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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

IAIN AN CIBEIR. AKA and see "John the Shepherd."

 

IAIN CAIMBEUL A BANCA. Scottish, Pipe March. A version of “The Rock and the/a Wee Pickle Tow.” The title is from Duncan Ban MacIntyre’s use of the tune, according to Jack Campin (jc@purr.demon.co.uk).

                       

IAIN PETERSON’S COMPLIMENTS TO FRASER McGLYNN. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by Iain Peterson. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 12.

                       

IAIN RUAIRIDH'S LAMENT (Tuireadh Iain Ruaidh). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A relatively rare major-mode lament. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 8.

 

IAIN'S JIG. Scottish, Pipe Jig. Green Linnet 1067, The Tannahill Weaver's ‑ "Land of Light" (1986). Green Linnet SIF‑104, The Tannahill Weaver's ‑ "The Celts Rise Again" (1990).

 

IAN AND ISOBEL.  Scottish, Jig. E Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by Scottish fiddler Arthur Scott Robertson. Robertson’s son Neil told Randy Miller that Ian and Isobel Ferguson of Aberfeldy were close friends of his parents. He remembered staying with them when his father competed in a BBC sponsored event in 1969. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 60, pg. 46. Spectrum Records FLP 5015, Arthur Scott Robertson – “Scotland’s Champion Fiddler” (1975).

 

IAN POWRIE’S COMPLIMENTS TO ANGUS FITCHET.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Ian Powrie (originally in the key of ‘F major) in honor of fiddler and band leader Angus Fitchet. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 173, pg. 109. Waverly/EMI Records SZLP 2144, “Ian Powrie, His Fiddle and his Friends” (1975).

 

IAN S. ROBERTSON. Shetland, Slow Air. B Flat Major. Standard. AA'B. Composed by Shetland fiddler, teacher, collector and composer Tom Anderson, 1963, for the son of Arthur Scott Robertson the Champion Scottish Fiddler. Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 39. Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson ‑ "Shetland Folk Fiddling, vol. 2" (1978).

 

IANTHE. AKA and see “Princess Royal [5].” English, Air. G Minor. Standard. AABB. Simpson, in his volume British Broadside Ballads and Their Music, says this air was originally entitled “Iantha” and was included in the supplemental section called “Tunes of the French Dances” in the third edition of Playford’s Dancing Master (c. 1662, No. 28). It can also be found in twice in Playford’s Apollo’s Banquet (1670, No. 176 & No. 200), first as “Ianythae” and then as “La Princess Royale.” The “Princess Royal” title was used for subsequent editions of Playford

X: 1
T:Ianthe (Princess Royal)
M:4/4
L:1/4
S:Simpson (BBBM)
K:GMin
B/A/|Ggg>^f|g3 g/a/|bff>_e|dBBc/d/|_e/d/c/B/ B>A|A3:||a|b>d d3/4f/4 e3/4
g/4|f2e>f|d>_e c>B|B3 B/A/|Gcc>b|c3 f/_e/|db^f>g|g3:||

                       

IANTHE THE LOVELY. AKA and see "Mourn Hapless Caledonia," "When he holds up his hand." English, Air. This melody appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1729) as "When he holds up his hand." Kidson (1922) says the air is by John Barrett. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 67.

           

IARGAIN CUAIN. AKA and see "Wailing of the Sea." Scottish, Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AAB. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 174, pg. 226.

           


IBERIA BREAKDOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. The source for this tune was Bill Driver, an African-American fiddler from Iberia, Miller County, Missouri, one of R.P. Christeson’s sources in the mid-20th century. The title is Christesons, given to a tune he collected from Driver with no name. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bill Driver (et al) – "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory" (1976).

           

ICE CREAM HORNPIPE, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 301, pg. 161.

X:1

T: Ice Cream Hornpipe

C: © B.Black

Q: 325

R: hornpipe

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

A | d^cd=c BGGF | EAce agfe | decd Bdgd | cAdF GABc |

dDDF GB (3BBB | (3cBA BG ABce | dggd cggc | BdAF G3 :|

B/c/|(3d^cd ef g2 d=c|(3BcB AF G2 Bc|(3d^cd ef gaba|(3gfe fd e2 Bc|

(3d^cd ef gbbg | faef g2 ed | (3cdc (3BcB (3ABA (3GAG | cAdF G3 :|

           

ICE HOUSE. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEae tuning. Composed by Matt Gordon, formerly of the Fiddle Puppets, in honor of the Augusta jams at the Ice House.

                       

ICE ON THE LAKE.  Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 21.

 

ICE ON THE PUMPHANDLE. AKA and see “Mountain Hornpipe [1],” “Old Skeddadalink.”  Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Nebraska. G Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 68.

           

ICE ON THE ROAD. Canadian (originally), American; Reel. E Dorian ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB (Songer): AA'BB' (Bohrer/Kibler). Composed by Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend and named for a tense winter’s drive from Ottowa to Cornwall. Sources for notated versions: Scotty Campbell (Vermont) [Bohrer/Kibler]; accordion player Christy Keevil via George Penk (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]. Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 8, pg. 8. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 105. Condor 977‑1489, "Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at Barre, Vermont." Fretless Records 101, "The Campbell Family: Champion Fiddlers."

           

ICY MORNING. American, Jig. E Dorian ('A' and 'C' parts), E Major ('B' part). Standard. ABCC. Private collection (circulated among contra dance musicians). Wild Horse 2198312.

           

ICY MOUNTAIN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Major/D Mixolydian. Standard or AEAE. AABB. There is a song collected in Kentucky by this title given by Roberts (pg. 105), which is a variant of "My Home's Across the Smoky Mountains" or "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains;" it seems unrelated to this breakdown piece. However, the tune in circulation by this title was collected from Ward Jarvis (b. 1894), originally of Braxton County, West Virginia (later of southeastern Ohio), who learned it from a Clay County (W.Va.) left‑handed fiddler by the name Frank Santy. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 15. Front Hall 017, Michael, McCreesh, & Campbell ‑ "Dance Like the Waves of the Sea" (1978). Rounder 0132, Bob Carlin ‑ "Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo" (1980). CD2001, “The Rough Deal Stringband.”

           

ICY SIDEWALKS. Canadian, March (cut time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard. AA'BB'. Composed by piano player Matthew Cook, editor of The Night in the Kitchen Collection and presently a student at St. Mary's Universtiy, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Cook (Night in the Kitchen Collection), 1996; pg. 20.

           


I'D BE A BUTTERFLY. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 47b, pg. 18.

           

I’D CROSS THE WORLD OVER WITH YOU JOHNNY DOYLE. AKA and see “Johnny Doyle [1].” Irish, Air (4/4 time). B Flat Minor. Standard. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 443, pg. 112.

X:1

T:I’d cross the world over with you Johnny Doyle

M:C

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 443

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_ Minor

fe | dB BA F2 E>F | FB BB B3F | Bcde fedf | ecdB A2 F=A | Bcde fedf |

ecdB A2 f>e | dBBA F2 EF | FBBB B2 ||

           

I'D DRUTHER BE A NIGGER THAN A POOR WHITE MAN. AKA‑ "N….r Take a Dram," "I'm An Old N….r And I Will Take A Dram." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. E Major. BEbe or DDad. AABB. Learned in Davis, Indian Territory.

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The poor white man, the poor white man,

Livin' up north in a cold white land;

Never seen a banjo or heard a nigger band,

I druther be a nigger than a poor white man.

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The poor white man, the poor white man,

Never seen a possum or a possun in the pan;

never had a chicken or a razor in his hand,

I druther be a nigger than a poor white man.

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I'm an old nigger and I'll take a dram,

I druther be a nigger than a poor white man.   (Thede)

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This line is also sometimes heard sung:

My name is Sam, I don’t give a damn,

I’d reather be a nigger ‘n a po’ white man.

{Sounds like a white minstrel show ditty} Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 62.

           

I'D LIKE TO KNOW. AKA and see "J'aimerais d' Connaitre."

           

I’D MOURN THE HOPES THAT LEAVE ME. AKA and see “Bhíosa lá I bport láirge,” "The Dainty Besom Maker," “Forgive the muse that slumbered,” "The Gimlet," “Johnny’s Grey Breeks [2],” "The Old Lea Rigg," "Little Mary Cullinan," "Little Sheila Connellan,” “Maureen from Giberland,” “Port Láirge,” “The Rose Tree [1]," “The Rose Tree in Full Bearing."

           

I’D RANGE THE WORLD OVER WITH MY OWN JOHNNY DOYLE. AKA and see “Johnny Doyle [1].” Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford (1902) notes it is a variant of “I’d cross the world over with you, Johnny Doyle.” Source for notated version: “From (the Irish collector) Forde” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 629, pg. 158.

X:1

T:I’d range the world over with my own Johnny Doyle

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 629

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

ed | cA AG | E2 DE | EA AA | A2 GE | AB cd | ed ce | dB cA | G3E |

AB cd | ed ce | dB cA | G2 ed | cA AG | E2 DE | EA AA | A2 ||

           

I’D RATHER BE MARRIED THAN LEFT (B’Fhearr liom a bheith Pósta ná Tréigthe). Irish, Slide. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. The melody was recorded by Seamus Ennis in January, 1949, from the fiddle playing of Kerry musicians Padraig O’Keeffe and Denis Murphy (O’Keeffe’s pupil). Alice C. B Bunten, in an article entitled “Irish Songs in the Beggar’s Opera” (Journal of the Irish Folk Society, vol. 5, pg. 19), identifies the tune as a derivative of the English song “Would you Court a Young Virgin of Sixteen Years” in Gay’s 1728 work. She states: “In Charles II’s reign [1660-1685] Tom D’Urfey wrote the words of ‘Would you Court’ &c. for his play Modern Prophets, and used this tune, which was an old one, for it.” The tune has a long pedigree—see note for “Would you…” See also “La Native” in the “Lancer’s Quadrilles.” Source for notated version: a manuscript dated 1919, written by Michael S. Meany (Tulla, County Clare) for his students. The title with the tune in the ms. is “The Macks”  [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 79 (appears as untitled slide). Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 78, pg. 39. RTE CD174, “The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Pádraig O’Keeffe.” Spin CD1001, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - “The Smoky Chimney” (1996).

X:1

T:I'd rather be married than left

M:12/8

L:1/8

R:slide

D:The Smoky Chimney, track 1(a)

K:D

ABA AFA d2 D D2 F|ABA AFA B2 E E2 F|

ABA AFA B2 g f2 e|1dcB ABc d2 D D2 F:|2dcB ABc d2 D D2 e||

~f3 def e2 A A2 e|fef def gfg e2 g|fef g3 fef a2 f|

1gfe ABc d2 D D2 e:|2gfe ABc d2 D D3||

           

I'D ROAM THROUGH ASIA. AKA and see "Colleen Rue [1]," "As I Roved Out On a Summer Morning," "Kind Sir, Be 'Aisy,'" "Red‑haired Maiden," “Red-Haired Girl [3],” "Sails Were Unfurled."

           


IDA RED. AKA‑ "Idy Red." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, southwest Virginia, Kentucky, north Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. A Major (Kuntz, Phillips): G Major (Krassen, Titon). AEae or Standard tuning. AB: AABB (Krassen). Ida Red was originally supposed to have been an African-American bad man, but the gender of the character in most versions is feminine or androgynous. Jeff Titon (2001) believes the lyrics suggest an African-American or minstrel origin. The tune, which varies widely in its melodic content although retains distinctive cadences, was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Riley Pucket's (north Georgia) version of the tune, released in 1926, became the second best-selling country music record for the year. Kentucky fiddler Jim Bowles plays a cross-tuned version. Titon records that the tune was included in the 1915 Berea College students’ tune lists, but was not played in any of the Berea, Kentucky, fiddle contests of the era.

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Ida Red who lives uptown, weighs three hundred and forty pounds,

Down the road and 'cross the creek, don't get a letter but once a week.

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Refrain

Ida Red, pearly blue,

My little honey don't I love you.

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I don't know and I don't care, know there's hard times everywhere,

Ida Red you won't do right, won't do nothin' but quarrel and fight.

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Down the road hat in my hand, hello sheriff I've killed my man,

Ida Red you won't do right, won't do nothin' but quarrel and fight.

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Down the road a mile and a half, my little honey looks back and laughs,

Ida Red you're workin on the road, work enough money to buy a load.

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Ida Red, Ida Blue, Ida bit a hoecake half in two,

If I'd a‑listened to what Ida said, I'd a‑been sleepin' in Ida's bed.  {Kuntz}

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I went down town one day in a lope,

Fool around till I stole a coat;

Then I come back and I do my best,

Fool Around till I got the vest.

O weep! O my Idy!

For over dat road I'm bound to go. {Thede}

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Georgia fiddler Bill Shores, a native Alabamian who spent most of his life in the Rome, Georgia, area (according to Wayne Daniels), recorded the tune with guitarist Riley Puckett in Atlanta in 1926. Sources for notated versions: Double Decker String Band (Kuntz): Frank West (Murray County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Bob Wills and Sleepy Johnson (Texas) [Phillips]; Tweedy Brothers (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jake Phelps and Street Butler (Pea Ridge, Todd County, Ky., 1965) [Titon]. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; pg. 37. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 16. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 387‑388. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 117 (two versions). Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 60‑61. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 65, pg. 94. Davis Unlimited DU 33032, Clayton McMichen – “McMichen: The Traditional Years” (1977). County 791, Tommy Jarrell – “Rainbow Sign” (1986). Fretless 144, Double Decker String Band‑ "Giddyap Napoleon." Bluebird 5488A (78 RPM), Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers (North Ga.) {1934}. Gennett 6604 (78 RPM), 1928, Tweedy Brothers (Wheeling, W.Va. brothers Harry, George, and Charles who played twin fiddles and piano). Marimac 9060, Jim Bowles – “Railroading Through the Rocky Mountains” (1994). Meriweather 1001-2, Jim Bowles – “I Kind of Believe it’s a Gift: Field Recordings of Traditional Music from southcentral Kentucky” (1986). Old Homestead OHCS 0191, Dykes Magic City Trio (et al) – “Early String Band Classics, Vol. 1” (1987). Rounder 1008, Ernest V. Stoneman – “Ernest Stoneman and the Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers” (1978). Rounder 11131/1132, Ed Haley – “Forked Deer” (1997). Rounder CD0364, The Red Mules - “The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music.” Victor 19434 (78 RPM, recorded 1925), Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877‑1952? (Russell County, S.W. Virginia). 5 String Productions 5SP05002, The Hoover Uprights – “Known by their Reputation” (2005. Based on the Cowan Powers’ version).

See also listing at:

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

X:1

T:Ida Red

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Kuntz – Ragged but Right

K:A

c>c BB|A/B/A/F/ EF|AA/c/ B/A/F|EF AA/B/|cc/c/ BB|A/B/A/F/ EE/F/|

AA/c/ B/A/F|EF A>(c||c/)e/e [ee][ee]|c/A/B AA|B/A/B/A/ c/A/B|

E/E/F AA|c/B/c/d/ ee|c/d/e AA|B/A/B/A/ cB|E/F/A A2||

                       

IDBURY HILL. AKA and see “London Pride.” English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). E Minor (Mallinson): D Dorian (Bacon, Carlin). Standard timomg. AABB, x4 (Mallinson): AABA (Bacon): AA'BB' (Carlin). Idbury Hill is a side-step handkerchief dance collected with the melody in the Bledington, Gloucestershire, area of England's Cotswolds. Idbury, Oxfordshire, is a village not far from Bledington, across the county border. The tune is also used for the dance "Three Musketeers," and a similar tune was collected in Bampton without the “slows”.

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A portrait by artist A van Anrooy of an old country fiddler was printed on the cover of Peter Kennedy’s influential Fiddler’s Tune Book. It depicts Charles Benfield (1841-1929), fiddler for the Bledington morris men in the second half of the 19th century. Benfield started out by playing the pipe and tabor, instruments he had ‘inherited’ from the renowned Sherbourne and Northleach musician Jim ‘the laddie’ Simpson, who had succumbed to an overdose of alcohol in 1856. Benfield played at various times for the morris sides of Milton-under-Wychwood, Idbury, Fyfield and Longborough and became a key figure in the Bledington morris tradition of the latter 19th century. He eventually lead the “junior side” of dancers born in the 1860’s, men who survived to pass on their tradition to larger audiences when collectors visited in the 1930’s. Cecil Sharp’s biographer, Fox Strangway, relates that the famous collector presented a bow to Benfield, whose own had been broken some years previously and as a result his fiddle had been silent. The elderly musician took the bow, tuned up the fiddle and played a few tunes, but was not pleased with the result. He then appraised the bow thoughtfully, and admitted that ‘it seemed a nice bow’ and ‘looked all right’, but that it “somehow won’t keep time with the other hand.” [Pete Cooper].

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Sharp also in 1911 noted a G minor version of “Idbury Hill” from 68 year old Harry Taylor, from the Longborough morris tradition, although Taylor called it “London Pride.”

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Source for notated version: Charles Benfield (Rollo Woods, Gloucestershire, England) via Dr. Kenworthy Schofield, 1925 [Bacon]. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 77. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 39, pg. 33. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 52, pg. 26.

X:1

T:Idbury Hill

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Bacon (Benfield MS, 1925)

K:D Dorian

A2 AB c2A2|GFED C2 DE|F2A2 AGFE|D4D4:|

||A2 AB c2A2|dcBA G2G2|A2 AB c2A2|d3c A4|

A2 AB c2A2|GFED C2 DE|F2A2 AGFE|D4 D4||

                       

IDEAL. American, "Straight Jig" (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. A kind of ragtime tune. Harding’s All Round Collection, 1905; No. 63, pg. 19.

X:1

T:Ideal

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:”Straight Jig”

N:”Not too fast”

B:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 63  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

.E.F .G.A|Be fg|c3 g|B3 g|AcBA|GABG|1 E3 e|^dB (GF):|2

FB2B|Ez Ez||:F(e e/)>d/d/>A/|F=FE_E|D(e e/>d/B/>G/|EDAG|1 F(d d/>)A^G/>A/|

dA d2|G(e e/>)B/^A/>B/|eB d2:|2 FE (^GA)|(Bc)fe|dc/>A/ EF|Gz [Bg]z||

                       

IDER DEIGHRIC ‘GUS BREO’. Irish, Air. Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy – “Heathery Breeze” (1999).

                       

IDLE ROAD, THE (Botar Diomaoin). AKA and see “The Winding Road.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (O’Neill’s): AABBCCDD’ (Cranford). Breathnach (1976) says this title is sometimes incorrectly applied to Denis Murphy’s “Cordal Jig.” The tune is known as “The Winding Road” in County Roscommon. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; pg. 52. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 261, pg. 75. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1976; No. 100b (appears as untitled jig). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; No. 88. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 839, pg. 156. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 101, pg. 32. CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994). Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington – “The Merry Love to Play” (2007).

X:1

T:Idle Road, The

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 101

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|D>BB D>cc|D>BB c2e|dBG FGA|BAG AFD|

D>BB D>cc|D>BB c2e|dBG FGA|BGG G2:|

|:G|G>gg efg|fed cAF|G>gg gfg|afd cAF|

D>BB D>cc|D>BB c2e|dBG FGA|BGG G2:|

X:2
T:Idle Road, The
S:Raphael Meehan (flute), Donegal
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig
K:G
E|DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA| BGB AFD|
DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA|1BGF G2:|2BGF GBd||
efg efg|fed cAF|G2g gfg|afd cAF|
DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA|1BGF GBd:|2BGF G2||

X:3
T:Idle Road
R:Jig
S:Conor Keane
Z:Jeff Lindqvist
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA|BAG AFD|
DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA|1 BGF G2D:|2 BGF G2G||
Ggg efg|fed cAF|GBd gfg|afd cAF|
DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA|BGF G2F|
Ggg efg|fed cAF|GBd gab|afd cAF|
DBB Dcc|DBB c2e|dBG FGA|BGF G2D||

                       

IDLEWILD. American, Clog Dance (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Cole): AABB' (Kerr). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 79. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 417, pg. 47. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 113.

X:1

T:Idlewild

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Clog Dance Tune

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(D>.D) (3FED (F>.A)(d>.A) | (3Bcd A>F E>DB,>A, | D>D (3FED F>Ad>A | (3Bcd A>F E>F Dz |

D>D (3FED F>Ad>A | (3Bcd A>F E>DB,>A, | D>D (3FED F>Ad>A | (3Bcd A>F E>F Dz ||

(B>.F) {G}(3F^EF (d>.B) {c}(3BAB | f>B {c}(3BAB b>f {g}(3fef | g>ef>d e>cd>A | (3Bcd A>c B>AF>A |

B>F {G}(3F^EF {c}(3BAB | f>B {c}(BAB b>f {g}(3fef | g>efd> e>cd>A | (3Bcd A>F E>DB,>A, ||

                       

IDLEWILD JIG. AKA and see “Cricket’s March Over the Saltbox.” American, Irish (?); Jig. USA, New England. D Major (‘A’ part) & B Minor (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AB (Cole, Ryan): AABB (S. Johnson): AABB’ (Songer). Susan Songer (Portland Collection) notes that Larry Nugent recorded it on his first album, having learned the tune from an elderly fiddler named Willie Johnston who lived near his parents’ home in Lack, County Fermanagh. Johnston maintained it was a ‘fairy tune’ he had learned one lonely night while walking home. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 79. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 13. McQuaid (The Irish DADGAD Guitar Book). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 106. Sage Arts 1101, Erin Shrader & Edith Farrar - “Enrichez Vous” (1991). Larry Nugent.

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T:Idlewild

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2D FED|F2A d2A|Bcd A2F|G2F E2D|D2D FED|

F2A d2A|Bcd A2F|EFE D3||B2F F=F^F|d2B BAB|

F2B BAB|b2f fef|g2e f2d|e2c d2A|Bcd A2F|E2D D3||

                       

IDYL. American, Hornpipe. E Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "Can be used as a Clog" (Cole). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 96. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 130.

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T:Idyl

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E

B2 | e2 g>e B>AG>F | E>GB>e g>ef>g | a>ba>g f>gf>e | (de)f>d B2 (cd) | e2 g>e B>AG>F |

E>GB>e g>ef>g | (3aba (3gag (3fgf (3efe | d>ef>d e2 :: B2 | b2 (3gbg (3efe (3BdB |
E>GB>e g>ef>g | (3aba (3gag (3fgf (3efe | .d.e(fg) .a.B(cd) | e2 g>e B>AG>F |

E>GB>e g>ef>g | (3aba (3bab (3fgf (3efe | d>ef>d e2 :|

                       

IF ALL THE SEA WERE INK. AKA – “If the sea were ink.” AKA and see "Ah! Where Is the Vow?," "Lay His Sword By His Side." Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major (Walker): G Major/E Minor (O’Neill): E Flat Major/Mixoldyian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. One part (Stanford/Petrie, Walker): AAB (O’Neill).  It’s hard not to believe the title is not a take-off on Playford’s “If the world were paper.” Walker (1924) calls this tune “a magnificently majestic and solemn march to which Moore’s ‘Lay his sword by his side’ is exactly suited.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 552, pg. 97. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 770, pg. 192. Walker (History of Music in England), 1924; No. 128, pg. 335.

X:1

T:If the Sea were Ink

L:1/8

M:C

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 552

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e/f/g/e/|dBAB G2 GB|d2 e>f e2 dB|A2 AB dBAB|G4 z2:|Bd|e2 dB d2 ef|

g2 g>a b2 ag|e2 g>e dcBd|e3 f/e/ d2 Bd|e2 dB d2 e>f|g2 g>a {c’}b2 ag|

{f}e2 g>e edBd|e3 d g2||

X:2

T:If all the sea were ink

M:C

L:1/8

S:Walker

K:C

cA|GED>E C2 CE|G2 A_B A2 GE|D2 DE GED>E|C6 EG|

A2 GE G2 AB|c>Bcd e2 dc|A2 cA AGEG|A3 G G2 EG|

A2 GE G2 AB|c>Bcd e2 dc|A2 cA AGEG|A3G c2 A/B/c/A/|

GED>E C2 CE|G2 A_B A2 GE|D2 DE GED>E|C6||

                       

IF ALL THE WORLD WERE PAPER. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 6/4 time). D Major (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): C Major (Kidson). Standard tuning. One part (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): AB (Kidson). First published by Playford as a round dance for eight persons in his English Dancing Master (1651) and subsequent editions through the eighth (1690). The tune goes to a well-known nursery rhyme which runs:

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If all the world were paper,

And all the sea were ink?

And all the trees were bread and cheese,

What should we do for drink?

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Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 15. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 1. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 24 & 39. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; pg. 27.

X:1

T:If All the World Were Paper

M:6/8

L:1/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion