dB|BA F>G|AA GE|ED D2||

A,D FB|AA F>G|AA/A/ GG/E/|DE F2|

A,D FB|AF F>G|AA/A/ GG/E/|ED D2||

X:4
T:Tá Boinéad agam
T:I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue
B:Ceol Rince na hÉireann
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:G
D | GA/B/ ce | dG B2 | de/d/ cA | GB B>A |
GA/B/ ce | dG B2 | de/d/ cA | AG G2 :|
de/f/ gf/e/ | dG B2 | de/d/ cA | AG B2  |
de/f/ gf/e/ | dG B2 | de/d/ cA | AG G2 :|

 

I HAVE A BONNET TRIMMED WITH BLUE [2]. Scottish, Polka. D Major ('A', 'B', 'C' and 'F' parts) & G Major ('D' and 'E' parts). Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. A variation of version #1. Jack Campin suggests the polka started as a World War I vintage tune called "The Liberton Polka", picked up by pipers, which became attached to an older tune called "The Kilberry Ball" to make up the modern four-part tune called “I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue.” It is a regimental march of the Royal Scots. See version #1 above for various lyrics, all rather simple. Soldiers of the first World War had their own set of words to the melody, famously and cynically entitled "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire":

***

If you want to find the General, I know where he is...

***

Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 48.

                       

I HAVE A DONKEY, HE WOULDN’T GO. AKA and see “I Have a Bonnet Trimmed with Blue [1].”

                       

I HAVE A LITTLE TRADE. AKA and see “Sweet heart you know my mind.”

                       

I HAVE A WIFE IN BALTIMORE. AKA – “I Have a Gal in Baltimore.” AKA and see "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay," "Streamers on Her Hat." Old‑Time, Song and Dance Tune (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. F Major (Bayard): G Major (Kuntz). Standard tuning. One part (Kuntz): AB (Bayard). Bayard (1981) guesses that the tune is German, thought the only European source he cites is Vinko Zganec, Zbornik Jugoslovenskih Puckih Popievaka (Pg. 339, No. 627). The ditty was commercially recorded in America by the Georgia Crackers in 1927 as "I Got a Gal in Baltimore."

***

I got a gal in Baltimore,

Street car runs right by the door;

Hundred dollar carpet on the floor,

If that ain't enough I'll by some more. (Kuntz)

***

Source for notated version: M Rogers (Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 182, pg. 139. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 287.

                                   

I HAVE A WIFE OF MY OWN (Ta Bean Agam Fem). AKA - "I Hae a Wife o' My Ain." AKA and see "Beauteous Fair Molly," "Bless My Soul, Why Shouldn't I?" “Boring with a/the gim(b)let,” "Jack Won't Sell His Fiddle," "Ragged Lady," "Spatter the Mud,” “(A) Wife of my own.” English, Scottish, Irish; Slip Jig or Country Dance Tune. England, Northumberland. Ireland, County Cork. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A tune by the name was popular in the early 18th century in Scotland, and transported to the island of Whalsay in Shetland (Cooke). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, while another early Scottish printing can be found 1768 Gillespie Manuscript of Perth. Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote words to the melody. Martin (2002) prints the tune (along with “Brose and Butter” and “Drops of Brandy”) as a vehicle for the dance Strip the Willow. Source for notated version: O'Neill later in life obtained this version of the tune from the manuscripts of Timothy Downing, a gentleman farmer of Tralibane, County Cork, who taught O'Neill the rudiments of the flute when the latter was a boy during the 1860's [O'Neill/Irish Folk Music]. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 45. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 54. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 16. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 5. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 315, pg. 34. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 46. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 450, pg. 88. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 129.

X:1

T:I hae a wife o’ my ain

M:9/8

L:1/8

S:Gow – 1st Repository  (1799)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

EFE ~G2A B3|EFE G2A BGE|EFE ~G2A B^cd|DED {^c}d2B AFD:|

g>ag fgf e3|EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf e3|DED {^c}d2B AFD|g>ag fgf e3|

EFE ~G2A BGE|g>ag fgf efg|DED DdB AFD||

                       

I HAVE BUT A MARK A YEAR. English, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. According to Chappell, the tune appears in Pills to Purge Melancholy (1700 and later editions). In the Roxburghe Collection it is called "A Fair Portion for a Fair Maid" and also "The Praise of Nothing."

***

Now all my friends are dead and gone,

Alas! What will betide me,

For I, poor maid, am left alone,

Without a house to hide me.

***

Yet still I’ll be of merry cheer,

And have kind welcome ev’rywhere,

Though I have but a mark a year,

And that my mother gave me.

***

Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 86.

X:1

T:I Have But a Mark a Year

M:C

L:1/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2|Bc d2d2 cB|AB AG G3F|E2C2 FG A2|F2D2 z2 ED|EF G2G2 FE|

FG A2A2d2|B3G E2d2|B2G2 z2||Bc|d2 ed dedc|d4 B2 ed| cBAG E2 A2|

F2A2 z2Bc|d3 d B2G2|E2A2F2d2|ed cB A2D2|E2 G2 z2||


                       

I HAVE HOUSE AND LAND IN KENT. English, Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. ABC. The air appears in Melismata (1611). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 138‑139.

                       

I HAVE LEFT THE WORLD AS THE WORLD FOUND ME. AKA and see "Cupid's Trepan."

                       

I HAVE NO DESIRE FOR MIRTH. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 697, pg. 175.

X:1

T:I have no desire for mirth
M:6/8
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 697

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Dorian

B | c2f g2f | e2d c2B | e3 32d | e3 c2B | c2f g2f | f2e e2d | c2B G2F | F3 F2 ||

c | c2d f2g | e2d c2d | d2c d2e | f3 f2f | a3 g2f | f2e c2B | c2B G2F | F3 F2 ||

                       

I HAVE NO MONEY ("Níl Aen Airgiod Agam," or "Táim gan Airgead"). AKA and see "Miss Hamilton [2]." Irish, Reel. C Major (O'Neill): D Major (Breathnach). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): ABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). “Quinn’s Reel [2]” is a related tune. Sources for notated versions: whistle player Mick Crehan, 1971 (Co's. Clare and Kildare, Ireland) [Breathnach/CRÉ II]; from the playing of piper Séamus Ennis (Dublin), who learned them from his father, a piper taught by Nicholas Markey who in turn had been taught by the renowned piper and pipemaker Billy Taylor of Drogheda and later Philadelphia [Breathnach/Ceol]. Breathnach (Ceol V, No. 2), 1982. Breathnach (The Man and His Music), 1997; No. 6, pg. 73. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 137 [1], pg. 74. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 124. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1356, pg. 253. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 610, pg. 111. Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 148, Mick Conneely – “Selkie” (2001). Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Jackie Daly - “The Rushy Mountain” (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings). Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992. Learned from Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll). Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies – “One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies” (1998).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T: Níl Aon Airgead Agam

T:I Have No Money

L:1/8

M:C

S: Séamus Ennis

K:D

FAdB A3G|(3FGA dA FEEG|FAdB A2 Af|afeg fedB|

FAdB ABAG|FAdA FEEG|FAdB Af|afeg fedf||

Afef dcdf|afeg fb b2|afef dcdB|ABAG FADf|

Afef dcdf|afeg fb b2|af (3gfe fdBd|A2 AG (3FGA D2||

(3FGA dB A3G|(3FGA DA FEEG|(3FGA dB A2f|afeg fedA|

(3FGA dB A3G|(3FGA dB FEEG|FAdB A3f|afeg fedf||

afef dcdf|afeg fb b2|afef dcdB|ABAG FDDf|afef dcdf|afeg fb b2|

afge fdBd|A2 AG FA D2||

                       

I HAVE TRAVELLED FRANCE AND GERMANY. Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard. AAB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 505, pg. 128.

X:1

T:I have travelled France and Germany

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 505

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

d/e/ ff/d/ | e>g f>e d/c/B/A/ | B>c dc/B/ B/A/F/D/ | E2 F>A BB | B3 :|

|| A B/c/d/e/ | f>g af/d/ ee | e>g fe d/c/B/A/ | B>c dc/B/ AF | F3 d/e/ f/g/_a/f/ |

e>g fe d/c/B/A/ | B>c dc/B/ B/A/F/D/ | E2 F>A BB | B3 ||

                       

I HAVE TWO YELLOW GOATS. AKA and see “Highland Laddie.” Irish, Air (4/4 time). Ireland, north County Clare. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Doolin, north County Clare, tin whistle player Micho Russell said the tune was used to accompany the dance Pheilim Laddy (a curious corruption of the Scottish “Highland Laddy”), in which dancers would form squares on the floor by laying down crossed flat sticks, and dance within the form. The melody has Irish Gaelic words set to it that Russell translated as:

***

I have two yellow goats

And a goat that has no milk.

It breaks my heart to bring them home

To bring them home.

I have no place to milk them

Only into my hat

My hat is holed and the milk flows down

‘long the valley.

***

That is a tune that the piper has not,

Helian Laddy, Helian Laddy,

John Kelly the piper he’ll be that way,

He’ll be that way.

***

Russell also remembered his mother singing another old verse to the tune:

There is a dandy cap put on Sheila

And she will be dancing around all the time.

Russell (The Piper’s Chair), 1989; pg. 23.

                       

I HAVE WAKED THE WINTER'S NIGHTS. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. ABC. The air appears in Friesche Lust‑Hof (1634). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol. 1, 1859; pg. 174.

                       

I HEARD A MAID IN BEDLAM A-MAKING SORE COMPLAINT. Irish, Air (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. "Hardiman (Irish Minstrelsy, I. 341) tells us that [about 1820] he heard a peasant girl, near Lough Conn, Co. Mayo, sing an English song to this air, beginning:‑‑

***

'One morning very early, on morning in the spring,

I heard a maid in Bedlam most mournfully sing.'

***

This song is known in England also: I find a copy of it in a book of Elegant Extracts printed in London in the early part of last century: and another version has been recently given in the Journal of the Folk Song Soc. (London)‑‑II. 93; where the English air is also given. But the air I give here is different, though it willk suit the English version of the song" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 625, pg. 320.

 

I HUNG MY JAWBONE. See “Hung My Jawbone (Over the Fence).”

                       

I JUST DON’T WANT TO BE RICH. Canadian, Jig or Air. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. The tune was once a popular song which begins:

***

You ask me why I’m a hobo,

And why I sleep in a ditch;

Its not because I’m lazy, boys,

I just don’t want to be rich.

***

Source for notated version: Connie Gallant (b. 1920's, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 129.

                       

I KNOW NOT WHETHER TO LAUGH OR CRY. AKA and see "You're Welcome to Waterford," "I would not give my Irish wife," "His Home and (His) Country," "The Wheels of the World [2]," "The Day after the Fair [2]," "Billy Barlow," "All Alive [2]," "An Seanghe Liath," "An La i ndiaidh an Aonaigh."

                       

I KNOW WELL WHAT NANCY WANTS. AKA and see "Nancy Wants Her Own," "Charming Lovely Nancy," "An Chearc ar fad is an tAnraith."

                       

I KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE (Ta Fios Agam Go De Is Mait Leat). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the playing partners of Chicago police Sergeant James Early and John McFadden, a piper and fiddler from adjoining counties in the province of Connaght [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 73. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 722, pg. 134. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 22, pg. 20.

X:1

T:I Know What You Like

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 22

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|DGG GAG|FGA c2A|Bdg ecA|BGd AFD|DGG GAG|FGA cBA|Bdg ecA|BGG G2:|

|:c|B/c/d e/f/ gdc|BGG GAG|FGA cAG|FDD D2c|

B/c/de/f/ gdc|BGB cBA|Bdg ecA|BGG G2:|

                       

I KNOW THAT JOHNNY LOVES ME. AKA and see "The Proposal [1]," "He Asked Me Name the Day."

                       

I LEAD SUCH A TROUBLESOME LIFE. AKA and see "My Mind Will Never Be Easy/'Aisy'."


                       

I LEAVE YOU IN SADNESS (Fagaim Ann Dubbron Tu). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with expression"). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 607, pg. 107.

X:1

T:I Leave You in Sadness

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With expression”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 607

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmix

d/>c/|B>AG ABd|e>fg d<BG|g>fe dBG|EcB A2 d/>c/|

B>AG ABd|e>fg dB>G|g>fe d<gB|DEF G2||d|d>Bd e>fg|

age f<dd|gfe dfa|gfe d2d|gb/a/g/f/ ea/g/f/e/|dBd g2 g/f/|e>fg d<BG|DEF G2||

                       

I LEAVE YOU TO GUESS [1]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 59, pg. 38.

X:1

T:I Leave You to Guess [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g/e/ | deg g>ab | c’2 c’ c’ba | b2b bag | a>ba a2d | g2e d/B/zz | g2e d2z | dDD DEF |

G>AG GAB dDD DEF | G>AG G2 G/E/ | DEG GAB | c2c cBA | B>cB BAG |

A>BA A2 G/E/ | D>EG GAB | c2c c2{d}c | BAG GDE | A>BA A2 {d}c |

BAG GDE | G>AG G2z | g2e d/B/zz | g2e d2z | dDD DEF | G>AG G2 ||

 

I LEAVE YOU TO GUESS [2] (Fagaim Tu Neamcinnte). Irish, Air (5/4 time {'A' part} & 6/8 time {'B' part}). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The 'A' part is slow, the 'B' quick. 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 (Music of Ireland), 1903/1979; No. 264, pg. 46.

X:1

T:I leave you to guess [2]

M:5/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:The first part is marked ”Slow,” the second “Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 264

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D FA | d3e fd A3 (F/A/) | G3E FD zD FA | d3e fd A3 (F/A/) | G3 c ed z ||

M:6/8

L:1/8

D | F2F F2F | EFE E2F | D2D D2F | A3d3 | F2F F2F | EFE E2F | D2F A2F | D3 D2 ||

                       

I LEFT MY JAWBONE SITTING ON A FENCE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. Recorded by Ozark (Arkansas) fiddler Lon Jordon. See Hung My Jawbone (Over the Fence).”

                       

I LIKE A SHIP IN STORMS WAS TOST. AKA and see "Thomas, I/You Cannot," "My Mither Says I Mauna." The air appears under this title in Gay's "Beggar's Opera," 1729. Kidson (1922) identifies this as an early tune found in collections for the virginal; it also appears in Playford's Dancing Master of 1670.

                       

I LIKE SUGAR IN MY COFFEE. AKA and see “Sugar in my Coffee-O.”

                       

I LIVE NOT WHERE I LOVE. English, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The song appears in Forbes' Songs and Fancies (1666). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol. 1, 1859; pg. 200.

X:1

T:I Live Not Where I Love

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F2A2G2F2 | A2E2D2D2 | A2d2c2A2 | B3B A4 :|

|| G2B2d2D2 | F2A2 E4 | G2B2F2A2 | E3D D4 ||

                       

I LIKE THE FOX SHALL GRIEVE. AKA and see "The Lass of Patie's Mill," "Peggy's Mill." The air appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729. Kidson (1922) says the song is by Ramsay, and the air appears in Orpheus Caledonius (1725‑6).

                       

I LO'E NAE A LADDIE BUT ANE. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 4, pg. 31. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 27.

                       

I LONG FOR HER (YOUR) VIRGINITY. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AA’. Source for notated version: the Skene mandora manuscript (c. 1620) [Heymann]. Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pgs. 92-93.

                       

I LOOKED EAST AND I LOOKED WEST. AKA and see “Martin Mulvihill’s (Polka),” “Paddy Scanlon’s.” Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The title is similar to the American old-time tune "Been to the East, Been to the West." Source Julia Clifford learned the tune in Lisheen, County Kerry, but had no name for it. The present title comes from fiddler Maurice O'Keeffe who gave it this name when he played it for John Coakley in July 1976; as Paul de Grae points out, it is one of the few Sliabh Luachra polkas that is not simply named after an influential musician. It appears in the Mulvihill collection (1986) as “Paddy Scanlon’s,” and flute player Mike Rafferty called it “Martin Mulvihill’s Polka.” 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. 282, pg. 91 (appears as “Martin Mulvihill’s Polka”). Old Hat Music OH!02, "The Old Hat Dance Band" (1992). Topic Records, Julia Clifford – “Music from Sliabh Luachra.” Topic Records, John & Julia Clifford – “The Humours of Lisheen.”

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:I looked east and I looked west

D:Julia and Billy Clifford, "Ceol as Sliabh Luachra"

R:polka

M:24

L:1/8

K:G

GB BA/G/|FA AB/A/|GA Bc|d2 cA|

GB BA/G/|FA DA/B/|cA FA|1G2 GD:|2 G2 GB|

|:dg fe|fA A>B|cd ef|g2 fe|dg fe|fA A>B|ca FA|G2 G2:|

                       

I LOST MY LIZA JANE. AKA and see "Liza Jane [2],” “Tumblin’ Creek Liza Jane.” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Oklahoma. A Major. AEae tuning. AA. Source for notated version: Max Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 41.

                       


I LOST MY LOVE. AKA and see “I Love You Not and I Care Not,” “Kiss the Maid Behind the Bier,” “My Love in the Morning,” "This Is My Love, Do You Like Her?" Scottish, Irish; Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Closely related to “Bundle and Go [4].” A variant is “Humours of Tralee” from the Goodman collection. Sources for notated versions: John Allan Cameron (Nova Scotia, Canada) [Hinds]; Frank Keane [Stanford/Petrie]. Caller's Choice #1, 1973, English Folk Dance and Song Society. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 24. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 1, pg. 31. Little (Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Music in New Hampshire), 1984; pg. 39. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 460, pg. 116. Mulligan LUN013, The Bothy Band ‑ "Out of the Wind, Into the Sun" (appears as "This Is My Love, Do You Like Her?").

X:1

T:I Lost My Love

M:6/8

L:1/8

C:Old Traditional Gaelic Song

R:Jig

K:C

E|ABA AGE|c3 c2 d|ege edB|g3 e2 a|gec cge|dBG GAB|c2(A B)GE|A3 A:|!

g|aba age|gag geg|aba age| g3 e2 a|gec cge|dBG Ged|c2 (A B)GE| A3 A:||

                       

I LOST MY LOVE I CARE NOT. English, Jig. England, Northumberand. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Not the tune "I Lost My Love" in Hinds. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 366. Topic 12TS283. Topic TSCD 669, Davie Rogerson (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England” (1998. Northumbrian fiddler Rogerson was born in 1901).

                       

I LOVE A BONNY LASS. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 23).

                       

I LOVE A WOMAN. AKA and see “Dwarf of the Glens.” Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From Mr. Pigot’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 542, pg. 137.

X:1

T:I Love a Woman

T:Dward of the Glens

M:3/4
L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 542

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Fmin

FG | AB cB AF | F4 FG | AB cB A/B/c | B4 AB | ce f2f2 | e2 cB AB | (3Bce f2f2 |

f4 ||  fd | B2A2 GF | G>F F2 AB | ce f2f2 | e4 cB | A2 FA FE | E2F2 Ac | BA F2F2 | F4 ||

                       

I LOVE MY LOVE FOR SHE LOVES ME. Scottish, Jig (9/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 480. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 23.

X:1

T:I love my love for she love’s me

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Gow – 2nd Repository  (1802)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ador

E|A>BA ~c2A cde|G2G Gge dBG|A>BA c2~A cde|dBd gdB A2:|

f|ege ece g2e|dge dBG g2d|eag edB deg|~ede gdB A2f|ege ece g2e|

dge dBG g2d|eag edB deg|ede gdB A2||

                       

I LOVE MY LOVE IN SEACREIT (Secret). Scottish, Scotch Measure (cut time). A Mixolydian: C Major (Hume, Playford): B Flat Major (McGibbon). AEac# tuning. ABCDE. Appears in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance music (Original Scotch‑Tunes), the Hume MS. (1704), and in McGibbon's Scots Tunes in air‑minuet form.  Source for notated version: Bowie MS. (1705) [Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 9, pg. 26. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 66.

X:1

T:I Love my Love in Secret

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Air

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 65 (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

fe | d2 (cB) B3F | G2 (cd) c2 fe | d2 “tr”(cB) f2B2 | efgf ({e}d2 “tr”(cB) | (efg)e (def)d |

(ed)(cB) “tr”c3B | (df)(gB) (f<e)”tr”(cB) | G2 (B>c) B2 :: fe | d2 “tr”(cB) f2F | G2 (cd) c2 (fe) |

d2 “tr”(cB) f2B2 | g2B2f2B2 | efge defd | (ed)”tr”(cB) (cd)(ef) | (g>ab)B (fd)”tr”(cB) | G2 (B>c) B2 :|

|: fe | dBdf (B/c/d/e/ f)F | G2 (c>d) c2 fe | dBdf (B/c/d/e/ f)b | gBeg fBdf | (e/d/e/f/ g)e (d/c/d/e/ f)d |

(e<d)”tr”(cB) c3c | (de/f/g)B (fd)”tr”(cB) | G2 (B>c) B2 :: (fe) | df2B2d2F | G2(cd) c2 (fe) |

df2B2f2B | gb2Bfb2B | eg2bdf2b | (e/d/e/)f/ (d/c/d/)e/ “tr”c3f | (g/f/g/a/ b)B (f<d)”tr”(cB) | G2(B>c)B2 :|

|: (fe) (3dfd (3BdB (3FBF (3DBF | G2 (c>d)c2 (fe) | (3dfd (3BdB (3FBF (3Dbf | (3gbg (3ege (3fbf (3dfd |

(3egb (3bge (3dfb (3bfd | (3edc (3dcB “tr”c3B | (df)(gb) (f<d)”tr”(cB) | G2 (B>c) B2 :|

|: fe | df (e/d/)(c/B/) fFBd | G2 (c>d) c2 (fe) | df (e/d/)(c/B/) fbBf | (gb)(Bg) (fb)(Bf) |

(E/B/)(g/B/) (E/B/)(g/B/) (D/B/)(f/B/) (D/B/)(f/B/) | (g/f/)(e/d/) (e/d/)(c/B/) cdef | ({f}g3)b f<d”tr”c>B |

G2(B>c)B2 :|

N:”Quick”

M:3/4

L:1/8

fe | d2 (cB)Bc | B4F2 | G2c2(cd) | c4fe | d2 BcdB | f2 BcdB | g2 BcdB | f2 BcdB |

edefge | dcdefd | (gf)(edcB) | “tr”c4 Bc | dcdfgB | dfBdFB | G2B2(Bc) | B4 :|

|: fe | d2 BcdB |fdBdFB | G2c2cd | c4fe | d2BcdB | f2BcdB | (gB)(b)(gB) |

(fB)(bB)(fB) | (egb)gfe | (dfb)fed | (gf)(ed”tr”cB) | (cBc)def | (gab)gfg | fB”tr”c3B | G2B2cB | B4 :|

                       

I LOVE NELL. AKA and see "Star of the County Down."

 

I LOVE OLD IRELAND STILL. Irish, March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard. AABB’. Source for notated version: Liam Greenall (Liverpool, England) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 3, pg. 103.

 

I LOVE SOMEBODY, YES I DO!   AKA and see "Love Somebody."

 

I LOVE SUE.  American (?), Jig. G Major. Standard. One part. From the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.  Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Montreal from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley, and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a poet and musician, and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York.

X:1

T:I Love Sue

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Henry Livingston’s manuscript copybook, late 18th century

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | GBd cBA | GBd (c2 B/d/) | ece dBd | cAc B2 c/B/ | Adf B^cd | AFD D2A |

ABc Bcd | EFG {G}F2G | AFG cBA | GBd c2 (B/d/) | efg ABc | BGG G3 |

({B/c/}d2)d d2 c/B/ | ({c/d/}e2)e e2g | d>ed B2A | GAB D3 | EGA Bge |

dBA G2d | efg dba | gGG G2 :|

 

I LOVE SUGAR IN MY TODDY-O. See "Sugar in My Coffee‑O," "I Love Sugar in My Coffee‑O."

 

I LOVE THAT I DID LOVE. AKA and see "Now Ponder Well," "The Children in the Wood." English, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Kines (1964) says that Jackson gives the song and what may be the original air, but that the poem, attributed to Thomas Lord Vaux and published in 1557, has been traditionally sung to the tune "Now Ponder Well" or "The Children in the Wood." A garbled version of the poem appears in a gravedigger's song in Shakespeare's Hamlet (act V, scene 1). Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time), 1964; pg. 35.

 


I LOVE THEE NO MORE (Ni Is Grad Liom Tu). Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 76, pg. 45. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 217, pg. 38.

X:1

T:I Love Thee No More

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 217

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d>c | B2G2D2 | E2A2 zG | F3E D2 | G2B2d2 | c3d c2 | B2c2d2 | e2c2AG |

F2 z2 d>c | B2G2D2 | E2A3G | F3E D2 | G2B2D2 | EFGABc | d2B2cA |

G3AF2 | G2 z2 || d2 | F3G E2 | D2z2 GF | ED EC AG | FE FD BA |

GF GE cB | AF D2zD | E3F GA | d2B2cA | G3A F2 | G2 z2 ||

 

I LOVE YOU MY DARLING (Ta Grad Agam Ort A Muirnin). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 523, pg. 91.

X:1

T:I Love You My Darling

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow plaintive”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 523

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(F>G) | (A3c AG) | G>F F2 (A>c) | d3f (d/c/A/c/) | d4 (fd) | c2 dc AG |

G>F F2 FA | (G2F2) F2 | F4 || (cd/e/) | (f3g) (a>g) | f2c2f2 | g3a (b/a/g/f/) |

{a}g4 cd | (f3g) (a>g) | (fdcBA>G) | F4 GE | F4 ||

 

I LOVE YOU NOT AND I CARE NOT.  AKA and see “I Found My Love in the Morning,” “I Lost My Love,” “Kiss the Maid Behind the Bier,” “My Love in the Morning,” "This Is My Love, Do You Like Her?" Irish, Jig. Closely related to “Bundle and Go [4].” See also the variant from the Goodman collection, “Humours of Tralee.” Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004). Fisherstreet – “Out in the Night” (1991). Topic Records, John & Julia Clifford – “The Humours of Lisheen” (1977).

 

I LOVED A LASS.

X:1

T:I Loved a Lass

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:3/4

L:1/4

K:F

C|FFC|F2 C/C/|FGA|B2A/B/|cAG|F/ C-C/D|_EDE|C2c|

cdc|BAG|F-F/ G/ A|C2 c/d/|_EDC|B,A,B,|C/F/-F2|]

                       

I MADE A BIG MISTAKE (Gros Erreur). Cajun. Arhoolie CD433, Any Old Time String Band - “I Bid You Goodnight” (1978-1980).

                       

I MEIRICEÁ ATÁ MO GHRÁ-SA. AKA and see "My Love is in America."

                       

I MET HER IN THE GARDEN (Do Casad Me Laite Annsa Garad). Irish, Air (4/4 time). Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 457, pg. 80.

X:1

T:I Met Her in the Garden

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 457

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>A|B>DD>E G>ABG|A>GED G3G|c2 c>c B<ddB|A>BAG E3E|

c>dec B<ddB|A>BAG E2 G>A|B>DD>E G>ABG|A2G2G2||

                       

I MET HIM BESIDE THE BARLEY MOW. 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.

                       

I MILTOWN A CUALA ME AN CEOL (In Milltown I heard the music). Irish, Air (9/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard. AAB. Source for notated version: “Set from Margaret Hickey” and “Set from Bridget Monahan” [Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 1072 & 1073, pg. 272.

                       

I MUST BE MARRIED IF THIS IS THE WAY. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. AAB. Source for notated version: "Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑on‑Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and songs. He must have been then (1884) well over seventy years of age" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 266, pg. 127.

X:1

T:I must be married if this is the way

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G|c>dc B2A|G2G EGE|DEG BGA|G2G G2:|

c|BGB d2g|c2d BAG|c>dc B2B|A2A ABG|

c>dc B2A|G2G EGE|DEG ABG|AGG G2||

                       

I NE'ER SHALL WEAN HER. AKA and see “Mrs. O’Sullivan’s (Jig),” "Ni Choiscfidh me choiche den Deol i."

                       

I NGOIRE MILE O BAILE-ATA-CLIAT. AKA and see "Within a Mile of Dublin."

                       

I NGOIRE MILE O CLUAIN-BURRIS. AKA and see "Within a Mile of Clonbur."

                       

I OFT HEARD MY GRANDMOTHER SAY. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AB. "The air of a jocular song" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 615, pg. 316.

                       


I OFTEN FOR MY JENNY STROVE. AKA and see "Cupid's Revenge." English, Song Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard. AB. According to Chappell (1859), the tune appears in The Banquet of Music (1689, “Songs sung at the Court and Theatres”), Apollo's Banquet (1690), The Dancing Master (1695 and later editions), Pills to Purge Melancholy (all editions), and The Jovial Crew and other ballad operas. The tune was the vehicle for numerous broadside ballads.

***

I often for my Jenny strove,

Ey’d her, tried her, yet can’t prove

So lukcy to find her pity move,

Ize have no reward for love.

If thou wouldst but think on me,

And now forsake thy cruelty,

I for ever could be, should be, would be,

Join’d to none, but only thee.

***

Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), Vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 61‑62.

X:1

T:I Often for My Jenny Strove

L:1/8

M:6/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

e|BGA F2E|FGA B,3|CE2 GB2|cde d2e|BGA F2E|FGA B,3|CDE GAB|F2E E3||

efg cde|fde c2B|G=AB cde|c2B B3|BA/G/F/E/ GB2|DB,2 DF2|GAB cde|F2E E3||

                       

I ONCE LOVED A BOY [1]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Minor. Standard. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 452, pg. 114.

X:1

T:I Once Loved a Boy [1]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 452

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Minor

cB | A2G2F2 | F4 AB | c2B2c2 | A2G2 FG | A2G2F2 | F3 GAB |

c4 cB | A2G2F2 | F4 AB | c2B2c2 | A2G2 F/G/A/B/ | c2 f>c cB |

A2F2 AG | F4 GA | B4 AB | c2 fc cB | A2~F2 AG | F4 ||

 

I ONCE LOVED A BOY [2]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard. One part. A different tune than “I Once Love a Boy [1]." Source for notated version: “Set by (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce from Peggy Cudmore” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 471, pg. 119.

X:1

T:I Once Loved a Boy [2]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 471

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

B/c/d | e2f2g2 | B3 GFG | A2G2F2 | E4 B/c/d | e2f2g2 | B2c2d2 | (e6 | e4) B/c/d |

e2f2g2 | B3G FG | A2G2F2 | E4 GA | B2G2E2 | E2G2B2 | e6 | e4 gf | e2 BG F2 |

G2G2F2 | E6 | E4 ||

                       

I PASSED IN FRONT OF YOUR DOOR. AKA and see "J'ai Passe Devant Ta Porte."

                       

I PRAY YOU, LOVE, TURN TO ME. English. The English collector Chappell (1859) asserts that, while the tune is sometimes claimed as Scottish, it is in fact of English composition.

                       

I PREFER MY PEA-FLOWER. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard. AB. "Compare with 'Ta na la' in my 'Ancient Irish Music' and with 'It is not day,' p. 348, above" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 716, pg. 357.

                       

I PRESSED HER TO MY BREAST (Faisg Me I Le'm Ucd). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 579, pg. 102.

X:1

T:I Pressed Her to my Breast

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 579

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d>ef>d e2 cA|d>f e>d c A2 A|d>ef>g a2 ag|f>ed>e f a2 A|d>ef>d e2 cA|

d>fe>d c A2 A|d>ef>g a2 a>g|f>d Bc d2 z||a|a>ff>a g2 eg|f>de>d c A2 a|

a>ffa g>bag|f>dde d3a|a>ff>a g2 e>g|f>de>d c A2 A|d>ef>g a2 a>g|f>d Bc d2||

                       

I PRITHEE, LOVE, TURN TO ME. AKA and see "On the Cold Ground," "My Lodging is on the Cold, Cold Ground."

                       

I RAMBLED ONCE. Irish, Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AAB. Learned by Joyce as a child in Limerick. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 76, pg. 41.

X:1

T:I Rambled Once
M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dor

ABA c2d|edc BAB|GBG dBG|G/A/BG dBG|ABA c2d|edc Bcd|ege dcB|A3 e3:|

dBd g3|g/a/ba g2e|dBd g2d|edc BAG|A2a abc’|bag a3|A2a a2b|c’2a bge|

dBd g3|g/a/ba g2e|dBd g2d|edc BAG|ABA c2d|edc Bcd|ege dcB|A3e3||

                       

I RISE IN THE MORNING WITH MY HEART FULL OF WOE. AKA and see “Coola Shore.” Irish, Air (3/8 time). Ireland, County Cavan. F Mixolydian/B Flat Major. Standard. One part. “A Cavan air” (Stanford/Petrie). Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 507, pg. 128.

X:1

T:I rise in the morning with my heart full of woe

M:3/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 507

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Mixolydian

B/c/ | d/e/f c \ B/c/d c/d/ | B/>G/ FF | F2 B/G/ | FFG/B/ | ccd/e/ | fed | c2 B/G/ |

FFG/B/ | ccd/e/ | f/d/ g/f/e/d/ | c2 B/c/ | d/e/f c | B/c/d c/d/ | B/G/ FF | F2 ||

                       

I SAT IN THE VALLEY GREEN. AKA and see "Behind the Bush in the Garden [1]," "Royal Charlie," "Times Are Mighty Hard," "Wha’ll (Who'll )Be King But Charlie," "Rolling Down the Hill [2]," "The Kerry Lasses [3]," "The Wind that Shakes/Shook the Barley [1]."

                                   

I SAT WITHIN THE VALLEY GREEN. AKA and see "Wind That Shakes/Shook the Barley [1]."

                       


I SAW HER. AKA and see "Six Mile Bridge," "The Honeymoon (Reel) [2]," "Crawford's Reel [1]," "Kelly's Reel," "Miss Wilson," "The Barrack St. Boys," "Cheese It," "Shannon Breeze [2]," "Merry Bits of Timber," "The British Naggon," "Knit the Pocky," "My Love is in the House [1]," "Brides Away," "My Love is in America," "The Bride to Bed," "Brides to Bed," "Corney is Coming."

                       

I SAW MY LOVE COME PASS(ING) ME BY. AKA ‑ "Duchess of Northumberland's Delight." English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Stokoe): AABBBCC (Raven): AABBCCDDEEFF (Peacock). "This tune has at some remote period been used for a song, of which now only a fragment in known—

***

I saw my love come passing by me,

But shame to the hade, she ne'er cam' nigh me.

***

In some very old copies it is marked as the 'Duchess of Northumberland's Delight'‑‑in allusion, probably, to Elizabeth, the first Duchess, who (with her husband) by her patronage and support greatly encouraged the use of the pipes in the country" (Bruce & Stokoe). Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), 1980; No. 23, pg. 8. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 183. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 147.
X:1

T:I Saw My Love Come Passing By Me

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e/f/|:gG B/c/d/B/ g2 de/f/|gG B/c/d/B/ f2 Ae/f/|gG B/c/d/B/ BG B/c/d/B/|

c/d/e/c/ B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/ e/f/g/e/:|

|:gdgB gd e/f/g/e/|gdgB gA e/f/g/e/|gdgG gG B/c/d/B/|

c/d/e/d/ B/c/d/B/ A/B/c/A/ e/f/g/e/:|

                       

I SAW THE BRIGHT LADY A-SITTING ALONE (Do Dhearcas an Speir-Bhean na h-Aonar na Suidhe). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: Mick Dinneen of Coolfree, Co. Limerick: 1853 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 150, pgs. 76‑77.

X:1

T:I saw the bright lady a-sitting alone

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

c|d2 cAGA|c2 dAAG|G2F2F2|F4 G2|A2f2 gf|ed cA GA|c2d2d2|d4 FG|A2f2 gf|

ed cAGA|c>d cA GE|D3E (6F/G/A/B/c/d/|e>d cAGA|c2d2 AG|G2F2F2|F4||

                       

I SAW THE BROWN STAG ON THE HILLS. See “Chunnaic mi on damh donn ‘s na hèildean.”

 

I SAW THY FORM {IN YOUTHFUL PRIME} (Connairc Me Do Dealb). AKA and see "Domhnall). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. "From Moore." O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 127, pg. 23. Roche Collection, 1983, Vol. 3; No. 56, pg. 16.

X:1

T:I Saw Thy Form

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 127

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d>e|f2 f/e/d/c/ d2 zA|cBAG GF zA|FAde f2 ed|d4 e/f<e d>e|f2 f/e/d/c/ d2 zA|

cBAG GF zA|F<A d<f a<f e<f|d2 (3def e<d||z2|a2 gf f<e e<g|fdBg f>g/2f/4 ef|

g3f f/e/g/f/ ed|d3 ^d e2 =de|f2 f/e/d/c/ d3A|cBAG GF zA|F<A d<f a<f e<f|d (3def e<d||

                       

I SEE MULL. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 31.

                       

I SEE THE MOON. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Learned by Joyce as a child in Limerick. "On the first appearance of the new moon, a number of children linked hands and danced, keeping rime to the following verse—

***

I see the moon, the moon sees me,

God bless the moon and God bless me:

There's grace in the cottage and grace in the hall;

And the grace of God is over us all." (Joyce)

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 118, pg. 60.

                       

I SERVE A WORTHIE LADIE. Scottish, Air (cut time). C Major/A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. The melody is the prototype of "Dumbarton's Drums [1]." It appears in the Skene Manuscript (c. 1620), Playford's Apollo's Banquet (1690, where it appears as "Scotch Tune"), and Dauney's Ancient Scotish Melodies (1838). Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 20, pg. 125.

                       


I SHALL LEAVE THIS COUNTRY AND GO ALONG WITH YOU TO WANDER UNDER THE ARCHES OF THE BLOSSOMED WOODS. Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From P.J. O’Reilly, Esq.” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 401, pg. 102.

X:1

T:I shall leave this country and go along with you to wander

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Allegretto”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 401

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

E>G | B2 (Bc) (BG) F>G | B>c ee {d/e/f/}e3c | (BG) (ec) (BG) F>G |

(EDEF) G2 e>d | c>d BG FA GF | (E>DE)F g2 (ed) | c2 {c}(BG) B2 (GE) |

“tr”(F4 E2) || E>G | (Be) (ce) (BG) F>G | E2E2 E2 (EG) | (B>c B)G (Bc) ef |

g>f eg f2 ef | g>f eg fe ce | (cB) (eG) B2 e>d | c2 BG B2 GE | “tr”F4E2 ||

                       

I S(H)ALL NOT GO TO BED TILL I SULD DEE. Scottish, Jig. The title means 'I'll not go to bed till I die'. Williamson calls it a 'pastoral jig' of one strain, appearing in the Skene MS c. 1615.

                       

I SHALL RETURN NO MORE. AKA and see "Cha Till Mi Tuilleadh."

                       

I SHALL WANDER ALONE.  See “Thèid mi leam fhèin.”

 

I THINK CROAGH PATRICK TOO FAR AWAY FROM ME (Is Fada Liom Siar An Cruach). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for Notated version: "Paddy Conneely, the Galway piper," via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 456, pg. 255.

           

I THINK OF RISING.  See “Rising of the year 1715,” “Tha tighiun fodham èiridh.”

           

I THOUGHT MY HEART HAD BROKE ASUNDER, WHEN I THOUGHT ON REILLY I LEFT ON SHORE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 349, pg. 88.

X:1

T:I thought my heart had broke asunder, when I though on Reilly I left on shore

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 349  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Flat Major

FFF|d>B ce fe/c/|B>A FF BB/c/|d>B ce fe/c/|B3 FFF|d>B ce fe/c/|

B>A F FBB/c/|d>B ce fe/c/|B3||A/B/ cc|B2 c/B/A/F/ FF|A>B c=e f_e|

c2 B/A/F/G/ FF|F3 FFB|d>B ce fe/c/|B>A F FB B/c/|d>B ce fe/d/|B3||

                       

I-TIDDLY-I-TI.

style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>AKA and see “The Grand Old Dame,” “The Halfdoor,” “eather away with the wattle,” “Leather the Bottle-o,” “Lisdoonvarna Polka [2],” “The Little Lisdoonvarna Polka,” “The London Bridge Polka,” “(An) tSeanbhean uasal,”

                       

I WANT TO GO TO MEETING AND I GOT NO SHOES. See "Want to go to Meeting..."

                       

I WANT TO MARRY. AKA and see "J'Veaux m' Marier."

                       

I WAS AT A WEDDING IN INVERARA TOWN (bha mi aig bhanais air bhail Inbhir-aora). AKA and see "The Campbells are Coming [1]."

                       

I WAS BORN FOR SPORT. AKA and see "Cailleac(h) an Airgid," “The Hag with the Money,” "My Brother Tom." Irish, Air (3/8 time). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From P. Coneely, Jan., 1845, Ros.” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 825, pg. 206.

X:1

T:I was born for sport

M:3/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Allegretto”

S:Standford/Petrie (1905), No. 825

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(B/c/) | dgg | fdd | cAc | d2c | dgg | fdd | (cA)F | G2 (B/c/) | dgg | fdd | cAc | d2 A/B/ |

cde | =fed | (cA)F | G2 || (A/B/) | c2A | d2A | d=fe | d2 (A/B/) | c2A | d2B | cAF |

G2 G/A/ | c2A | d2A | d=fe | d2 (A/B/) | cde | =fed | (cA)F | G2 ||

                       

I WAS ONCE SAILING BY THE HEAD. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the variant “A woman and twenty of them.” Source for notated version: “Set from John Dubhana (Costello Bay) Arran-more” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 817, pg. 204.

X:1

T:I was once sailing by the head
M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Set from John Dubhana, Costello bay, Arran-more.”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 817

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/>c/ | AGE D2E | GGA B2A | BGE E2F | GGA B2A |

AGE D2E | GGA B2A | BGE ED^C | (D3D2) || F/G/ |

ABc d2 e | edc B2G | ABc dcB | A3 A2B | AGE D2E |

GGA B2A | BGE ED^C | (D3D2) ||

                       

I WAS ONE NIGHT ABOUT BRIDGETMAS. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the variant “Woman and Twenty of Them.” Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 815, pg. 204.

X:1

T:I was one night about Bridgetmas
M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 815

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c/d/ e/f/g/f/ | e>d ce (d/c/)A/G/ | A>G EA/B/ c/d/e/c/ | d>c A/G/(3E/4D/4E/4 DD |

D3 c/d/ e/f/g/f/ | e>d ce d/c/A/G/ | A>G EA/B/ c/d/e/c/ | d>c A/G/(3E/4D/4E/4 DD |

D3 || D/E/ FG | A>B c>BA/4B/4 AA | A3 c/d/ e/f/g/e/ | d>c AG/F/ G/A/B |

A3 c/d/ e/f/g/f/ | e>d ce d/c/A/G/ | A>G EA/B/ c/d/e/c/ | d>c A/G/E/D/4E/4 DD | D3 ||

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I WAS ROAMING IN THE GLOAMING. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] Irish Minstrels and Musicians.” Source for notated version: the Whiteside manuscript [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:I Was Roaming in the Gloaming

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:James Whiteside manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Moderato"(3DEF|G2 G2 AF|GF D2 GA|B2 c2 BG|A4 (3ABc|!

d2 ef e2|dc AG FA|G2 GF D2|D4||!

dc|B2 GB dc|AF D2 dc|B2 GB dc|A4 (3ABc|!

d2 ef e2|dc AG FA|G2 GF D2|D4||

..........................            

I WEAVE LINEN AND WOOL. AKA and see "Fighim-se Lion Is Olann."

 

I WENT TO THE DANCE LAST NIGHT. AKA and see "J'etais au Bal."

                       


I WENT DOWN TO RALEIGH. Old‑Time. In the repertoire of Taylor Kimble (1892‑1979), Patrick County, Va.

                       

I WENT TO THE WELL. AKA and see "Gaen Tae da Well," "Auld Cletton Roe" (Shetland).

                       

I WENT TO THE WEST TO LOOK FOR A WIFE. AKA and see “Do Cuadar-ra a N-Ian-Tan &c.

                       

I WHISTLED AND CALLED HER BACK. AKA and see "Another Jig Will Do."

                       

I WILL DRINK NO MORE (Ni Olfaim Nios Muga). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 285, pg. 49.

X:1

T:I will drink no more

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 285

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AA(d/e/) | f2f2 (e>d) | d2A2 (AG) | F2 (DF) (E>D) | D3 A/B/ c/d/e | f2 df ed |

d>c A2 (dA/G/) | F2 DF {F}E>D | D3 || (D AG) | (F2E2) DF | E2E2 (D/F/)A>B/ |

=c2 BA (d=c/A/) | A3 .A/.B/ (c/d/e) | (f3d) (ed) | d>c A2 (eA/G/) | F2 DF {F}E>D | D3 || 

                       

I WILL IF I CAN [1] (Deanfad Ma Tig Liom). AKA and see "The Boys from the West," “Clogher Cross,” “Jude’s Farewell,”  "(Kenmuir's) Up and Awa," “Up and Away [2],” "Hexham Races," "Kenmore Lads," "Land of the West" “Pins and Needles.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A variant of the Scots tune "Kenmuir's Up and Awa." O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 50. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 992, pg. 185. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 207, pg 48.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:I Will if I Can

M:6/8

L:1/8
R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 207

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|GBd gdB|d>ed d2B|GBd gdB|A>BA A2D|GBd gdB|def gfg|edB cBA|GAG G2:|

|:d|g2d edB|d>ed def|g2d edB|A>BA A2d|g2d edB|def gfe|dcB cBA|G>AG G2:|

 

I WILL IF I CAN [2]. AKA and see “Charley the Prayermaster,” "Cowboy's Jig," “(An) Fear a Fuair Bas,” “Girls of the Town.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 17, pg. 122.

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:I Will if I Can [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:A

B|AFE A2B|cff ecB|AFE ABc|dcB AFE|AFE A2B|

cff ecB|AFE A2B|1 cAA A2:|2 cAA Ace||:f2e f2e|faf fec|

e2c e2c|eaf ece|f2e f2g|agf ecB|AFE A2B|1 cAA Ace:|2 cAA A2||

 

I WILL IF I CAN [3].  Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007. A three-part version learned from Dublin fiddler Terry Crehan, nephew of famed fiddler Junior Crehan).

                       

I WILL NOT BE SINGING YOU A LULLABY. AKA and see "Cha bhi mi gad thaladh."

                       

I WILL RAISE MY SAIL BLACK, MISTFULLY IN THE MORNING. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mary O’Melley and James Gill, Arran-More, 8th Sept., 1857" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 377, pg. 95.

X:1

T:I will raise my sail black, mistfully in the morning

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 377

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA | B2e2 (3fe^d | e2E2 GA | B3A AG | G4 Bc | d2 Bd ef | g2 fe f^d |

e2 dB AG | E4 || Bc | d2 Bd ef | g2 fe f^d | e=d BA BG | E4 (#EGA |

B2e2 f^d | e2E2 GA | B2 AG {B}A>G | G4 ||

                       

I WILL RETURN TO KINTAIL (Theid mi dachaidh 'chro chin t‑saile). Scottish, Pipe Lament. William Ross. Seaforth Highlanders tunebook. See also “Return to Kintail,” “I’ll return to Kintail” for melodies with similar titles. 

                       

I WILL RISE IN THE MORN BY THE DAWN OF BRIGHT DAY. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: "Paddy Conneely, the Galway piper," via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 454, pg. 255.

                                   

I WILL VISIT MY LOVE ON THE MOUNTAIN. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 706, pg. 177.

X:1

T:I will visit my love on the mountain
M:6/8
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 706

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | G2A B2c | d2B A2B| G2A Bcd | e3 d2d | g2g f2g | a2g f2a | a2g f2d |

e3 d2d | g2g f2g | a2g f2d | a2g fed | e3 def | g2d (ed)B | (de)f g2d |

(ed)B (dB)G | A3 G2 ||

                                   


I WINNA GAE TO BED (UNTIL I'M MARRIED). AKA ‑ "I Winna Gan to My Bed Till I Get a Man." Scottish, English; Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard. AAB. 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. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 517 (appears as "I Winna Gae to Bed Until I'm Married"). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1820; pg. 24. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 46. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 97.

X:1

T:I Winna Gae to Bed

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

g | (f/g/a) AB ABdF | EDEF B3g | (f/g/a) AB ABdF | EDEF A3 :|

e | f2fd g2ge | f2fd B2de | f2fd g2ge | (f/g/a) ef d3e | f2fd g2ge |

f2fd B2de | fafd gbge | (f/g/a) ef d3 ||

                       

I WINNA GANG THRO' THE DARK CELLAR NE MAIR. English. England, Northumberland. 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.

                       

I WISH I HAD A KERRY COW. AKA and see “Kerry Cow,” "The Old Kerry Cow," "The Brown Girl's Reel," "The Scartaglen Reel."

                       

I WISH I HAD MY TIME AGAIN. See "Wish(ed) I Had My Time Again."

                       

I WISH I HAD NEVER SEEN YOU. See “I Wish I Never Saw You.”

                       

I WISH I HAD THE SHEPHERD'S LAMB. AKA and see “I Had the Shepherd’s Lamb.” Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard. One part. "This simple playful little ditty was a great favourite in my young days, when I picked it up from the people all around me. The words I give here are the old popular free translation of the Irish song, of which Dr. Petrie has given two verses in his 'Ancient Music of Ireland', where also he has the air. Both air and song are known all over the Munster counties, as well as in Leinster and Connaught. Both are given in my Irish Music and Song, p. 12‑‑the English words printed there for the first time" (Joyce). See also note for “I Had the Shepherd’s Lamb.” Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 426, pg. 238.

                                   

I WISH I NEVER SAW YOU. AKA - “I Wish I Had Never Seen You.” AKA and see "Donegal Boys," “The Groves of Mt. Talbot,”  "Magic Slipper [1]," "Maud(e) Millar [2],” “The Montua,” “Morrison’s (Reel) [2],” “Mrs. Smullen’s,” "My Love is Fair and Handsome," "Paddy McFadden's [1]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. The ‘A’ part of the tune is similar to “Coleman’s Cross.” Source for notated version: Mary Bergin (Dublin) [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 200, pg. 106.

X:1

T: I Wish I Never Saw You

S: M. Bergin

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

d |: edBA G3 A | B2 Ac BE E2 | GFGE DEGA | BGdB A3 d |

edBA G3 A | B2 Ac BE E2 | GFGE DEGA | dBAc BG G2 :|

dedc BGBd | e2 af gfge | dedc BGBd | egfa g3 g |

dedc BGBd | e2 af gfge | d2 df e2 eg | fgaf g4 :|

                                   

I WISH I WAS A FISHERMAN LIVING ON THE HILL OF HOWTH [1]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). C Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Mr. Flattely of Mayo, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 496, pg. 272.

 

I WISH I WAS A FISHERMAN LIVING ON THE HILL OF HOWTH [2]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard. AB. A different air than “I wish I was a fisherman...” [1]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 449, pg. 113.

X:1

T:I wish I was a fisherman living on the hill of Howth [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 449

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

G/>A/ | B2 c/d/ e2e | e3 d2 e/f/ | g2e fe e | e3 e>fg/e/ | d<BA G<EF/G/ | A3B2A |

A G2E2E | E3 E2 || (3E/F/G/ | A3 B2G | A2G E2z | e2 f/g/ a2g | g<ee e>fg/e/ |

d<BA G<EF/G/ | A3 dBA | A<GE E2E | (E3 E2) ||

                                   

I WISH I WAS A LITTLE SWALLOW. AKA and see "The Little Swallow."

                                   

I WISH I WAS A MOLE IN THE GROUND. AKA and see "Tempy."

                                   


I WISH I WAS A SILVER WATCH THAT IN MY TRUELOVE'S POCKET I MIGHT LODGE. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Lietrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 607, pg. 314.

                       

I WISH I WAS IN BANAGHER. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 577, pg. 303.

X:1

T:I Wish I Was in Banagher

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

fg | f2e2d2cA | c3A d2cA | F2 (3GAG F2F2 | F6 || A/G/ | F2 FG Ac de | f2g2a2g2 |

f2e2d2cA | A6 AG | F2 FG Acde | f2g2a3g | f2e2d2cA | G6 AG | F2f2d2cA | c3A dcAG | F2 (3GAG F2F2 | F6 ||

                       

I WISH I WERE IN DROGHEDA. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 812, pg. 202.

X:1

T:I wish I were in Drogheda

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Allegretto”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 202

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d | B2G B2d | e2f g2f | e2c A2F | (G3 G2) d | B2G B2d | e2f g2f | e2c A2^c | (d3d2)d |

B2G B2d | e2f gfg | a2f def | (g3g2) d | g2g gfg | e2c ABc | d2BG2G | (G3G2) ||

                       

I WISH I WERE ON YONDER HILL. AKA and see "Siubal Agrad."

                       

I WISH I WERE WHERE HELEN LIES. Scottish, Slow Air or Lament (3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The words indicate that the place Helen lies is a grave, not a bed, and it is therefore a lament rather than a love song, states Johnson (1983). It has some characteristics of the 17th century French sarabande. The tune appears in the Leyden lyra‑viol manuscript (c. 1695) which contains two settings for gamba, the first of which is a slow air and the second a jig. Johnson says the two appear consequitively and appear to be intended to be played one after the other in a short suite in air‑jig form. Source for notated version: The Bowie MS. [Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1983; No. 2, pg. 22.

                       

I WISH I WISH. Traditional. Green Linnet SIF‑3050l, Blowzabella ‑ "Vanilla" (1990).

                       

I WISH I WISH, BUT I WISH IN VAIN. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Frank Keane” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 811, pg. 202.

X:1

T:I wish, I wish, but I wish in vain
M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 811

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/A/ BB | A>B d/B/A/B/ GG | G3 G/A/ Bd | g2 fg/f/ ed/B/ | B3 G/A/Bd |

g2 f/a/g/f/ ed/B/ | A3 G/A/ BB | A>F DE/F/ GG | G3 ||

                       

I WISH MY LOVE WERE IN A MIRE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune also appears, labelled a 'new set', in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 84.

X:1

T:I wish my Love were in a myre

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air
N:”Slow”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 84  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(A/B/c) | d2 (d/e/f) d3F | “tr”(E>DE)F B2 (AB) | d2A2 d>efe | d2 “tr”(c>B) B2 (fe) | d2 (de/f) d3F |

(E>DE)F B2 (Bc/d/) | A>BAF (GF)”tr”(ED) | d2 “tr”(c>B) B2 :: “tr”(f>e) | d2 (A>B) A2 “tr”(fe) |

d>e (d/e/)(d/B/) A2 (de/f/) | g3b (af)”tr”(ed) | g2 “tr”(f>e) e2fg | afdf a3F | “tr”(E>DE)F B3d |

A>BAF (GF)”tr”(ED) | d2 “tr”(c>B) B2 :|

                       

I WISH THAT I COULD GO WITH YOU [1]. AKA and see "Little You Know the Grief and Woe." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 36, pg. 26.

X:1

T:I Wish that I Could Go with You [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2=f d2c | A3 G2A | (=F3 F2) G |

A3 G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2=f d2c | A2G =F3A | (G3G3 |

G3) z2 || c | d2c d2e | f3 de^f | g2=f d2e | =f3 de^f | g2=f d2c | A3G3 | (=F3 F2)G |

A3 G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2=f d2c | A2G =F2A | (G3G3 | G3)z2 ||

 

I WISH THAT I COULD GO WITH YOU [2] (Bud Ail Liom N-Dul Leat). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 365, pg. 63.

X:1

T:I Wish That I Could Go With You [2]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 365

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FG|A4g2|f4d2|e4A2|B4 {c/B/}AG|F4A2|d4 d2|(d6|d4) e2||

f4 e2|f4g2|a4f2|g4 ed|c4 A2|B4 G2|(A6|A2) d2e2|f4e2|f4 g2|a4 f2|g4 ed|

c4 A2|B4G2|(A6| A2) F2G2|A4 g2|f4 d2|e4 A2|B4 {c/B/}AG|F4 A2|d4 d2|(d6|d4)||

                       

I WISH THE FRENCH WOULD TAKE THEM. Irish, Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 497, pg. 125.

X:1

T:I wish the French would take them

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 497

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F | B2 B Bcd | B3 GAB | c2B AFA | B3 z2F | B2B Bcd | B3 GAB | c2B AFA | B3 z2 ||

e | d2c cde | f3 g2f | f2 e dcd | e3 d2e | f2e dec | B3 GAB | c2B AFA | B3 z2 ||

 

I WISH THE SHEPHERD'S PET WAS MINE. AKA and see "I Wish You Were My Darling," "Teig Moira's Daughter," "It's a Pity the Officer's Son is Not with Us."

 

I WISH THEY’D DO IT NOW. English, Air. G Major. The air of a mildly risqué song with an infectious chorus that goes:

***

I wish they’d do it now, oh, I wish they’d do it now,

I’ve got itches in me britches and I wish they’d do it now.

***

The tune is almost universally known among older traditional fiddle and squeezebox players in England.

                       

I WISH YOU A MERRY NEW YEAR. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1785; No. 22, pg. 8.

X:1

T:I Wish You a Merry New Year

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Aird, Vol. II (1785)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | A2d dcd | efe efg | fed g2f | f3 e2A | A2d dcd | efe efg | fed edc | (c3 d2) :|

|: g | fga agf | efg gag | gfd d<gf | f3 e2A | A2d dcd | efe efg | fed edc | c3 d2 :|

                       


I WISH YOU WERE MY DARLING. AKA and see "Its a Pity the Officer's Son Is Not With Us," "I Wish the Shepherd's Pet Was Mine," "Teig Moira's Daughter." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 14, pg. 17.

X:1

T:I Wish You Were My Darling

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | BABc dedB | cBce dBG>A | BABc dedB | cB G>G G3 G/A/ |

BABc dedB | cBce dB G>A | BABc dedB | cB GA/B/ c2 BA |

G2 FD DCB,C | Dc BG AF DE/F/ | GA/G/ FD DCB,C | DEFD GcBA |

GA/G/ FD DCB,C | DcBG AF DE/F/ | GA/G/ FD DCB,C | DEFD G3 ||

 

I WISH YOU WOU'D MARRY ME NOW. AKA and see “George Carnegie’s Strathspey,” “Inverara Rant,” “Marry Me Now,” “The Proposal [2].” Scottish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, although early printings also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768) and Preston’s Collection of Scots Reels and Country Dances (1768). O’Neill reprints Preston’s setting, identical to that in the Glen collection. See also the related “Lady Warkworth’s Reel [1]” and “Morpeth Lasses.” Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 58. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 23. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 231.

X:1

T:I Wish You Would Marry Me Now

M:C

L:1/8

S:Glen Collection, vol. 1 (1891)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

EAAB c2 ce|dcBA GABG|AE E/E/E c2 ce|dBgB A/A/A A2:|

agda geae|gedg BGdB|agea geae|gdgB A/A/A A2|

agea geae|gedg BGdB|cAdB ecae|gegB A/A/A A2||

 

I WISH'T I HAD A NEW FIVE CENTS. See "Finger Ring," "New Five Cents [2].”

 

I WONDER. American, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Shaw (Cowboy Dances), 1943; pg. 380.

X:1

T:I Wonder

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Shaw – Cowboy Dances  (1943)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2F2 FEDE|F2F2 F4|A2F2 FEDE|F2E2 E4|A2F2 FEDE|F2A2 d3e|f2d2 dBAF|E2D2D4||

d2e2 fafe|d2e2f4|d2e2 fafe|d2B2B4|d2e2f2e2|d2e2f2e2|d2B2 BAFD|E2D2D4||

 

I WON'T BE A NUN (Ni Mait Liom Beid Beanriagalta). AKA and see "The Officer On (of the) Guard," "Governor Taylor's March," "Napoleon Crossing the Alps [1]," “." Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard. ABC. The complete title is “I’ll Go and I’ll Marry and I Won’t be a Nun,” from a Victorian era song. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1813, pg. 340. Topic Records, Leo Rowsome - “Leo Rowsome, Vol. 2” (1977).

X:1

T:I Won’t be a Nun

M:C

L:1/8

R:March

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1813

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(G>A) | Bdg>a g2 fe | dBB>c B2 AG | Bdce dBGB | A2 A>B A2 G>A |

Bdg>a g>a b/a/g/f/ | edB>c B2 AG | Bdge dBAB | G2 G>A G2 || (fg) |

afd>f d2 ga | bge>f e ga | (bg) (af) (ge) (fd) | (BA)AB A2 G>A |

Bdg>a g>a b/a/g/f/ | edB>c B2 AG | Bdge dBAB | G2 G>A G2 | (ab) |

c’baf gedc | B(G/B/) d(B/d/) g2 (ab) | c’baf gedB | (BA)AB A2 G>A |

Bdg>a g>a b/a/g/f/ | edB>c B2 A>G | Bdge dBAB | G2 G>A G2 ||

 

I WON'T DO THE WORK (Cha Dean Mi'n Obair). AKA‑ "Behind the Bush in the Garden [1]." Canadian, Double Jig. Canada; Cape Breton, Newfoundland. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Variants appear in the Fraser Collection and Kerr’s First under the title "Wha'll (Who’ll) Be King But Charlie” (Se ‘n Righ a th’againn is Fearr Leinn). Dunlay & Greenberg remark that on Newfoundland the tune is played with a simpler rhythm as a fast single jig. Port-a-beul verses to the tune are given by fiddler Jackie Dunn in her 1991 thesis Tha Blas na Gaidhlig air a h-Uile Fidhleir (The Sound of Gaelic is in the Fiddler’s Music):

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Cha dean mi obair, cha dean mi obair,

Chan urrainn mi obair a dheanamh.

Chan ith mi biadh ‘s chan ol mi deoch,

Tha an gaol an deighinn mo lionadh

(I cannot work, I cannot work, I am unable to work.

I cannot eat or drink; Love has so consumed me.)

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Dunlay & Greenberg print the Beaton version of these lyrics from Lorrie MacKinnon:

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Cha dean mi ‘n obair, cha dean mi ‘n obair,

Chan urrainn dhomg obair a dheanamh.

Chan ol mi deoch, ‘s chan ith’ mi biadh,

Chan urrainn dhomh obair a dheanamh.

***

Source for notated version: Donald Angus Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 110. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 71. ACC-49398, Brenda Stubbert - “House Sessions” (1992). DAB4‑1985, Donald Angus Beaton‑ "A Musical Legacy" (1985). JAD-1, Jackie Dunn - “Dunn to a T” (1995). Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland – “Parlor Music” (2005).

X:1

T:I Won't Do The Work

M:6/8

L:1/8

C:Old Traditional Gaelic Song

Z:Transcribed by Toby Rider

R:Jig

K:C

B| c2 B AGE| c2 B AGE| c E2 EDE|{E}G2 G3 A|

 c2 d e2 a| age ded| c2 A (B/2A/2G)E|1 A3 A3:|2 A3 (A2B)|!

|: c2 A c2 d| e2 a e2 d| (e2A) c2 d| e2 G3 A|

c2 d e2 a| age ded| c2 A (B/2A/2G)E|1 A3 (A2 B):|2 A2 A|

 

I WON’T MARRY HER. Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source O’Leary provided this partial phrase which is sung to the tune:

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I won’t marry her, I won’t marry her,

That’s the reason I says I won’t marry her.

***

He often paired the tune with “The Cobbler,” also learned from Tarrant. Source for notated version: Din Tarrant via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 81, pg. 46. Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977. Appears as second tune of “Din Tarrant’s”).

 

I WOULD I WERE IN MY OWN COUNTRY. AKA and see "Quodling's Delight," "Godesses," "The Oak and Ash."

 

I WOULD IF I COULD. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, Yorkshire. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. 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. 50, pg. 41.

 

I WOULD NOT GIVE MY IRISH WIFE. AKA and see "An La i ndiaidh an Aonaigh," "An Seanghe Liath," "All Alive [2]," "Billy Barlow," "The Day after the Fair [2]," "I know not whether to laugh or cry," "You're welcome to Waterford," "His Home and (His) Country," "The Wheels of the World [2]."

 

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